Why High School Reunions Suck

Original Post Date: November 1, 2006

My 10th Class Reunion was this past summer. I did not attend. I had other things to do and decided not to go. I'm sure there was a fun time had by all, but I didn't really care. I'll go to the next one. There's just something about still being single and still living in my parents house that made a high school reunion seem like...well.....torture.

Anyway, my point with this (and I do have a point)...

A high school reunion is geared towards one class. The Class of 1996, for example. Well, I had many friends in my class. I'm still friends with many of them, though I don't see them very often. Here's the thing, though....over the 4 years of high school, there were 6 other classes at the school. I had lots of friends in other classes, both older and younger than me. I'm not invited to THEIR reunions, though. And I'm rarely one to crash a party. I'm tempted next summer, though. I had many good friends in the Class of 1997. Maybe I'll just sneak in with my cousin.

I was heavily involved in band, choir, theatre, and the musical (at our school, the theatre department and the musical were VERY SEPARATE. Long story.) I knew kids from every grade because of my participation in those activities. In many ways, I was closer to them than the kids in my own class. So what's the deal with my rant? Here it is: Class Reunions are fine and dandy, but we should have Band Reunions. Choir Reunions. Theatre Reunions. I went to the UNC Band reunion at Homecoming last month. It was a BLAST!!!!!

This is a call to action. Someone should organize a Loveland High School Choir Reunion. Not me, though. I'm horrible at organizing stuff. I can't even organize my own life, let alone a reunion!!!!!! But seriously, we haven't gotten all the former choir folks together since Lois retired in 1998!!!

I know there are others out there who feel the same way I do. We have so many good memories of high school that aren't restricted to our specific class. Good times! Let's all get together and reminisce....

/rant