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Reunion50 Update #2

Reunion50 planning is under way and is set for October 20 / 21 , 2023 in Corpus Christi, Texas. We have booked the venues for both Friday and Saturday night events. You can read more about them on this site under PAGES. 

So far, there will be a Friday night mixer called Re-Connect that will be hosted at Joe's Crab Shack located on the T-Heads. This will include both outside and inside space and a casual buffet. What a great time to re-connect and get ready for the big event Saturday night. 

Saturday night will be at the HEB House on Ocean Drive with both outside and inside space, mostly outside with a huge covered pavilion and green space. Its a gorgeous setting for our reunion! The night will include a very nice full buffet dinner, set ups provided, plus so much more as always. 

Your Reunion Planning Team is working hard to get all the details done making Reunion50 one for the record. 

WHAT CAN YOU DO?

• Keep locating alumni that you know and get them plugged in. 
• Mark the dates down on your calendar and don't miss it.
• Be willing to volunteer your time with set up, tear down, registration, and other needs we may have.
  

There you have it! Get ready for REUNION50

Your Reunion Team

REUNION50 Update #1

We just added the locations for both Friday night and Saturday night events that we are so excited about. It took a lot of work looking for the right places and the Reunion Team did an incredible job to make sure we secured the best deal. Once again our reunion time will be amazing! 

We are now in the planning mode for Reunion50 and coming up with lots of great ideas and optional events to offer. We will be using an incredible reunion planning app starting this November that will give you a lot more details so be watching for that.

Check out the updated pages above and get the scoop on where to go on reunion weekend. We will be posting more details as we get them and pass them on to you. 

WHAT CAN YOU DO TO HELP?

First, mark your calendar and make plans to attend. Second, find alumni and get them to join our Facebook group Carroll Class of 73 so they get updated info on the reunion. If they are not on Facebook, tell them to email us at carrollreunion@yahoo.com. We can add people there also. Third, pray for great weather that weekend. See you there!

Your Reunion50 Team

Reunion50: Save the Date

 

This just happened!

Reunion50 is booked and the dates are set. After months of searching for the perfect spot, visiting venues, making phone calls, getting quotes, emails and team meetings we found the perfect place to celebrate 50 years of friendships for the Class of 73. We looked high and low and even out of Corpus but ended up in our hometown Corpus Christi for a weekend of fun and re-connecting with alumni. Mark your calendar for these dates. More details coming so come back often.

Friday Night Re-Connect October 20, 2023

Saturday Night Lalapolooza October 21, 2023  

 

Your Reunion Team

Jeff Watson
Bob Church
Nancy Cantu
Debbie Arnold
Vicki Maxwell
Rick Cadden

 

50 Years of Memories: Friends for Life

 

It was 1973. As graduation closed in, both fear and excitement were on my mind thinking about what I would do next. The next minute I was walking across the stage in cap and gown being handed a piece of paper that proved I made it. I am now a Carroll High School Class of 1973 graduate along with 650+ others that became alumni that day. Here we are now, sliding into 50 years later.

Since the very first reunion in 1983, I have been on the planning team. Our first 10-year reunion was in Corpus Christi at the Holiday Inn Emerald Beach. The 20-year reunion was in Corpus at the Omni hotel downtown. The 30-year reunion was a big milestone for us again in Corpus at the Omni Hotel. Then the 40-year arrived and we celebrated in Port A at the Sandcastle Resort. That was one of the best for me! We figured out we were not getting younger so we planned a 5-year reunion that led us to Reunion45 in Port A at the Seashell Village Resort. It is hard to grasp but we are planning Reunion50 in 2023 now. Our goal for all reunions has been to get as many alumni together as possible. It takes a ton of work and a lot of hours but with the team we have, we have pulled off some amazing events.

Other goals include making it affordable for all, fun, with a time to rekindle those old friendships. The events in Corpus were great and the events in Port A were great. After the 45^th reunion, the team all agreed that the 50^th should be big, something new and different, like never before.

Would you agree that 50 years later, it is all about re-connecting, remembering high school days, catching up, making a vacation out of it, and having a good time together as a class? We can do all that at any location. We did the days of going back to the high school, driving by our old house, and seeing how Corpus has changed!

We are currently looking for reunion locations in CC, and Port A. Port A by far has the best venues and the most affordable but we are considering all options.

If you remember, for the 45^th reunion, we had a difficult time getting alumni to register. We even threatened to cancel all our hard work preparing because not enough people had registered and we were not going to be able to cover the cost. We pleaded and at the last minute, we made it. Here we are 5 years later with 200+ on our Facebook group and in the planning process. We have lost some over the years and our group is not getting any younger. Knowing that with a possible location change we may lose some but will gain some too.We feel the best overall time of year is the fall; the weather is better, costs are lower, and the crowds are less. 

Reunion50, October 20,21, 2023

Class of 73 Reunion Team

Bob Church
Nancy Cantu
Jeff Watson
Rick Cadden
Debbie Arnold
Vicki Maxwell Houston

TESTING 123: Are you still there!

TESTING 123! It has been 5 years since we posted here so this is only a test! I hope this finds you healthy and safe as we begin to create excitement once again for our reunion. Your reunion team is in the planning process of our next big event in the fall of 2023. 

What can you do to help? Thanks for asking. Our biggest need at this point is to locate as many alumni as possible and ask them to join our Facebook group. Look through your friends for Class of 73 alumni and make sure they are connected. Right now we only have 204 out of over 650 in our class. 

Lets make the 50th a big event and get as many there as we can!

Thanks

Mary Carroll Class of 73
Reunion Team

Go Tigers!

REUNION 45 a Huge Success

It is post -reunion 45 now and after getting some rest, I want to share some about the weekend. First of all, thank you to the Reunion Committee Team for incredible hard work and long hours to pull off a two night major event like this. I know we would all agree it was worth every effort. Our class doesn't just show up and eat dinner somewhere and visit, we have weekend events with all the bells and whistles.When the committee first met about a 45th reunion, we said lets do it but on a smaller scale of the last reunion since it was a mid term event. Well, that didn't happen! As we talked and planned, we got so excited that we went all out again. Now, the 45th is going to be hard to beat.

I am always amazed at how our class doesn't see each other for 5 or 10 years and when we get back together we just pick up right where we left off. That comes from our theme "Friends for Life". Our class is so special and unique in that we are all close and have nothing less than great memories of high school days. We had 623 people graduate in 1973 and ever since that day, we just get closer and closer together. What am amazing class we are.

The venue was awesome and embraced us perfectly. I loved the the outdoor setting and buffet and bar and the grass area under the lights. We also had AC indoors but really not many even took advantage of that area. The outdoor setting proved to me fun and exciting. Add in all the decorations and the themed look, it was amazing! When Jeff and Bob and I looked at the venue, we immediately started envisioning a fun event and the ideas were flowing. We left that day pumped at the thought of having our reunion there.

It all came out great and was so much fun. Thank God for the perfect weather and ocean breeze to keep the bugs away and keep us cool. The beach was clean and the waves were a refreshing sound all night at the beach party.

THANK YOU to those that were able to attend and those that could not make it, please plan for the 50th reunion in the year 2023. God willing we are all still around for it.

Rick Cadden