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2014
UA69 CLASS REUNION FLOAT
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The
2009 Award-Winning Class of 1969 Parade
Float
Chairman: Dave Cooper |
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| UACA
ANNOUNCES 2014 PARADE THEME |
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Artwork
by Anna Ferraro, UAHS Class of 2015
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| NOTE:
Much of the float construction
will need to be done a
week or two before the
parade. We are looking
for volunteers who have
tools and construction
knowledge. If you can
help with this project,
please email
Gordon. |
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| EVENT |
FLOAT
CONSTRUCTION |
| CHAIRMAN |
Gordon
Mitchell |
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| COMMITTEE |
Dave
Cooper, Jim
Long |
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| DATE |
Thursday,
July 3, all day
Basic construction to be completed
in days/weeks before. |
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| LOCATION |
Jim
Long's home
4330 Mountview Road
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| COST: |
None |
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| DETAILS: |
The
theme of the 2014 UA Parade is:
In
the past, Dave Cooper has
chaired this effort, and we have
won awards under his leadership.
Dave has moved to Florida, but he
has offered to help with the design
and engineering of our float. Once
he arrives for the reunion, he will
help with last minute details.
Because
the 4th of July parade falls on
Friday and we don't have much time,
we really need to get this float
put together in one day, and we
need everyone's help!
Gordon
Mitchell and his Crew will put
together major parts of the float
ahead of time, but the design is
elaborate, and we need plenty of
people to stuff it on Thursday.
Please come and help!
We
like to coordinate the float-building
party with our Class
Picnic. The picnic will be held
from noon - 3:00 pm at the south
shelterhouse of Thompson Park (formerly
known as Lane Road Park), which
is right across the street from
Jim Long's home. You can walk between
the picnic and Jim's house to eat,
visit with friends, and finish up
the float! We'll have food at both
places, but the BEER
will be at Jim's house as a motivator
to stuff the float!
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| CONTACT: |
Gordon
Mitchell, Chairman |
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| 2009:
CLASS OF 1969 WINS UACA
"BEST REUNION FLOAT" AWARD - AGAIN! |
 Once
again, the Class of 1969 won the UA
Civic Association's "Best Reunion
Float" Award
for our creative, animated, well-populated
and spirited float. We owe a HUGE thank
you to Dave Cooper, who designed
and directed the construction of this
amazing float.
The
2009 theme was "UA - There's
No Place Like Home," and our
float illustrated that our class now
represents almost all 50 states and
several global nations, but they still
love to come home to UA for their class
reunions! Thirty-two classmates walked
alongside the float in gold t-shirts
and ruby slippers (made by Dave!), and
demonstrated their class spirit with
line dances and singing as we made our
way down Northwest Boulevard. Nearly
45 others rode on the float.
Thank
you to Dave Cooper, our Float Chairman,
to Jim Long, who once again hosted the
float building efforts in his driveway,
to everyone who worked on the construction
of the float and to those who participated
by riding or walking the parade route.
Our class spirit was evident, and during
our 40-year reunion weekend, we proved
that there truly IS "no place like
HOME."
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In
2004, our fabulous class float won
"Best Reunion Float" in the
Upper Arlington Fourth of July Parade!
Thank
you to everyone who worked on it and
especially to the Float Leaders: Dave
Cooper, Julie May Jones, Ken Pfeifer,
Jim Long, Gordon Mitchell, Evan Jones
and Craig Heckman!
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See
photos of the float from 2004 and 2009:
 Float
Construction 2009
Float
Construction 2004
Parade
2004
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