The fun started at the tailgate on Friday night.

Chris Beck was one of the first to arrive.  Here he is talking to Kim (Scroggin) and Chris Duell.

The tent filled up quickly!  That's Nancy Claar in the front; Sherry Tew hugging Angie (Everson) Glaze; Leslie (McManama) Navarre clapping for the team (not really); and in the background, Eric Twigg chatting with Mark Navarre, Leslie's husband.

To everyone's delight, Trish (Arthur) Lowe accepted our invitation to stop by!

Sherry Wardlow came, too, with her husband of one week, Michael.

Joe Mazur drove all the way from South Carolina with his wife, Marisa.

Pete Huber, Joe Buis, and Mike Chadd dodged the sprinkles under the trees.

Great shot of Ray Hoover and Mike Chadd.

Heidi (Riggs) and John Zimmerman drove in from Ohio.  Here they are talking to Angie.  Please ignore Ann in this photo.

We thought Steve Storey lived far away in Kentucky or Tennesee, but it turns out that he's in Terre Haute!  Here he is talking to Mike Dixon and others while Nick and Kaye York look on.  (That's what you're supposed to say in photographic captions, right?  People "look on"?)

Heather (Rector) Powers and Alison (Spencer) Paolino.  They're not looking on; they're visiting.

Sam Dozier, Chris Duell, and Ron and Alana Sutherlin.

Twigg talking to Nick and Kaye.

Ann, interrupting Sam and Dave's conversation to conduct some official reunion business (or to find out what was in Dave's cup)

Julia (McDonnell) Fry, chatting with Ann and Heather while Heather checks her camera

And last but not least, there's Woody, who kept things colorful.  (Mike Dixon is, of course, "looking on.")

Now!  On to the reunion . . .

For a lot of people, the fun started at dinner.  Here are Susie (Wagle) Williams and Kim (Scroggin) Duell, dining together with their hubands and other classmates, including Scott Williams and Heather Rector.

And here they are coming down the stairs to our "lower level" party at the Walden!

At the bottom of the stairs, everyone was greeted by two classmates' husbands: Dan "The Doorman" Glaze, Angie Everson's husband . . .

. . . and Ann Pierson's husband, Jason "The Dancing Doorman" D'Angelo.

Since everyone got to make a grand entrance coming down the stairs, Dan snapped pictures to capture the moment.  Here are Joe and Lori Buis making their grand entrance.

And Pete Huber and his lovely wife, Jennifer, making theirs.

Here's Shannon Boone with her date, John Sterr.

Once people checked in, Dan and Jason had them fill out name tags.  Here are Kim (Duncan) & Matt Russian.  (Notice Matt's name tag.)

Eric & Tara Twigg

Heidi (Riggs) & Brian Zimmerman

Holly (Schopmeyer) & Burleigh Law

 

Jason and Stephanie Buchanan

John & Linda (Sturgeon) Prather, Frank & Alison (Spencer) Paolino

Dean and Joy Richmond

Joe and Marisa Mazur

Kerry and Pam Williams

Ron and Alana Sutherlin

Sarah (Marchbanks) & Eric Mizell

Nick and Kaye York

Scott and Christy Williams

Ray and Karyn Hoover

Sarah and Holly

Getting ready to show the video

Getting ready to watch the video

Ann, recognizing the members of the committee: Angie, Heather, Marci, Pete, Twigg, and David!  They did a great job!

We're so great!  We're so fine!  We're the Class of 89!

With about 15 different cameras flashing, we have many cute versions of the group photo.

Once the group shot had been taken, some people headed to the dance floor, while others continued their conversations.  Here are Liz (Napoli) DiPietro, who flew in from California, and Kim Black, who came from Colorado

Lisa (Buis) Hefner, Julie Gacsko, Liz, and Angie (Sterchi) Pursell.

Pete Huber and Ray Hoover

Heidi and Alison

Marci and Leslie

 

Marci and Lisa

Twigg & McManama

Sam Dozier arrived a little late . . . but we're so glad he came!  Here he is with Cary Rogers and Scott Williams.

Travis Grimes and Chad Helmerick

Todd Lancaster and Mike Chadd

Dean Richmond and Tony Mitchell

Mike, Joe, and Steve

Girls, girls, girls

A little Violent Femmes got things moving on the dance floor.

Angie (Everson) Glaze, Dan Glaze, and Joe Buis rocked the house!

There's Heather doing her best zombie moves with one of the most popular dancers of the night: Shannon Boone's date, Jon.  The song, as you might guess, was Michael Jackson's "Thriller."

Boys Don't Cry . . . but they do dance like maniacs!

And some of them just are maniacs!  (Ha ha ha.  Kidding, guys.)  Here are Cary Rogers, Tony Mitchel, Mike Dixon, and David Gibson, looking very dapper.

If individual people weren't getting on the dance floor, sometimes the dance floor came to them.  Here is Sam Dozier, about four seconds after Mike Chadd shouted, "Take the party to Sam!"  Ray Hoover and Joe Mazur later enjoyed the same treatment.

Angie, Heather, Kimmy, and Sherry.

Brad and Lisa Wood

Joe Buis . . . having a belly laugh?

Mike and Lisa Chadd

Mike, Dan, and Susie (Wagle) Williams' husband, Danny.

Kim knows how to "shake it like a Polaroid picture"

So do Leslie and Mark Navarre!

By special request, Mark also did the worm - twice.  Even though it hurt him.  In Leslie's words, "He sacrifices for his art."

Chris Skey & Nancy Claar

Mindy (Nicholson) Leighton felt the same way about Shannon and John that the rest of us did: We loved them!  They rocked that dance floor!

This picture was taken shortly before 2:00AM.  The party was supposed to end at midnight, but people started buying the DJ drinks, and someone paid him a little green, and next thing you know . . . six hours of dancing!  (As you can see from the people sitting, however, that's a long night, which is why everyone was hobbling around groaning the next day).

Kimmy, Sherry, and Mindy

Ann and Angie

Even after we kicked ourselves out of the Walden, we didn't want to part company!  Here were Sam Dozier, Lisa Wood, Jennifer Dixon, Mike Dixon, Brad Wood, and Heather Powers at Marvin's.

Hmm (Todd wonders to himself).  Is the Garlic Cheeseburger everything I remember?  Was this quite possibly the most amazing reunion on the planet?  Should we do it again in about five years?  Yes.  Yes, I believe we should.