Alumni Reunion Village Opens Friday

Greendale’s Village Days have always been about bringing the community together.

This year, festivities will bring 75 years worth of Greendale alumni under one roof.

Friday’s big event is the opening of Alumni Village, where alumni from all 75 years of Greendale’s graduating classes of 1938 through 2013 will meet under a massive tent in Alumni Reunion Village in Dale Creek Park (behind the east shops on Broad Street).

Graduates of Greendale High School, Martin Luther High School and the very early years of Milwaukee high schools can renew old acquaintances and share stories of growing up in Greendale.

“I don’t know what to expect,” event coordinator David Miller said. “ Somebody said the other day when alumni get together, they act like they are in high school.”

The Alumni Village will be open Friday, Aug. 9, from 4-8 p.m. and on Saturday, Aug. 10, from noon to 6 p.m. There will be a special welcoming ceremony at 6 p.m. Friday.

Registered participants will receive a gift bag stuffed with items from local merchants. Gift bags for those who did not register in advance will receive a gift bag on a first-come, first-serve basis. All participants will receive a commemorative button.

Other Friday Village Days features are:

• The Greendale Entertainment Association children’s games and rides in front of the Middle School, from 4 p.m. to dusk;
• the GEA entertainment stage featuring Boxkar from 7:30-11 p.m.;
• two shows on the Layton State Bank Family Entertainment Stage, including The Magic of Rick Allen from 6-7 p.m.;
• the American Legion Post #416 corn roast from 4-10 p.m.;
• and the Greendale Lions Club Food and Beer Garden’s fish fry from 4-10:30 p.m. with entertainment from 6-10 p.m.

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