The key to ensuring successful reunions is making them memorable. One way to do that is providing cool party favors to your guests. Mix CDs seem to be gaining popularity in recent years, but there are a few things to consider before pulling the trigger on this piece of musical memorabilia:

• The logistics of producing them may be more prohibitive than you think. While you can get discounts on spindles of CDs, it will take a lot of time to burn them all - which can take away from time spent on more important endeavors.
• The more people you have at your reunion, the more spread out the musical tastes are. Which means there’s a certain percentage of the cost of producing those CDs that will go to waste due to classmates who don’t care to own your hand-picked compilation of high school-era tunes.
• Mass-producing mix CDs may not even be legal. We’re not lawyers here, but technically speaking, the duplication and mass distribution of copyrighted material without permission is illegal - even if you’re not making any money off of it. Generally speaking, you can make a single copy for personal backup use, but that’s about it. That doesn’t mean they’ll go to the trouble to find you and sue you, but nonetheless, it’s a good idea to do your legal homework before you begin burning CDs.

Music can be a very evocative medium, and whether it’s the night of the reunion or two years later, the right song at the right moment can really put a smile on your classmates’ faces.

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