Melinda Martin wrote and told us about her alma mater, and their ingenious plan for their twenty-year reunion. The Great Lakes High School Class of 1981 decided that it might be a fun idea to videotape the events of their reunion, and sell the videos to the reunion attendees. Of course they only really wanted to recoup the cost, and make a little extra to help pay for the reunion, they weren’t looking to make a big buck.

In the interest of expense, they discovered that they could save a lot of money and time by not hiring a videographer. Instead, they bought several of the XCam2 WideEyes, and put them up at different locations in the gymnasium where they were holding their special "awards ceremonies." You know, "the award for the most changed over the years," "the award for the least changed over the years," and the list goes on.

"No one likes being hounded by a cameraman," Melinda said. "I liked the idea of placing several cameras at the dinner/dance, and then selecting the best shots for the reunion website." Melinda had a lot of reasons to like the idea, as she was on the reunion committee, and she was therefore responsible to help make many of the decisions.

And she also had another reason for using the XCam2 WideEyes, as she told us. "All those who couldn’t attend, or were too shy, could still 'see’ their old classmates either by buying the video, or watching it live over the reunion’s website."

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