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...have been to only one family reunion, a weekend affair on the beautiful farm of one of my favorite aunties. The setting was perfect, with plenty of games, food and swimming. I was primed for a fabulous party, and then I noticed that my relatives were showing up. I remember pulling up to the reunion in a rental car, looking at the gathering clan and thinking, "What are they doing here?" So first a warning: if you attend a family reunion, there is every likelihood that you will see your family there...
Some 200,000 extended families are clogging state parks and V.F.W. halls this summer, according to Reunion Research, a San Francisco-based resource. Because of the competition for venues and to give participants time to schedule their vacations, you should get started now if you're planning a reunion for next summer. Two useful resources are Reuniontips.com and Reunionsmag.com Specialized reunion source books available in the public library provide tips on getting started, including help in finding distant relatives...
While my aunt's farm provided a lovely backdrop for our family's reunion, many planners suggest that sticky problems over "ownership" of the reunion can be averted if you choose a site on neutral ground--an attractive location equally convenient to most of the clan. As many relatives as possible should be enlisted in putting on the show, whether to cook or deliver a toast...
...reaction of moviegoers is no less schizophrenic. Scan their faces as they enter the theaters playing Blair Witch. The anticipation is electric; this could be a fantasy reunion concert of all four Beatles. Many in the audience are escorted by hipper acquaintances who have seen the film and are back not to watch it again but to watch their friends watch it. And though those in the know will urge people to see Blair Witch, they won't spill its secrets. (Warning: we will.) The film is a rite of passage, fraternity hazing and haunted-house trip rolled into...
...became chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission and ambassador to Britain. By 1957, he had also assembled a $100 million fortune, some of it in ways that were not entirely wholesome, including bootlegging during Prohibition. But his ambitions went much further than mere wealth. At his 25th Harvard reunion, he described his occupation as "public affairs," and to that end he single-mindedly directed the destiny of his four sons...