How To Plan A May Reunion In March

So it's March and you're far behind planning your May Family reunion. What to do?
First calm down and take a deep breath. You can still swing this thing. We just have to think simpler
and be creative.

First and foremost consider where you will hold the gathering. When it comes to planning a short notice event your location makes all the difference. This will determine the activities, and festivities. Here's a bullet list of great venues that do not require several months booking notice.

• Backyard Bar-B-Que.
• All you can eat restaurant with private dining room
• Pot luck picnic under shady park trees
• Beach party 
• Theme park 
• Dinner Cruise Ship
• Hotel pool party
• Call banquet halls for cancelled reservation

Get everyone involved. Delegate, delegate, delegate. Keep it simple. Focus on having fun. Don't sweat the small stuff. 

For a step by step guide that's ideal for planning your month of May reunion consult Fimark's Family Reunion Planner social web app and eBook. Click on the link in the profile section of this blog.

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15 Fail Free Outdoor Party Planning Tips

It's Spring! Flowers are in bloom. Days are longer. It's time to take off that sweater and head outdoors for a fun filled family picnic at the park or big fat backyard BBQ.  But, wait. Hold your horses and slow your roll! While thousands of families across America, Canada and the UK will be throwing mega out door feast fests this year, you don't want to move so fast that you miss those key elements that make a family reunion event the absolute bomb of family reunions. 

So what are the keys to enjoying family fun under the sun. Presenting the 15 Keys to preparing a fail free outdoor event.

1. Keep the music playing - find varied styles, themes and artists. Avoid overly sensual
    themes and dances.
2. Have plenty of experienced help on hand
3. Have plenty of hand wipes, ice water and cold drinks(low sugar organic soft drinks
   are best)at the start of the event.
4. Start the event off on a very dignified warm note.
5. Give lots of hugs and cheek kisses
6. Keep the warm food warm and the cold foods cold.
7. Keep the bugs and mosquitoes at bay
8. Bring photos of the family
9. Have two events specifically for the toddlers and preschoolers to enjoy and parents
    to observe and take pictures.
10. Give out honest and sincere commendation to all.
11. If there must be drinking and some folks are not able to hold it well - Stress after
      hours drinking away from the family affair.
12. Play beautiful soothing upbeat music
13. Don't skimp of the quality of the food
14. Keep an upbeat motivational and spiritual tone throughout the event.
15. Avoid overlooking anyone when making acknowledgments.

When planning your out door party make use of a concise and detailed party planner that helps you plan, organize, manage a successful event no matter what the theme.

Fimark's Family Reunion Planner Social web app does that and more. Click on the link in Profiles to get instant access.

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12 Legendary Heritage Web Page Updates.

Thanks to a recent phone call from a customer, who was anxiously trying to get to the Legendary Heritage Heirlooms family reunion web app with African American features, I immediately responded by updating 12 pages in order to make all current reunion planning and fund raiser apps, products and services more accessible to those wanting to share in this most honored tradition.

Legendary Heritage Heirlooms is a resources for African american, black event planning tips, with tools and ideas for reunions, honorary ceremonies, culture fests, anniversaries, graduation and homecoming celebrations.

Among the concerns was the inability to purchase Fimark's Family Reunion Planner for African American family reunions. After an extensive examination, to my surprise several eCommerce features needed to brought up-to-date. You will be happy to know that full functionality of our Legendary Heritage Heirlooms web site with family reunion planning products have been restored.

You can now access our most valued event planning features such as the reunion planner checklist, itinerary template, luncheon/dinner template, 5 theme planner and loads of activity ideas with setup details now available for immediate download. Including are an enhanced line of colorful flyers, invitations and worksheets.

In addition the web app has over 12 socially enabled features so you can conference from your desktop, laptop, tablet or phone and you can share, edit and update all documents and event planning spreadsheet and send invitations and takes surveys online.

Raise funds for the event with the free fundraising web app, the t-shirt designer and online t-shirt selling web app.

Setup your own personal free trial family reunion web site and start selling tickets to the event.

Remember there is an interactive checklist feature that guides you through the planning process as well as the Family Reunion Planner eBook feature.

While we are an international kaleidoscope of family reunion planners of all races, cultures and walks of life, we are honored to make available features that are as personable as possible to everyone including the honored tradition of African American family reunion planning.

Visit Legendary Heritage Heirlooms and download the African American reunion planning web app  at lhh.fimark.net. Happy Family Reunion Planning!



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How To Speed Plan A Spring Vacation Family Reunion

So you want to plan a Spring Vacation family reunion but don't know where to start or if you even have enough time to pull it off? Be assured, many have speed planned spring vacation family reunions as early as the first week of March and enjoyed a successful event in April, May and early June. Just keep it simple and follow these speed planning instructions.

Consult the community events calendar to find out what festivals, concerts and tours are featured during the month of your event. After discussing this with the family set the event date around the special events scheduled.

1.  Determine your theme, mission and slogan. Get theme and slogan ideas when downloading the family reunion planning package. Get family reunion t-shirt design ideas at http://www.zazzle.com/zzibcnet*.

2. Contact the family and extended family to vote on a date, activities and events you'd like to enjoy on your reunion vacation.  

3. Write a list of all activities planned.  A family reunion planning checklist with worksheets are ideal for keeping up with tasks needing to be completed during the planning process. 

5. Reserve a hotel with lobby, park area or recreation center for the initial meet and greet. Consult local municipality officials for available grounds or hold the event at a relatives home.   (*See the timeline checklist in the Family Reunion Planner)

6. Send all family members directions  to the event rendezvous via email, event app or post mail. A map to the location would be helpful.

7. Get help wrapping up your final tasks. No need to do it all yourself. Invite a couple of extra hands over and put in a long night completing tasks. Download a family reunion planning checklist with worksheets. Delegate department heads and make sure everyone has what they need including materials and supplies to complete the assigned task.

8. Don't forget to give yourself a day off before and after the big event.

Download the family reunion planning book, checklists and worksheets here... http://family-reunion-planner.fimark.net.


Happy Family Reunion Planning!

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Shooting Your Family History Documentary Video

A member of our family reunion planning group said they have begun putting together a family history documentary but only have little snippets of information. Fact is little snippets of information mark the path to the bigger story. Here are some tips to help you get as much information as you can.

Ask questions, show pictures and play the music of the era. Questions spark memories, experiences and interesting stories. When interviewing groups of family members and friends of the family ask questions about things in the photos to get the juicy details. Who, when, how and why.  Example: Who is that next to such and such? What kind of dress is that? Did she like that dress? Where did he get that hat? Whose house are they standing in front of? Whose car is parked in front? What did you do there? 

To fill in the gaps of the video spend no more than 1-2 minutes talking about the cosmetics of a house, car or dress and the aesthetics of the artist, designer or builder.  

Finding Pictures. 

Collect old magazines and clip pictures of old movie and music stars of the day. Look for news clippings regarding concerts, festivals, fairs and historic events in the area at the time. Search for archived photos of stores, shops, offices and municipalities.

Finding Music

Finding the music of the times is not at difficult as you might think. Just go to YouTube and enter keyword music of the 20's, 30's etc. You'll be amazed at how much video footage is available regarding markets, news reels and memorabilia of the time.  Link to music and video from YouTube using your tablet or iPad.

Dealing With Camera Shyness
Camera shyness is typical. While some family members may be camera shy, others are not and many friends of family members may actually help them feel less inhibited especially when they want to get the facts of a story right. Interview groups of family members and their outspoken friends. You'll get a wealth of information and a lively and enriching discussion.

Regarding taking video: Aim the camera at the album. As the interviewees turn through the albums get shots of the hands pointing to subjects in the pictures and allow the interviewees to tell their stories behind the picture. 

Instead of taking video of the person face to face as if they are staring into the camera tell them you would like to take video of yourself with the video pointed at yourself from behind the back of the interview.  As the interview progresses slowly bring the camera forward turn the camera slightly toward the interviewee to catch a profile so that the edge of the cheek and mouth shows but keep the camera out of their peripheral vision. 

Follow these steps carefully and you'll likely have more video content than you know what to do with. If that's the case, it's save the extra footage for Family History Documentary Part II.

And what better way to present your documentary than at your next family reunion. 

How To Plan A Family Theme Party

Home Coming - Graduation - Award Ceremony - After Party - Engagement Announcement - Anniversary Party - Retirement Party - Outdoor BBQ Picnic - Family Talent Show

Children grow up. Folks get married. People move. Others retire. That means phone numbers and email addresses change. A lot can happen in a few year. How can you make sure the family keeps up? Much depends on you. How can you get keep up to date? Plan a family reunion. The process of planning is a great way to start getting everyone connected and considering your families cause for celebration. Here are some tips to get started today.

How To Plan A Family Theme Party

1. Update your family contacts (list reasons to get together and celebrate family)
2. Send a theme and activity survey
3. Select your family reunion planning committee from first responders according to skills, talent and experience.
4. Hold a reunion planning committee meeting
5. Read my eBook Fimark's Family Reunion Keepsake or get the web app at http://family-reunion-planner.fimark.net/index1.html for worksheets and details on how to prepare and hold the first reunion planning committee meeting. It's everything you need to plan your next family reunion event what ever the reason.

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