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Plans for the reunion are coming along smoothly and what’s making that happen is the generosity of those who are helping to cover our costs.
Here are some of the ways that people are helping:
* Ed Tracy - Scholarship donation
* Eva Fromm - portable toilets for the picnic
* Jeanie Howard - Memory Tree
* Ella Binotto - Memory Tree plaque
* Carrie and Bill Haan - Wanda Houston Band for the picnic
* Carrie and Bill Haan - plastic cups and koozies for the picnic
* Penny and Joe Bott - cornhole game with reunion logo for the picnic
* Sheryl Winship Dominguez - meals for the students doing the Live Feed
* Ella Binotto - meals for the students doing the photo booth and their advisor
* Lorraine Bonneau - contribution towards DJ for cocktail party
* JoAnn Fuller Ehret - bartenders for cocktail party
* Bruce Petty - Door Prize
* Carrie Haan - Door Prize
* Chris Doum - Hill Paint
* Beth Hoag Dykeman - pumpkins for table arrangements
* Tom Scott - table arrangements
* Jay Dedrick - scholarship 50/50 raffle tickets
* Dale Clark - scholarship 50/50 raffle tickets
* Sandi Miller Card - printing and supplies
* Linda Harmon - decorations
* Carrie Haan - decorations
Sponsors for the website that have kept it up and running over the past few years:
* Sheryl Winship Dominguez
* Penny & Joe Bott
* Carrie & Bill Haan
* Helen & Jim Garamone
* Linda Harmon
If you would like to contribute, please, send us a message on the "Contact Us" page and we will let you know where we could use the help.
Thank you
Scholarship Fund Donations
Thank you to Attorney Tom Whalen for offering to hold scholarship donations in an escrow account for us.
Ed Tracy has very generously offered to contribute $10,000 to the fund and our goal is to match it.
If you would like to make a donation to the Scholarship Fund we are accepting donations in any amount.
Please, make your check payable to:
Thomas Whalen as Attorney
And mail to:
Sandi Miller Card
100 May Lane Ext
Lot 20
Dover Plains NY 12522
Thank you Book Your Rooms Now!!!
We have booked blocks of rooms at three hotels. You can find the information on the "Accommodations" page. Please, be advised, that rates are good until September 8th, 2022 or until they run out of the type of rooms they are offering us. This will be Columbus Day Weekend so regular rates will be higher. We advise that you call to make your reservation. You must use the code provided to get the discounted rate.
Please don’t NOT go to the reunion because the person/s you want to see most won’t be there…
Everyone who goes will have gone to Dover whether it was just for a year or two or for all twelve years. We spent every school day together. Dover is a small school, so even if you didn’t hang out with someone, you knew who they were. We experienced the highs and the lows together and grew up together. No one knows what we went through better, other than family. Yes, there will be people who won’t be there for a multitude of reasons. It breaks my heart that I won’t see Dino Boscardin or Peter Lovi, or George Brown and others again. And then there are those that simply have other commitments. However, the ones who will be going may not have been people you were close to in school but still shared in the same experiences. I myself, through this process, am finding connections with others that I never had before and it’s wonderful.
And please don’t NOT go because you don’t have someone to go with. This is not that kind of event. We will all be there to be with each other. So please, come and enjoy new blossoming friendships and grow your roots deeper with the old.
Also, please don’t NOT go because someone else might be there. What happened in the past is exactly that…in the past. Don’t cheat yourself of the opportunity to reconnect with others. There will be plenty of other people there to interact with and who knows, maybe this will be the opportunity you need to let go and move on.
Scholarship News
Hi Everyone,
The Scholarship Committee met for the first time this past Wednesday. We discussed what our roles will be, what information we need to determine the criteria of the scholarship and for opening a bank account. We also discussed ways to raise funds.
To start, we will raise funds by soliciting monetary donations, hold a 50/50 raffle, and possibly do a GotSneakers event, where we would get paid for all the used sneakers we collect and in turn the sneakers would be recycled in one form or another and kept out of landfills.
The big news is that a former schoolmate, Ed Tracy ‘71, has generously offered to contribute $10,000 to the scholarship fund and our goal is to match it.
Thank you Ed, so very much!!!
We are opening a bank account for the scholarship fund and will let you know to whom you should make your check payable to very soon.
Reunion Schedule
“That ‘70s Reunion” is going to be a jam packed amazing weekend event!!!
We will start Friday night with a football game under the lights. Game begins @ 7:00pm… Dover vs Pine Plains.
Saturday morning @ 10:00am we will get a tour of the school followed by our “Quilts of Valor” ceremony, honoring our classmates who are serving or have served in the military and have been touched by war. We will also dedicate a “Memory Tree” in honor of all Dragons who have passed.
Saturday evening we will get together for a fabulous cocktail party at The Poughkeepsie Grand Hotel from 8:00pm - 12:00am with music provided by DJ VYBE - Nationally Ranked 1 of America's Top 150 DJs.
Sunday we will gather again for an awesome picnic at the Chestnut Ridge Rod & Gun Club, from 12:00 noon- 5:00pm, catered by BBQ Specialists of the Hudson Valley, with entertainment provided by a Berkshire treasure “The Wanda Houston Band”.
For those who purchase t-shirts or hoodies, we will have them available for pick up at the football game, school tour, cocktail party and picnic.
It’s gonna ROCK!!!
Don’t miss out…
Buy your tickets now!!!
The Wanda Houston Band
Carrie & Bill Haan have graciously offered to pay to have The Wanda Houston Band play at the picnic 🧺 Thank you Carrie & Bill for your generosity 💕
https://www.google.com/search?q=the+wanda+houston+band&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en-us&client=safari#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:af260c0a,vid:B9WM8GYffok,st:0
For your convenience we have offered two payment options for purchasing tickets; either by check or through PayPal. When purchasing through PayPal, please choose to pay to a friend, otherwise we receive $81.54 on each ticket as PayPal deducts a fee of $3.46. When paying by check we realize the full $85. We have not offered a pay by credit card option as they charge even higher fees.
If you choose to pay by check you will be given information as to whom to make the check payable to and where to send it, at the time of purchase.
Please, choose the option that works best for you.
The window for submitting a request to receive a Quilt of Valor is now closed.
Those who will be awarded quilts are:
Ramona Lum Bishop
Laura Cornell
Jim Garamone
John J Langiu
Robert Langton
Thomas Lum
Steve Miller
Beverly Francis Sessoms
Congratulations to all!!!
Recipients if you have not already submitted your paperwork to Mrs. Fiedler, please do so asap.
Raffle
The Reunion Committee decided to contribute the funds we receive from the Raffle and leftover money from ticket sales to go to the school system’s Mental Health program. With Covid, and shootings,and war, etc…happening, the whole country is finding there is an emergent need to handle Mental Health issues with children and adolescents.
You can donate to the Raffle in the following ways:
- give an item in new or like new condition
- give a gift certificate
- give money
- solicit donations from local businesses All donations along with pictures (when provided) and the donor’s info, including website links, will be posted on our website’s “Raffle Donations” page…FREE ADVERTISING
If you would like to contribute please, contact Linda Harmon by:
Messenger: Linda L Harmon
or call or text Linda @ 401-269-8596.If you have an item that you would like to donate, Beth Hoag Dykeman will be collecting and storing donated items.
Please contact Beth by:
Messenger by: Beth W. Dykeman
or text or call her @ 845-222-5981.
If you would like to give a monetary donation, please make the check payable to:
Colleen Avery
and notate “Raffle Donation” on the memo line.
Send the check to:
Sandi Miller-Card
100 May Lane Extension
Lot 20
Dover Plains NY 12522
Thank you
Please note that we will be bundlMing some items together to make baskets. Tickets for the Picnic are now available for purchase!
You can now purchase Picnic tickets either by clicking on "Buy Tickets" in the upper right hand corner, order them on the "Events" page, when you are in your profile.
"That '70s Reunion" Picnic
Sunday, October 9th, 2022
Chestnut Ridge Rod & Gun Club
355 Cooperstown Road
Dover Plains, NY 12522
12:00pm to 4:00pm
Catered by: BBQ Specialists of the Hudson Valley
BYOB The Rod & Gun Club does not have a liquor license
To view the menu, please click on the "Picnic Menu" page on the left hand side of this page.
Quilts of Valor Ceremony and School Tour
We have scheduled a school tour followed by the awarding of Quilts of Valor ceremony, for Saturday morning, October 8th, beginning at 10:00am.
Please, join us to honor those who will be receiving Quilts of Valor and to see all the changes made to the school over the years.
Our beloved Mr. & Mrs. Fiedler, will be joining us for our reunion to present Quilts of Valor.
Bonnie and Jim, are very involved with the national "Quilts of Valor Foundation"; which awards, handmade, "Quilts of Valor", to individuals who are serving or have served in the military, who have been touched by war.
Bonnie and Jim, have graciously offered, to award "Quilts of Valor", to our classmates, who have served in the military, during our reunion weekend.
T-shirt Drawing
For every Cocktail Party party ticket you purchase until September 17th, your name will be entered to win a long sleeve t-shirt, with a personalized tag on the sleeve) (up to 35 characters, in the size and color of your choice. Dragon T-shirts and Sweatshirts
T-shirts and sweatshirts are now available for ordering. The company, Select Sportswear, does not offer shipping. We will pick the order up and have them available to be distributed at the reunion. For those who would like to purchase but will not be attending, we will find out how much it will cost to ship them to you and you will have to pay us for the shipping separately.
There are 3 options: short sleeve t-shirts, long sleeve t-shirts and zip up hoodies. All 3 are offered in 3 colors: black, orange and ash.
You will have the opportunity to add a tag such as: your name, year, saying...up to 35 characters for an extra fee of $5.00.
The tag will be located on the left sleeve.
The store will close September 18th at midnight.
There is a size chart you can click on right under where you select size, to the right.
https://doverclassreunion.itemorder.com/ Friday Night Football Game:
To our delight, the high school will be hosting a Friday night football game...under the lights...October 7th.
Dover vs Pine Plains
Go Dragons!!!
Classmates
The Classmates page only allows 60 profiles per page. You will need to scroll down and click on the next page to view more profiles.
Candid picture slide show
Charlie Beebe has generously offered his time to make a slide show of candid pictures for the reunion.
If you have old photos from the 70s that you would like to share, please send them to Charlie at:
70sdragonpics@gmail.com
Thank you
Tickets for non internet users
If you know of someone who would like to purchase a ticket but does not use the internet, please, have them call Linda Harmon @ 401-269-8596. Please, inform them that it is ok to leave a message. I will get back to them as soon as possible.
When creating a profile on the website you will be required to provide your name, class year, address and email address…phone number is optional.
Your actual profile will show your name, class year, and town you live in, along with your Questionnaire answers.
It will also show that you are attending if you purchase a ticket.
You will be offered privacy options such as:
Directory release
- Your address
- Your email address
- Your phone number
- NONE
Whether classmates can contact you or not
And
Whether your information can be published in the Memory Book or not
You can change these controls at anytime by logging in and updating your profile.
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