Radies in The Province

For those of you locals, who get the Province newspaper. Our very own Dave Radies is on Page A23 with his discovery of "The Ancient Forest" near Prince George!

There's even a "Radies Tree"...I thought they'd name a "weed" after him. ;) Seriously though, congrats Dave, we're all very proud of you!

20th Reunion Down...When is the next?

Wow...what a night. Like a meal that takes hours to prepare and moments to eat, the 20th Seaquam reunion has passed. It was absolutely as blast and FAR too long since seeing many of you. I am trying to get the ball rolling for a 25th reunion (and seem to have some people in agreement).

I commend everyone who turned out, I hope that you all had as fun an evening as I did. It seemed more like we were getting together in the Seaquam cafeteria on the first day of school after summer break and by that I mean it was really comfortable and relaxed. Everyone looked great! For those of you who were unable to make it, please go to:
http://www.pixagogo.com/7751224661

It was unfortunate that we were unable to play 80's music. Dan and I had worked on a play list earlier this week...with the positive being that I have more music to my MP3 collection...the negative being that I now have 16 hours of Pantera. Other than the inability to play our own music, I think the venue was excellent and the food was good (what I had...as I was too anxious to eat)...the Seaquam Seahawk drink was great. Janine seemed to always have two in hand; obviously, trying to ensure that we hit our alcohol commitment...or should I say ensuring that Eva's tab was hitting our alcohol commitment. ;)

Dan and I were ready to emcee the evening, but things went so fluidly (no pun intended) and naturally, it was unnecessary. I did have a speech that I was going to say at the beginning of the night, but I ended up just putting in Mr. Ward's pocket. Here's what I had written:

"Dear Teachers of Seaquam,

I is happy tonight. It is famtatic…fanatic…good to see you all. Thank you for coming. Thank you for my good edumacation. Everything I learned I learned from youse all. You is the best of the best. Thumbs up…look at crowd.

I hope youse all has a famatic…fanatic…good time tonight. Once again, I is happy tonight. As Mr. Ward teached me, “Use repetition as em-PHA-sis.”

Thank you."

Once again, thank you everyone who attended and hope that you're all available for 2012 (25th grad reunion).

Less than a week to go!

Dear '87 Grads:

Here's an update on the reunion! So far, 86 grads and guests are confirmed for the event (see the list below if you're wondering who'll be there!) ... and more are expected to buy tickets this week or pay at the door. Also, we have a slew of teachers coming (sorry, no hints on who's coming, you have to come and see)!

Last Name of Grad First Name

Akizuki Dave
Akizuki Mike
Bailey Kelly
Berry James
Boulet Michelle
Buchanan Darcy
Chan Eric
Cholette Tina
Clarke and Jeff Tracy
Clarke (Morton) and guest Bonnie
Clayton Russ
Dalton Lisa
De Jong Ingrid
Dickau (Kemnitz) and guest Beth
Drinkle Tracy
Enns (Ruttan) Jennifer
Erwood Kelly
Euverman Shannon
Falkner Tom
Ferstrom Erin
Flint Darren
Forewell (Rau) and Dean Sandra
Freeman Ron
Giffen Mike
Gourley Sue
Halvorson Darren
Hunter Ian
Jensen (Wilson) Christie
Kennedy (Fetherstonhaugh) Sommer and guest Colin
Lofty and guest Jim
Lorentzen (Wang) Rhonda
Lowe D.E
Makin (Findley) and Greg Lana
Maida and guest Natalie
Mantel Kim
Minch Scott
Morris (Landen) and Wes Sharalyn
Nielsen Dan
Olsen and two guests Dean
Park Pat
Partridge Glenn
Poenitz Kim
Price and guest Angie
Radies Dave
Rickett (Clarke) and guest Wendy
Safarik (Levy) and guest Jackie
Schneider Myrna
Scott and guest Deanna
Scott Lorie
Shaw Christie
Shaw Colleen
Siedlacczek Kathy
Silins (Anderson) Sandra
Sim and guest Karen
Sinclair Wendy
Skelton Debbie
Smith Gord
Stevenson and guest Tammy
Tasaka Janine
Therkelsen (Lewis) Eva
Towill David
Wales Jeff
Watts and guest Diane
White Heather
Wilkie (Cuthbert) Karen
Wilkie Shawn
Yahn Gord
Yoon Vic

Important: The organizing commitee is not mailing out tickets - if you've sent ticket money your name will be on a master list at the welcome table when you get to the Alibi Room.
If you mailed or transferred ticket money to Eva Lewis and your name doesn't appear on the attached list please send her an email asap because it means the funds weren't received (it might still be in the mail if you only sent it a couple of days ago).

If you're making a last minute decision about attending the reunion, you have the option of paying at the door ($40 per ticket). Please bring cash or cheque.

Event details:
Saturday, September 22, 2007 - 7pm - 1am
Alibi Room
157 Alexander Street (Main is the closest cross street)
Vancouver, BC
Website - with map and parking details - http://www.alibi.ca/

We encourage everyone to bring your camera as we will be posting pics of the event on the Seaquam Blog and the Reunion Site on Facebook.

Cheers, and see you all this weekend!

The Organizing Committee (Dan, Sommer, Janine, Kathy, Eva and Vic)

Details finalized!

Well here I sit with Dan Nielsen, Eva Lewis (Therkelson), Janine Tasaka-Owens, and Kathy Siedlaczek! We've just had some dinner and drinks and are ready for the big event. We've finalized the details and are looking great for our September 22nd event!

The details are as follows:
The Alibi Room (in Gastown)
157 Alexander Street (at Main)
Vancouver, BC
http://www.alibi.ca/

The party will be from 7 pm to 1 am. Make sure to get there early because Dave, Dan, Pat and I will be passed out by 8:30 pm. Oh yeah, the costs for the night is $40. It includes appetizers, music, entertainment and cash bar - let's see who figures that one out. ;)

Please send your cheques or online bank transfer (Royal Bank Account #07400 5005574).
This ia a dedicated account for the Seaquam Reunion Ticket Sales.

Eva Lewis
2499 West 37th Avenue
Vancouver, BC V6M 1P4
(make your cheques to Eva Lewis - Seaquam Grad)

Finally, for those of you on facebook, please add any of the grad committee members and you'll be invited to the Seaquam Grad Reunion group. Please spread the word to all Grad '87 Seahawks!!!

I hope to see you all at the reunion!!!

Cheers,
Vic Yoon

2nd Meeting

Well, we had our second meeting and it was good. I wasn't there so that's all, I can really report. Stay tuned and make sure to pass the news! Grad '87 Reunion is coming soon!!!

First Planning Meeting

Well, we had our first planning meeting for the 20 year reunion. It was a small meeting (attended by Dan, Janine and Eva) with some wine and snacks. Surprisingly, we got a lot accomplished and didn't drink too much wine.

We were delegated some tasks/roles and will have another meeting soon. One request for all of you out there is to provide any contact information (email addresses and/or phone numbers) to Dan. Also, you may want to let Dan know if you are going to be coming to the reunion! I sure hope so!

Cheers,
Vic

Grad Reunion

I just was watching some upcoming movie trailers (something that I do now that I'm a father and can't actually get out of the house).

Reminded me of many days with Dan Nielsen who could've been champ. I haven't lost hope for that dream...I hope he hasn't either. Please note that you need Quicktime to view the trailer.

http://www.apple.com/trailers/independent/airguitarnation/trailer/

I've been looking into reserving some room on a public event which may suit our 20th Reunion function. It's for a OLD SCHOOL PARTY CRUISE. I have a connection there and could possibly get a whole deck reserved. Leave your comments or email Dan or me.

2 DJ's, 2 Dance Floors & 3 Levels on Saturday, September 22nd.
Sailing: 9:30pm –12:30am (boarding @ -8:30pm)
Price $25.00 + gst =$26.50

http://www.boatcruises.com/online_booking/index.html?id=54