Time to Party! - Thanks for Attending

Well, the bewitching hour for the 2009 reunion is almost upon us.
For those of you who might have had a change of heart and find some open
time during Oct. 16 through the 18, with nothing to do, remember, there
is still time for you to make a hotel reservation and come. We just
have to give the hotel a final count for meals on Oct 15th.

There is a lot to see and do in St. Louis. A few examples would be: Historical Laclede's Landing at the riverfront with historical buildings, Restaurants, and Bars. The ARCH is close by. Also there is the St. Louis Zoo, Anheuser Busch Brewery, Grants Farm, Six Flags, St, Louis History Museum, The St.Louis Science Center and the Botanical Gardens just to mention a few.

For those who do not have their own transportation, the hotel has a shuttle that will take you to the Airport where you can catch the Metro Link to various places.

For those of you who might be interested, Harrah's casino which is based on a boat at the riverfront provides a shuttle from the hotel to the casino from 4:00 pm to 12:00 pm. In addition, there are a lot of shopping areas available.

Below is an Agenda Collins 2009 Reunion


FRIDAY, October 16
Hospitality Suite...........Open 2:00 pm.....Gatwick Room
Welcome Reception......6:00 - 8:00 pm...TBD
Dinner..........................Open
Hospitality Suite.............8:00 pm - ??

SATURDAY, October 17
Breakfast......................Open
Hospitality Suite...........Open 10:00 am....Gatwick Room
Cocktails......................6:00 pm -7:00 pm....Lambert Room
Dinner..........................7:00 pm
Program........................8:30 pm

SUNDAY, October 18
Breakfast......................9:00 am..........TBD

REMINDERS:
*Please get your dinner reservations in.
*Pass along this info to others that may be interested - reservations are still being accepted for the hotel and dinner.
*A Full-length DVD Video of the '06 Branson reunion is available at no charge. See below for info.
* Dinner reservation cutoff is October 15.

If you know of someone the committee has not contacted, please do so and encourage them to attend. We know that we are missing a lot of addresses and e-mails. For you convenience, all of the information is on this blogspot.

Please MAKE YOUR HOTEL AND DINNER RESERVATIONS NOW. You can contact the hotel for rooms at http:marriott.com/stlsa. Use the Group Code COLCOLA or call 1-888-340-2594 and tell them you are part of the Collins 2009 Reunion.

The following people have made reservations so far. HARDIN ABRAMS, ALAIN & FRANCOISE AVELLAN, DEREK AND JUDY BERRY, BERRY BROWN, LES & MARY COOAN, GENE AND BEVERLY DAWDY, JOHN DEARBORN, JOE DOMINGUEZ, JACK & LA VONNE DULING, BILL ELLIS, KARL ELY, DIANA FAIRCHILD, DAVID AND NANCY FIELD, DIANNE FIRST, TED FUHRER, GEORGES GIULIANO, JIM HANDO, BOB HIRVELA, TONY HUEBSCH, DENNIS AND CAROL KENDRICKS, JENNIFER KOKOCINSKI, TERRY LAMB, FRANCOISE LOUBERE, CHUCK NOSLEY, STEVEN NOSSAMAN, JIM AND DIANE OGANN, TOM PATTERSON, JOSEPH PERINO, GENE SCHWARTING & MARY NAIG, DAN SHERWOOD, ENNIO AND ANNA TRIOIANI, PHYLLIS WILSON, MIKE AND LILLIAN ZONNEFELD

2006 BRANSON REUNION VIDEO AVAILABE:
Yves Audineau video- taped the Branson reunion in 2006 and if you would like a copy of the DVD from that meeting please e-mail Jim Ogann at jogp98@yahoo.com. He will mail you a copy. It runs over an hour and includes the speeches as well as some cocktail hour segments at the end. Some of the people in the DVD are no longer with us and others may not be able to travel to St. Louis so it will be a way of capturing their memories as well. Yves has allowed us to provide this version to you now and is working on a final version as well. There is no cost for this DVD so it won't be packaged up in a pretty jewel case etc. Whether you were in Branson or not and whether you plan to come to St. Louis or not, a copy is yours for the asking.

To view a brief slideshow of Yve's video please click on the link in the links area of this blog. It will give you a quick look at the 2006 reunion dinner.