AVSS Retro Rewind

05/28/2026

🎓📼🔥 SCHOOL’S OUT FOR SUMMER 🔥📼🎓

ALMOST!!!

The lockers are closing… one last time.
The bells are ringing… one last time.

And somewhere in the distance you can already hear the gymnasium echoing with:

OSKEE WEE WEE!!! ❤️🖤🤍

ONE
LAST
TIME

To celebrate summer kicking OFF, we’re giving away:

🎟️🎟️🎟️ SIX TICKETS 🎟️🎟️🎟️
to the legendary …

✨ AVSS RETRO REWIND 2026 ✨

The ultimate homecoming pep rally party for the Classes of the 80s & 90s and beyond!
Hosted by fellow AVSS alumni
🎤 Michelle Gallant
&
🎧 Adrian Peters of A&M Sounds & Lights

📍 St. Anne’s Centre
📅 Friday, September 25, 2026
🕔 Doors Open at 5 PM
🍻 Cash Bar
🪩 Retro music. Viking spirit.
🍕BYOF - Bring your own …. FUN?… na we got the FUN… YOU get to bring your own food; PLUS pizza will be supplied by a local pizza joint!! BONUS! Can’t wait! 😛

Absolute chaos in the BEST possible way.

Think:
📼 MuchMusic countdown energy
🏈 Pep rally nostalgia
🎵 Dance floor anthems
📸 Old friends reunited
❤️ Stories you forgot you remembered

This is not just a reunion.

It’s skate estate! It’s Revolutions Dance club night!
It is a time machine with an EPIC DJ booth.

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🎟️ HOW TO ENTER 🎟️

To win SIX tickets for you and your crew:

✅ LIKE this post
✅ SHARE this post publicly
✅ TAG the classmates you’d bring
✅ COMMENT your graduating year + favourite AVSS memory

BONUS ENTRY:
Post an old school photo in the comments 📸😂

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🏆 Winner receives:
✨ 6 Retro Rewind Tickets
✨ Ultimate bragging rights
✨ Temporary return to 1992

Winner announced:
📅 July 1st - Canada Day, of course in keeping with the School Spirit and colours theme! ❤️🤍❤️

So dust off the Aqua Net.
Find the denim jacket.
Stretch the dancing knees.
Bring out the “Walkman’s”
Because…

❤️ THIS IS OUR HOUSE ❤️

AND

This is our last time to rewind and to connect.

Don’t miss it!

Advance tickets are 30 per person!
40 at the door!

Be sure to secure your tickets soon.
We have five hundred tickets and they are over halfway sold!

Secure your friends group table now! We have just 7 personalized cruisers left! Ask for details. 🙂











WEEEEEEE can’t WAIT!

Gen X knows how to have a bush party! 🎈

Ya?!

05/26/2026

A little Retro Rewind housekeeping today, Vikings ❤️🖤🤍

As many of you know, AVSS Retro Rewind is being independently organized and funded entirely through ticket sales.

Unlike the main event, which is being ran by the 1990 Centenary Committee, our committee does not have corporate sponsorships, financial backing, or ANY in-kind community support covering our costs.

Every ticket purchased goes directly toward:

🎵 DJ & entertainment
🏛️ Hall rental
🪩 Décor & tables
🏆 Door Prizes
🎟️ Printing, supplies & event costs
🙌 The many moving pieces required to bring this nostalgic night together for our community.

Any funds above and beyond what is raised for expenses will be given directly back to the community.

Because of this:

ALL ticket sales are FINAL.

ALL pertinent details concerning the Friday Night Reunion Event are available on several
Platforms, including the official tickets.

If you have already purchased a Friday Retro Rewind ticket and decide you would prefer to attend the Saturday evening programming once the Centenary Committee announces their tickets instead, we kindly ask that you resell or transfer your ticket privately.

We truly appreciate everyone’s understanding and support as we work hard to create a fun, welcoming, Gen X throwback celebration for all of us to reconnect, laugh, dance, and remember where we came from.

✨ ALSO! Today is Admin Day ✨
If anyone would still like tickets, we’ll be doing local deliveries this afternoon as well as Sunday Afternoon!

Message the page directly to arrange pickup/drop-off or EMT details.

Thank YOU for supporting these epic community events and for helping us make the last hurrah … AVSS Retro Rewind something special to remember.

05/15/2026

Send a message to learn more

05/12/2026

Good Morning!
I have more tickets earmarked here for pick up / delivery!

Thank you.

If you sent an emt over the past week and have not made arrangements for pick-up or delivery - your tickets will be at the door. ❤️

We have sold 23 tickets since May 1st!

Soooooo …. that means so far you have effectively helped to pay for 23 AVSS Prom Tickets also, as 10 dollars per paid ticket for month of May goes to AVSS grads for their last prom. There are about 60 grads. We endeavour to sell 60 tickets by the end of May - ALMOST halfway there!

Huge thanks! 🙏

Text 226-577-6451 for tickets!

Email transfer $30/ticket to: [email protected]
With name and grad year in message line.

Can’t wait to see everyone at the opening night kick off! Pep Rally style with DJ Adrian Peters from A & M Sounds Disc Jockey Svc and loads of nostalgia and laughs!

05/08/2026

An honourable man.
You will be remembered well and missed dearly. 🤍

The City of St. Thomas shares with sadness the passing of former Mayor and long-serving community leader Clifford “Cliff” Barwick.

Cliff dedicated decades of his life to serving the St. Thomas community as Mayor, Alderman, educator, military member, and community leader. His leadership and commitment left a lasting impact on our city and the people who call it home.

In recognition of his service, City of St. Thomas flags will be lowered to half-mast until the date of the funeral.

We extend our heartfelt condolences to the Barwick family and all those who had the privilege of knowing and working with him.

View the full media release: https://tinyurl.com/3cd5ectj
View Cliff Barwick's obituary: https://tinyurl.com/3xx9h24b

05/03/2026

Good Morning, Vikings ❤️🖤🤍

There’s something about a Sunday morning that brings it all back…

Porch coffee.
Old memories.
Names on a list that feel like chapters of a shared story.

High school plays.
Friday night lights.
Pep rallies in the cafeteria that somehow felt like the center of the universe.

And now… here we are again.

✨ Retro Rewind –
Friday, September 25th!

SAVE THE DATE!

This month, each ticket sold helps support the last prom of the year for AVSS.

So when you show up… you’re not just reliving memories… you’re creating them for the next generation.

Let’s make it easy:

Text: 226-577-6451
✔️ Delivery or pickup available
✔️ Send e-transfer with your name + graduation year
✔️ I’ll get them to you today

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This week’s goal: 50 tickets!

Summer goal: A full house!
SOLD OUT JUNE 30!

Because this isn’t just an event…

It’s a homecoming.
It’s a remembering.
It’s a proper good-bye.
A send off.

This is our house.
This is our time.

Let’s fill the rooms.

You literally can not get any better nostalgic ( and cheap thrills ) anywhere like this - this day and age!

*MAY - to date we have sold 21 tickets and delivered 11 of them by post Friday! It’s an epic guest list and ALL are welcome!

See ya there!

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04/30/2026

Happy Thursday Vikings!

It has been an eventful week in the news, and ….. as a result of the news of the school closing, we have received an influx of emts for tickets!

YAY! 🎉

A quick note on that front!

*If you have sent a text or and email transfer for tickets and would like them mailed, shoot a message here or text me at 226-577-6451 with name and address so that we can get your tickets to you expediently!

*If you wish to pay cash and pick up also - shoot a text to 226-577-6451 to make arrangements. 🙂

Otherwise all purchased tickets will be at will call with name and grad year attached.

Thanks for supporting this event!
( ps a portion of tickets sold for month of May goes to the AVSS grade 12 students for their Last Prom! How cool is that! )

See ya at the party!
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04/23/2026

Hey there!

I have received more email money transfers for tix for the party!

If you sent us funds could you please text to let me know address for delivery or to arrange pick up.

Otherwise we will save and they will be in a file at the door for you!

Cheers!

Michelle
226-577-6451

Oh ALSO!
If you want tickets
Text me!

( this is the school last week … sad to see such a beautiful heritage building crumble; if I had a few million dollars … 💸 it could be some impressive Living Creative Arts School. It’s so spectacular and special. )