Saturday Grand Slam #2

SATURDAY NIGHT "GRAND SLAM"

“Grand Slam” 50^th Reunion at PARKVIEW Field! * For those who don’t know what that is …. In a word ‘WOW’! This 5 year old Retro Ballpark was a game-changer, one-of-a-kind, multi-purpose facility that revitalized downtown. Stadium Journey magazine ranked Parkview Field the “#1 Minor LeagueBaseball Experience in the Country” two years running, and that’s just the beginning of the scores of awards & recognitions they’ve received for Food & Beverage, Atmosphere, Neighborhood, Fans, Access, Customer service! “A truly great venue worth going out of your way to see.. if you love baseball, or if you just love life, then get this on your to do list asap!” It is home to the FW Tincaps! (Affiliated with the San Diego Padres) who draw 400,000 fans each season to the games. This is theTeam previously known as the "Wizards". The 'Tin Cap' refers to a fictionalized depiction of John Chapman wearing a cooking pot as a hat in the 1948 Walt Disney movie "Johnny Appleseed." They use FW’s legend Johnny Appleseed as inspiration for the team’s Apple-head logo, red/green colors, mascot “Johnny’, and apple themed food items. Our Party home plate is the ‘Suite Level Lounge’, a 5,000 sq. ft. room with an upscale built-in Bar, featuring an exceptional view of the ball field, 1/3 mile Concourse, and the City’s stunning night bright-lights Skyline!

STORYTELLERS AND THEIR STORIES

Sharon McEachern

Summary of the Saturday Night Party at the Parkview Field Ball Park

The Parkview Field Ball Park turned out to be a really inspired venue choice for our 50^th Reunion Party! The view from all the windows was spectacular, first in the late afternoon sunshine, then in the setting sun glow on the tall buildings of Fort Wayne, and finally in the spectacular city lights after dark. The decorations were fun and very well done and there were two big tables full of memorabilia as well as the large TV sets that were showing photos from all our previous reunions as well as photos from our high school years. That part was really cool. The party itself was very well organized. A large group of volunteers staffed a table at the entrance to the ball park where everyone arriving was greeted and given their name tags. A very friendly and welcoming atmosphere prevailed and many of the early arrivals spent some time in this area talking. Outside there was a very special treat – about 10 classic cars from our era were parked there. They were beautiful cars and everyone enjoyed these. Many people had some great photo opportunities.

The Saturday Night Party began with a cocktail hour and hot hors d’ouevres. They were so popular that there ended up being a long line to get to the food. Then the dinner itself was delicious. But the highlight of the evening had to be the fireworks display at 10;00 pm!!! Yes, fireworks!!! Who would have believed it! Just before 10;00 pm an announcement was made asking us all to go outside and sit in the outdoor seats used for watching the baseball games. This seating was easily accessible and very convenient. With the well lit skyline of Fort Wayne as a backdrop the fireworks took place across the ball field from where we were all sitting. The fireworks were breath-taking! We all loved it! Wow! What a treat and what a surprise!! A big THANK YOU to the Reunion Committee!! What a great way to celebrate our 50^th!!! Very creative!! I think that our Reunion fireworks even made it into the newspaper. This unique feature to our Reunion certainly clinched the success of our Reunion weekend.

Nancy Ormsby

Saturday night: Felt welcome as soon as we came up to the name tag table by those who were working. The classic cars were nice to see and my husband enjoyed them. The staff who served the meal, the bartenders, and others were very cordial. The food was fine. Loved the apple dessert and liked it that they put some extras out as I left my table to talk with some folks when dessert was served and didn't get one. The waitress directed me to the extras on table and I was able to enjoy dessert.

Linda Barnhill

I've enjoyed 'catching up' with everyone thru this site. It sounds like a great reunion, I'm sorry I had to miss it.

Phil Waldrop

Having heard all the wonderful commentary about the reunion, am sorry that I was unable to make it up there, although I did have a nice visit while passing through town back in June.

Ned Stewart

I also agree with all the other excellent comments. It was a great reunion in all respects. Thank you for the hard work, energy, passion and expertise of Nancee and her team. It was wonderful to renew previous relationships and form new ones.

Phil Baker

Seeing everyone at the reunion was a sprit lifter. I have been reading a lot of the class chatter and see small groups trying to get together outside the area and think it would be nice if we didn't have to wait 5 years to put it together again around here.

I hardly ever see anyone from school except at a reunion. I don't recall myself being all that friendly back then, yet now, I find myself wondering how everyone is doing.

Thank you so much for contacting me, ... and maybe Fort Wayne is smaller than I thought. Later, Phil

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We have set up a special place for you to send us your FEEDBACK, DESCRIPTIONS of your reunion experiences,and CLASSMATE IDENTIFICATIONS (include gallery name and picture # of those you are identifying).

In the First Black Box on the Left Side of the Home Page, go to the new LINK called :

“ALL ABOUT ARCHERS”.

This link gives you the opportunity to post the names of those you recognize and contains our new Message Forum as well as many other Topics on which you can comment.

South Side High School

Class of 1964

South Side High School

Class of 1964

South Side High School

Class of 1964

Saturday Grand Slam #2