Celebrate Your Classmates' Collective Birthdays in Between Reunions

Looking for a good excuse to get a mini-reunion going? Celebrate your classmates' collective birthdays! This is not something to do every year, but rather try it the year you all have a significant birthday: 30, 40, 50, 60, 70 years old. Don't wait for a major reunion, choose a location that will hold about 10% of your class. In my case, from a class of 600, I expect 60 to show up.

No formal hotel facilities are necessary. Just book a nice restaurant with a room big enough to hold all of you and serve a nice buffet with a cash bar. If you have a smaller class than mine, then just meet at a favorite pub.

The class before ours had great success meeting in the summer at a lakeside restaurant. The sounds of lapping water and reflections of moonlight make for a magical setting that requires nothing but the company of friends. Don't fuss with decorations, djs, a photographer, or videographer - unless you want to. People will shoot with their phones and upload them to Facebook. That's all you need.

Send multiple e-mail blasts to all your classmates to remind them to come and make an announcement about the party in your website and on your school's Facebook page. Someone should be the point person to accept checks by mail in advance or set up a PayPal link for payments.

Other than that, keep it simple and have a good time. Just don't forget the birthday cake!

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