1 - "When can I register for the weekend?"
Reservations for hotel rooms at the Hilton Garden Inn in Burlington are now open! Here's the link:
A block of 25 rooms at the $139 price will be held ofr us until Sept 20, 2018
Registration for the weekend's events will open in early April, about 6 months before the reunion. We'll send you that link, via email, as soon as it's ready.
2. Do I have to stay at the hotel? No. Most classmates probably won't.
3 "How many nights should I plan to stay, and what will the weekend cost?"
Here is the proposed schedule for the weekend, with costs. We are still working on confirming some details, but we're quite confident in this plan. Most of the Committee will be staying at the hotel for both Friday and Saturday nights.
Friday evening, 6pm-10pm: Meet & Greet in the hotel bar and lobby. We'll provide a few munchies but it is NOT a dinner event. You can buy dinner in the hotel restaurant (good food but not inexpensive) or at any of the many restaurants nearby at the Burlington Mall and on Middlesex Turnpike.
COST: Cash bar; no charge for the event.
Saturday morning, starting at 9am: We'll be decorating the ballroom for Saturday night's event. We'd love some helping hands, or you can come and kibbitz.
(From NPRs Glossary of Familiar Yiddish Terms: To kibbitz means to stand around talking and making wisecracks, and it can also mean to give someone advice and commentary when they are trying to work. )
Saturday picnic 11:30-1:30: We'll be at Lexington High School for a tour of the buildings and a picnic on the "Old Quad" ("old", like us). In case of rain, we'll picnic in one of the classrooms near the Quad.
COST: $12pp; will include lunch and a share of the custodian's fee.
Saturday evening, 6-11pm: The MAIN EVENT! A traditional Reunion Dinner Dance in the ballroom at the hotel. Cocktails (cash bar), dinner (menu TBD), dancing (Jeannie Joseph found a great DJ), archival photos and displays - truly a walk down Memory Lane. We have to leave the ballroom at 11:00pm but there will be opportunities for "after-party" time in the bar, lobby and in various hotel rooms (maybe yours?)
COST: $85pp.
4.Can I come to the "Meet and Greet" if I'm not staying at the hotel? Yes, absolutely!
