May 10th Meeting Report

The summary of the class meeting is below.

Attending were Melissa Dube, Sue Michaud, Sharlene Thibault, Karen Chabot, Chris Foisy, Rachel Fluette, Jim Hanson, Wes Boardman, Clarence Lique, Linda Janelle, Amorn and Phil Winans, and Charlene Hayes. Thank you all for coming.

Party:

All decorations are decided and in-house. We are still in need of mini white Christmas tree lighting! Please contact Rachel or Jill if you have any hanging around you can loan. If you do loan us lights, please tag them so they can be returned to you.

We will have the lobby decorated where classmates will enter the party. It was also suggested by Charlene we do a photo booth to record all classmates who come for posterity! The photo prop will have a standup with our class on it. We will also be having name tags with photos for everyone who attends, this to also be managed by Charlene. The raffle items will be all brought to the party to give everyone more chances to win.

Charlene reported the responses to the mailing are still coming in and she expects more will be coming in the weeks ahead. Money is coming in as well and class funds are rebuilding She has received some very nice letters along with the returns. It was voted to have John Irish be master of ceremonies. We will be in contact with him in the coming weeks to go over the party event needs for the evening. Greeters for the lobby so far consist of Charlene, and Sandy Lefebvre, we may need one or 2 more people.

Float:

 

Kim is on top of the painting of the screen and signs. Ticket booth is all set. Wes will handle the cars with the car club....we will add "Class of 1974" signs. They can put it in their windows or attach to their car. The trailer is still being figured out. Wes is working to make sure all communications are clear regarding the trailer. Gary will get the lumber for the float.

If there is music on the float, it will go along with the drive-in theme and be background music. John Irish will be updated on this. There will be some people on the float; to set the drive-in theme but most class members will either ride in the cars, trucks, ticket booth or will walk the route to throw candy and (drag unsuspecting classmates who are watching, into the parade!) J/K! ;-)

NOTE: Just a thought that popped into my head. Should it should be considered for those classmates who are not with the float or walking the parade route, that we establish a location along the parade route where classmates and family members of classmates can gather to watch and cheer us on? Our float will most likely be at the front of the parade as the class designations usually run backward from the oldest graduating class to the current graduating class. And after we have finished the parade route, and before we do the float tear down, many of us may still want to watch the remainder of the parade as it is planned to be a big one with Claremont's 250th being celebrated as well.

BBQ:

This is all set as we have plenty of foods from the yard sale which can still be used. All that is requested is people bring a side dish and BYOD. This is the BBQ we will be holding during the float build on Friday at Gary Dube's field. 

Reunion Dinner:

So far, only 5 people have signed up to attend the dinner. We hope more will join the table to represnt our class.  We discussed where the class donation is to go to. The Paquette/Magoon scholarship had been suggested by Cindi Thomson since many of us have a high regard for these two teachers. It was also brought up by Jim Hanson he has transported the SHS band to various performances throughout  the past year, and has personally observed the music program is in rough shape, (for instance, no handles on one kid's tuba case!) and he would have liked to see some money go towards it. It was suggested we split the donation in half for $250 for each. A vote was taken and it was voted that we split the donation, but to try and up the dollar amount of each donation depending on the money received to the class funds in the coming weeks. Charlene will monitor class funds and report back to what we can afford to up them by. This will be revisited again at the next meeting.

Yard Sale:

There will be another yard sale with many of the remaining items from the April yard sale being on display at Debbie Flaherty's home on Maple Ave on May 17th from 8-2. The earnings from this sale will also be donated to the class funds. So any rain had better hold off!! At this time no help is needed for this, although you are welcome to stop by! Sandy and Debbie are spearheading this event. If anything remains after the yard sale, it will be donated to the Trinity church's yard sale that happens during the parade. Jim will help get it moved to the church.

Invitation:

Sue Michaud has generously invited all class members to her home for lunch on Saturday after the parade float tear down. Her address is 119 Cat Hole Rd.

Next meeting:

May 31st, 6pm, same location! This will be our last shot at getting all remaining items lined up and everything on the same page. Please try to attend if you will be helping with the float build, alumni dinner, or party. Some items to think about. An emphasis on creating a checklist for the MC duties, and any remaining float build requirements. We should also have a better idea what we are looking at for a head count for class of 74 reunion attendees.  Start getting fired up people....I know it has been a long winter and spring of meetings, but the light is at the end of the tunnel, less than a month to go! ;-)

-Phil