Reunion Events!

We have been so busy trying to get you all to come to the reunion that not much information has come out about what we are actually doing.  So here are some details to get you excited!!


FRIDAY:  7:00 Casual night out, meeting up at the Bred Pub in Downtown Opelika.  This event will be Dutch treat! You can eat dinner there or one of the other great new restaurants downtown and meet up later!

http://www.irishbredopelika.com/

http://www.eastalabamaliving.com/features/a-culinary-tour-downtown-opelika/


SATURDAY: 11:30 We will have a family picnic at the Ecology Preserve in Auburn.  Bring your own picnic and we will provide ice and drinks.  There will also be an  Ecologist there that will do a presentation for the kids.  This sounds really neat and you don't want to miss this!

http://wp.auburn.edu/preserve/?

SATURDAY: 7:00 This is the MAIN event!!!  We will meet up at the Event Center Downtown Opelika for a fun night of dancing and reminiscing! 

Silky Tone entertainment will be the DJ (I've heard he is a lot of fun and I will be taking your requests soon) and Finley's will be catering!  There is room to do the sprinkler on the dance floor as well as get away and catch up with a friend! A cash bar will be available. 

The question on this has been "what will be the dress?" for that night.  After some discussion we decided to go with "dressy casual", but honestly, come in what makes YOU comfortable!  If that is shorts and a t-shirt, go for it, if that is an awesome dress with killer heels, do it!  We just want you there!!!!

 http://www.eventcenterdowntown.net/Home.html

http://silkytonemusic.com/

But if you haven't bought your ticket yet, none of this matters!!! So buy your tickets!  We decided to continue to make them $60 until the week of the reunion and then the price will go up!!  You know it's going to be fun and you will regret not going, so buy your ticket today!  Either use the PayPal button in the top right corner or mail a check made out to "OHS Class of 1993" to
Michelle Vance
1270 Boone Hall Drive
Powder Springs, GA 30127

If you have any questions, email me: msmvance@bellsouth.net or message me through Facebook!
Can't wait to see you there!

Buy Your Tickets!!!

I know you are all busy, I get it, believe me I do!  But the time has come to buy your reunion tickets!!!  Friends, I am super excited to see you all, but to be honest I am also super stressed.  My personal name is on these contracts and we need to pay up in three weeks.

So in order to light a fire under some of you,  as of Friday we will be raising ticket prices to $70 each.  If you have a financial issue (payday, etc.) please contact me through Facebook or msmvance@bellsouth.net.

You can pay through the PayPal link on the right of this page or mail me a check made out to
OHS Class of 1993
1270 Boone Hall Drive
Powder Springs, Georgia 30127

As far as an agenda for the weekend here is what is going on...

Friday night:  meet up at the Irish Bred Pub, downtown Opelika (Dutch treat)
Saturday afternoon:  picnic at the Ecological preserve in Auburn with an ecologist presentation for the kids.  Bring your own picnic lunch.
Saturday night:  the Event Center, downtown Opelika 7:00.  DJ, heavy finger foods, cash bar.

More details will be coming soon!!!

Thank you all for relieving some of my stress by buying your tickets....my family thanks you too!!!

Ticket Sales:

Tickets are on sale!  $60 a person

There are two ways you can pay. 

1. Click on the PayPal link to the right on this page.  There is a $2 service charge per ticket.
2. Mail a check payable to "OHS Class of 1993" to:
Michelle Vance
1270 Boone Hall Drive
Powder Springs, Georgia 30127

Deadlines for ticket sales:

PayPal service charged waived until Monday, April 22nd.

$60 a person until May 20th.

$65 a person until June 20th.

$70 a person until July 5th. 

$85 a person at the door.

The price of your ticket is covering Saturday afternoon pavillion and enviromentalist (for the kiddos), Saturday night venue, food and DJ. 

If you have any questions just let us know!  Can't wait to see you all!

HELP US!!!

No deadline has been set for payment, but we need your payment.  Vendors are wanting deposits and payments and without your money we are unable to do that...

So make the decision...are you coming?? We want you there!! 

With Facebook, many feel that they are connected as they want to be with their classmates, but push away from the computer and make a real connection with your classmates.   These are the people that you grew up with, that know the REAL you!! I like to say that you all are the people that knew me when I had braces and glasses and loved me anyway!

We have a great DJ scheduled and he will help us step back in time and remember what it was like to be young!!

So use the PayPal account and make the decision to come HOME this summer and see your friends and family! 

At least let us know that you are coming...it will make my blood pressure go down some!!!

And now a word from our President...

Class of 1993,

Next summer will be 20 years since we graduated from OHS. I'm excited about getting together for our reunion. A committee has already been formed and is planning it out. The date has been set July 19 & 20. If you are able, please go ahead and send in your money to Michelle. We need it to be able to reserve a place to meet.

Let's go ahead and start the reminiscing... post a favorite memory from high school.

One of my favorites was Tyree Melton scolding the entire class at a pep rally when we were not doing his cheer correctly. He just stopped it, and said we needed to pick it up... "I said, Take... me out..."

Who's next?

Jason

TWENTY YEARS!!!

Wow!  Can you believe we are approaching twenty years? 

The reunion committe has met and we have decided on a date!

Mark your calendars for...

JULY 19-20, 2013!!!

We have a lot of work to do before then and we need your help!  First and foremost is getting the word out!!  We will not be doing a mailing this time and will be relying on YOU to tell everyone about the event.

We are trying to secure our location for the event, but our coffers are empty.  If you would like to help us out by pre-paying for the event we can give you a $5 discount off of each ticket.  Tickets to our 20 year reunion are $60 per person.  So if you pay before July 18th of this year, your ticket will be just $55.  If you are able, please send checks payable to "OHS Class of 1993" to:

Michelle Metzger Vance

2715 Battery Trace

Marietta, Georgia 30064

If you have any questions you can message me through Facebook or email me at msmvance@bellsouth.net

Reunion Committee:

Jason Nichols
Tiffany Kennedy

Daffany Kennedy Walker

Lynette Hinton Boone

Laura Gilliland Dunlap

Michelle Metzger Vance

Michael Roberts

Holli Parker

Chris Duncan

Tyree Melton

Want to help??  Message me!

The Party is Over...

I just wanted to write a post to kind of wrap things up after our reunion. I am finally back at home after being at the reunion and then time at the lake... back to reality I guess.

I think we all had a great time and I know it went by too fast for me! Many of you thanked me for the hard work, but I want to thank all of you for first of all coming and helping find all of our classmates!! Thank you to many of you, but especially Tyree for updating me on so many of our classmates!!

Many of my friends here in Atlanta do not understand why I like to work on our class "stuff". And sometimes I wonder myself, but besides my complete need to organize an "event" I have to say that I really love our class. I think we are a unique group of friends. I didn't move to Opelika until I was 11 and none of my family lives there now, but I still consider Opelika my home, it's where I say I am from.

I love my classmates because they knew me when I wore glasses, had buck teeth, then braces and they still love me and accept me. And I knew you when you were not quite sure what to do with your hair, had acne, never should have worn that dress to prom, got in a fight with your friend, acted obnoxious, etc. etc., but I still love you and accept you.

I have to say when I saw many of you last Saturday it was like time had stood still. I work on this reunion "stuff" because I think we have a special class and I want us to be the class that is still getting together 50 years down the road... I hope you all feel the same way.

Many of you have started giving me ideas of what you would like to do for our 20th. The main idea has been "let's do this big" and I think I agree! But this one will be more difficult and I can't do it alone. First and foremost you must must must keep me updated with any address changes. My email address will not change: msmvance@bellsouth.net

So if you had a good time at our reunion and would like to donate to the 20th please send it to:
OHS Class of 1993
c/o Michelle Metzger Vance
2715 Battery Trace
Marietta, Georgia 30064
and you can make checks out to OHS Class of 1993

If you would like to help plan the 20th, email me and let me know.

When you are in Opelika and you are looking to get some people together, let me know I can put out an email!!

Thanks again for making our 15th great!!! Can't wait to see you all again!!!
Michelle