Beverly McNease (Boudar Reed) (1968)
Dear Fellow 1968 SHSHS Graduates,
IMPORTANT MESSAGE re. our 50-year Reunion Keepsake DVD
FYI… For those who may not have had a chance to see the notice about the Keepsake DVD that was created from photos taken at our 50-year SHSHS reunion this past June, along with a multitude of CoLonNeh photos that were made into unique collages… or maybe have just not remembered to mail payment for the disc that was requested, I would like to let you know that there are still several of the DVDs available.
The data DVD contains almost 900 images. The "surprise" part of the DVD that I kept teasing before anyone ever saw it was the fact that over half of these images are collages which were created with anywhere from 8-14 individual photos each (with the finished collage counted as only one image). All in all, over 4,000 individual photos were used in the creation of the finished project.
For all those classmates who attended our reunion get-together on June 23, 2018, as well as a number of others from our class—including some who are no longer with us—there is a collage created just for them with their Sophomore, Junior, and Senior yearbook pix in one image. Class officers, class favorites, sports personalities, yearbook staff, clubs, past reunions and student directory memories, etc., etc., etc. also have collages created and added to the disc.
Tons of online research went into the project. There are several interesting illustrated articles about our school's namesake, General/Governor Sam Houston, along with some fascinating info on the company that took our panoramic photo… (and they are still in business!) BTW, the panoramic of our class I have divided up into 34 individual, enlarged images so we can recognize ourselves and our friends without the use of a microscope! HaHa
I will attempt to include a few sample images for you. If you look back at your CoLonNeh yearbooks, you will see that my photomontages were not printed in the yearbook like this. The individual images were obtained from different pages—even from several of the yearbooks—and then incorporated into a single image. As you can see from the examples, other than the three-year collages of individual students, I have included in each grouping a photo of the yearbook from which each set of pix was gleaned.
Sorry for the "overkill" description… just thought it might help you be able imagine in a small way why it took me 425 hours to complete this labor-of-love project.
If you would like a copy of the memory DVD, please let me know by emailing me at bev.reed33@gmail.com or texting to 806-831-4096, and then stick a check for $35 in the mail… no tax, no S&H. Your disc will be in the mail within 2-3 days after your check is received.
God bless you all,
Beverly McNease Boudar Reed
SHSHS Class of 1968
Lubbock, Texas
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