Reunion Update
Registration
Registration will be held at the Golden Nugget Hotel starting on Wednesday. We really need everyone to start sending in their reunion money. Please make your check out to “Bourne Reunion”. Mail your payments to: 21128 Christina DR Matteson, Il 60443.
We will be securing a room or area as we get closer.
THE HOUSE
This property sits on almost an acre of land with lush landscaping.
Fish Fry
The fish fry will be held on Friday at the house. Come and enjoy some good eats with your folks
The fish fry committee will be responsible to provide other sides like salad, bread and drinks. The menu will also include red beans and rice and spaghetti.
Activities
There will be plenty of activities for everyone. We will be trying to have activities that everybody can participate in. The activities committee has a list of events and outing they will be presenting. This committee will be putting together a sign up sheet to help us understand what folks are interested in doing while in Las Vegas. Once this list is put together they will be putting together a schedule to coordinate all of the events. Some of the activities they have include: Golfing, morning hikes at Mt Charleston or Red Rock, water activities at Lake Mead, Grand Canyon tour, a helicopter tour, pajama party, shopping, extreme bowling, Young adult night (clubs for 21 and over), a night out for younger adults ( pool party on the STRIP), arcade game day for pre-teens, First Fridays in the art district. The list goes on.
Rochelle Durr will head the activities committee.
Reunion Party
The reunion party will be held at THE HOUSE. This will be a great event for the entire family to get together to mingle. There will be music, dancing and eating. We are planning on having a DJ to spin the tunes. Music appropriate for everybody. We will be lighting up the grill so expect plenty of hamburgers, hot dogs and whatever else we can through on the grill. Since THE HOUSE has a pool, swim wear is encouraged. We are expecting to start the party around 6pm and it will go on until….There will be plenty of other games to enjoy like dominos, Pictionary, etc. Or you can just sit back and do nothing.
Banquet
The lunch banquet will be held on Saturday at the Golden Nugget. It is schedule from 1200pm to 300pm. We are still in the process of finalizing the main activities for the banquet. But count on it being something special and different. We are planning on having a photographer there to take portraits of individual families and the banquet itself. So come looking sharp. We also will be establishing a time capsule that will be opened every other reunion. We will be asking participants to bring something special to deposit in the time capsule. It could be a picture, letter or personal item. Nothing perishable.
Transportation
There are several ways to get around Las Vegas. You can catch a cab just about from anywhere. Busses run from the heart of the city to just about any place in the Las Vegas valley. For a small fee you can purchase a bus pass for transportation up and down the strip. We will be providing limited transportation to and from venues throughout the week. The transportation committee will be working with the activities committee to help coordinating needs.
T-shirts
The color of the t-shirt are "Texas Orange".
Photographer
We will have a team of folks responsible for taking pictures and videos at all the activities and events. Our plan is to archive these pictures each night and make them available to the family. We will do this by downloading the day’s photos to social media sights like Facebook, Flickr and Photo Bucket. We also will be downloading the photos to a blog that we are currently setting up for the family. We will also be encouraging family members to share photos they have taken as well. Gerald Oatis and Kendrick Bourne will be heading this committee.
