One afternoon or evening: Write down all of your best school memories, look at your Yearbook and other photos of Classmates you may have, while listening to music from 1978..
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Think of everything that you have accomplished and how you have grown and changed since 1978.
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Get in touch with some former classmates. Talking about school memories with them will get you in the Reunion mood.
Fourth:
Ask to help with the Reunion! There's always room for one more committee member, and it will help get you excited about our 30th and make you feel more a part that night.
Fifth:
Try to arrive in Williamsburg one day early if you don't live there. Spend quality time visiting your favorite hangouts, driving around your old neighborhood and thinking about the past.
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Start looking your best now! Rather than trying a crash diet, a new hairdo or hair color a few days or weeks before, start practicing a positive mental mindset of you. If you feel you ought to, now's the time to start a healthy diet and exercise program. Remember to give yourself a break! We're all 30 years older.
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All of us had the same issues and insecure feelings back then. Think of our 30th Reunion as a wonderful opportunity for understanding, mending broken fences and most of all FUN!
PS: 1 to 2 weeks before the Reunion: Pick out the outfit and shoes you'll be wearing. Fix your hair the way you want to wear it that night. Try it all on now, making sure that everything fits comfortably and you like how you look.
PSS: Reunion Day: Take a nice relaxing hot shower or bubble bath, while thinking about the fun times you had when you were 17 years old in 1978.
PSSS: So you'll feel prepared and confident, bring some breath strips (Cinamon Listerine-they disolve in your mouth so you won't look like you're sucking on marbles!) and in case your feet or back start to ache later, put some loose Asprin tablets in your purse or pocket.
The big night! Here's some advice from Ann Landers for those attending their High School reunion:
DEAR ANN LANDERS: I recently attended my 30th high school class reunion. I had a wonderful time, but I noticed a few people seemed uncomfortable, and their discomfort made others uncomfortable as well. I have compiled a list of DO's and DON'Ts for such events. With reunion time just around the corner, I hope you will print my "Reunion Rules" for others who may be feeling awkward about attending the festivities:
1. No whining or moaning over what "might have been," or anything else depressing. No one wants a pall cast over this happy event.
2. Seek out people who have made a difference in your life, and thank them. They will appreciate it.
3. Check your midlife crisis at the door. No one needs to know you are having an affair or that your spouse just left you.
4. Do not brush off anyone who wants to talk to you. It doesn't matter whether or not you liked that person in high school. We have all changed.
5. Bring an extra hankie, and cry all you want when you are overwhelmed by nostalgia and old friends. Tears can be a great catharsis.
6. All responses to questions should be at least two full sentences. Don't be abrupt. It will make you appear snobbish.
7. Don't do too much bragging. It puts a spotlight on your insecurities. The best compliments are the ones you get without fishing.
8. Any remarks about your baldness, weight or wrinkles should be countered with something humorous or self-deprecating. No offense is intended. Sometimes, when people are surprised at the change in the appearance of an old friend, they don't know how to deal with it, so they try to mask their surprise with humor.
9. Be careful how you approach others. Be respectful. Remember that you are dealing with someone's wife, husband, mother or father.
10. Be yourself. We remember you from way back, and will accept you the way you are.
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