146 guests registered for the reunion, held on Saturday, August 13th in Haynes’ Hall at McMenamin’s Anderson School in Bothell. 139 attended. 23 attendees purchased VIP tickets or donated funds to enable participation for everyone. 10 attendees’ tickets were sponsored.
On Friday night, 65 people went to the Shanghai Room in Greenwood for drinks and karaoke.
Nine classmates and a handful of kiddos attended Sunday’s picnic at Bothell Landing.
Classmates came from far and wide — Nairobi, London (two classmates and one partner!), Atlanta, Massachusetts, Washington D.C., St. Louis, San Antonio, Scottsdale, Phoenix, Long Beach, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Oakland, Montana, Spokane, Corvalis, Portland, and Yakima.
We missed our friend, Scott Ellis, who is no longer with us.
All4Doras, a boy band tribute group, surprised guests with a performance of The Right Stuff by New Kids on the Block and Motown Philly by Boys II Men. Other surprises included a selfie photo booth, Cap-Sac visors for our VIPs, and commemorative koozies for everyone, with a choice of cheap warm beer (sorry, Anderson School!) or sparkling water. Unplanned surprises included weather in the high 80s, a lively/terrifying round of musical chairs, and lots and lots of added security staff (sorry, Anderson School!).
Four classmates received awards: Katie Toop, who traveled the farthest, from Nairobi, Kenya; our “Rolling Stone,” Clara (Jackman Riggle), who has lived in 15-20 different cities since graduation; Kyla (Gardner) Hopkins, who has the most children (Five!); and Lara (Hollingworth) Dean, who was most recently married, on July 30, just two weeks before the reunion.
The reunion was chaired by Jessica Aceti, Clacy Albert, Nate Bochsler, Melissa (Bloss) Hunter, Simone Jackson, Kirsi Longly Nuchims, Ritee (Parikh) Sponsler, Melinda (Ellsworth) Smith.
The event cost around $10,300 to produce, which was funded by ticket sales. Tickets ranged in price from $30-$125, and most tickets sold for $75-90. The actual cost per attendee was around $74. $65 early bird tickets were available for the first five months of sales.
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Classmates and Dates
Jessica Aceti
Courtney (Marra) Africa
Mike Africa
Clacy Albert
Andrea Anderson
Jody (Hanson) Aquino
Ronel Aquino
Todd Arkley
Chandra Moy Atkins
Jed Barden
Jenny Bereta
Nate Bochsler
Lydia Bochsler
Todd Bohart
Ashley Bower
Thomas Bridgman
Sundi (Keller) Brown
Ryan Burleson
Timory Burleson
Katie (Lundstrom) Burris – didn’t attend
Tyson Burris – didn’t attend
Matt Carter
Bryan Castillo
Meagan (McDonald) Castillo
Dominic Chiarelli
Caroline (Dickie) Colon
Rik Croasdale
Eva Croasdale ’97
Lara (Hollingworth) Dean
Jennifer (Gleason) DeAnda
Duff DeWitt
Mary DeWitt
Sarah Dublin
Keri (Bate) Eggers
Michael Eggers
Heidi Ellis
Melissa Erickson-Aguilera
Whitney Farr-Pilz
Seth Feller
Alexandra Flugstad
Matt Flugstad
Jeremy Fulcher
Robi Ganguly
Holly Gendzwill- Friday Night Only
Juli Genovesi
Lane Gerritsen
Sarah Gerritsen
April Gilbert
Jessica Hanson
Brad Harter
Rayna (Johnson) Hefferan
Jaime Hogan
Kyla (Gardner) Hopkins
Jon Howell
Melissa (Bloss) Hunter
Melinda Hurst Frye
Beth (Colwell) Isenhath
Scott Isenhath ’95
Simone Jackson
Amy (Mahoney Flaherty) Jones
Shawna (Olson) Karan- Friday Night Only (with Jason Karan ’95)
Efrem Kidane
Kehau (Akana) Kincaid- Friday Night Only
Brian Kirk
Margaret Kloster
Jeff Kyllo
Naomi (Cook) Lackaff
Jason Lay – Friday Night Only (with Miranda Lay ’01?)
Kerrie (Greenhalgh) La Guardia
Peter Li
Sarena (Joslin) Li
Janelle (Jarboe) Lohr
(Fester) Leslie MacKrell
Lanette (Memmel) Mannon
Rob Mannon
Greg McClure
Kyla (King) McClure
Chris McFarland
Melissa Morrisette
Jehan Moulton-Kyllo
Kirsi Longley Nuchims
Tammi (Gillespie) Maloney
Dave Martinsen
Mike Martinsen
Ami (Speed) Moerke
Kyle Moerke
Alida Mooreston
Will (Preston) Mooreston
Carlos Moreno
Melissa Morrisette
Peter Nelson
Liam Newman
Ryan Nguyen
Eric Nuchims
Kate Obukowicz – Sunday Picnic Only (with Rachel Bayne)
Ryan Ogliore
Alicia Perkins
Chris Perkins
Jack Peters
Ed Petrie
Jon Pilz
Joel Raff
Lynsey Rawlinson-Minarik- Friday Night Only
Clara (Jackman) Riggle
Derek Riggle
Carmen (Elsner) Roberts
Scott Roberts
Emo Rowe
Nick Rozell
Cara Rozell
Mahela Shaw
Adam Shepler
Brian Shrader
Rita Siemion
Jenny Slay
Heather Smith
Joshua Smith
Melinda (Ellsworth) Smith
Gabe Sponsler
Ritee (Parikh) Sponsler
Kimberly Starr
Danielle Startzel Werner
Andrew Strutzel
Jenn (Maxwell) Strutzel
Marianne Svae
Ben Swoboda
Jessica (Smith) Swoboda
Jesse Taylor
Micah Taylor
Wade Taylor – Friday Night Only
Sara Thompson
Travis Thompson
Katie Toop
Lori (Kimes) Weiss
Tim Weiss
Tod Werner
Daria Whettam
Eric Whettam
Karen Wilkerson ’95
Ryan Wilkerson
Eric Wolin
Lisa (McConnachie) Wolin
Steven Zimmerman
Inglemoor High School Class of 1996 