1. Hotel reservations must be made by you. The best way is to phone the hotel and state that you are making reservations for the Rowan DD405/DD782 Reunion, giving the dates of your stay and receiving a confirmation number. The best time to call is now.
2.The only requirement for you to attendthis reunion is to mail in the $10 registration fee with your name, rate, and years on board. There is also a $10 registration fee for each guest. Mail the completed registration form with your check to "Armed Forces Reunion, Inc".All tours, the Thursday night dinner, Saturday night banquet, etc. are optional. You may attend any, all, or none of these activities. It's your choice. But you must register to enjoy the hospitality room. All registrants will receive a nametag at the Rowan registration desk, which admits you to the hospitality room. Wives,girl friends, relatives, and friends are all welcome to attend our reunions.
3.Please contact USS ROWAN Reunion Association Secretary: Loren R. Melton,at E-mailiceburg72@msn.com If you have any questions about attending the reunion
Our schedule of activities start in the hospitality room. This is the best place to begin an enjoyable reunion. You will meet old shipmates and make new friends with shipmates who served before or after you, all while partaking of the snacks and liquid refreshments. Dinner on your own this first night. The hospitality room will remain poen all evening. Causal Dinner with a DJ on hand for your dancing pleasure. Our big memorabilia night in the hospitality room. Dig out whatever you have stashed away and bring it to show everone. For everyone that missed the chance totake part during our last two reunions, this is your opportunity to show your shipmates what a salty sailor you are/were. Yes, we will once more conduct our best looking old sailor contest, which well be judged by a panel of experts selected from those attending. It is a lot of fun and prizes will be awarded. Bring what you look best in (and can still fit into), dungarees, whites, blues, whatever. We should have plenty of laughs that night. 7:00 AM in the hospitality room. We will accept Saturday evening banquest table reservations on a first come, first pick basis from available selections. 8:00 AM We will hold our annual business meeting to report our financial status, elect new officers, and vote on the location of our 2002 reunion. Hopefully, we will have at least two locations with firm hotel proposals to select from and vote on at the reunion. A number of sites are currently under review. Grand Banquet. We will have a cash bar cocktail hour followed by a Memorial Service or our departed shipmates. The banquet dinner will then be served ater which we will have a guest speaker. After the guest peaker, we will put our dancing shoes on for the rest of the evening. Breakfast and Goodbyes til next year. We are proud to announce that we have another former Rowan Commanding Officer as the guest speaker at our Grand Banquet this year. He is Dr Loren Moore, Commaning Officer of the ROWAN, DD782, 1967/1969. Dr Moore has been a strong supporter of the RRA since it's beginning in 1995.We are honored to have him accept our invitation to be the guest speaker at this, our 6th reunion. Our hospitality room, as always, will remain open as long as possible every day and will be well stocked with liquid refreshments and snacks. It will have plenty of room to display memorabilia, so if you have any photographs, cruise books, souvenirs, etc. to show your shipmates, make sure you bring them with you. The hours for the hospitality room will really depand on how many volunteers we have who are willing to spend a couple of hours in the room guarding our refreshnents and memorabilia. Of course your RRA officers will be present most of the ime, but they will need occasional breaks. There will be a sign-up list posted, so if you would like to help, just sign your name next to the hours you will take the watch. Farewell and Departures until next year Thursday, September 6 Friday, September 7 Saturday, September 8
Registration Form
Our Schedule of Activities
Wednesday, 5 September 2001.
Thusday Night, 6 September 2001.
Friday Night, 7 September 2001
Saturday Morning, 8 September 2001
Saturday Night
Sunday Morning, 9 September 2001
Guest Speaker
Hospitality room
USS ROWAN DD-405/DD-782
SEPTEMBER 5- 9, 2001
THE HANDLERY HOTEL & RESORTWednesday, September 5
1:00pm - 6:oopm
Reunion Registration open
3:00pm
Hospitality Room open
Evening on your ownThursday, September 6
7:30am - 8:30am
Reunion Registration open
9:00am - 3:oopm
CITY TOUR/SEAPORT VILLAGE (description fellows)
4:30pm - 6:00pm
Hospitality Room open
Evening on your own
7:00pm - 10:00pm
Cocktail Hour/ Casual Dinner (menu includes: salid, Turkey
medallions with apple chutney, whipped chive potatoes, maple
glaze carrots, dessert, coffee and tea)Friday, September 7
7:00am - 8:00am
Banquet seating assignment sheets collected
7:00am - 8:00am
Reunion Registration open
8:30am - 2:30pm
WILD ANIMAL PARK (description fellows)
3:00pm - 4:00pm
Reunion Registration open
Memorabilia Night/Hospitality Room
Evening on your ownSaturday, September 8
8:00am - 9:15am
Business Meeting
9:30am - 1:00pm
NAVAL STATION SAN DIEGO (description fellows)
5:30pm - 6:30pm
Cash Bar Reception
6:30pm
Memorial Service/Banquet Dinner followed by entertainment
Sunday, September 9
8:00am - 10:00am
Farewell Breakfast Buffet
USS ROWAN DD-405/DD-782
2001 REUNION
TOUR DESCRIPTIONS
CITY TOUR/SEAPORT VILLAGE
Board bus for a guided tour of San Diego. Begin in La Jolla, the 38th wealthiest community in the country and drive up to Mount Soledad, the tallest mountain in the city. See 360-degree view of the city and surrounding area from this vantage point. Continue the drive over Mission Bay on your way to Sunset Cliffs. Once downtown, drive along Harbor Drive and see the Star of India, the oldest sailing ship in the world. Hear her history, along with information about the other vessels that make up the Maritime Museum. Next, enjoy lunch on your own at Seaport Village, a replica of three Seaports. There are seventy-five shops and thirteen restaurants for lunch and shopping on your own. After lunch, visit Balboa Park, which is home to museums, art galleries, and the Veterans Memorial Tower, a city landmark, chimes every quarter hour from this beautiful park.9:00am board bus, 3:00pm back at hotel.
$26/Person includes bus and guide. Lunch on your own.
WILD ANIMAL PARK
Board bus for the San Diego Wild Animal Park. Tour the park where over 2,500 animals roam freely in settings similar to their native homelands. Sit comfortably on the monorail and journey through habitats of Africa and Asia to see the many animals in naturalistic settings and over 2,000 species of plants. Make a point of catching The Bird Show, Rare and Wild America Show, or elephant demonstrations for entertaining look at the world of animals. The park contains several restaurants and snack bars for lunch on your own.8:30am board bus, 2:30pm back at hotel.
$41/Person includes bus and guide. Lunch on your own.
NAVAL STATION TOUR
Board bus for Naval Station San Diego. Originally known as US Destroyer Base San Diego, Naval Station San Diego is now homeport to approximately sixty Navy ships and homebase to 50 separate commands, each having specific and specialized fleet support purposes. It's the workplace for approximately 48,000 military and civilian personnel. You will begin a guided tour of one of the Navy Surface ships that call San Diego their home. finally, enjoy lunch in the galley before returning to the hotel.
9:30am board bus, 1:00pm back at hotel
$25/Person includes bus, escort, and lunch.
Driver and Guide gratuities are not included in the tour prices.
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