The 2011 Fourth of July events, including the parade, UAAA Block Party, and the Upper Arlington fireworks, will take place on Wednesday, July 4, 2012.

Red White and Boom will take place downtown on Tuesday, July 3, 2012..

Marianne Timmons, Class of '94, has just been named as the newest Sales and Marketing Outreach Manager at The River Club at Confluence Park. The River Club is a beautiful banquet facility and restaurant located at 679 Spring Street on the Confluence of the Scioto and Olentangy Rivers with a breathtaking view of downtown Columbus.

Please call Marianne at 614-469-0000 to book your next class reunion, wedding reception, business luncheon, seminar, fundraiser, and party large or small. Marianne Timmons lives with her husband, Christopher Cromley in Clintonville with their dog, Khufu!

Lisa Craig Morton, Class of 1980, has a wonderful suggestion for a lovely place to stay when you come to Columbus for your class reunion!

Lisa and her husband, Jeff, own and operate the Victorian Village Guest House, which is located in Victorian Village on Neil Avenue. Conveniently located to Arlington, Grandview Heights, OSU, Arena District, Short North and Downtown Columbus, the Victorian Village Guest House offers a 950 square foot luxury suite tastefully appointed with antiques and modern amenities. The suite includes a full kitchen, private bath, bedroom with queen-sized bed and great room with soaring 17 foot ceilings. Situated in the rear lawn of the Morton’s completely renovated 1895 Queen Anne style home, the guest house provides privacy & delightful 2nd story views of the lawn, patios & perennial gardens. A peaceful retreat in an urban setting, Victorian Village Guest House is truly the best of both worlds.

Visit the Victorian Village Guest House Web site.

From Christine Schodorf Ramsay, Class of 1983:

The Medallion Club, located at 5000 Club Drive in Westerville, invites you to schedule your class reunion at their facilities. See MAP.

With picturesque bridges and spectacular views of our amazing golf course, The Medallion Club will sweep you and your classmates away! Our ballroom can accommodate up to 350 guests. You can call 614-794-6987 for reservations. See flyer.

Have you ordered your class reunion t-shirts yet? How about your invitations or Memory Books?

One of our own Bearalums, Mike Mignery, '85, owns a store conveniently located on Kenny Road.. PHOTOGRAHIC CREATIONS is a one-stop place to get all your printing done, from banners and posters to t-shirts and hoodies.

It's great to do business with people we know, and Mike has been in the business for 13 years. The company has a wealth of creative ideas for ways to make your reunion or other occasion unique and special. Please visit their web site and call them at 614-538-1315 or stop in at 4660 Kenny Road, Unit B with your ideas. You can also email Mike.

NOTE from Ellen Clark, Class of 1969: This company produced t-shirts and hoodies for our son's company, Golden Bear Lawn Care Ltd., and not only is the quality excellent, but also the turnaround time was unbelievably fast. Mike is great to work with - excellent communication, too, which I always appreciate!

NOTE from Mary DeCesaro Cameron, Class of 1979: Mike created our reunion invitations and are doing special reunion photo t-shirts as well. I highly recommend their services and enjoy doing business with other alums. Even though our Class of 1979 job wasn't a million dollar job for them, they treated it as if it were. They were fast, and the quality of their work is excellent.

Agent 99 brings years of performance experience to the stage, along with a vastly diverse song list that includes everything from Baby Boomer classics to current pop rock offerings, with a emphasis on non-stop, high energy fun. Band members, pictured left to right are: Michael Beard, Mike Allen, Nancy Hughes (UAHS 1975), Joe Ciardelli and Bruce MacLaughlin. (Click photo to enlarge.)

Agent 99 is headquartered in Columbus, Ohio. Their traveling party moves throughout Central Ohio and beyond - from the game day Varsity Club stage on Ohio State campus to Lake Erie venues and back again, with clubs, events, festivals, wedding receptions and corporate shindigs dotting the map, along the way. Their combination of versatile playlist, tight musicianship and singular vocals, are only exceeded by their genuine sense of fun that draws the audience into the show - come along for the ride!

For more information, please contact Nancy Grossman Hughes (Class of 1975).

See the Agent99 web site and the Agent 99 MySpace page.

NOTE from Ellen Clark, Class of 1969 on November 20, 2010: Just came home from a wedding where Agent 99 played and they were phenomenal, playing all the favorites from various decades and getting everyone up on the dance floor (even me!) to dance! The young ones and the white-haired grammas and grampas alike were out there shakin' it. I highly recommend Agent 99 and would like to look into having them do our next reunion!
  

The Ravens, Central Ohio's longest continuously-playing "oldies" band, continues to entertain groups of all ages with great dance music that spans the generations. The popular five-piece group continues to play for community events, non-profit fund-raisers and corporate outings. However, the band particularly enjoys playing music of the 60's & 70's for Upper Arlington reunion groups. Depending on a reunion committee's program format and budget, The Ravens can perform a single 45-minute rock 'n roll show/anthology or play two or three hours of music for dancing. Flexibility and fun is their hallmark.

Original Ravens band members Jim Davis '63 and Gary Hughes '63 retired in 2005, and the band now includes the following musicians: Jeff Shaw '64 (alto and tenor sax); John Workman '64 (guitar); Jeff Hersey (keyboards) Doug Yoder (bass guitar); and Joe Armstrong (drums).

Founded in 1961 by four Upper Arlington High School students, The Ravens were recently featured in the local stage performance of "Rock and Roll Forever" and were inducted into the Columbus Nightclub Band Hall of Fame in 2003 before a crowd of 1,500 at Aladdin Shrine Auditorium. In July 2004, the Upper Arlington Alumni Association recognized The Ravens and leader and founding member Jeff "Sloopy" Shaw (UA '64) as Distinguished Alumni of the Year. In 1989, the band was inducted into the Columbus Rock 'n Roll Hall of Fame and was featured on a WTVN-Radio special. Many UA alums will recognize the band for its frequent appearances in the UA Independence Day Parade or as featured pre-fireworks or block party entertainment.

The Ravens have traveled throughout the Midwest and East, performing with the Kingsmen of "Louie Louie" fame and have also worked with Britain's Eric Burden and the Animals ("House of the Rising Sun"), Major Lance ("Monkey Time'), Len Barry ("One-Two-Three") and the Dovells ("Bristol Stomp"). The Ravens own 1966 recording of "Are You A Boy or Are You A Girl?" was brought back in 1991 on a compact disc collection entitled "The Sounds of Summer: The Pebbles Series, Volume III produced and distributed nationally by a Burbank, California record company. The Ravens also bring back memories of dances at Valley Dale Ballroom, The Ohio Union, the old Club Gloria, the Button Club in the Seneca Hotel & The Bowery Club on West Fifth Avenue.

Although the band's forte is classic rock from the 60's & 70's, The Ravens can also perform smooth jazz and standards for cocktails or dinner music. So be a part of the tradition ... the fun ... and let the good times roll as The Ravens take you back in their time capsule to the good times and great sounds of yesteryear!

For further information or to book the band for a special event or promotion, email Jeff Shaw or call him at 614-581-1080. You can also visit the Ravens on Facebook.
   

From Deborah Pfeifer Overmyer, Class of 1974:

Hey fellow Golden Bears, as a UA Class of '74 Grad, I would personally like to welcome you to The Four Seasons Columbus and help your class plan your next reunion that your classmates will be talking about for the next 5 years.

The Four Seasons is a beautiful lodge-style banquet and meeting room facility conveniently located at 4643 Trueman Boulevard in Hilliard. Our Lakeview Room, which offers picturesque views of the lake from all three sides, features a floor to ceiling stone fireplace and steps out to a deck that extends over the lake leading to the garden and peninsula areas.

Our staff's personal attention to detail and our executive chef's culinary expertise makes The Four Seasons Columbus the perfect venue for your next class reunion. Visit our website www.fourseasonscolumbus.com to view all the amenities The Four Seasons has to offer and contact me, Deborah Pfeifer Overmyer, at (614)876-2200 ext.230 to schedule a personal tour.