Friday, July 26, 2013

Reunion Starts NOW!!!!

Aaahhh... can you believe it's already here?!?!  I sure can't... but whether I'm ready or not, it's HERE and happening NOW!!!

Have you picked out your "Ice Breaker" party for the night!?  Or are you going to go all crazy and try to hit up all THREE?!?  Whatever you do, HAVE FUN and we'll hopefully see you in the morning with the kiddos enjoying the sunshine at Brown's Meadow Park

HAVE FUN... and BE SAFE!!

Wednesday, July 24, 2013

FINAL DEADLINE to purchase tickets!!!


TODAY is the LAST day to purchase tickets to the Saturday Night Dinner Dance!!
The FINAL number MUST be given to the caterer by the end of the day TODAY 7/24/2013!!  No tickets will be sold at the door!

As always, the Friday night Ice Breakers and the Saturday Family Picnic in the Park are FREE for all who attend.  Don't forget to bring a treat to share on Friday night and your own picnic lunch on Saturday!!


{IMPORTANT NOTICE}

NO REFUNDS WILL BE GIVEN AFTER FINAL COUNT IS GIVEN TO THE CATERER on 7/25/2013.

 
Sorry for any inconvenience!  

-- Planning Committee

Tuesday, July 9, 2013

{SCHEDULE OF EVENTS}

July 26, Friday Night - Ice Breaker Parties
{OPTION ONE} - 7:00pm in Lehi
Hosted by: Becky Humphries Halls & Candace Johnson Thomas.  Bring something yummy to share & a couple of lawn chairs if you can. This is a “kid friendly” event so bring them along. If you’re on facebook you can message Becky for the address and directions to her home or you can email her at: beckyhalls@comcast.net.
 

{OPTION TWO} – 6:30pm in Daybreak @ 11558 Lake Run Road, South Jordan.  Hosted by: Michelle Bates Peterson.  Bring what you'd like to drink & then something to share (appetizer, snack, dessert etc).  She has a large playroom for the kids to hang out in so bring them along! For directions or more info, please call her at: 801.448.2459 or email her at: daybreakmom@gmail.com.

{OPTION THREE} - Party @ 6:30pm, Play inside @ 7:30pm.  The Salt Lake Acting Co. 168 W 500 N in Salt Lake City.  "SATURDAY'S VOYEUR" – Hosted by Karen Limb Windness & Alexis Baigue
A wild, musical romp through the Beehive State enjoyed annually since 1978 by hundreds of thousands of Utahns. Starring W.J.H.S. alumni Justin Ivie & Alexis Baigue. Bring your favorite foods and festive beverages to enjoy before, during, and after the show.  Call 801-363-SLAC for your $35 Alexis Baigue discount-priced tickets today, as seats are nearly sold out. Tickets normally cost $55; Jags save $20; this applies to all 61 performances during the ten-week run. Details at: http://www.facebook.com/events/502300443147032


July 27, Saturday - FAMILY DAY!! - 10:00am - 2:00pm

Come join us at Brown's Meadow Park and enjoy a FUN-filled FAMILY style "bring your own picnic" day at the park!! The park has a basketball & tennis court, a large open field, playground for the kids and beautiful trees for shade, (it is July after all), so be sure and bring something FUN to do with your friends!! Water games are encouraged, but please refrain from water balloons unless YOU want to be the one to pick up every single one, LOL!!!
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July 27, Saturday Night - The BIG Dinner/Dance EXTRAVAGANZA!! 6:00pm - 10:pm {Semi-Formal/Formal attire} --> Come dressed to impress!!

 We'll be partying the night away at "The Gathering Place" at Gardner Village, while enjoying DELICIOUS food and "old school" music with old friends... and hopefully making NEW ones!!

ATTENTION!!! ATTENTION!!! - MAJOR UPDATE!!!

There has been a change in venue! Not to worry however...
We are SO excited to be able to spend Saturday Evening at the BEAUTIFUL & ELEGANT "The Gathering Place" at historic Gardner Village in our own home town of West Jordan!! YAY!!
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**In order to be able to allocate reunion funds received thus far to their best use, we felt the need to make this change! Everything else remains the same!! :) I will be posting ALL of the detailed info that we have thus far by tomorrow evening!!
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Getting excited!!! :D


Check it out here --->  The Gathering Place @ Gardner Village

Also, be sure and purchase your tickets TODAY and then ENCOURAGE your Friends to do the same!!!  See you SOON!!!

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

DEADLINE APPROACHING!!

Calling ALL Jaguars!!! 
This coming Saturday, May 25th is the deadline to received your Early Registration discount on your reunion tickets!!  Make sure to click on the PayPal link to the right and make your payment TODAY to insure the best BANG for your BUCK!!  Details are still in the mix, so check back often to receive the most updated information!!  It's getting close!!!  :)

Thursday, April 25, 2013

Good News!! Goal Reached... YAY!!

We're HAPPY to announce that due to some last minute tickets sales, we have REACHED OUR FIRST GOAL!!  Thank you, thank you!!  Whew... that was close! :)  Looks like we're well on our way to having a spectacular reunion folks!!  Can't wait!

We still however have a long way to go, so be sure and continue to spread the word and create a lot of BUZZ surrounding this event!  It's going to be AWESOME!!!

Next due date is fast approaching (May 25th) so don't wait until the last minute.... click the PayPal button to the right and make your purchase TODAY!!!  And remember... MAY 25th is also the deadline for the early registration discount so we're counting on a lot of you making your purchases before that date!!  This will not only help us in the planning of this event, but will also help your wallets as well.  :)

THANK YOU again for all of those who helped us achieve our first goal!  We can't do a thing without your support!!!!

Monday, April 22, 2013

Attention Fence-Sitters!! Deadline approaching...

For you fence-sitters... if you're HERE, hopefully that means you've gotten off that fence and decided to attend our one and ONLY 20 Year High School ReunionYay YOU!!  :o)  Click on the link to the right to be directed to PayPal in order to purchase your tickets NOW and receive the early registration discount!  For those who have purchased their tickets already... THANK YOU!!

We only have 5 {FIVE} more tickets that NEED to be purchased to meet our first payment deadline, THURSDAY, APRIL 25th!! We can do this.!!  If you already KNOW that you're going to be there, please purchase your tickets today and spread the word!!  We want this to be an AWESOME time with as many fellow Jaguars that can be there as possible.  This can only be done with YOUR help!!  Go Jags!!  

Wednesday, April 17, 2013

11 More and Counting...

 --> Four tickets just purchased!!  YAY!!  We're down to ELEVEN {11} more to meet out first deadline!!  Then a whole lot more after that of course, LOL!!  We're pretty sure there should be more than just a handful of Jaguars in attendance.  
{We Want EVERYONE that can possibly make it!!}

**UPDATE:

There are still at least FIFTEEN {15} more tickets that NEED to be purchased by next Thursday, April 25th in order to maintain our reservation for the AMAZING Scholarship Room at Rice-Eccles Stadium.

For all of you who have already RSVP'd, we Thank You! However, we encourage you to pay for your tickets TODAY!! By doing so, you'll also be receiving the early registration discount!! THANK YOU!!! :)
------------> Remember to SPREAD THE WORD!!! <------------

Sunday, April 14, 2013

Venue Payment Deadlines!

We thought it would be helpful to know that in order to maintain our reservation of the AMAZING Scholarship Room @ Rice-Eccles Stadium, we must meet certain payment deadlines. The only way to do this is with YOUR help.  This is your reunion after all and it wouldn't be happening without YOU!!

- 20 tickets must be purchased by 4/25
  **15 more to go!!!  C'mon... we NEED you!  :o)
- 20 tickets must be purchased by 5/25 (discount deadline)
  **20 more to go!!!
- 20 tickets must be purchased by 6/25
  **20 more to go!!!
We'll keep you updated as we get closer to reaching our goal.

{ Come On Jaguars! There Can Be No Reunion Without YOU!! }

Friday, March 29, 2013

Popular Television Shows In The 90's

Below you will find a number of trailers from shows that were popular back in the Nineties, many are available as DVD Sets or you can find them being repeated on specialist TV stations that feature popular old 1990s TV Classics.


ALLY MCBEAL

Ally McBeal American television comedy series with "Ally McBeal" played by Calista Flockhart as a young lawyer. The best way to describe is the comedy was designed to be slightly offbeat. Series ran from 1997 till 2002. 



THE X-FILES

The X Files TV Series working on the assumption that the government covered up multiple cases of extraterrestrial life, with Fox Mulder played by David Duchovny and Dana Scully played by Gillian Anderson trying to uncover and prove the existence of extraterrestrial life. Series ran from 1993 till 2002.



FRIENDS

Friends TV American situation comedy based around the lives, loves and relationships of six friends Jennifer Aniston playing Rachel Green, Courteney Cox Arquette playing Monica Geller, Lisa Kudrow playing Phoebe Buffay, Matt LeBlanc playing Joey Tribbiani, Matthew Perry playing Chandler Bing and David Schwimmer playing Ross Geller. Series ran from 1994 till 2004.



THE FRESH PRINCE OF BEL-AIR


The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air was a TV sitcom featuring Will Smith as a kid from inner city West Philadelphia, Pennsylvania who is sent to live with his wealthy aunt Vivian and uncle Philip Banks and cousins Carlton and Hilary in Bel Air, California. The comedy of the series is loosely based around the differences between a well educated Carlton and a street smart kid from the inner city who needs to adapt to a wealthy life style including the house having their own Butler.  Series ran from 1990 to 1996.





Pop Culture Of 1993

POPULAR FILMS
  • Jurassic Park
  • Mrs. Doubtfire
  • The Fugitive
  • The Firm
  • Sleepless in Seattle
  • Indecent Proposal
  • In the Line of Fire
  • The Pelican Brief
  • Schindler's List
  • Cliffhanger
  • Philadelphia
  • Robin Hood: Men in Tights

POPULAR MUSICIANS
  • Janet Jackson with That's The Way Love Goes
  • Snoop Doggy Dogg
  • Garth Brooks
  • Rage Against the Machine
  • Phil Collins
  • UB40
  • Radiohead
  • Aerosmith
  • Madonna
  • Rod Stewart with Have I told You Lately
  • Mariah Carey with Dream Lover
  • Nirvana
  • Whitney Houston with I Will Always Love You
  • Meat Loaf
  • The Proclaimers
  • R.E.M.
  • Garth Brooks
  • Alice in Chains
Now check out some newly updated 90's Music!

Technology Of 1993

  • The Pentium microprocessor introduced by Intel.
  • Windows NT 3.1 released by Microsoft
  • The World Wide Web was born at CERN
  • Dyson sells the first bagless cyclonic Vacuum Cleaner
  • World Health Organization W.H.O. estimates 14 million people worldwide infected with the AIDS Virus
  • The Debian GNU/Linux distribution is founded by Ian Murdock.
  • Space Shuttle Endeavour mission to repair an optical flaw in the Hubble Space Telescope.
  • The first cloning of a Human Embryo by 2 American Scientists.
  • US Drops SDI initiative
  • US and Russia sign the Start II treaty calling for bilateral reduction of strategic nuclear weapons

What Events Happened In 1993?

UNITED STATES
  • Bill Clinton President of the United States
  • Brady bill requiring background checks of prospective buyers is signed into law
  • Islamic Fundamentalists bomb World Trade Center
  • Federal Agents raid religious cult Waco, Texas on 28th February.
  • Severe Blizzard strikes the eastern U.S., bringing record snowfall and other severe weather all the way from Cuba to Québec
  • Ty Warner USA launches the first Beanie Babies
  • Two former police officers are convicted of violating the civil rights of beaten motorist Rodney King
  • The US and Soviet Union sign Start II reducing nuclear warheads by 3,500 each.
  • The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is signed into law by US President Bill Clinton
  • Yitzhak Rabin ( Israel ) and Yasser Arafat ( PLO ) sign peace agreement on September 13th on White House lawn
  • Harley Davidson Motorcycles are 90 years old
  • Police begin investigations of child abuse by Michael Jackson
  • An anti-abortion activist murders a doctor outside an abortion clinic
UNITED KINGDOM
  • In the United Kingdom, 11-year-olds Robert Thompson and Jon Venables are convicted of the child murder of 2-year-old James Bulger of Liverpool
  • Buckingham Palace opens its doors to the public
CANADA
Ben Johnson, is banned from athletics for life

RUSSIA
Russian Nuclear Accident at Tomask 7

INDIA
Earthquake centered on Killari, Maharashtra, India kills nearly 10,000 people.

JAPAN
A magnitude 7.8 earthquake off Hokkaido, Japan launches a devastating tsunami, killing 202 on the small island of Okushiri, Hokkaido

GERMANY
The tennis player Monica Seles is stabbed by a spectator during a quarter final tennis match in Hamburg by Günter Parche, an obsessed fan of Steffi Graf

AUSTRALIA
Worst Brush Fires in Australian History destroy the world's second largest national park Royal National Park

Cost Of Living In 1993

  • Yearly Inflation Rate USA2.96%
  • Year End Close Dow Jones Industrial Average 3654
  • Interest Rates Year End Federal Reserve 6.00%
  • Average Cost of new house $113,200.00
  • Average Income per year $31,230.00
  • Average Monthly Rent $532.00
  • Cost of a gallon of Gas $1.16
  • Movie Ticket $4.14
  • Average cost of new car $12,750.00
  • Loaf of Bread $1.57
  • Tuition to Harvard University $23,514.00
  • Below are some Prices for UK guides in Pounds Sterling
  • Average House Price 67,856