Andrew Warde High School's Classes of 1981 and 1982 to Hold Combined Reunion This Year

Andrew Warde High School's graduating classes of 1981 and 1982 are holding a joint reunion on Saturday, August 15, from 7 to 11 p.m. at the Marriott in Trumbull. The event will include a disc jockey, an open bar, hors d’oeuvres, pasta, and carving stations.

The response has been fairly good to this point, according to Dawn (Anderson) Graham of the class of 1981. "There are 40 attending (that have already paid for tickets), and another 22 that have been invoiced, but have not paid yet," she told me via email. "Several others that I know plan to attend, but haven’t requested tickets yet. I’m thinking we’ll have about 150."

"We decided to do a joint one (reunion) midway between 25 and 30," Peter Bravo, a member of the Warde class of 1981, told me via email. "Dawn and Keith Anderson (1982) are doing most of the planning. I am doing the slide show, (and) other people are going to be greeters."

"There was a 25-year reunion for the class of ’82, but the last reunion for the class of ’81 was the 20-year," added Dawn. "Keith Anderson has been involved in organizing the last several reunions for the class of ’82, but we have had different people organize each reunion for the class of ’81, so it has been difficult to keep a list of contact information, until now." Click the image below to visit the class of 1982 Web site.

Dawn said both classes have remained very close, and that's the main reason for the combined reunion. "The reason we are having the reunion on an odd year is that people from the two classes haven’t seen each other for over 27 years, and we were ready to do something about it and just got it going!"

The cost of the event is $85 per person. However, classmates may purchase tickets at a discounted rate of $75 per person before April 30. To purchase tickets, send an email to Dawn with your full name and your guest's full name. You will receive a Pay Pal invoice, which will allow you to pay securely by credit card. For more information and email addresses, click the image below to visit the reunion Web page.

A block of hotel rooms is available for those attending the event at a discounted rate of $99 per night. Keith and Dawn will be hosting a party in a hospitality suite at the Marriott once the reunion is over. The party will start after 11 o'clock.

Bravo, a 24-year veteran of the Fairfield police department, said he will always consider himself a Crimson Eagle. "Of course I am still loyal to Warde," he admitted. "My work has brought me back there many times over the past 24 years."

The happily-married father of three also shared a story about one of his return visits to Warde. "(As a) matter of fact, in 1991, I was there in the summertime and found my old locker and opened it," Bravo related. "(It) had the same combination and I remembered it! You'd think I would have done better in school with a memory like that!"

Dawn is still very much connected to Warde, too. "I have two relatives who work at the school, and my niece is a student there," she wrote. "I was there last November when I was up in Fairfield for a visit. My dad was a housemaster at Warde, and he had started a Warde Hall of Fame, highlighting students that had attended Warde and became famous. A few that I know are John Mayer (musician), J. J. Henry (golfer) and (James Blake) a tennis player."

Best of luck to the Andrew Warde High School classes of 1981 and 1982.

Paul

Please sign the AWHS Guest Book.

Visit the Andrew Warde High School Gift Shop.

Watch the AWHS 1976 vintage "film".