Class of 1977 Information
Your Online Class Coordinator is
Sandy Van Dusen
Updated August 12, 2007
Your 30-Year Reunion was held August 10-12, 2007!
We'll follow-up soon with details of the event if you could not make it!!
CLICK HERE for
detailed information of the weekend.
Peary High School Class of 1977
Note - Posted July 12: IT HAS JUST BEEN
DISCOVERED THAT THE HOTEL RESERVATIONS
LINK ASSIGNED TO OUR CLASS GROUP IS INCORRECT. IN FACT, IT'S A LINK
THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN ASSIGNED TO ANOTHER CLASS REUNION GROUP.
SOME OF YOU MAY HAVE ALREADY MADE RESERVATIONS USING THIS LINK.
THERE WILL NOT BE A PROBLEM WITH THIS UNLESS YOU MADE
RESERVATIONS FOR FRIDAY NIGHT AS WELL AS SATURDAY. OUR CONTRACT
STIPULATES THE DISCOUNTED RATES FOR BOTH NIGHTS, HOWEVER THE
CURRENT LINK WILL PROVIDE THE DISCOUNT FOR SATURDAY NIGHT ONLY.
THIS NEW LINK WILL BE POSTED ON THE REUNION WEBSITE NEXT WEEK. IN
THE MEANTIME, PLEASE MAKE YOUR RESERVATIONS USING THE LINK BELOW.
THE RESERVATIONS DEADLINE HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO FRIDAY, JULY 27TH.
AND, AS ALWAYS, MAKE YOUR RESERVATIONS FOR THE REUNION NOW!!
CLICK HERE for
detailed information
and to RSVP and make your payment
(http://pearyhs77.home.comcast.net).. plus...
* Buy your tickets for reunion night!
* Reserve your hotel room with the reunion rate! Deadline July 27th
* Friday Ice Breaker (i.e., Happy Hour) open to all PHS classes
- Arctic Blue Martini will be served in commemorative martini glasses!
* Read messages posted by your classmates!
* If you can't attend, you can still purchase a memory book.
Dear Class of ’77:
The PHS 30th Reunion has been set for Saturday, August 11, 2007 for an evening
get
together at Manor Country Club in Rockville. Tickets are $60 per person and
include dinner,
dancing, and a raffle. A Friday evening 'happy hour' and Sunday brunch are also
planned.
For a successful reunion weekend and memory book, we are asking for Peary
memorabilia,
old and new photos, raffle items and services, and your advertisements. We are
making
every effort to organize a fun and memorable evening and weekend while keeping
prices
and expenses low. If you have a business or service that you would like to
advertise, or if you
have an item or service to donate for the raffle please let us know! The next
e-mail update will
provide a link to Paypal so that you can purchase a ticket, make a donation, and
buy an ad for
the memory book. We already have received commitments for 4 ads!
What is more lasting than the memories from the 30th reunion…contributing to a
good cause
and giving back to our community! All reunion net proceeds from ads, donations,
and the
Saturday evening raffle will be donated on behalf of the Peary High School Class
of 1977 to
the Montgomery Hospice and the Casey House. This very special and important
organization
in Montgomery County was selected to be the recipient of our reunion net proceeds
because
most of us have been (or will be) touched by the services they provide. The
50/50 raffle at the
Friday night happy hour will benefit the Midnight Sun Online, also a worthy
cause. So, please
be generous with your donations knowing it will benefit a wonderful cause and
even if you are
unable to attend the reunion, you may make a donation.
Save the date and help to get the word out to fellow graduates. Encourage all
77’ Alumni that you
know to update and register with the MSO or send an
e-mail to
PearyHS77reunions@yahoo.com!
Please feel free to contact committee members if you have a question, a concern,
a great idea, or
a request! We have a great committee assembled and are working very hard to
bring you a great
30th reunion!
We look forward to seeing you in August, thanks for your support!
Mara Paza Berzins, Chair 301-774-7614
Aberzinsso@aol.com
Cynde Robinson Burgess 301-854-5495
Cynde@hughes.net
Mary Wampler Hawbecker hawbecker@aol.com
Lisa Mitchell
lisa@potomacpartners.org
Caroline Dennis Kelly 301-440-9432
ckelly@hhsinsurance.com
Missing Persons List -
Help us track down some folks
1977 Update Form - Have
you moved since the 25-Year event in 2002?
The 25-Year Reunion: PHOTOS
From Sandy VanDusen, 10/13/02:
Dear Classmates of 1977/1976,
I wanted to publicly thank you all for coming out last nite to the joint reunion
event. It was a wonderful time for those of us in attendance! Many friendships
were rekindled...in some cases, folks had not seen one another in 25 years!
I want to extend my personal gratitude to my fellow attendees for their kindness
and, in many cases, extreme generosity. Due to not meeting the hotel minimum for
a variety of reasons, I walked in to the event last nite standing to lose about
$4,000 between me and Neal Pizzano. Once the bar bill was totaled and the last
minute registrations tallied, the out-of-pocket total was only $2,000 facing
both Neal and I. I humbly requested that those who could last nite please "pass
the bucket" and chip in something to lessen the blow for us. And gratefully,
many came thru for us in a tremendous fashion! Our final out-of-pocket total was
$508!! I am blessed with these friends and incredibly thankful for their extreme
generosity.
The Class of '77 plans to have an event for the 27.5 anniversary in the hopes
that those who could not make it last nite will be able to do so in the future.
The venue will be entirely different...on to casual and hopefully at the school!
I hope that many will step forward (thanks to those last nite who volunteered!)
and help coordinate this. It works soooo much better with a full committee
versus two people. We will begin work probably in the next 18 months on this.
Let me know if you wish to help and how to contact you when the time comes.
Please keep this in mind and to ensure that you are kept abreast....make certain
you always update here at the MSO so we can find you!
You can always email me at
sandy_vandusen@yahoo.com as well.
My sincerest heartfelt thanks to you all!
Sandy Van Dusen
Organizer, 25 Year Reunion
Missing Persons List
Other links: The 20-Year Reunion