It’s a green and white weekend in Fallon.
After months of planning the 10th Annual All Community Reunion, Executive Director Debra Clifford is ready to reap the fruits of her hard work at this weekend’s event.
According to Clifford, who is also a graduate of Churchill County High School, the reunion is designed to honor the classes of Churchill County High School and bring the community together for a fun afternoon and evening.
“We’re excited to see the courses here,” Clifford said. “We’ll have all the courses from the 1970s and many others here.”
In a tradition that dates back to 2014 when the first community reunion was held, Fallon Mayor Ken Tedford will honor the graduates of the class of 1964 who are celebrating their 60th reunion, according to Clifford. Clifford said the graduates, who have been assigned a special tent at the reunion, will gather, and at 6 p.m., Tedford will begin honoring the graduates.
Clifford said the class of 1974 is also reaching a milestone as the students graduated 50 years ago. Other students from the classes of 1984, 1994, 2004 and 2014 will also participate.
A special place of honor has been reserved for students who graduated in the 1950s and earlier. Not only former students are invited, but their parents and siblings, teachers, friends and community members are encouraged to attend.
Although the reunion will last three days, Clifford said the main activities will take place on Saturday. Typically, many classes use Friday to eat dinner together or reminisce about their school days. Some classes use Sunday as a family day.
If there are no classes on Friday, there will be a concert by the band River Rogue at the Fallon Theater at 7 p.m., she said.
Saturday will begin with a free breakfast on the Oats Park Arts Center’s Lariat Terrace and a Show-n-Shine car show and antique tractor display in front of the center. Clifford said classes should begin setting up their tents or gathering areas sometime after 2 p.m. Saturday, but most students and Greenwave supporters will arrive between 3:30 p.m. and 4 p.m.
In addition to the classes, Clifford said the Greenwave Hall of Fame will sell T-shirts and educate graduates about the program, which honors former student-athletes, coaches and contributors.
Clifford said visitors to Oats Park are asked to bring their own chairs, and some classes will set up tents. Each class except the honored girls is responsible for their own tents. Clifford said attendees can purchase food, ice cream, coffee, beer and wine or pack a picnic after 4 p.m. Additional parking is available at EC Best Elementary School.
The evening will end with a free concert at 7:30 p.m. featuring Rob Ickes and Trey Hensley. Attendees are asked to bring their own chairs or a blanket for the show.
The meet began in 2014 as a result of Fallon’s involvement with Nevada’s 150th anniversary, and one of the events that came out of the planning was an invitation to Greenwave classes to hold their meet at Oats Park. Over the last decade, the number of participating classes has grown from a small number to over 30.
Many open houses are planned for Saturday. From 10 a.m. to noon, visitors can tour the Cottage Schools, Douglass House, Fallon Police Department and Fallon Churchill Volunteer Fire Department. They can also visit Fallon City Hall and chat with Mayor Ken Tedford.
The Churchill County Museum is open from 10am to 5pm and the historic Fallon Theatre also offers tours of our historic theatre on Saturday from 10am to 2pm, followed by community karaoke from 2pm to 4pm.
Tours of the Frey Ranch Distillery take place from 12:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
For all those who want to splash around in the water, free swimming is planned from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. in the public pool and in the paddling pool area.
