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Cathedral High School Class of 1970 50th/51st Reunion

TO ALL CLASSMATES

AUGUST 13th, 14th, AND 16th, 2021

The Reunion Committee hopes that you have managed to stay healthy during the pandemic and that you have received the preventative vaccine(s) if you chose to do so. The Reunion Committee has been working diligently on preparations for our 50th/51st Class Reunion and in doing so, we have kept in mind the pandemic and will follow the necessary restrictions and safety measures as they exist in August. The plans will be very similar to the plans that were in place for 2020 with a few minor changes.  We are working steadily with Cathedral as our Reunion also coincides with Cathedral's Reunion Weekend - August 13, 14, and 15, 2021.  The Committee is running into a few issues in that Cathedral is not firming up all of their plans until July 1.  That of course is too late for us to get information out.  You should have received a Save The Date card from Cathedral in the US mail several weeks ago, but that has not happened yet.  Keeping the above information in mind, part of the plan as written below cannot be fully firmed up until Cathedral announces the specifics on their end.  You should receive the Save The Date card very shortly and the actual Invitation will be sent out by the Committee via US mail to all classmates with a mailing address by June 1 with Registrations due by July 15th, 2021.

The schedule specific for the 1970 Class is as follows:

Friday Evening:  August 13, 2021:

• Cathedral (start and end times of this gathering are unknown at this time):  Cathedral is hosting a gathering on the CHS campus. No food will be available but there will be an open cash bar.
• The Red Carpet (5:30 PM - ???):  The Class of 1970 will be encouraged to attend the above event if you wish, but then you are encouraged to wander on down to The Red Carpet.  The Red Carpet has an appetizer buffet available until 7:00 PM.  If you prefer not to go to the Cathedral event, begin your night at The Red Carpet. The Red Carpet remains in the same place as it did in 1970!!!!!!  WOW!  There we can continue to mingle, share memories, converse with our classmates, laugh and laugh some more, reminisce and enjoy food that will be available through the The Red Carpet.  We can stay as long as we wish (they will close eventually).  Cost is free.  Cash bar is available. 

Saturday Evening:  August 14, 2021:

• Coyote Moon (6:00PM - ???):  This is one of the changes from 2020.  The Committee's wish was to keep the venue the same as planned in 2020, but The Four Hundred Club was unable to sustain their business during the pandemic.  The Committee then made the change to have our event at the Coyote Moon as the owners were the same.  We can continue to reminisce and just enjoy ourselves along with some great '60's and 70's music.  Our event is planned to start at 6:00PM with an appetizer buffet beginning at 7:00PM and will remain available till at least 9:00PM.  There will be an open cash bar.  Cost approximately $30.00 - $35.00 per attendee.

*****If there is a classmate that would like to plan a specific event during this celebration time, such as golf, please contact Bonnie Blaske Fitzharris - information is available at the bottom of this announcement.

Cathedral's Plans:  They are hoping for a brunch on Saturday for those classes who have been out at least 40 years (that of course includes us), a BBQ lunch picnic with games of some sort, and tours of the new Cathedral campus.  There is also a plan for Mass on Sunday at St. Mary's Cathedral.

We hope that you will make arrangements to attend this exciting event.  Classmates will be excited to see you and together we will all have a great evening.  The Committee is looking for a large turnout.  If you know classmates have not received emails or mailings, please ask them to join our class website (https://www.cathedral1970.com/) or please have them contact a Committee member.  Again, we still have classmates that we have been unable to locate.  Assist the Committee if you know how to locate them.

Your Reunion Committee: 

Bonnie Blaske Fitzharris, Lee Fitzharris, Dave Kremer, John Libert, Tim McNeal, Mary Poster Lahr, Kevin Schirmers, Jean Traut Muntifering, and Karen Zakrajshek McNeal. 

Questions/concerns please contact Bonnie Blaske Fitzharris: Phone: 320-247-1717 or fitz5@charter.net