Open to all graduates, the celebration is intended to drum up support from alumni with a host of events and, in turn, raise money for sagging school funds.

This year marks number 115 for the school, providing alumni all the more reason to attend and get into the mix of friends, football, and fundraising.

Kick-starting the weekend activities will be a full barbecue at Johnny's Northside Grill. In addition to a likely round of hugs and handshakes, the dinner will serve up tri-tip, chicken, salad, beans and bread for $15 a person.

All attention then turns to Helm Field for Los Gatos' favorite pastime, as the Wildcats face St. Francis at 7 p.m. for the alumni recognition football game. Tickets are $5 and will include free admission to the sock hop held at the gym after the game. For those who passed the game to save energy to boogie, tickets will be $5 each.

After a breakfast and tour at the high school, Saturday will be sizzling as the local Latin band The Ill Mannered Boys picks up the pace for the silent- and live-auction fundraiser, hosted by the LGHS New Millennium Foundation at The Opera House.

Founded in 1999 by a group of musically inclined dads living in Blossom Hill Manor, The Ill Mannered Boys consists of LGHS graduate Claude Kramer on guitar and vocals, Dan Hall on saxophone, Victor Gonzalez on bass, Jere Hench on drums, and LGHS grad Bob Skubis on percussion.

Although the band is a side career for all of its members, music has always been a priority in each of their lives.

"I've loved music forever," Skubis says. "I listen to music throughout my day."

For Skubis, it is not just about playing music, but also the love of the Latin-inspired jazz and bossa nova the band plays. "Words are so much more meaningful in Spanish," he says. "The meaning is deeper."

With all of the band members based in Los Gatos, playing for the reunion weekend is even more significant. "I just enjoy being part of a community," Skubis says. "We're a bunch of dads who lived in the same neighborhood and got together. It's not about any one person getting famous or anything—these guys can play and they want to. It's about playing for the people you know. That is what's really neat."

The Ill Mannered Boys will play from 2 to 4 p.m., followed by a live and silent auction.

Fundraiser coordinator Susie Tighe says a number of items are up for bidding at the live and silent auction. "A lot of the items are very creative," she says. "People tried to find or organize things that were unique, that you couldn't get someplace else."

Original prizes include special dinners catered by high-school staff.

While munching appetizers and listening to music, guests can bid on silent-auction items and buy tickets for the big money prize event, which will be held before the live auction. Four hundred tickets will be on sale for $50 each. If all the tickets sell, $10,000 will go to the foundation, with the rest of the pool split between three winners.

After the drawing, Emily Ruvaleava will head up the live auction, featuring hundreds of goodies. Prizes include front-row seats for the LGHS graduation, a yearlong parking spot at the high school, vacations in Tahoe, Hawaii, Napa and Capitola, private wine-tasting tours, sporting and theater tickets, and gift certificates.

All proceeds raised during the event will go toward grants requested by LGHS teachers. Tickets for the fundraising event are $35 per person, available at The Opera House, located at 140 W. Main St.

To conclude the evening, several class reunions have been planned.

For more information about the reunion weekend, visit http://www.lghsnmf.org or call 408.354.2730 ext. 336.