KHS 10 Year Reunion

Originally posted October 9th, 2007

KHS 10 Year Reunion
Current mood: relaxed
Category: School, College, Greek

Ok, so Rosa, you've gotten your wish...this is the part where I tell you all about how wonderful the 10 year reunion was.

WRONG!!!

So here are the pros and cons...

Pro 1 - I got an opportunity to see people that I haven't seen in years and while I may not have been tremendously close with each and every one of them...it was still nice to see those faces. As I pointed out while I was there to those that I did have mini-conversations with, we're all grown-up now. We're not in high school anymore...we don't have to find our identities and we don't need to prove ourselves to others. I know that some like to go to reminisce...others to simply just find out what came of their former classmates. I can appreciate that sentiment myself. I won't lie...I was curious. Unfortunately and here comes...

Con 1 - THERE WAS NOBODY THERE!!! I can't tell you how disappointed I was when I got there. We were lucky and I mean LUCKY if there were 40 graduating students there. Now we graduated 371 people in 1997. (How I know the exact number...what can I say, I'm good like that) If you told me that only 10% of our class would show up to this event, I would have told you that you were insane. I can say I expected to see maybe...MAYBE 100 people...TOPS. That would have been acceptable to me. This just led me to believe that high school wasn't all that important to those that graduated with me in the class of '97. I can understand why most of them did NOT show. Here comes negative numero due.

Con 2 - The fee to be a part of the reunion was $83 per person. Now initially, if you tell me that I'm paying that much for my ticket...certain inclusions come to mind. The first would be the location...part of the money would go towards booking this place. The next and probably even MORE obvious...the food. We have to eat right? With food you need music to bring us back to our high school years. I can see our contribution helping to pay for a DJ as well. The other thing (which most would put first you damn alcoholics) is the bar...open bar...RIGHT?

UHHHH...no.

Not on this night. Now while I will not gripe about this...I will point out that there were some rumblings amongst those that were there that this event had a cash bar. What's worse is that it would have been an open bar had we paid another 8 dollars apiece! Again, I know Cristina did what she deemed best for all of us...but I think I can speak for most when I say that I would have shelled out an extra 8 buckaroos for an open bar. I will also guarantee that we would have had a bigger turnout if an open bar was part of the occassion's equation. So rather than pay $83 and drink all night, we paid $83 ALONG WITH our drinks (if we chose to do so while we were there).

I'm not one for rating people or things...but since this relates to school and I had to give it a grade...I'd say a C-

What goes into this grade besides a lack of an open bar...the food was just okay, nothing spectactular...the music wasn't bad, but the DJ was lax in getting our requests played. I would have understood if we had a bunch of people there running up to make requests...but you could hear an echo when you talked...this is how devoid of people this reunion was. Truly sad. The best part...to me...was when Vinny DaCuhna proposed to his girlfriend midway through the night. She said yes of course. (That would have REALLY put a damper on things if she didn't) That helps to raise the grade...it was a nice moment. There were a couple of people that disappointed me. I won't toss around dirty laundry by revealing their names...but one or two seemed a bit snobbish and another just didn't seem to even remotely resemble the person they were in high school. Now I know people change, but this was dramatic...and I'm not even talking about appearance folks...I mean the personality went from outgoing and friendly to a recluse that sounded like a kid that just lost their best friend or watched someone kick their dog. I felt for them. I tried to make conversation...joke around a bit...but they seemed to become more reserved.

To make a long story short (too late I suppose)...I enjoyed the people, not enough of them. Food was eh...music was okay. The place was nice but paying for booze...not happy about that. I hope this will help those that did not come...SHAME ON YOU ALL (but in retrospect I don't blame you). If it doesn't...well then what can I say, you should have experienced it for yourself...I mean think about it. A 10 year reunion only comes around...well...10 years after you graduate! Hopefully, if we even have another one...maybe in another 10-15 years...it'll include even more people and we'll all have a good ole time!

This is Robby Radio...errr... Regular Rob signing off!