Recon of Navy Pier - Our team researched Navy Pier and determined it will easily support an annual Morgan Park mini reunion. We are working on the plan with the reunion committee, and will publish details shortly.
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Sep 26, 2010
Navy Pier Pub Crawl Recon Team Saturday Sept 25, 2010
Recon of Navy Pier - Our team researched Navy Pier and determined it will easily support an annual Morgan Park mini reunion. We are working on the plan with the reunion committee, and will publish details shortly.
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Sep 18, 2010
Pub Crawl - Navy Pier 1:00 pm Saturday September 25, 2010
MPHS Class of 65-66-67
Pub Crawl - Navy Pier
1:00 pm Saturday
September 25, 2010
Meet at Harry Carry's on Navy Pier
Outside if the weather is nice, inside if cold or rainy.
Optional - wear a green shirt or blouse or skirt so we can find each other.
If we fill up Harry Carry's we will spill over into the adjacent Pubs.
Optional - wear a green shirt or blouse or skirt so we can find each other.
If we fill up Harry Carry's we will spill over into the adjacent Pubs.
Bring anyone you want, even someone from Brother Rice or Luther South or another class.
1:00 pm - Meet and Greet and Drink.
2:30 pm - The Virtual Reality Class Bell Rings. Everyone up, and we wander around the Pier, scoping it out for future larger Pub Crawls.
We will check out other Pubs, and boat ride options for future bigger EMPEHI Pub Crawls. Ferris wheel and shopping and eating when it suits you.
My cell phone if you are lost or need to be bailed out of jail is 309 634 5557.
Cost - Nada, Zip. Only costs will be getting to the Pier and what you eat or drink, or if you go on a boat ride.
You can take CTA to the Pier, or drive and park at the Pier.
End - Whenever you decide.
Cutting Class is permitted and encouraged. No detentions will be issued.
All those who miss this event, 1 virtual reality pushup. (It will be 10 in the future when we give you a longer notice). This is of course not fair, but then life is not fair.
Mini reunions within the reunion. This works best if you line up some of your friends to meet, either during the main part of the reunion, or before for lunch, or after for dinner. Exchange cell phones so you can find each other on the Pier.
Out of town folks - coordinate your hotel and other events with your pals.
Please forward this to your friends who are not on this list. And network with them to see if you can drive together. See you there.
1:00 pm - Meet and Greet and Drink.
2:30 pm - The Virtual Reality Class Bell Rings. Everyone up, and we wander around the Pier, scoping it out for future larger Pub Crawls.
We will check out other Pubs, and boat ride options for future bigger EMPEHI Pub Crawls. Ferris wheel and shopping and eating when it suits you.
My cell phone if you are lost or need to be bailed out of jail is 309 634 5557.
Cost - Nada, Zip. Only costs will be getting to the Pier and what you eat or drink, or if you go on a boat ride.
You can take CTA to the Pier, or drive and park at the Pier.
End - Whenever you decide.
Cutting Class is permitted and encouraged. No detentions will be issued.
All those who miss this event, 1 virtual reality pushup. (It will be 10 in the future when we give you a longer notice). This is of course not fair, but then life is not fair.
Mini reunions within the reunion. This works best if you line up some of your friends to meet, either during the main part of the reunion, or before for lunch, or after for dinner. Exchange cell phones so you can find each other on the Pier.
Out of town folks - coordinate your hotel and other events with your pals.
Please forward this to your friends who are not on this list. And network with them to see if you can drive together. See you there.
Navy Pier
Harry Carry's at the Pier
CTA Travel Planning
METRA Travel
Sep 15, 2010
MPHS Navy Pier Pub Crawl 1:00 pm Saturday Sep 25, 2010
MPHS Class of 65-66-67
Pub Crawl - Navy Pier
1:00 pm Saturday
September 25, 2010
Meet at Harry Carry's on Navy Pier
Change 1
Taffy Cannon advises that that a big 65-66-67 reunion may take place in 2011. We don't want to gum that up or set up a competing event.
So make that 3rd Saturday in September 2011 Navy Pier Pub Crawl tentative. It may be cancelled if the big reunion is held in 2011, or possibly be folded into the big reunion on a different date.
As a City Planner, my motto has always been
"Why Plan, When You Can React?"
And in the military, it is widely known that your operation plan comes apart immediately on landing.
So reacting, we will transmute our Navy Pier planning session into the First Annual Pub Crawl. Attendance obviously will be smaller because of short notice, but still should be a pleasant event.
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MPHS Class of 65-66-67
Pub Crawl - Navy Pier
1:00 pm Saturday
September 25, 2010
Meet at Harry Carry's on Navy Pier
Outside if the weather is nice, inside if cold or rainy.
Wear a green shirt or blouse or skirt.
If we fill up Harry Carry's we will spill over into the adjacent Pubs.
Bring anyone you want, even someone from Brother Rice.
1:00 pm - Meet and Greet and Drink.
2:30 pm - The Virtual Reality Class Bell Rings. Everyone up, and we wander around the Pier, scoping it out for future larger Pub Crawls.
We will also check out other Pubs, and boat ride options for future bigger EMPEHI Pub Crawls. Ferris wheel and shopping and eating when it suits you.
My cell phone if you are lost or need to be bailed out of jail is 309 634 5557.
Why don't a few others who are coming also post your cell phone so that we have more people to call if someone comes late and can't find us because we have wandered down to another Pub.
Cost - Nada, Zip. Only costs will be getting to the Pier and what you eat or drink, or if you go on a boat ride.
You can take CTA to the Pier, or drive and park at the Pier.
End - Whenever you decide.
Cutting Class is permitted and encouraged. No detentions will be issued.
All those who miss this event, 1 virtual reality pushup. (It will be 10 in the future when we give you a longer notice). This is of course not fair, but then life is not fair.
Mini reunions within the reunion. This works best if you line up some of your friends to meet, either during the main part of the reunion, or before for lunch, or after for dinner. Exchange cell phones so you can find each other on the Pier.
Out of town folks - coordinate your hotel and other events with your pals.
Please forward this to your friends who are not on this list. And network with them to see if you can drive together. See you there.
Navy Pier
http://www.navypier.com/
Harry Carry's at the Pier
http://www.navypier.com/din_shop/dining_restaurants.html#harrycarays
CTA Travel Planning
http://www.transitchicago.com/travel_information/trip_planner.aspx
METRA Travel
http://metrarail.com/metra/en/home.html
Sep 14, 2010
First Annual MPHS 60's Pub Crawl Navy Pier Saturday Sep 17, 2011 1:00 pm
TENTATIVE
May change or be cancelled
if Big Reunion is held in 2011
MPHS 60's Pub Crawl
May change or be cancelled
if Big Reunion is held in 2011
MPHS 60's Pub Crawl
Navy Pier - the Third Saturday of Every Year
Saturday Sep 17, 2011
1:00 pm to ???
1:00 pm-Meet in the Bars on the south side of the Pier
Which ones to be decided. Tentatively Harry Carry's. Outside if the whether is nice, inside if cold or rainy.
If only a few participants, we will stay in this bar until we decide to crawl to the next one. If there are a lot of folks, we will then rotate to pre selected bars by class year.
Wear a green shirt or blouse or skirt. We will have name tags.
3:00 pm - The Class Bell Rings. Everyone up, mingle on the quay at a location to be determined say near the Ferris Wheel, or inside if cold and rainy.
4:00 pm Optional Boat Ride - time and boat to be determined. Your choice to take the boat or continue Pub Crawl to the pub of your choice. Ferris wheel and shopping and eating when it suits you.
We will provide a number of cell phones if you are lost 309 634 5557.
Cost - Nada, Zip. Only costs will be getting to the Pier and what you eat or drink, or if you go on a boat ride. You can take CTA to the Pier, or drive and park at the Pier.
End - Whenever you decide
Mini reunions within the reunion. This works best if you line up some of your friends to meet, either during the main part of the reunion, or before for lunch, or after for dinner. Exchange cell phones so you can find each other on the Pier.
Planning Meeting Saturday September 25, 2010
everyone who wants to help Plan at Harry Caray's at Navy Pier, www.harrycaraystavern.com 700 East Grand Avenue, Chicago -
Sep 8, 2010
Annual MPHS 65-66-67 Pub Crawl at Navy Pier ?
What does everyone think about setting up an annual PUB Crawl for our 65-66-67 Classes at Navy Pier? Same date and time every year. Needs very little planning or effort, and no financial risk.
We just settle on the day and time, and mark it on our calendars. Low cost and little planning effort. Just put out the word on the Yahoo lists, Facebook pages, and on the blog.
We could try the first one next year. I would propose that it would always be on a fixed date
Perhaps the:
Perhaps the:
Third Saturday of every September.
Always start at 1:00 pm, peaking at 3:00 pm, and then continuing on into the afternoon and evening.
The location would be on the south side of the Pier and in the outdoor and indoor bars along the south side of the Pier. There is plenty of room and lots of capacity at those locations. The reunion would essentially be a Pub Crawl. You can stay in an outside Pub, or go insiide, or just meander up and down the Pier.
It is also a convenient location to take a boat ride or ride the ferris wheel.
You can also plan a little mini reunion with your close friends on this day. Contact everyone from your gang and arrange to meet at bar X at 4:00 pm
It also makes it easy for you to bring someone else – say a friend from Brother Rice or a 64 / 68 alumni, who probably would not come to a formal reunion but would come to a PUB Crawl.
I don't think this replaces the every five years or so major reunion. But could be a nice and cheap supplement.
What does everyone think?
Who would like come to such an event?
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It sounds like a thought but it would need a central place and time to meet otherwise it might be difficult to find other classmates when they are scattered about. Navy Pier is a huge place.
Ron McComb
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But without any organization, how would we recognize each other?
I mean I hardly knew who all the old folks were at the last one.
Will Hepburn
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Funny guy, Will -- and yet ALL those "old folks" recognized YOU right away. We'll just stand you out in the middle of the main entrance to Navy Pier with Joan Pettavino in her letter sweater and Bingo, instant reunion registration desk!
I think some level of organization is required -- a little advance advertising outside of this site, and someone has to monitor the "possible" attendees. Plus, stick on name tags will be required. Beyond that, though, I think it's a do-able idea, Craig.
Judy Halligan Willingham '66
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Sounds like a good idea, Craig. I think it could work. We may have to wear name tags or some kind of identifier. And, Navy Pier has something for everyone and it's centrally located to go to other venues later in the day/evening. I would attend this.
Dennis Carlson
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I would be amenable to this idea. My wife's company does a very expensive thing every other year and the meet up sounds lots cheaper and with little organization. We might even be able to get a meeting spot or sign-in table
near (or in) one of the pubs if we agree on that as a starting point.
Tom Shildouse ____
Good comments. This essentially just a PUB Crawl.
We could all wear a green shirt. We could also wear name tags. Everyone bring their own. Put their original name and class on the tag.
We could set it up so that each class initially meets at a specific bar, say
1:00 to 2:30
June 66 at Harry Carays
Jan 66 at ___
So the six classes would initially start out at a specific place.
Then the virtual reality bell rings, starting our second period:
2:30 to 4:00
Whole School Greet and Meet.
This would mean we would all meet out at the Quay in a specific place - say from the Ferris Wheel to several blocks to the west.
Meander and socialize and meet and greet, sort of like a grand cocktail party.
Then the Bell rings again, starting the 3rd period.
Then 4:00 to 6:00 either have a drink with your old school mates, or with new folks that you have met.
School is out after 6:00. The serious party folks can continue, the rest of us old folks go home or have dinner with old MPHS friends.
This would work best if you line up your old friends to meet. You could arrange to meet them at 1:00 at a specific bar or restaurant, or meet at 5:00 or 6:00 pm for drinks and/or dinner.
Get reconnected with your old palls via email. So if you have one or 20 pals, arrange the meet point and time with them. Also exchange cell phone numbers so they can find you if things get confused. Which they probably will.
This is much easier deal for those still living in or near Metro Chicago. For those coming from far away, you would want to make sure that your some of your close friends are coming.
Seems to me this works whether 5 people come, or 500.
One of the advantages of this is you and cut class, or come early or late or not at all. You will not be punished. No detentions, minor disciplines, or pushups will be meeted out.
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What if we have rainy cold weather.
Mid September in Chicago is usually nice, but it could be cold and rainy. In which case our meet and greet promenade would be inside in the large foyer area and in the restaurants in side. This would still work, but would not be as nice.
Will, your comment about recognizing people? I think it would be easier outside in the sun.
If we do this, the worst thing that could happen is if only a handful of people come. In which case it is a lot like the Beggar's Pizza group who meet periodically.
Does anyone know the bars and restaurants on the Pier well? I will be in downtown Chicago in two weeks for a conference, so I could get a better feel for this.
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