After 3 pay-in-person meetings around Atlanta's Southside, countless email communications with updates, and actual mailings of the itinerary, etc., the night of June 22nd had finally arrived. A miraculous 58 of us paid our reunion fees and were about to "meet and greet" each other, exactly 20 years and 2 weeks later. To walk into the Sydney Bowling Alley in Union City and see a facility full of area teenagers doing their Friday night thing, and then to be directed around the corner to a private room and all of a sudden see all these familiar faces from 20 years ago, was truly surreal. There was a lot of hugging, laughing, eating, bowling, drinking and catching up to do. After you hugged a good 20 people, you had to sit down and take it in, because of the disbelief that you were in a room with all these old friends. A consensus of the comments heard, were "Wow, " "Oh my God," and "Everybody looks so good." Time had been very good to this class!!!
We were all warmly greeted by the planning committee, who bestowed us each with a red and gold backsack that had our name tag, t-shirt for Sunday's picnic and an MD Collins pen. Many classmates stayed until the 2am closing of the bowling alley, catching up over a Senior yearbook.
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Kim and Candy embrace after being classmates since S.L. Lewis Elementary The red and gold was in true effect. Vernal, Erin and MonicaBrian, Andy, Kim and Dionne
Erin, Trina, Yupine, Vernal and Deirdra Kim
Tim and ValenciaMelanie Yupine and CheriRobert and Bonita "Sue" Tangie and Shon Chauncey, Cedric and Horatious DoniverDerek, Erin and Vernal Chauncey, Erin and CedricRenee, Tracie, Yolanda, India (88), Erin and CheriAngie and Rosalind Anita and Richard
Bridget and TimKeyna, Clifford and NicoleNicole, Shon and Twanda
Dierdra, Valencia, Yupine and Trina Tracie, Renee, Kevin and Erin Wyqueta, Machen and Beatrice
Shon and HoratiousRicky and Angie
Wyqueta and Machen Anton and Tim
Bonita "Sue" and Cheri
Yolanda "Birdie"Dierdra and KeynaVernal, Tara and Rod Rosalind and AnitaAngelia and Vernal
Gabrelle and Tracie
Archie and Tammie
Andy and his family came all the way from Oklahoma City, OK
Angelia and Kevin
Yupine and Candy
Tangie and Erin
Kevin and Rod
Yupine