Second to None, Never outdone, We're the Class of '71!
Welcome to the Balboa High School Class of 1971 website! We'll be celebrating our 50th Class Reunion in just a few short months.
Your 50th BHS reunion committee is busy making sure we have a great time celebrating our 50+ years of friendship! Below are some of the details:
Thursday (July 7, 2022)
Happy Hour (cash bar) & Registration, 5-6:30 pm; Class Picture at 6:30 pm; Sit-down Dinner around 7 pm. (Menu choices below. Vegetarian meal choice coming soon!) After dinner, our Hospitality Suite will be open with music jams, food/beer/wine/sodas and just hanging out. Hospitality suites are located on the ground floor (easily accessed from the lobby area) not in the convention center. We’ll let you know the room number as soon as we have it. Feel like dancing? The BHS Class of 1980 is sponsoring a Thursday Night at the Yacht Club Dance (expect a charge at the door) where you can dance the night away!
Friday (July 8, 2022)
All-day gathering in our Hospitality Suite starting around 11 am (ish): We’ll have food/snacks, beer, wine, sodas, mixers, coffee, etc. (bring other beverages to drink/share, if you prefer) We’ll have music jams, door prizes, a raffle, hours of fun reminiscing, laughing, sharing stories and being reminded of long-forgotten antics. Our class activities will culminate at the “Come Back to the Teen Club” dance with a spectacular rock-and-roll band (with OUR favorite tunes from back in the day) sponsored by the BHS & CHS Classes of 1972. The dance is at no additional cost. We will have reserved tables. Can’t get enough dancing? The DJ Dance will be happening in the Gatlin Ballroom until 2 am.
Saturday (July 9, 2022)
Open day for Society activities including the Vendors, Annual Luncheon, Panama Canal Museum, 13th Annual Pool Party (2-5 pm) and the Annual Ball where we will have some reserved tables. Look for our classmates! The Hospitality Suite will be open all day with food/beer/wine/ sodas and more music jams!
Sunday (July 10, 2022)
You won’t want to miss Despedida! Come say farewell to your friends and enjoy the Folkloric Dancers and Sentimiento Panameno. Doors open at 9:30 am.
MENU OPTIONS:
OPTION #1: Vegetarian Caribbean Black Bean Soup; Arroz Con Pollo (Rice w/ Chicken bowl); Roasted Sofrito Chicken Thighs w/ Fire Roasted Peppers, Cilantro, Rice & Manduros; Rolls w/ Butter; Banana Cream Cheesecake w/ Wafer Crust & Salted Caramel Sauce
OPTION #2
Mixed Greens, English Cucumber, Grape Tomatoes, Pumpkin Seeds, Parmesan Ranch Dressing
Caribbean Roast Pork Carnitas w/Caramelized Onions, Black Beans & Rice, Yucca Fries & Tostones, Cilantro Mojo Pico de Gallo
Rolls & Butter; Warm Coconut Bread Pudding w/ Crème Anglais
OPTION #3
Wild Mixed Greens, Fresh Tomatoes Banana Peppers, Matchstick Vegetables with Chipotle Lime Vinaigrette
Ropa Vieja w/ White Rice (Braised Beef in a Tomato Sauce w/ peppers & onions); Rolls & Butter
Black Forest Cake w/berries and fresh cream
OPTION #4 - Vegetarian Option Coming Soon!
Costs:
$100/classmate; $60/guest - Please mail your check (no later than May 31) payable to: Debbie Dekle, 5202 Maple Hill Drive, Temple Terrace, FL 33617. Payment includes sit-down dinner, hospitality suite, paper products/ice, decorations, prizes, food, sodas, etc.
Along with your payment, please let us know your menu option and how you want your name(s) to appear on your name tag. Also include the name(s) of your spouse, or guest(s). If you still have your laminated name tag from our 45th Reunion, please bring it with you.
You'll need to join the Panama Canal Society (https://www.pancanalsociety.org/). You can also make your hotel reservations, sign up for the golf tournament, sign up for the luncheon, and anything else you'd like to do.
Is anyone going to Panama before the reunion? If so, please contact Debbie at 813.777.5634.
We’d love your ideas for decorations, table centerpieces, etc. Want to head up a decorating committee? Contact Debbie or Katie.
We’d love to get a jam session going in the hospitality suite! 🎸🪕🥁🎶🎶🎶 Bring your guitar, mandolin, bongos, harmonicas ... whatever you’d like to jam with. If you have a sound system or acoustic amp, microphones, etc. you’d be willing to bring, please contact Katie at 719.331.8106.
Please update your contact info above if you have changes. Spread the word to those who may not have been to a reunion before. We'd love to have a fantastic turnout!
Questions/Comments? Contact Debbie at [email protected] Katie at [email protected] Martha at [email protected]
Mitzi Trahan at [email protected] or Lynn (Little) Nehring at [email protected]
Your 50th BHS reunion committee is busy making sure we have a great time celebrating our 50+ years of friendship! Below are some of the details:
Thursday (July 7, 2022)
Happy Hour (cash bar) & Registration, 5-6:30 pm; Class Picture at 6:30 pm; Sit-down Dinner around 7 pm. (Menu choices below. Vegetarian meal choice coming soon!) After dinner, our Hospitality Suite will be open with music jams, food/beer/wine/sodas and just hanging out. Hospitality suites are located on the ground floor (easily accessed from the lobby area) not in the convention center. We’ll let you know the room number as soon as we have it. Feel like dancing? The BHS Class of 1980 is sponsoring a Thursday Night at the Yacht Club Dance (expect a charge at the door) where you can dance the night away!
Friday (July 8, 2022)
All-day gathering in our Hospitality Suite starting around 11 am (ish): We’ll have food/snacks, beer, wine, sodas, mixers, coffee, etc. (bring other beverages to drink/share, if you prefer) We’ll have music jams, door prizes, a raffle, hours of fun reminiscing, laughing, sharing stories and being reminded of long-forgotten antics. Our class activities will culminate at the “Come Back to the Teen Club” dance with a spectacular rock-and-roll band (with OUR favorite tunes from back in the day) sponsored by the BHS & CHS Classes of 1972. The dance is at no additional cost. We will have reserved tables. Can’t get enough dancing? The DJ Dance will be happening in the Gatlin Ballroom until 2 am.
Saturday (July 9, 2022)
Open day for Society activities including the Vendors, Annual Luncheon, Panama Canal Museum, 13th Annual Pool Party (2-5 pm) and the Annual Ball where we will have some reserved tables. Look for our classmates! The Hospitality Suite will be open all day with food/beer/wine/ sodas and more music jams!
Sunday (July 10, 2022)
You won’t want to miss Despedida! Come say farewell to your friends and enjoy the Folkloric Dancers and Sentimiento Panameno. Doors open at 9:30 am.
MENU OPTIONS:
OPTION #1: Vegetarian Caribbean Black Bean Soup; Arroz Con Pollo (Rice w/ Chicken bowl); Roasted Sofrito Chicken Thighs w/ Fire Roasted Peppers, Cilantro, Rice & Manduros; Rolls w/ Butter; Banana Cream Cheesecake w/ Wafer Crust & Salted Caramel Sauce
OPTION #2
Mixed Greens, English Cucumber, Grape Tomatoes, Pumpkin Seeds, Parmesan Ranch Dressing
Caribbean Roast Pork Carnitas w/Caramelized Onions, Black Beans & Rice, Yucca Fries & Tostones, Cilantro Mojo Pico de Gallo
Rolls & Butter; Warm Coconut Bread Pudding w/ Crème Anglais
OPTION #3
Wild Mixed Greens, Fresh Tomatoes Banana Peppers, Matchstick Vegetables with Chipotle Lime Vinaigrette
Ropa Vieja w/ White Rice (Braised Beef in a Tomato Sauce w/ peppers & onions); Rolls & Butter
Black Forest Cake w/berries and fresh cream
OPTION #4 - Vegetarian Option Coming Soon!
Costs:
$100/classmate; $60/guest - Please mail your check (no later than May 31) payable to: Debbie Dekle, 5202 Maple Hill Drive, Temple Terrace, FL 33617. Payment includes sit-down dinner, hospitality suite, paper products/ice, decorations, prizes, food, sodas, etc.
Along with your payment, please let us know your menu option and how you want your name(s) to appear on your name tag. Also include the name(s) of your spouse, or guest(s). If you still have your laminated name tag from our 45th Reunion, please bring it with you.
You'll need to join the Panama Canal Society (https://www.pancanalsociety.org/). You can also make your hotel reservations, sign up for the golf tournament, sign up for the luncheon, and anything else you'd like to do.
Is anyone going to Panama before the reunion? If so, please contact Debbie at 813.777.5634.
We’d love your ideas for decorations, table centerpieces, etc. Want to head up a decorating committee? Contact Debbie or Katie.
We’d love to get a jam session going in the hospitality suite! 🎸🪕🥁🎶🎶🎶 Bring your guitar, mandolin, bongos, harmonicas ... whatever you’d like to jam with. If you have a sound system or acoustic amp, microphones, etc. you’d be willing to bring, please contact Katie at 719.331.8106.
Please update your contact info above if you have changes. Spread the word to those who may not have been to a reunion before. We'd love to have a fantastic turnout!
Questions/Comments? Contact Debbie at [email protected] Katie at [email protected] Martha at [email protected]
Mitzi Trahan at [email protected] or Lynn (Little) Nehring at [email protected]
