Friday or Saturday?

Hey all, i just spoke with the company helping us plan the reunion, and they are telling me that reunions that happen on Friday nights have a WAY bigger turn out than ones planned for Saturdays. This is really blowing my mind, as many of you I've spoken with and said they wouldn't even be able to come if it was on a Friday -- either due to travel, or work, or what have you. I am convinced that holding the party on Saturday would probably double our attendance, but to be sure, I've added a poll to the left, if you could each chose the night you'd prefer the reunion to be held, i can let our company know the results and we can plan accordingly.

Thanks everybody!

Updated MISSING List

Hey all! if any of you have any way of contacting the following people, we are hoping you can get their info to me ASAP! these are our 'lost' classmates. I want to be sure that we are able to invite everyone in our class! Also, will have a date and location within the next 2 to 3 weeks, so be sure you keep checking the blog for updates!

Cheers!

The Committee

Classmate Name
Achziger, Jamie
Allen, Mackenzie
Allwardt, Leah
Altares, Leslie
Apfelbaum, Erin
Bacon, Alison
Baker, Chad
Bartley, Deana
Baxter, Susanna
Biller, Brandon
Bloch, Andrew
Boden, Marshall
Bolotin, Andrey
Bragg, Sharyl
Briggs, Zachary
Brown, Julie
Brown, Rachel
Brown, Trevor
Bukoskey, Kevin
Burton, Mariah
Cason, Sarah
Catindig, Rosario
Chang, Nancy
Chapman, Shiva
Choi, Jenny
Chun, Bomi
Clark, Maureen
Conlon-Specht, Christian
Cook, Laura
Dahlman, Dustin
Darby, Stacy
Dittmore, Joel
Donaldson, Christine
Doyle, Jeremy
Ebrahim, Hazar
Elliott, Mariah
Ellis, King
Erickson, Michael
Findley, Jessica
Fletcher, Heather
Gardner, Skye
Gibson, Travis
Greig, Edward
Greiss, Karim
Griffin, Lavette
Haak, Mike
Hansen, Joseph
Hatch, Amanda
Hawk, Jessica
Henry, Meaghan
Hopkins, Candace
Huang, Zhongyuan (Peter)
Ibraham, Nora
Janssen, Brandon
Johnson, Lisa
Johnson, Terrence
Jones, Janee
Ketter, Poala
Kim, Jae
Kim, Ju
Kim, Kyung
Kirksey, Trevor
Knudson, Christopher
Kunkel, Justin
Lebus, Craig
Lee, Han
Lee, Jackie
Lee, Linda
Lee, Peter
Lee, Seung-hyu
Lee, Tae
Lee, Vincent
Littman, Nathaniel
Littman, Raechel
Long, Brian
Lorenz, Brynn
Ly, Bob
MacMullen, Tyler
McConnell, Michelle
McDonald, Curtis
Miller, Brady
Moll, Jennifer
Morgan, Casey
Murphy, Cortney
Newman, John
Nguyen, Vincent
Nicholas, Jeremy
Nur, Nora
Olmstead, Jody
Paresa, Dennis
Pete, Nahilah
Petrimoulx, Brett
Pham, Tammy
Pitner, Patrick
Prasek, Matthew
Rigates, Shaun
Ronquillo, Maryann
Rowe, Rachel
Ryabukha, Valentina
Schafer, Lacey
Sell, Jamie
Shankar, Vandana
Shannon, Patrick
Shepherd, Amber
Shim, Mike
Sigl, Christopher
Sim, Jae
Sleire, Camilla
Smith, Joel
Smith, Lyndsey
Soriano, Joshua
Stout, Carl
Swank, Alesis
Swinton, Elizabeth
Swinton, Neal
Trump, Ellen
VanTuyl, John
Veal, Daniel
White, Jennifer
Wood, Tristan
Wyatt, Danielle

Update!

Hi All!

No, we haven't forgotten about you... we've just been very busy! We have our company looking into venues around the city for us, and once they have a good long list, we're going to go check them out! the only snag we've run into so far is that we want to keep the ticket prices as LOW as possible, so the venues we have as options are turning out to be a little less "polished" as we had hoped.

SO, what we would love from you, is if any of you know of anyplace around the city of Seattle (we're hoping to stay around downtown, so we can all hit the town after the party is over ) either that you have connections at, or just a really cool place you've attended/thrown a party at, please shout the ideas to me! we can use all the help we can get at this point of the game -- the venue makes the event!

thanks all! I'll keep you posted as i know more! but once we have the venue picked, we can choose the date! and then it's all downhill from there!


Cheers!

Your reunion committee

Nostalgia of the Day!

Nothing new to update you all on, although Kamiak class of 98 had their reunion last weekend, and I'm very curious to see how it went... has anyone heard anything??

Nostalgia of the Day:

Updated Missing List

I've updated The Missing List once again, after a couple of you have sent me your info -- thank you! Keep 'em comin'!!!

xo

Nostalgia of the day:

Nostalgia of the Day!

Updated Missing List

Thanks to all of you who have gotten your info to me this week - we've added about 20 to the list, just in the past few days! yaaay!

I've updated the Missing List, so be sure to check it out and spread the word!

Also, keep your eye on the blog, because we'll be announcing updates soon!

Cheers!

Your Reunion Committee

Nostalgia of the day:

Picnic Point Panthers Graduation!

So, I was at my folks' house this weekend digging through my "Box of Awesomeness from High School" and ran across this RIDICULOUSLY radical photo. I know it's not KAMIAK graduation, but a lot of us are still representing, so i say it counts. i just HAD to share it with you! :)

Enjoy!



pps, i found my old commencement brochure, so for those of you who were going to look for one for me, no worries! but thank you so much for offering!

Nostalgia

Nostalgia of the day:



And, of course, our Hall of Fame (Sorry, my scanner isnt' good at getting the entire two-page spread!)

Kamiak Breeds Musicians!

As many of you know, several of our classmates are extremely talented musicians. I thought i'd post their websites as well as a couple of their upcoming shows, so you guys can see just how awesome they are!

Email me if you'd like me to include YOUR band on here! Go Knights!

Mandy

Conservative Dad



Band Members: CJ Stout, Matt Batey, Sean T. Lane, Terry Mattson

Upcoming Shows:
Sep 6 2008 7:00P
The Lab w/ Xander Alexander(All Ages!) Seattle, Washington
Sep 13 2008 9:30P
World Famous Bob’s Java Jive Tacoma, Washington
Sep 26 2008 8:00P
The Boiler Room w/ Friday Mile (All Ages!) Port Townsend, Washington
Sep 28 2008 5:00P
The Sunset Tavern w/The Raggedy Anns and Sweet Dizzies Seattle, Washington


Speaker Speaker



Band Members: Danny Oleson, Colin McBride, Jasen Samford

(They recently played at Bumbershoot!)


Michelle Wallis, Jazz Singer



www.MichelleWallis.com



Music of Swordfight

Band Members:
Ryan Summers, Daniel, Balthor and Jesse



www.musicofswordfight.com/

Nostalgia

Nostalgia of the day!

The Missing

Still missing information from these people! if you are friends or are still in touch with them, please please contact them and have them send us their goods!

We need:
Name
Email
Address
Phone
Occupation
Married? To?
Kids? Dates of Birth?

please send to: mandyhoov@hotmail.com

word.

Missing:
Jamie Achziger
Mackenzie Allen
Leah Allwardt
Leslie Altares
Scott Amidon
Erin Apfelbaum
Ryan Arp
Luke Atwel
Alissa Axenova
Lyndsey Babcock
Alison Bacon
Andy Bacot
Chad Baker
Jeremy Ballinger
Paige Barger
Josh Barthol
Sarah Bartholomew
Deana Bartley
Susana Baxter
Josh Benson
Mark Bertoldi
Brandon Biller
Andrew Bloch
Marshall Boden
Andrey Bolotin
Renee Bombardier
Analyn Bonifacio
Brian Bordon
Chad Bosch
Sharyl Bragg
Sandra Brammer
Erica Branca
Zach Briggs
Julie Brown
Rachel Brown
Trevor Brown
Benjamin Buehler
Kevin Bukoskey
Erika Burk
Nicholas Burris
Mariah Burton
Jeffrey Carl
Corey Carlson
Misha Carlsted
Sarah Carson
Wes Caspers
Rosario Catindig
Nancy Chang
Shiva Chapman
Heather Choi
Jenny Choi
Bomi Chun
Philip Chung
Maureen Clark
Brady Coan
kevin Cochneuer
Christopher Conlon-Specht
Tyler Conn
Jennifer Cook
Laura Cook
Jaqueline Cowan
Dustin Dahlman
Stacy Darby
Corinne Daycross
Robin Deleuw
Tasha Delos Santos
Joel Dittmore
Sarah Doggett
Christine Donaldson
Ray Doty
Jeremy Doyle
Marianne Duffy
Lisa Dwon
Elling Eidbo
Mariah Elliott
King Ellis
Andrew Enderud
Michael Erickson
Michelle Evans
Karin Filzen
Jessica Findley
Sarah Finley
Heather Fletcher
Jason Foote
Christopher Foster
Michael Friedlander
Kevin Gadbois
Jessica Galuska
Skye Gardner
Travis Gibson
Ross Good
Anne Gregerson
Edward Greig
Karim Greiss
Lavette Griffen
Eric Gruner
Ping Hu Gu
Andrea Gustafson
Mike Haak
Yusuf Hadhud
Christopher Hansen
Desiree Harris
Amanda Hatch
Shelby Hatchel
Adam Hendrickson
Meaghan Henry
Adam Hobbs
Candace Hopkins
Chris Hoppe
Peter Huang
Sarah Hunt
Jennie Husby
jessica Jahn
Brandon Janssen
Shane Jewett
Lisa Johnson
Terrence Johnson
Tracy Johnson
Janee Jones
Tyler Kamins
Josh Kane
Jon Keane
Ginny Keller
Christen Kelly
John Kelly
Poala Ketter
Charlie Kim
Dong Sun Kim
Jae Kim
Ju Hyun Kim
Kyung Kim
Sarah Kim
Trevor Kirkesy
Annemarie Knoll
Gary Knudson
Keith Knutson
Eric Kromann
Christopher Kudson
Justin Kunkel
Derek Laake
Stephanie Lacaze
Eric Langlais
Jason Larine
Amy Lathan
Rachel Leary
Craig Lebus
Han Lee
Jackie Lee
Kelly Lee
Linda Lee
Melissa Lee
Peter Lee
Sung Lee
Tae Lee
Vincent Lee
Steven L'Estrange
Olivia Li
Yana Lisikyan
Jeff Little
Rachel Littman
Brian Long
Brynn Lorenz
Jeff Lund
Kristin Lunde
Bob Ly
Diem Ly
Tyler MacMullen
Britnay Maddux
Michelle McConell
Megan McCoy
Curtis McDonald
Laruen McMillan
Kirsti Melby
Erin Mentzos
Reece Merkley
Laruen Migas
Brady Miller
Tyler Miller
Clayton Mitchell
Jennifer Moll
Casey Morgan
Melissa Morse
Christopher Moylan
Alan Mueller
Michelle Muirhead
Courtney Murphy
Travis Neutzman
Adam Newman
John Newman
Diana Nguyen
Vincent Nguyen
Brianne Nixon
Ernest Noceda
Nora Nur
John O
Jody Olmstead
Aaron Overland
Jonathan Owens
Heide Owensby
David Padineant
Joe Pankiewicz
Sarah Paris
Nahilah Pete
Brett Petrimoulx
Ryan Petzold
Tammy Pham
Jennifer Pickette
Evangeline Pieterson
Patrick Pitner
Matthew Prasek
Briana Ramos
Kendra Ramuta
Leslie Ray
Jacob Reed
Philip Reed
Rudy Rekdahl
Brandon Richer
Shaun Rigates
Maryann Ronquillo
Aaron Roos
Lesand Rounds
Rachel Rowe
Valentina Ryabukha
Katie Ryan
Chris Ryu
Sarah Saban
Tiffany Satre
Megan Sawyer
Lacey Schafer
David Schlosser
Jeremy Scott
Sarah Scott
Jamie Sell
Vandanna Shankar
Patrick Shannon
Brent Shelton
Amber Shepard
Mike Shim
Peter Shin
Julie Shoop
Chirs Sigl
Jae Sim
Sang Sim
Selina Singer
Loren Skrimager
Katy Slater
Joel Smith
Lindsey Smith
Joshua Soriano
Shaun Sparker
Shaun Stafford
Bjorn Strandell
Adeline Strauss
Alesis Swank
Erin Swanson
ElizabethSwinton
Neal Swinton
Traci Szalay
Margaret Thomas
Valicia Van Hollebeke
John Van Tuyl
Craig Vanleuven
Daniel Veal
Jamie Wagner
Chelsey Walker-Watson
Shannon Waller
Jenney Ward
Jay Weninger
Jacob Wheeler
Jennifer White
Nicholas Wibbens
Allison Wilbur
China Wilson
Kevin Womack
Tristan Wood
Danielle Wyatt
Lauren Zabel
Travis Zubal

Also!

please, please, PLEASE, if you happen to have an extra commencement ceremony brochure hanging around, could you PLEASE let me know? I haven't yet received one and am desperate to get my hands on one! The high school hasn't been able to be any help to me in this department either (Silly Kamiak).

Thank you, let me know if you have one and i can send you a self-addressed stamped envelope to get it to me before our meeting next week!

thank you thank you thank you!

Mandy

Need your Help!

Thank you again to everyone who has sent me their information! We have 100 names so far -- which means we're about a fifth of the way through! Still a long way to go, which is why we still need your help in spreading the word.

Almost as important, we also need names of people who have married within the class, as well as anyone you know who is deceased. I haven't received word on either of these, yet, and am hoping to get some assistance with this...

So please, if you know of anyone who fits the above criterion, let me know in a quick email to MandyHoov@hotmail.com.

Committee is meeting with the Reunions with Class company next week, after which we will most likely know the specific date of the event (will be late August/early September, most likely, thanks to your feedback on the Reunion Poles! YES, your opinion REALLY does matter!!) so you can mark your calendars! Be sure to check back here periodically for important updates, and again, SPREAD THE WORD!

thanks all!

Nostalgia for the day:





loves,

Your Reunion Committee

First Committee Meeting Wrap-Up!

Hey all!

So, your fabulous reunion committee met last night for our premier rendezvous. And it was a success! We have a lot of smart and creative (and experienced event planning!) minds on the team, and I have no doubt that we are more than capable of planning an awesome event for you!

You: Wow, Mandy, that's great! but what can those of us not on the committee do to help?

Mandy: I'm so glad you asked, You. There are a couple of things you can do to really help us out here in the beginning stages!

You: GREAT! What are they?

Mandy:
First thing's first, and that is SPREADING THE WORD and getting people to email me their current contact information. That is SO IMPORTANT. Just refer them to the blog -- if you don't remember the exact URL, just have them do a Google search for KHS Class of 1999 Reunion and it comes up NUMBER ONE! (gotta love search engine marketing!)

Secondly, we are putting together a list of our classmates from 1999 who have married other classmates of 1999. If you know of anyone who has married someone else in their own class, please let me know!

And lastly, we are compiling a list of deceased classmates of 1999. This has proven the most difficult, as it is a touchy subject. If you know of anyone who graduated with us who has passed, please PLEASE let me know via email or as a comment to this blog and we will include them in the memorial.


Any of this information would be extremely helpful! It's part of the initial packet I'm putting together for the company we've hired, and it's due SEPTEMBER 8th. EEK!

Please email everything to MandyHoov@hotmail.com.

Thanks again, everyone, for all of your help!

Love,

The reunion committee!



Your Reunion Committee Members:
Krystle Peredo
Amanda Giralmo
Mandy Hoover
Susan Ro
Amanda Abbinanti
Nicole Rad
(Not Pictured: Breanne Benzel; Christian Fresco)

First Committee Meeting Scheduled

The KHS Class of 99 Reunion Committee has scheduled its first meeting! This will simply be a small get together to hash out our initial ideas, but mostly just to break the ice after 10 years since seeing each other!

All are welcome to join if you would like to be a part of the planning fun!

Where: (where ELSE?!) Red Robin in Lynnwood (By Alderwood Mall)
When: Tuesday, August 26th, 6pm
Who: (so far) Amanda's, Krystle, Nicole, and Christian via Satellite, and YOU!!
Why: Because we're AWESOME, and we want to plan the most AWESOME reunion for you guys!

Let me know if you are interested in joining, so i can make appropriate reservations: MandyHoov@hotmail.com

Thanks everyone, and see you soon!

THANK YOU!

I just had to say it!

You all have been SO WONDERFUL in getting me your information, and in your offerings and well-wishes for the reunion planning.

how much does our class ROCK?!?!!?

:)

nostalgia for the day:

HELP!

Hey all!

SO, step one in planning a reunion, turns out, is locating all the alumni! i know, CRAZY, right???

So that's our initial step. We need to find out WHERE you all are now, so we can get information to you.

SO... please, please, PLEASE send an email to MandyHoov@hotmail.com with the following information:

Date:
Name (Last, Maiden, First, Middle Initial):
Current address:
Telephone number:
Cell phone number:
Email address:
Current Occupation:
Married? To?:
Children? Names and dates of birth?:



After we have this necessary information, we can begin to build the database for this shin-dig!

Also, if anyone has an old copy of our Commencement program, we are in DIRE need of one... it will be returned to you, PROMISE!

Please let me know if any of you (or your folks!) have one that you can lend to me.

Much appreciated!

Mandy

Sweetness, guys!

I've received an overwhelmingly positive response so far guys, and THANK YOU for that! i can tell just by the excitement in your emails that this is going to be an awesome AWESOME event!

Thank you to everyone who has offered to help out on the committee. So far i have:

Myself
Amanda (Hooser) Giralmo
Amanda (Dennis) Abbinanti
Christian Fresco
Krystle Peredo
Nicole (Whitson) Rad

Who else is in?

And keep the ideas coming in guys -- loving all this feedback!

New poll on its way!

Best,

Mandy Hoover

Nostalgia clip of the day:

KHS Reunion!

Hello my fellow Kamiak High School 1999 graduates!

If you can believe it, the time has come for our ten year reunion. I know, crazy stuff.

WE are in the INITIAL processes right now, but have started a committee to begin preparations. September we will begin meetings to start to discuss further details, as we all know that the summer can be a VERY busy time for all!

Anyone interested in joining us to help out, i promise it won't be too much work (we've hired a company to do most of the leg work, Reunions With Class, who also did the 1997 reunion), and we'd love any and all to join! So far it is myself, Christian Fresco (via sattelite in NYC), Amanda (Hooser) Giralmo, and Amanda (Dennis) Abbinanti. And no, you don't have to be named Amanda to be a member of the committee. :)

We will keep you abreast of all developments via this blog, so be sure stay up to date with the happenings!

And if you have any questions, ideas, or want to help out in any way, please don't hesitate to let any of us know! Contact information below:

All my best,

Mandy Hoover
KHS Class of 1999
Senior VP


Mandy Hoover:
MandyHoov@hotmail.com
206.407.6567



Amanda (Hooser) Giralmo:
HooserA@hotmail.com



Amanda (Dennis) Abbinanti:
AmandaJAbbinanti@gmail.com



Christian Fresco:
Christian.Fresco@umusic.com