Class of '72 40-Year Reunion This Weekend

In some ways, it was a whole lifetime ago...but it sure doesn't seem like it's been 40 years. Tonight we're going to have dinner at Nathan Blank's brewpub in downtown Corydon, on the Square, before its "official" opening...so our class will be their first paying customers. Plans are for all the classmates to sign a T-shirt; then a professional photographer will be there to get a group photo, which will be framed and hung on the wall with the T-shirt, giving our Class of '72 a moment of low-level fame, such as it is. The class isn't charging admission; you just pay for your own food and drink tonight.


Then tomorrow, we plan to have a get-together at Camp Cedarbrook, with a cookout and pitch-in dinner. The class had money left over from the last reunion, so there's also no admission charge for this event...and the class is providing the burgers and the hot dogs, as well as buns, condiments, plates, cups, and utensils. Last time we had a get-together at the camp, the conversations and laughter went from early afternoon to late at night, and it was fun hearing tales told that some of us had never heard before...some of the incidents we saw and heard of while in school suddenly made sense, after hearing the classmate equivalent of Paul Harvey's "Rest Of The Story."


And after our big weekend, we get 2 whole years to plan for our next event. Since most of our class will turn 60 in 2 years, we're making plans to have a "Senior" prom...hopefully we can book the Belle of Louisville for a cruise, as we did for our junior prom back in '71, and again for our 25-year reunion in '97.


Unlike a lot of high school classes, most of our class got along, and we enjoy each others' company. Or maybe we're so old now, we've forgotten enough that it's easier to forgive one another. Whatever the case, I'm looking forward to getting together with the old gang once more.