Last weekend was the Great Virginia Get Together. That is nothing more than a fancy name for an all class reunion. Being that I’ve only been out of high school for 8 years, I haven’t had many reunions to go to. I don’t think there was a 5 year reunion and I surely wouldn’t have gone if there was. I probably don’t even need to mention that I skipped this one as well.
From a friend who was in town for the event, I heard that four (of about 150) people showed up to my class’s brunch/social thing. First of all, had it been some kind of kegger, I’m sure you’d have gotten a few of the lifers (people who never left Virginia) to show up. Second, I think reunions are a thing of the past.
The reasons you hold a high school reunion in the first place is to get people back in contact with people that they may have lost touch with over the years. At worst, you showed up to see if all the jocks are working dead end jobs and if all the geeks are rich and married to supermodels.
The problem is, staying in touch these days isn’t that hard. Email can be blasted out to whole address books to keep old friends informed. People can follow your blog. Sign up for an account on Facebook. The list goes on.
I wouldn’t expect my parents to replace their high school reunions with online social networks, but for the generation that doesn’t know a world without the Internet, you can be sure it will for them.
So true. I pretty much talked with people that I have been in contact with through facebook anyways. It is just another reason to party- and let all the gray hairs come out for a good time. I wasn’t impressed- the organization of this event was definitely lacking in many areas.
I agree with you. My class is even smaller at 81 graduates, and I’ve got about 15 of those as facebook friends now and maybe 5 more that I’d even care to get updates on. My 10 year is coming up, but at this rate, there isn’t much reason to go.