Wedding Punch - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/3 ounce cherry unsweetened Kool-Aid powdered drink mix (two packets)
2 cups sugar
2 quarts water
6 ounces frozen pineapple concentrate
6 ounces frozen orange juice
6 ounces frozen lemonade
2 liters carbonated lemon-lime beverage
16 ounces rainbow sherbet (optional)

Preparation

Boil water.
Mix cherry-flavored drink mix with sugar into boiling water.
Add frozen juices.
Stir until juice is no longer frozen. Then freeze.
To serve: thaw 3-4 hours at room temperature. When thawed add 1 qt of water and the 2 liter of soda. (Opt. to keep cool in punch bowl and add extra flavor, add scoops of sherbet to punch).
NOTE:
To stretch recipe use 1/2 amount of punch mix and same amount of soda and water.