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Date Posted: 08:35:18 08/28/03 Thu
Well, it was a modest start, but a start nonetheless. i'm really envisioning an even more cross-generational event in the future. If you take all the people alive today who went to school at Essex Junction it would number well over 10,000, I'm sure. From folks in nursing homes to kids from the class of 2003. It's a group with a common thread, Essex Junction, and I think there must be a way to promote this kind of gathering and that it would grow by word of mouth. If you take the diverse group that we had at Oakledge and build on that it would really be an interesting annual gathering. It didn't take a whole lot of planning; people just showed up and brought something to share. I think Janice got most, if not all, of her money back for the pavilion rental.
I think people will still wanna do the traditional, lounge lizard (dj playing music from particular era) kind of thing, but if folks knew there was also an annual outdoor, multi-generational event, then maybe, just maybe they would plan there evening events around it.
It's gonna take a while for this to catch on, I'm sure. Chick says there is an annual Essex event that is connected to the downtown merchants, I forget what he called it, but it sounded like boothes and games on Railroad Avenue and maybe even a parade. It's held sometime in June. If anyone knows more about this (Chick) then please post it here. That might be a good event to work around, or at least to have a presence there and talk up our event if we hold it later in the year.
Joe says he can purchase a new name for our site, ejhsreunion.com, which may be less money and which may help us to be less class specific than our current name. what do people think about this? I've been paying to keep the current site up and running and reimbursing joe for his time managing it (he's also volunteered a lot of his own time). If folks are interested in planning another event then please e-mail me or post a message with your thoughts. If we can get a core group, even half a dozen people, who are interested in keeping this idea going, I don't see it costing anybody more than $20 - $30 per year to change the name and keep the site registered and updated and maybe an occasional picture to keep people coming back.
Again, let me know your thoughts on all of this and thanks for all who have participated here in the past year!
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