Ticket prices:
In advance: $35
At door: $40
Featuring: Grilled to order, all-you-can-eat picnic buffet (burgers, hot dogs, chicken, veggie burgers, salads, fruit, dessert, AND limited open bar [beer, wine and soft drinks]), continuous video and audio presentations, bugle ensemble, fellowship, and lots of fun!

In order to get the word out to our Vanguard brothers and sisters who do not communicate by email or Facebook, please e-mail their home addresses to vanguard_reunion@comcast.net

To order tickets in advance, mail your check for $35 per person made out to

VANGUARD ALUMNI by August 23rd to:
Bill O’Connell
915 Christa Ct.
Elk Grove Village, IL 60007

Be sure to include the name of each person attending.
Lady alumni, please also give us your maiden name.
So we can give the caterer an idea of numbers, please respond to this email if you believe you will be attending. Let us know how many will be in your party.
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WAIT! THERE’S MORE! LET’S MAKE A WEEKEND OF IT!
We have reserved a block of rooms for September 18th through 20th at
Hilton Garden Inn- O'Hare
2930 South River Road, Des Plaines 847-296-8900
Cost $109 + tax/ Make your reservation by phone OR
Click the link below to access the Personalized Online Group web page for VanGuard Drum and Bugle Corps Reunion Group and book your reservations online. http://hiltongardeninn.hilton.com/en/gi/groups/personalized/O/ORDCHGI-VAN-20150918/index.jhtml
• Friday evening, September 18th – join us for a meet and greet at the hotel bar! (Time to be determined.)

• Saturday, September 19th (11 AM to 5:30 PM) – travel to the Midwest Drum Corps Alumni Picnic in Port Barrington where we will join other alums from the Golden Age of Drum Corps! (Maps and directions available in advance.)

• Saturday night – the big event at Vanguard Hall! 6:30 PM until ?

• Sunday, September 20th – Join us at Fitzgerald’s Nightclub in Berwyn at 6 PM featuring Bill O’Connell’s Chicago Skyliners Big Band. $10 cover charge.

Looking for other entertainment ideas? Feel free to visit Rivers Casino (http://www.riverscasino.com/desplaines/) or MB Financial Park (http://www.rosemont.com/mbfinancialpark/)
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Looking forward to seeing our Vanguard friends as we
COME HOME TO VANGUARD…
Jim Grosso, Connie House Hermes, Bill Agnello, Sam Agnello,
Tom Barrett, Chip LaCasse, John McClellan, William McClellan,
Bill O’Connell, Cathy O’Connell Letourneau, Pat Rymer Sylvia