45th Reunion Registration Information
Mt. Whitney High School
Class of 1973
Core Committee Members: Steve Strong, Renee(Airoza) Rocha, Robbin (Burr) Reid, Sue (Green) Sa, Melanie(Presley) Casares, Susan (Veyna) Onstott and Myron Sheklian.
Mt. Whitney High School
Class of 1973
45th Reunion – October 13, 2018
Online Registration - Online Registration is now closed.
The cost per person for the dinner and dance is $55 if paid before October 8th. Please mail your check to 334 W. Oak View, Visalia, CA 93277 after you register online. You can also choose to pay online by using your PayPal or Credit Card
Hotel Accommodations
A special rate for rooms at the Comfort Suites has been secured for Whitney ‘73 graduates. Comfort Suites is located right across the Convention Center in downtown Visalia at 210 E. Acequia. Hotel room reservations should be booked directly through the hotel at (559) 738-1700. Be sure and tell the reservation clerk you are with the Mt. Whitney Class of ‘73 Reunion to receive the special rate.
There are many other hotels also available and listed on our web page under the “services” section or by searching with your favorite web browser.
The Venue
Our 9th reunion will be held at Whitney’s Party Barn located just ten miles east of downtown Visalia at 30162 Road 192 in Exeter. The Whitney Party Barn is known for its fun country atmosphere and down-home feel and great food. It’s an easy car drive or you can taxi, Lyft or Uber. For more information about the venue go to www.whitneyswildoakranch.com.
Social Time, Dinner and Dancing
Please join us beginning at 5:30 PM for a time to socialize with your friends. A full-service bar is available. Dinner will begin at 7:00. The buffet dinner will consist of a mixed green salad, sliced barbeque tri-tip, smoked chicken quarters, au gratin potatoes, steamed vegetables, rolls, and cupcakes for dessert.
A local DJ, Greg Storseth, will be providing the background music and later the music for dancing. You can help Greg personalize our evening by suggesting some of your favorite dance music by submitting some songs on your registration form. Throughout the evening, pictures from our high school days and from previous reunions will be projected for your enjoyment.
Help Needed
Please help us spread the word to your friends about our reunion. Share this page with them or suggest that they visit our webpage at www.whitney73.com for up to date information about our class of ’73. THANKS!
Our 45th reunion is 3 days away. We have booked our 45th reunion at Whitney's Party in Exeter on October 13, 2018! We have 107 already signed up to attend as of October 10th. If you would like to see a list of classmates that are attending CLICK RIGHT HERE!
The venue is located a little less than 10 miles east on Highway 198 from the Central Visalia Exit. Right off of this exit are several hotels and Beautiful Downtown Visalia which features many, many great restaurants, shops, breweries, and bars. The venue is a more informal setting that has beautiful inside and outside areas that are clean and well-lit. If you are hesitant to drive, there are taxis companies, Uber and Lyft that will service the venue.
In order to collect information from classmates in an efficient way, an electronic form has been created to gather the information for future reunions. In fact less than $5 was spent on postage for the last reunion - because almost everything was handled electronically. To submit information click this link: Whitney Class of 73 Information Form. Registration does not commit you to attend this or future reunions, but helps us to know how to share occasional information with you about news or events that pertain to the Mt. Whitney Class of 1973.
We have subscribed to Classmates.com during the reunion years in the past but this subscription has been canceled because of costs. We also could not control the amount of "messages" and reminders that Classmates.com would send out. With social media and word of mouth we feel that we can adequately reach our classmates in a more economical way. Address, phone number and email information can be submitted by using this form or by emailing updates throughout the years to myron@sheklian.com. The best way to stay informed about the Mt. Whitney Class of 1973 is right here!
We have created a FaceBook page as well. If you are on FaceBook, please "like us" and encourage fellow classmates that are your "friends" to do the same. Using FaceBook is another way of making sure people can find out about what we are doing. Please share this link and information about the reunion with others in our class. Susan (Veyna) Onstott manages that source of information.
Please check the "In Memory" section of this website. Unfortunately, we have lost an unusually high number of members over the past years. We feel that it is important to remember our classmates and acknowledge their passing. If we have missed anyone, please help us by passing along confirmed information.