Sorry to report to the procrastinators among you, but late registration fees kicked in this morning for the dinner and tailgater. (Golf pricing does not change, though registration closes earlier for that, per below). The various server outages moved this increase back by nine days from the original plan, so I'm glad a good number of you were able to get in under that deadline.
Until noon on October 20, when all registration will close, prices are as follows:
Friday night dinner: $90/person (21 and up only)
Saturday tailgater: $160 per classmate (first ticket purchased must be a classmate tickets, which includes geedunk, though it will not now arrive before the event), $100 per other adult, $50 per teen (age 13 to 20), $25 per youth (age 8 to 12), and still free for kids age seven and under.
If you placed an order for a classmate ticket or at the class store before September 15, your NAVY '86 fleece and cap should arrive no later than a week before the reunion events.
The next deadline of note is October 11, when golf registration will close, and when we will wrap up the Reunion Color Company competition. Anyone who wants in to golf outing after that point will have to pay cash the morning of the event, subject to availability, which may be limited if we hit our goal.
The winner of the Color Company Contest will be announced at the Friday night dinner. 25th and 26th Companies have been swapping the pedestal for a few weeks now, with 1st, 9th, 29th and 33rd nipping at their heels, and any number of dark horse candidates within range, should a dedicated offensive be launched.
Finally, one more item for those staying at Loews: if you have a room there, but did not get the '86 group rate because either (a) you registered after it closed, or (b) the block was full at the time you tried to get in, please shoot me a note . . . I can't get you the better rate anymore, but your rooms will count toward our pickup totals if I identify you as members of '86, and that will help us avoid any last minutes surprises due to attrition or unclaimed rooms.
As always, everything you need to register for events, get game tickets, reserve rooms at Loews (if any left), or buy additional merchandise from the Class Store (recommended!) is available at the reunion planning website, here:
http://86usna25.blogspot.com/
At this point, we are registered to 91% of over-all goal, with 874 tailgate tickets, 215 dinner tickets, and 61 golfers signed up. This is very good, especially in an era when the reunion industry is being hammered by tough economy and the impact of social media, which, while allowing people to reconnect, also tends to remove incentives to go see them in real life, after you've already been bored by the minutiae of their day to day existences on Facebook for a couple of years.
Bottom line: if registration trends match what we did in 2006, we should get pretty close to our goals of 950, 250, and 75 for tailgater, dinner and golf. Spread the word, please and thanks . . . and looking forward to seeing you all soon!
E
2 comments:
Any update as to when the fleece and cap will arrive? It is a week before our reunion and I have not received anything yet..thanks.
Marc Thibodeau
When did you register, Tibbs? If it was before September 15, then you should have your fleece. After that, we could not guarantee arrival in time for the events. We have done two large mailings at this point, and will do a third sweep-up mailing after reunion registration closes.
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