Announcing the Grand Tour Blog!

Folks: Follow this blog starting June 28 as Linda and I travel the western U.S. holding alumni gatherings.

Please send me any questions or topics for the discussions we will hold at the gatherings.


THE GRAND TOUR: Coming to a western U.S. city near you will be the Roeper Alumni Grand Tour. After loading van with yearbooks, Roeper swag, questions and words of wisdom from new Head David Feldman, Linda and I will be going to
(I have removed the addresses of private homes for privacy reasons that I should have realized before publishing them here originally.  Please consult the Roeper FB page for more details or call (248-230-0466) or email (emery.pence@roeper.org ).  Addresses are also to be found in email newsletter the Roeper Alumni News.
Chicago Friday, June 29   7:00-9:00 PM (Liz and Randall Dunn will be joining us)

Minneapolis/St. Paul Sunday, July 1 Pad Thai Grand Cafe 1681 Grand Ave, Saint Paul MN 55105 6:00-8:00 PM

Seattle, Thursday, July 6 Alki Beach Park, 1702 Alki SW Seattle, WA 98116 (Shelter 1) 6:00-9:00 PM

Portland, Saturday July 7 Jenny Ohno's,   3:00-7:00 (a backyard barbeque)

San Francisco/Oakland/Bay Area Tuesday, July 10 . We can't get a restaurant or other venue until we get a better idea of numbers but we can promise you a place near BART in SF. 7:00-10:00 PM .
If you are interested in a Palo Alto, San Jose, Mountain View July 11 area gathering because you just can't make it up to SF on July 10, please call or email me immediately.

L.A. & SoCa Saturday, July 14 . Robyn Scott , '00,and I are still looking for a venue. Here is Robyn now with a message for all those Lotusland folks: The Southern California Reunion is July 14th, 2012 at a TBD restaurant at Downtown Disney in Anaheim, CA. There is ample parking and entrance is free. Please feel free to contact me on Facebook for more details as they come. We encourage Roeperites from all generations to join us!
Cheers!
Robyn Scott Class of 2000

If anybody is in San Diego and would want to host on the 15th, please call me immediately.

Phoenix, Tuesday, July 17 Peggy & Jared Klein's     6:00-8:00 PM

Sante Fe & Northern NM,, July 20,      6:00-9:00 PM

Denver, July 22 .  Chad's Bar & Grille, 275 Union Dr., Lakewood, CO 80228.  5:00-8:00 pm

Lawrence, Kansas July 24 Bistak's. We think it is just going to be the Bistaks and us but please call me at 248-230-0466 if you are in the area on the 24th.

St. Louis July 25 The Boathouse Restaurant, 6101 Government Dr. in Forest Park 6:00-8:00 PM

NOTES OF IMPORTANCE ON GRAND TOUR REUNIONS:
* All meals are paid for. We just want to see you.
*My phone number is 248-230-0466. Linda's is 248-318-0386.
* We would like "soft RSVP's" which means we would like for you to tell us you are coming but if you don't and show up anyway, we will still give you a hug.
* Apparently, there is something called a "blog" which we are going to be doing while on this Grand Tour. You can follow us as we travel to find the soul of America, seek the perfect piece of pie, tell folks in the middle of Montana why they should move to Michigan to enroll their kids at Roeper, catch up with a lot of old friends and make some new ones. http://roeperalumnireunions.blogspot.com/