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Southside High School,
Selma, Alabama
Frequently Asked
Questions (FAQs):
The purpose of
this page is to provide information regarding the upcoming 2010 reunion by anticipating questions
and providing answers.
FLASH: The 2007 Reunion has been Rescheduled for 2010 !!!
This the official email notification and information source for the upcoming
2010 Southside High School Reunion, and your personal invitation to attend.
WHO Is Invited: Anyone who attended Southside High School, Selma, Alabama (although it is primary for those which attended in the 60s, 70s and up through the mid-80s)
WHEN: Weekend of July 30, 2010 (see schedule of activities below)
WHERE: All events will be held at the Dallas County Moose Lodge, Selma, Alabama (to get to the Moose Lodge, drive past the Selma Mall with the Mall on your left…then continue from there out of town for about 2 miles and the Moose Lodge will be on your right)
WHY: The purpose of the reunion is to allow our former classmates to reunite after all of these decades (yes, decades), rekindle friendships and reminisce about the “good ole days”…back when things were much simpler…back before we had all the obligations and responsibilities.
COST: Cost for the reunion is $50 per person (not matter how many Reunion events you plan to attend). Attached is the official registration form – please complete the form and send it in (along with your payment) as soon as you can. And please make your check payable to John Gawrysiak (Class of 1975). Any checks made out to anyone else will be returned to you since we will have no way to process them.
T-SHIRT: Each paying attendee will receive a commemorative 2010 SHS Reunion T-Shirt…so make sure you indicate your T-Shirt size(s) on the official registration form.
Note that the highlight activity for the reunions weekend is the Social and Dance on Saturday night. The theme is “Country and Western.” Soooo, it’s time to get out that 10-gallon hat and large belt buckles, gents (and for safety reasons, no spurs allowed…hahaha)…and for your ladies, it’s time for those skirts and tight fittin’ jeans.
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I firmly believe this will be the last reunion of its kind. We put on similar “All Classes” reunions in 2003 and 2005. The amount of effort and coordination required is high and very demanding on peoples’ personal time…I do believe this will be the last one like this. I strongly urge you to consider attending this one, especially if you have been unable to attend one in the past. The “An Evening With Friends” events which have been done for the past three years running may well continue, and you will likely have an opportunity to attend one of those for as long as they are put on. But since those are one evening, they tend to be attended by those that can get there in a day and not so many “out of towners.”
Please understand that this reunion, like the ones in 2003 and 2005, are not meant to replace the periodic class reunions conducted by each graduating class at Southside. They are broader and are extended to allow anyone that attended Southside High School to attend (you don’t have to have graduated from Southside, but you must have attended at some point).
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All of the reunion activities will be held at the Dallas County Moose Lodge, and kick off with a sign-in and Meet-N-Greet social on Friday evening, July 30th, 2010 – and consist of activities scattered over a 40-hour time period, with breaks in between for personal time.
REUNION ACTIVITIES
Friday, July 30th, 2010
- 5:00p – Until – Sign-In and Meet-N-Greet Social (finger food/snacks and soft drinks provided)
Saturday, July 31st, 2010
- Morning – Free time to visit friends/relatives or tour around the Selma area
- Noon – 2:30p – Cookout (hamburgers and hot dogs and all the fixins)
- 6:00 p – 8:00p – Pre-Dance Social (an opportunity to mingle and socialize and enjoy the finger food and snacks before the band starts playing)
- 8:00p – Midnight – Dance
Sunday, August 1st, 2010
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9:00a – 10:00a – Optional pay-as-you-go “Send Off Breakfast” at local
restaurant (name and location will be announced at a later date)
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HOTEL
If you need a hotel room, the Reunion Committee has negotiated the following arrangements at local hotels in Selma. You can stay at these hotels, or another hotel of your choosing if you like. I want to strongly emphasize this, and it is important: If you think you just might need a hotel room, you should make reservations right away (now!). You can cancel up to the day before arrival and still not be charged for the room(s). There are several other events going on in Selma during the same weekend, and as a result, two of the major hotels are already full and not available to us at all.
Two hotels options for July 30th and 31st:
COMFORT INN
1812 Highway 14E
334-875-5700
The Comfort Inn Hotel is located near the Moose Lodge, where all of the Reunion activities where will be held. Hotel has a pool and offers a continental breakfast—they ask that you bring additional towels if you plan to use the pool. Rates are: $75 per night for two queen beds. Discounted rates for military (active or retired), AAA, AARP (over 50), or government employees are $66 per night. It is recommended you call after 3PM Central Time to make your reservation to get someone that speaks English well.
BUDGET INN
601 Highland Avenue
877-747-8713
The Budget Inn Hotel is also near the Moose Lodge and Selma Mall. Basic rooms rate is $44.25 per night for a king size bed and $51.75 for two double beds. There are no other discounted rates available. Hotel has a pool. And note that this hotel is very basic – pretty much just a place to sleep and that’s about it. The phone number above is a reservation service and not the hotel itself. When you call, specify “Budget Inn in Selma, AL.
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Please share the information regarding this reunion with any former SHS people you can…including those on social networking websites like Facebook. We don’t want anyone to be left out simply because they did know about the reunion…
Warm Regards (Hope to see you there…),
Jeff Maddox
Webmaster
www.SouthsideReunion.com
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