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Reunion 2008, Oriskany NY

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REUNION 2008 ORISKANY, NY

INFORMATION

ARRIVE: SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 28th - Check in at 3:00 PM

DEPART: THURSDAY OCTOBER 2nd - Check out by 11:00 AM

Hotels:

Ramada New Hartford 70 Rooms @ $79.00 per night (315)735-3392

Ramada Oriskany Airport 60 Rooms @ $69.00 per night (315)736-3377

Reunion packets will be available in the lobby of each of the Ramada Hotels. If you are staying at an RV park or a Hotel other than one of the Ramada’s you can pick up your packet at the Oriskany Ramada.

This is very important; if you are capable of climbing steps please ask for a second floor room so our less able shipmates and their wives can occupy the first floor. Neither hotel has an elevator and arrangements are pending on having the hotels provide assistance with carrying luggage.

; if you are capable of climbing steps please ask for a second floor room so our less able shipmates and their wives can occupy the first floor. Neither hotel has an elevator and arrangements are pending on having the hotels provide assistance with carrying luggage.

Golf: Tentative Plan; instead of having a tournament of our own we will have tickets for the PGA Tour’s fall series tournament at the Turning Stone Resort selling for $10.00 each and are good for Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. This way you can schedule your time around other activities. Note, I forgot to mention this to Mike Hajek!

: Tentative Plan; instead of having a tournament of our own we will have tickets for the PGA Tour’s fall series tournament at the Turning Stone Resort selling for $10.00 each and are good for Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. This way you can schedule your time around other activities. Note, I forgot to mention this to Mike Hajek!


Monday: – MAXIMUM 275

Bus trip and Train ride to Cooperstown, NY, home of the Baseball Hall of Fame. Buses depart from each hotel at 8:30 AM, arrive Milford, NY at 10:00 AM, where we will board the train to Cooperstown, NY. We will have use of the Cooperstown Trolley System (cost included) to travel around to the various attractions. The buses will pick us up in Cooperstown at 4:00 PM and return to Oriskany and New Hartford at 5:50 PM. Lunch and/or museum tickets are not included in the cost. Retired military personnel enjoy free admission to most of the museums and the Baseball Hall of Fame.


Tuesday: - MAXIMUM 185

Luncheon Theater – Luncheon Theater at Beck’s Grove Dinner Theater in Rome, NY.

A hot lunch buffet and desert buffet will be served.

The show is “These United States or Whee! The People”
Two big acts of song and laughter about the most united state of all: Marriage. Enjoy a howling good time as our erstwhile couple suffers the slings and arrows of hilarious comedy as they meet, mate and marry while their single friends wonder, “What were they thinking!”

We will not have buses to take us to the Theater so those who are going that have a car please make sure all of our shipmates have transportation. We will have to depart the hotels by 10:30AM in order to be on time for the luncheon. The show ends about 3:00 PM so we will still have time to visit the museum or other attractions.

7:00 PM: Spaghetti Dinner @ the American Legion Post 1448, Oriskany. The cost is $5.00 for dinner and if you want sausage it is $6.00. This is pay as you go so don’t send the money to me. Can’t beat the price or the cooking, it is all home made.

Wednesday:9:00 AM: ORA Business Meeting @ the American Legion Post #1448 Hall, Oriskany

An activity for our wonderful ladies is being planned and information will be sent out with the April newsletter.

6:00 PM to 11:00 PM – Dinner Dance at the New Hartford Ramada. We will not have buses to take us to or from the Oriskany Ramada to the New Hartford Ramada so those who are going that have a car please make sure all of our shipmates have transportation.

6:00 PM to 7:00 PM – Cocktails and Reunion Book Photos

7:00 PM to 8:00 PM - Dinner

This will be a family style meal with the following menu;

Antipasto

Prime Rib

Chicken Française

Chef’s Potato

Chef’s Vegetable

Warm Rolls and Butter

Coffee, Tea, and Decaf

Chef’s Dessert

8:00 PM to 11:00 PM – Dancing to the music provided by “MAJESTIC DJs” and a special appearance by the Oriskany Reunion Association’s “ORISKANETTES”.




For some unknown reason, the reservation blank below keeps making duplicates of itself.  I remove one only to have it come back again.  So print this out and fill out the necessary information, then send it in to Mark.  I fix things and they reappear and I'm sorry.  If you are an ORA member, you have a form in your January newsletter to use.  If you are not an ORA member, the reunion is going to be great, the activities are well planned and we hope you'll plan to come!

USS ORISKANY REUNION 2008

RESERVATION FORM


Please complete this form and send it with a check, MADE OUT TO ORA, for the activities to Mark Parrish, 6710 Brighton Ave., Baltimore, MD 21215 no later than August 15, 2008. Reservations will be on a first come first served basis until the maximum on each activity is met.


NAME: _______________________________________________________________________

WIFE OR GUEST’S NAME ______________________________________________________

Which hotel are you registered in (check one):

£ Ramada New Hartford £ Ramada Oriskany Airport £ (Other)______________________


Monday September 29th – MAXIMUM 275 – Bus trip and train ride to Cooperstown, NY, home of the Baseball Hall of Fame.

– MAXIMUM 275 – Bus trip and train ride to Cooperstown, NY, home of the Baseball Hall of Fame.

Number of People ______ at $32.00 each = ___________


Tuesday September 30th - MAXIMUM 185 - Luncheon Theater at Beck’s Grove Dinner Theater in Rome, NY.

- MAXIMUM 185 - Luncheon Theater at Beck’s Grove Dinner Theater in Rome, NY.

Number of People ______ at $45.00 each = ___________


Wednesday, October 1st – Dinner Dance at the New Hartford Ramada 6:00 PM to 11:00 PM

– Dinner Dance at the New Hartford Ramada 6:00 PM to 11:00 PM


You do not need to choose an entrée as both the Chicken Française and Prime Rib will be served along with a salad, vegetable, potato, rolls, dessert and coffee; all will be served family style.


Number of People ______ at $35.00 each = ___________

TOTAL AMOUNT ENCLOSED:

$_______________________________________



$_______________________________________

ADDRESS; ______________________________________________________________________


CITY; ____________________________________________STATE;
______ZIP; ____________


PHONE NUMBER; _______________________________________________________________

CELL PHONE NUMBER; _______________________________________________________________

DAY YOU EXPECT TO ARRIVE; _______________________________________________________________

USS ORISKANY REUNION 2008

RESERVATION FORM


Please complete this form and send it with a check, MADE OUT TO ORA, for the activities to Mark Parrish, 6710 Brighton Ave., Baltimore, MD 21215 no later than August 15, 2008. Reservations will be on a first come first served basis until the maximum on each activity is met.


NAME: _______________________________________________________________________

WIFE OR GUEST’S NAME ______________________________________________________

Which hotel are you registered in (check one):

£ Ramada New Hartford £ Ramada Oriskany Airport £ (Other)______________________


Monday September 29th – MAXIMUM 275 – Bus trip and train ride to Cooperstown, NY, home of the Baseball Hall of Fame.

– MAXIMUM 275 – Bus trip and train ride to Cooperstown, NY, home of the Baseball Hall of Fame.

Number of People ______ at $32.00 each = ___________


Tuesday September 30th - MAXIMUM 185 - Luncheon Theater at Beck’s Grove Dinner Theater in Rome, NY.

- MAXIMUM 185 - Luncheon Theater at Beck’s Grove Dinner Theater in Rome, NY.

Number of People ______ at $45.00 each = ___________


Wednesday, October 1st – Dinner Dance at the New Hartford Ramada 6:00 PM to 11:00 PM

– Dinner Dance at the New Hartford Ramada 6:00 PM to 11:00 PM


You do not need to choose an entrée as both the Chicken Française and Prime Rib will be served along with a salad, vegetable, potato, rolls, dessert and coffee; all will be served family style.


Number of People ______ at $35.00 each = ___________

TOTAL AMOUNT ENCLOSED:

$_______________________________________



$_______________________________________

ADDRESS; ______________________________________________________________________


CITY; ____________________________________________STATE;
______ZIP; ____________


PHONE NUMBER; _______________________________________________________________

CELL PHONE NUMBER; _______________________________________________________________

DAY YOU EXPECT TO ARRIVE; _______________________________________________________________

USS ORISKANY REUNION 2008

RESERVATION FORM


Please complete this form and send it with a check, MADE OUT TO ORA, for the activities to Mark Parrish, 6710 Brighton Ave., Baltimore, MD 21215 no later than August 15, 2008. Reservations will be on a first come first served basis until the maximum on each activity is met.
, for the activities to Mark Parrish, 6710 Brighton Ave., Baltimore, MD 21215 no later than August 15, 2008. Reservations will be on a first come first served basis until the maximum on each activity is met.

NAME: _______________________________________________________________________

WIFE OR GUEST’S NAME ______________________________________________________

Which hotel are you registered in (check one):

£ Ramada New Hartford £ Ramada Oriskany Airport £ (Other)______________________


Monday September 29th – MAXIMUM 275 – Bus trip and train ride to Cooperstown, NY, home of the Baseball Hall of Fame.

– MAXIMUM 275 – Bus trip and train ride to Cooperstown, NY, home of the Baseball Hall of Fame.

Number of People ______ at $32.00 each = ___________


Tuesday September 30th - MAXIMUM 185 - Luncheon Theater at Beck’s Grove Dinner Theater in Rome, NY.

- MAXIMUM 185 - Luncheon Theater at Beck’s Grove Dinner Theater in Rome, NY.

Number of People ______ at $45.00 each = ___________


Wednesday, October 1st – Dinner Dance at the New Hartford Ramada 6:00 PM to 11:00 PM

– Dinner Dance at the New Hartford Ramada 6:00 PM to 11:00 PM


You do not need to choose an entrée as both the Chicken Française and Prime Rib will be served along with a salad, vegetable, potato, rolls, dessert and coffee; all will be served family style.


Number of People ______ at $35.00 each = ___________

TOTAL AMOUNT ENCLOSED:

$_______________________________________



$_______________________________________

ADDRESS; ______________________________________________________________________


CITY; ____________________________________________STATE;
______ZIP; ____________


PHONE NUMBER; _______________________________________________________________

CELL PHONE NUMBER; _______________________________________________________________

DAY YOU EXPECT TO ARRIVE; _______________________________________________________________