July 2016 - Page 20 of 56 - Reunions Magazine

Reunion Favor

The following was typed on a seasonally colored card and each was accompanied by five kernels of candy corn. The Legend of the Five Kernels...

Reunion Ideas from B. Smith

In her lavish book, B. Smith: Rituals & Celebrations, (1999, 241 pages, hardbound. Random House, New York NY) we learn about her family reunions. While...

The Unmet Challenge

by Bart King Our family is comprised of two grandparents, nine children, eight in-laws (one of them hugely pregnant), seven grandchildren, six members of the...

Ayers grand family tradition

The Ayers Family Reunion started in 1953 at James Ayers 500th wedding anniversary according to Patsy Gibson, Lucas, Texas. They alternate between lakes and community...

Cuzzin’ lip syncing

by Sharon Menk Hibschman Family Reunions regularly include a Cuzzin' Lip Sync Contest. "The Blues Brothers," "Dolly Parton" and even "Elvis" have visited the reunion....

More Ideas

From Gannett News Service, Press & Sun-Bulletin, Binghamton, New York. Bake-off. Have relatives bring their best cakes,...

An Elvis sighting

There was a whole lot of shakin' going on at the Berger Family Reunion in Leipsic, Ohio. Robert Berger, Jr, an Elvis impersonator, left family...

The Longest Toe

by Patricia Webster Stewart I first became aware of Webster family toes when my mother said my dad's brother Uncle Tom Webster's "toes are so...

Does anyone have a bush jacket?

by Carol C. Michels The first Donahue Family Reunion I remember was in a park north of New York City. I was about seven and...

Reunion Bells

Patricia Miller, 55, and Nate Molden, 59, combined two powerful family rituals by arranging a surprise wedding ceremony at their Starling-Wilbourn Family Reunion in Chicago....