With the summer rapidly approaching, a location has to be decided for our 2011 family reunion. My suggestion is to keep cost reasonable. This is our first reunion in quite sometime and I don't want money to prevent participation. It may be in our best intersest to have a more "upscale" reunion for the next one. I recommend the Baltimore Harbor in Baltimore. We can tour the African Amercian Museum, maybe go on a brunch cruise, go bowling, attend church and use the meeting room of the hotel we are staying in for our family workshops. We can do something similar in VA as well.
Please keep your suggestions circulating as well.
Hello family, I would like to recommend having the reunion in Hampton at the Embassy Suite near the Coliseum where breakfast is included in our room rate, have events for the kids ie blue bird gap farm,board games, karoke, & for those 8 & up the gamerbus (gamerbus.com). Adult workshops & networking as well as games. There is also a new Peninsula town center, near the hotel with a nice bowling alley. Sandy Bottom Nature Park offers a picnic area, trail & paddle boats just to name a few of the activities.
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Hello family, just spoke with the event planner at Embassy Suites in Hampton. The rooms are $159 a night and includes breakfast. The hotel has a indoor pool, fitness center, day spa & open bar from 5p-7p. The convention center is next door, where we can meet, greet & eat. That price depends on how many people will be coming. I'm setting the date for july 22-24. Get back with me to let me know who will be intersted in doing a workshop and kid event, we need volunteers.
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Uncle Raymond is available in July. He will be in Africa in August so this works out even better!
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Uncle Raymond has volunteered to get the T-shirts for the family reunion. They will be available prior to the reunion or the day of the reunion
ReplyDeleteHello family, I hope you all are getting your summer plans set to include this year reunion. I need to know how many people in each family is coming so that we will know how much money we need to put aside. Call, email or blog the # people in your family coming.
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hello family, so far 19 members of the family confirmed that they will be coming to the reunion. I'm projecting about a 100. Does anyone have a karoake machine? I would like to suggest that individual families show off their talents. What about the Wood Idol? Think about it & get back to me.
ReplyDeleteThere will be 3 in attendance representing the Brown-Alston family.
ReplyDeleteHello family, March 31 is the deadline for the head count of the members in your family that will be attending the reunion.
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Tanya
Family, all Family Reunions are important and we have not had a all together Reunion since 1994. Make this headcount COUNT, so many of our love ones have gone home to be with the Lord.....and how they all love getting together. C'mom, we already late. As Always.......Carolyn
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ReplyDeleteAs it stand now family I have a headcount of 28 people thus far,I need more of you to confirm and let me know if you will be staying at the hotel. I need to reserve 15 rooms, and if I can't be assured that we can fill these rooms I will not sign a contract and you will have to find your own accommadations.
Plans thus far are as follows
Friday 7/22/ll- Check into Embassy Suites in Hampton, Va near the Coliseum, rooms are $159 a night & includes breakfast. We will have a hospitality suite where we can meet,kids can go to the pool, adults who drink can go to happy hour. I would like for each family to bring a photo for display in the hospitality room.
Saturday-7/24/11- breakfast together, followed by bowling at the Peninsula Town Center, return to hotel and prepare for our evening meal at Golden Corral at 5:30pm, here we will eat and fellowship, raffle off prizes, play board games & share memories, also formulate a committee for the next reunion. The price for adults is $13.50 & children under 6 varies. Also I need to know who is interested in purchasing a T-shirt($8) & silicone bracelets ($4). Get back with me on the sizes.
Sunday 7/24/11- check out, breakfast, followed by church for those who wish to attend. That will be the conclusion of the Wood 2011 Reunion.
Keep a look out for additional info & fee's. Hope to see you there.
Tanya