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The YUSA 2006 Family Reunion

This years YUSA  Reunion Location:    The Yesterday USA Studios in Richardson, TX.

November 28th - December 2nd, 2006

Activities and details are listed below!
 

About The Reunion

We think of our listeners as "Family Members", rather than just numbers in the Rating Books.  So once each year (during a portion of Bill & Kim's vacation), all listeners are invited to journey to The YUSA Studios in Richardson, TX to experience a once in a lifetime opportunity to see where the broadcasts originate from and to meet some of the other YUSA Listeners!  The Family Reunion has been an annual event for over eleven years, and it has been held in Newark, NJ. and in Las Vegas, NV as well as in Richardson, TX in past years.  In 2001, and again in 2002, YUSA's own Mr. Frank Bresee (the "living legend of Old Time Radio") invited us to hold the Reunion at his personal home in Hollywood, CA.  There was no Reunion in 1999 due to the remodeling of the YUSA Studios, and and the 2003 Reunion was canceled due to the April 5th Hail Storm.  This year, we return home to the YUSA Studios in Richardson, TX.  Many life long friendships have been established during past Reunions, and John Redman of Decatur, IL. has a perfect attendance record!  Just follow the rules listed below, and come join us for a five fun filled evenings in Richardson, TX.; November 28th - December 2nd, 2006!

Daily Activities

Tuesday November  28th, 2006  ( all times are listed in Central Time )

06:00 PM     Meet at 2001 Plymouth Rock Drive, Richardson, TX. 75081.  Meet Bill and Kim Bragg and tour the YUSA Studios/ Bragg Home.  Choose a near-by restaurant for dinner via majority vote, then follow behind Bill & Kim ( in your own vehicle )  as we go out to eat.  Click Here for a map to Bill & Kim's home!

o8:00 PM     Meet back at the YUSA Studios / Bragg Home  Ride the indoor Amusement Part Train and enjoy a ride around the block in the Bragg's 1974 Silver Shadow Rolls Royce and/or in the 1929 Model A kit car ( weather permitting ).

09:30 PM     Become a part of the Live Studio Audience as Bill and Mike Handy ( in Ft. Worth, TX. ) perform their Nightly Live Show.  Light refreshments will be served.

11:00PM     Adjourn for the evening.

Wednesday November  29th, 2006  ( all times are listed in Central Time )

06:00 PM     Meet at 2001 Plymouth Rock Drive, Richardson, TX. 75081.  Meet Bill and Kim Bragg and tour the YUSA Studios/ Bragg Home.  Choose a near-by restaurant for dinner via majority vote, then follow behind Bill & Kim ( in your own vehicle )  as we go out to eat.  Click Here for a map to Bill & Kim's home!

o8:00 PM     Meet back at the YUSA Studios / Bragg Home.  Tour the Celebrity Wardrobe Collection, see Bill Haley's Guitar and Thomas Edison's Microscope.  Explore the YUSA Audio Archive ( containing over 50 thousand sound recordings ) and take another ride on the indoor Amusement Part Train.

09:30 PM     Become a part of the Live Studio Audience as Bill and Mike Handy ( in Ft. Worth, TX. ) perform their Nightly Live Show..  Light refreshments will be served.

11:00PM     Adjourn for the evening.

Thursday November  30th, 2006  ( all times are listed in Central Time )

06:00 PM     Meet at 2001 Plymouth Rock Drive, Richardson, TX. 75081  Meet Bill and Kim Bragg and tour the YUSA Studios/ Bragg Home.  Choose a near-by restaurant for dinner via majority vote, then follow behind Bill & Kim ( in your own vehicle )  as we go out to eat.  Click Here for a map to Bill & Kim's home!

o8:00 PM     Meet back at the YUSA Studios / Bragg Home  See a portion of the actual rock that was excavated from the birthplace of Jesus Christ in Bethlehem,  view the YUSA on-air Automation Playback System, tour the YUSA Executive Offices and see Bill's collection of over 50 Edison, Victor and Columbia wind-up phonographs, plus the antique radios and television sets.

09:30 PM     Become a part of the Live Studio Audience as Bill and Mike Handy ( in Ft. Worth, TX. ) perform their Nightly Live Show..  Light refreshments will be served.

11:00PM     Adjourn for the evening.

Friday December 1st, 2006  ( all times are listed in Central Time )

06:00 PM     Meet at 2001 Plymouth Rock Drive, Richardson, TX. 75081.  Meet Bill and Kim Bragg and tour the YUSA Studios/ Bragg Home.  Attend Kim's Big Surprise Birthday Party in the Bragg's 1950's Dinner!  We will cook burgers and hot dogs on the grill and serve thick malts & cherry cokes, with home made ice cream for desert! ( Please RSVP )  Everybody can play the Pinball Machine, listen to the 50's Juke Box or try your luck on a real Vegas Slot Machine ( no winning prizes offered )!  Birthday gifts for Kim are not required ( but will be very much appreciated since she will be doing all this work on her own Birthday Party ) Click Here for a map to Bill & Kim's home!

09:30 PM     Become a part of the Live Studio Audience as Walden and Frank Bresee ( in Hollywood, CA. ) perform their Friday Night Live Show..  Light refreshments will be served.

11:00PM     Help Kim with the dirty dishes and adjourn for the evening.

Saturday December 2nd, 2006  ( all times are listed in Central Time )

10:00 AM     Meet at the Arapaho Dart Rail Station in Richardson, TX., hop aboard the South bound Red Line DART Train to Union Station in Downtown Dallas, TX.  Click here for map to Dart Rail Station.  Enjoy a walking tour of downtown Dallas.  Choose one of the many great restaurants located in Dallas' West End Historical District (via a majority vote )  and enjoy a delicious Birthday Meal for Bill ( NOTE:  Birthday Presents ARE REQUIRED, cause Bill is Boss! )

o7:00 PM      Board the North bound Red Line Dart Train at Dart Union Station and travel to the Arapaho  Dart Rail Station in Richardson, TX.  Adjourn the Reunion and promise to return again next year!

AND SO ENDS ANOTHER GREAT YESTERDAY USA FAMILY REUNION!

Reunion Rules

1.    The Reunion is NOT open to the General Public, because many of the planned activities will
        take place inside Bill & Kim's private home! Therefore, only YUSA Listeners
      
(including Non Supporting Listeners) are invited and allowed to attend.

2.    If you don't like any of the YUSA On-Air Personalities or Staff Members, then DON'T attend!
       Persons who have created problems in the past (or persons who are currently
       causing problems) for YUSA are not welcomed.  

3.    Free admission (pay for all your own expenses). Any dollar figures that may be listed are per person.

4.    Provide for all your own round trip transportation, meals and lodging.

5.    Provide you own automobile while in Texas, and be able to drive on your own in Texas traffic (this includes use of the freeways).

6.    Attend all, or only part of, the planned activities.

7.    Because many of the planned activities will take place inside Bill & Kim's private home, no special provisions are available for blind or handicapped persons.

8.    Because of the nature of Bill & Kim's house (there is a full size Amusement Park Train Ride that runs through the inside of the house; capable of transporting 6 adults), each blind (or legally blind) person must be accompanied by a fully sighted family member or personal friend! Married couples who are both blind maybe accompanied by the same sighted family member or friend.  NO exceptions, please!  Since Bill & Kim have a dog, a cat and two parrots; NO service animals are allowed!  Our pets DO NOT UNDERSTAND the difference between, the purpose of or the work performed by Service Animals; and therefore consider them to be hostile invaders of their personal space.  It would not be humane to subject our animals to any un-necessary trauma or possible injury!!

9.    Because Bill & Kim are not physically able to lift more than 25 pounds, all handicapped persons, who require assistance to move about, must provide any and all of their necessary assistance.

10.  Because many of the planned activities will take place inside Bill & Kim's private home, all attendees must pre register in advance; so we will know who will be entering our house.

11.  No one is allowed to arrive before, or to stay longer than, the announced Reunion dates  and times;
       without first receiving written permission from Bill Bragg.

12.  YUSA, will at all times, be held harmless & blameless! The list of events are subject to change with out notice.
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CLICK HERE to see pictures of the 1998 YUSA Reunion.

CLICK HERE to see pictures of the 2000 YUSA Reunion.

CLICK HERE to see pictures of the 2000 Reunion Pool Party.

CLICK HERE to see pictures of the 2000 Reunion Tom Mix Re-creation.