Tickets are now available for the 2018 HNME Reunion Party on Saturday, July 21st. Location: the venerable Georgian Queen, located at the Penetanguishene Town Dock. Time: 6:30 pm – 10:30 pm (and possibly later if Captain Steve says we’ve been good!).
Ticket price is $35 per person and includes access to the boat and dinner around 7:30 (BBQ chicken, salads, fruit dessert; Indonesian tofu stir-fry is an option instead of chicken if you let us know beforehand).
Ticket purchase can be made by electronic money transfer or cheque. See your email from the reunion committee for details. If you haven’t received the email, check your spam filter first and if it’s not there email us at hmne2013@gmail.com. LAST DATE FOR BUYING TICKETS IS FRIDAY, JULY 13.
The evening will include...
- Cash bar
- Music (favourites from the 70s and 80s – you can bring your own CD mix if you really want to dance!)
- Entertainment (Frank Milligan and Katherine McCracken have been arranging something you won’t want to miss!)
- Memorial corner (display table where we, and hopefully you, can share visual memories of HNMEers who are no longer with us.)
Local taxi companies will be alerted to possible extra volume of requests after 10:30.
Other Reunion Information:
For those from outside the area who wish to stay over on Friday/Saturday night, here are a few suggestions for accommodation: Comfort Inn; Quality Inn; Super 8 Motel; Midland Inn and Suites. There are also lots of B&Bs in the area. If you would like advice, consider checking with our local travel agent (and former HNME summer staffer) Terri Brophy (info@terristravel.com).
Some people are already talking about getting together on Friday evening. Here are a couple of ideas:
- Midland waterfront will be very active with the Feast Fest event (Friday and Saturday). Lots of food vendors, a licenced area, entertainment, etc.
- Boathouse Eatery at the town dock usually has a band, but may be very busy because of Feast Fest.
- Feel free to use the Reunion Facebook page as a means to contact others to arrange impromptu get-togethers.
- King’s Wharf Theatre (our beloved former Naval Storehouse) has a production on until July 21st – “Out of Order”. More info at https://www.draytonentertainment.com/kings-wharf-theatre.
Other Saturday Ideas:
- Some people are talking about a biking excursion Saturday morning to take advantage of the great trails network we have in the area. The trails are great for walking too. Again, if you want to expand this into something more inclusive, we suggest you use the Reunion Facebook page as a method of contacting like-minded people.
- An alumni site tour is being planned; probably starting about 2-2:30. Watch for more info on this and other reunion details on the Facebook page (HNME Reunion 2018) and the reunion website/blog.
Sunday:
- If you still need a bit more HNME reminiscing in your system, arrangements have been made for breakfast to be available from 10 a.m. at the Captain Roberts’ Table Restaurant (right next to the site entrance). It will be personal order-off-the-menu service, no reservation required.
More later! Hope to see lots of you on our HNME Reunion weekend. And if you can’t make the Saturday evening party, why don’t you just come up Friday or Saturday during the day, you can be sure there will be lots of HNMEers around!
