Dear friends,

The MC/JJR Class of 73 will have a two-day reunion event in Long Beach, CA, this July 3-4 weekend. We hope that you share our excitement at the prospect of catching up with friends we haven't seen as often as we'd like, and even a few we may have lost contact with over the years. Following our SLC73 reunion in 2005, someone casually suggested we should do this regularly, maybe every 5 years. We'd like to extend our thanks to every SLC73 member, either returning or new to the team, for their determination and energy in making our 2010 reunion happen. We sincerely appreciate the Class of 75's participation at our 2005 reunion and look forward to their continued support at this year's celebration of lasting friendship.

Saturday July 3rd is the picnic event, which is tentatively scheduled for 9AM to 2PM. We're in the process of selecting a location and will update you later. Instead of an admission fee, the picnic has a potluck format and we ask that you bring enough food for your family group so we can all share. Please sign up for the picnic when you purchase your tickets for the Sunday gala event, or sooner if possible. We need to have a headcount to plan for adequate picnic utensils and accessories and any required permits.

The gala with banquet dinner, live band, and prize drawings, is on Sunday July 4th, at the Reef Restaurant in Long Beach, CA. It is currently scheduled for 6PM to 12:30AM or 1Am. The ocean view from the ballroom will provide the perfect backdrop to a memorable evening. With a touch of nostalgia, we're dubbing this year's reunion "La Boum", a very "sixties" term intended to conjure up those years when we were a lot more carefree. Once again, Nguyễn Cao Hoàng is leading our creative brain trust and will design the artistic concepts for La Boum.

Ticket prices for the gala event are $85 per person if purchased before or on March 31, 2010, and $100 per person if purchased after that date. The banquet hall has a 250-person capacity and it's our hope that you'll get your tickets early. Please contact one of our organizing committee members with the names in your party and we will post the guest list on our www.slc73.com website, administered by Zoomie Đoàn Chí Dũng. The list will show names of friends we have contacted directly, people who seriously plan to attend the gala and/or picnic, and guests who have purchased gala tickets. Make your check payable to Hieu Nguyen and mail it along with guest names to:

Hieu Nguyen
1413 Ozmun Court
South Pasadena, CA 91030

We encourage everyone to extend this invitation to other friends and alumni of Marie Curie and Jean-Jacques Rousseau who might be interested, whether or not their names are already on our published guest list. We cannot use the reunion as a forum to promote any business or special interest group. The organizing team members are:
 

We look forward to hearing from you, and most of all, to seeing you this July. More details about the reunion events will be posted on this site as they become available. Please visit often for the latest updates.

To all, a happy and healthy 2010.

Hào