How many people attend a high school class reunion in a year?

Hello.

An estimated 27 to 30 million Americans attend high school reunions in
a year.

sources:

"Every year, some 27 million Americans gathers to reconnect with their
classmates at more than 150,000 reunions, according to Reunion
Research in San Francisco."
source: Sun-Sentinel:  Business capitalizes on popularity of reunions
http://207.21.192.211/reunited/sunsentinel_article.htm

"This year the National Association of Reunion Planners estimates that
nearly 30 million of us will defy distance, age and pinched wallets
and go home again to high school. Between Easter and Thanksgiving
there will be 25,000 high school reunions"
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Oddly, while these two sources provide very similar estimates of total
high school reunion attendees (27 million & 'nearly 30 million'), they
also cite wildly different estimates of the total number of reunions
(25,000 vs 150,000).  I don't have a good explanation for this
discrepancy, so I chose not to post this information as an answer to
your other question.
http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=269065

However, if you feel that the information adequately answers your
other question as well, let me know.

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search strategy:
"million americans", "high school reunion", "high school reunions"

Thanks.

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Request for Answer Clarification by jancm-ga on 23 Oct 2003 12:19 PDT

Hi,

Thanks. This helps a lot. Hmmmmm, I'm not sure about the 25,000 &
150,000 reunions per year figures.  That's a pretty big discrepancy.

Hmmm....Do you by any chance know if Reunion Research in San Fran is
still open? I did a quick search and couldn't find them.

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Clarification of Answer by juggler-ga on 23 Oct 2003 12:46 PDT

Hi.

It seems that Reunion Research has moved from San Francisco to
Auberry, California.  See contact information at:
Tom's Family Reunion Tips
http://207.21.192.211/tomstips/

Hi, thank you soooo much for your help. And for going the x-tra mile
to find Reunion Research.  Even though there's a discrepancy in the
150,000 & 25,000 figures, I wanted to thank you for letting me know.
I'm going to keep it open on the question listing for now, but wanted
to add something here for you (so I've included it here).

Thanks again!

Thank you for the tip!
-juggler