10:00 AM - 4:00 PM:
MCHS 60th Anniversary
Calling All Mustang Alumni!
Dear MCHS Alum,
Mira Costa is turning 60! That is a milestone worth celebrating—and you’re invited, so please join us for the best party of the decade on Saturday, July 24th at Waller Stadium. This will be an epic gathering of Mustangs from the last sixty years. Don’t miss your chance to reconnect with old friends and teachers. Meet, greet, eat, take tours of the campus, visit the Memorial Wall and swap stories with old buddies—all for free. Play golf on Friday; renew old friendships on Saturday and hit the beach on Sunday--a three-day weekend in your hometown with lifelong friends. It doesn’t get any better than this.
Admission is free. On-site parking is not available (special handicapped drop-off provided). Bus shuttle service provided 9am-4:30pm from Northrop-Grumman at intersection of Marine & Aviation.
Please support the school campus policy of a tobacco/alcohol/drug-free environment.
Here’s the schedule for Saturday:
- 9am: Shuttle service starts from Northrop Grumman parking lot (Aviation and MB Blvd)
- 10am: Gates open with entertainment by the Award-winning Mira Costa Choir
- 11am: Opening ceremony (with special guest speakers)
- 1pm: Groundbreaking for new math/science building
- Throughout the day
- Tents including a faculty tent will be set up in Waller Stadium by 1950’s thru 2000’s
- Campus memory walks
- Breakfast, lunch and drinks at the Football Booster snack stand
- Memorial wall paying tribute to a MCHS family members or friends
- Mira Costa Choir & Band as well as several Alumni bands for entertainment
- Mira Costa sports teams host family sporting activities
- Mira Costa gear available for sale
- After 6pm: The party continues at off-site gatherings
MCHS 60th Anniversary Evening Get-Togethers – Following the day’s activities at the school, alumni will be getting together by decade, at various locations for drinks and snacks. The following are the locations for each decade:
1950’s: Union Cattle Company – 1301 Manhattan Avenue, Hermosa Beach
1960’s: Manhattan Beach cluster: Beaches, Shellback’s, BrewCo – 100 block Man. Bch Blvd.
1970’s: Marriott Hotel Lounge Area – 1400 Parkview, Manhattan Beach
1980’s: Hermosa Beach Cluster: Hennessey’s, Sangria, Patrick Malloy’s–Pier Ave. Plaza, H.B.
1990’s: Mr. Pockets – 516 N. Sepulveda Blvd., Manhattan Beach
2000’s: Manhattan Beach cluster: Shark’s Cove, Hennessey’s – 300 block Man. Bch. Blvd., M.B.
La Vista All-Class Newsletter/Reflections – Calling all news hounds! The Beach Reporter and Michael McAvin (Class of ’83 and Advisor of LaVista) have graciously offered to help us put together a special reunion edition of La Vista for the 60th reunion celebration. Please send feature articles, photos, news, sports, humor and of course, the underground press! If you want to contribute a story or picture or a memorial, please send your information to Paul Silva at
psilva@tbrnews.com or call Chris Miller at (310) 372-0388 ext. 240.
Jam Session – Some alumni bands (The Zoggs, Abracadabra, and Temporal Love to name a few) have already contacted us and have reserved time for a set. If you want to jam with some other Mustangs at the reunion, contact Andrew Potvin @
apotvin@mbusd.org or Jaime Mancilla @
jmancilla@mbusd.org.
Marching Band – Tune up those instruments!! Be a part of the opening ceremonies and jam with the Mira Costa Alumni Marching Band. Contact Gretchen Renshaw at
zwjunk@me.com or Joel Carlson, MC Band Director @ 310-318-7337 ext. 5238 or email him at
jcarlson@mbusd.org
Lodging – Here are a few local hotels/Inns that have offered their services for the event. For special discounted rates, be sure to mention the 60th Anniversary Reunion:
Hi View Inn & Suites
100 S. Sepulveda Blvd,
Manhattan Beach, CA 90266
(310)374.4608
Hermosa Beach Quality Inn & Suites
901 Aviation Blvd.
Hermosa Beach, CA 90254
(310)374-2666
Marriott Hotel
1400 Parkview, MB CA, 90266
1-800-228-9290
Best Western Sunrise
400 N. Harbor Dr.
Redondo Beach, CA 90277
(310)376-0746
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