Host Your Class Reunion
Each year, classes from all Williamsville, Amherst, Lancaster and Clarence Schools use the Beer Tent at Old Home Days as part of their reunion schedule. If you plan to make Old Home Days a part of your reunion, we’ll gladly list all your scheduled events on our site. You can use it to share information with your class and make sure everyone knows the schedule of events. To submit information about your class reunion and have it listed on our site, complete the Class Reunion Updates form.
Use this form to submit information about your class reunion. We’ll add your details to our website and you can use it to share information with your classmates.
Class Reunions for 2026
Organizer's Name: Sandy Walling Kroll
Email: skroll0618@yahoo.com
Phone: (847) 921-4004
School: Williamsville South High School
Class Year: 1976 50th Reunion
Reunion Schedule of Events:
Thursday, July 16, 2026 @ 10 AM (arrive by 9:30 AM to register and pay) - Buffalo AKG (Albright Knox Gallery) Art Museum Tour: Located at 1285 Elmwood Avenue, Buffalo. Enjoy a wonderful 60-minute guided tour of the new museum for a special rate of $24, payable upon your arrival. Following the tour, you will have full access to the museum for the remainder of the day. Please RSVP to Ellen Kaminsky at elkaminsky@gmail.com or text her at (716) 400-3841 as soon as possible so the museum knows our group size.
Thursday, July 16, 2026 @ 5-9 PM - Music on Main Street Bar Hop: Plan to meet at Island Park at our banner next to the Old Home Days Beer Tent. Then we will swing through some of our old and new haunts (The Irishman, The Eagle House, and more) in the Village of Williamsville, as different local bands at each bar set the vibe for our gathering. If you are interested in attending this event, RSVP to Al Turano at turanoa6@gmail.com or text him at (303) 549-7882 so we can estimate the group size. More details to come soon once we know the exact bands and venues.
Friday, July 17, 2026 @ 12:30 - 2 PM - (be there at 12 PM) - Buffalo History Boat Tour: - Located at 44 Prime Street, Buffalo by Liberty Hound. $34 / person; reservations are required, so if you haven’t already made a reservation, do so soon before the tour sells out. Please use this link: Buffalo River History Tours Tickets: TripWorks
Once you have secured your reservation, please contact Lori Turner McGuire at lmcguire@ourcottage.us or by text at (630) 939-6928 so she can keep track of who will be attending.
Friday, July 17, 2026 @ 4-6 PM - Meet-up with South, East, and North High Schools: Swing by Santora’s located at 7800 Transit Road, Williamsville, for a casual visit and cash bar with old friends and classmates from South as well as North and East. Go Billies!! If you are planning to attend, RSVP to Sandy Walling Kroll at skroll0618@yahoo.com or text her at (847) 921-4004 so she can let Santora’s know the approximate size of our group.
Friday, July 17, 2026 @ 6:30-11 PM - Old Home Days Beer Tent: Make your way to Island Park (behind Amherst Town Hall) 5577 Main Street, Williamsville, and look for our Class of ‘76 banner in the area next to the Beer Tent. It’s sure to be a great evening to reminisce under the stars. FLIPSIDE, Buffalo’s Best Classic Rock Band, will be performing live on stage in the Beer Tent.
Saturday, July 18, 2026 @ 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM - Picnic Gathering: Join us at Garrison Park, located at 40 Garrison Road, Williamsville, corner of Garrison Road, Park Drive, and S. Ellicott Street. BYO food and beverages.
Saturday, July 18, 2026 @ 2-4 PM - South High School Tour AND Class Picture: Please meet at South High School, located at 5950 Main Street, Williamsville, at 1:45 PM to revisit our alma mater and see what has changed and what has stayed the same. The tour will start at 2 PM and last until 3:30 PM. Afterward, we will be taking a 50th Reunion Class Photo as a keepsake for everyone. Please RSVP to Ellen Kaminsky at elkaminsky@gmail.com or text her at (716) 400-3841so we can confirm the size of our group with South.
Saturdaym, July 18, 2026 @ 5-10 PM - Class of ‘76 - 50th Reunion Gathering: Join us at RationAles, located at 5444 Main Street, Williamsville, 2nd Floor, for our final reunion gathering! It will be a casual, fun night of classic 70’s music, karaoke, and trivia (with prizes). $45 ticket price includes buffet dinner. Cash/credit bar only. Please RSVP no later than June 25th, 2026, by purchasing your $45 tickets through David Cucinotta’s Venmo or Zelle accounts below. Or send a check payment to: David Cucinotta / Reunion, 134 Jacobs Lane, Norwell, MA 02061.
Link to David’s Venmo Profile. Please tap or click it, and confirm it is Davic Cucinotta. Or look up David’s Zelle account at https://zelle.com using his email address, david.cucinotta@verizon.net.
To get an estimate of who will attend each of the above events, we would appreciate it if you could RSVP as soon as possible.
We are looking forward to seeing all of you in July.
Thanks
Your 50th Reunion Committee:
David Cucinotta
Jack Freudenheim
Ellen Kaminsky
Robin Kurss (Bernard)
Lori McGuire (Turner)
Regina Rexford (Leising)
Al Turano
Sandy Kroll (Walling)