50th Reunion Info

A Work in Progress

Our 50th reunion event is coming in 2026!

Currently, this is just a placeholder page, but as we get closer to the event it will be where you'll find all of the pertinent information. We are working at securing a date and venue for the Saturday night get together. Our plan "forever" has been to rent the Tosa Room in the Mueller Building at Hart Park, the site of both the 30th and 40th reunions. But we've been thwarted as Wauwatosa remodeled the entire facility and while that was going on wasn't accepting any future reservations. They finally are and the news was bad on several fronts: an unacceptable rental price, the price doesn't include tables and chairs, and we'd have to use their vendors for food and drinks. They can't give us a price far in advance for the food and drinks. Consequently we're now looking for another venue. So far the leading venue is Alioto's which can accommodate up to 250. We think we'll actually exceed that number!

The Current Reunion Plan

Currently, our plan for the 50th Reunion is as follows. Nothing, however, is entirely set and can't be until we actually reserve a venue.

• September 11-13 (Friday thru Sunday) to coincide with Tosa Fest which is on Sept 11 and 12th.
• Friday Evening: Informal get together at Tosa Fest. We've done this previously at the 25th and 40th reunions. No cost. Food and drink can be purchased.
• Saturday Morning: Tour of Tosa East. We've done this at the 20th, 30th, and 40th, but for the 50th we'll be lobbying hard to get the 3rd floor included!
• Saturday Evening - The Formal Gathering:
  • No sit down dinner which was done at the 20th, 25th, and 30th. Instead, we will have a bunch of appetizers. This maximizes interaction time for the attendees. The big disadvantage of the dinner is you get confined for a good deal of time with a small number of classmates. This was done at the 40th and worked as planned.
  • Targeting a cost per person of $50-$60.
  • Formal but not formal dress.
  • Photo booth.
  • DJ for music and announcements.
  • Currently no plans for an informal gathering afterward. At the 30th and 40th there were attendees that headed over to Colonel Hart's - the old Pep's Place. Though this is a possibility, the close proximity of Tosa Fest which will be going on may make parking difficult. However, it will be late and that might not be an issue.
• Sunday: Late morning thru afternoon - Informal Picnic
• Hoyt Park if we can get the reservations for 2-1 picnic areas. Our alternate is Jacobus Park.
• Because this is a no cost event, this will be a BYOB and food. However, we may get some food donated.

 

What's New for the 50th

Our website has been completely updated, first making it mobile friendly, and now having logins for all our classmates so we can post private information that can only be seen by our class.

The questionnaire for the 50th is all but finished. It is an online form and you'll have to be logged in in order to fill it out. It is immediately published upon submission! But you can go in any time later and update it. You'll be able to see the questionnaires already submitted electronically. Again, you'll have to be logged in because we want the answers to the questionnaire to only be visible to our classmates.

The result of the 40th reunion questionnaire was a "booklet" but it was an electronic form: a PDF file. Classmates were welcome to print it if they desired, but we suspect very few did that. We haven't ruled out creating a printable PDF, but we'll have to see if there is enough support to justify the consider effort that would be needed.

That's all we have for you for now!