35th Reunion: Yesterday and Today     
May 29-31, 2009

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MAY OVERVIEW for Volunteers   March Letters    February Letter   ^{ART EXHIBIT and Sale}

This is what you get for being organized - Almost as soon as I sent out the
below, I got late-breaking news form the Alum Office, and things remain fluid -
Changes to my original note below -

1) We are so powerful and important (this is a joke) that 1969 has been
relocated for b'fast and lunch, rather than sharing space with us. This means
that we are relocating our Class Meeting Saturday morning, so that it will now
be held IN the dining room, DURING b'fast, but still at 8:30 AM.

2) Registration for ALL begins at 3 PM in Mary Wooley on Thursday. The noon
registration is available ONLY to Barb and me....(so - if YOU want to be able to
register EARLY for a FUTURE Reunion - why don't YOU volunteer to be reunion
chair???) (joke, ladies, another joke)

3) Mary Wooley volunteer schedule has been changed - thanks to those of you who
volunteered to do this, along with everything else you are doing - it is greatly
appreciated -

1:30 - 2:30 - Polly Ross (and Jane Antin)
2:30 - 3:30 - Gail LaRocca
3:30 - 4:30 - Mimi Doward
4:30 - 5:30 - Chris Carr
5:30 - 6:30 - Tina Hogan
6:30 - 7:30 - KJ Lewis (and Faith Johnson Bonecutter)
7:30 - 9 - Cathy Trauernicht

4) - Could all on the Mary Wooley list immediately above please respond to me so
that I know that you have READ this and that it is okay with you???? Thanks so
much -

5) Would love to cut Cathy's time slot, and to extend our coverage, if someone
can be at Mary Wooley 8:30 - 9:30., and someone else earlier than 1:30 ...

6) Can still use more coverage for the Art Show - you don't have to consider
yourself an artist to do so - just consider yourself responsible! Please let
Doris or Marylloyd know if you can help out -

7) - Not a change - just yet another reminder to travel safely -

Warmly - Jane


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From: Antin, Jane
Sent: Tue 5/19/2009 11:48 AM
To: Denise McLeod Thomas; bonnie_Panson@ml.com; cwtrau@verizon.net; Diane F
Claffey; doris455@mac.com; karengjl@yahoo.com; LaRocco Gail
(gailalarocca@gmail.com); mclay00@aol.com; mischa575@hotmail.com;
dorward@charter.net; Polly Ross; 'athogan4@aol.com'; Melissa Thornton;
blgay@verizon.net; cbmp113@aol.com; christina.carr@pfizer.com; CLaMond@aol.com;
Debby Hall (WoodsHall@gmail.com); debra.orgera@verizon.net; dhinchv@charter.net;
flomariedc@msn.com; harriet333@aol.com; Jane Zimmy [Jane_Zimmy@npd.com]; Vanessa
Hickey-Gales
Subject: MHC '74 Reunion - the inside scoop



Dear Board Members and all of you who have helped and are continuing to help
with reunion -

First and foremost, very heartfelt thanks to each of you for helping Barb Gay,
reunion chair, to make this an outstanding Reunion!

I have tried below to put in one place information re: the weekend. Please take
the time to read all of it. Answers that many of you have been asking me about
timing, where to be when, etc, are below.

For other stuff that you have questions about, the reunion schedule is posted
on-line at http://www.alumnae.mtholyoke.edu/reunions/2009.php (it's a PDF
accessed through "Reunion II program" . See also answers to FAQ's at
http://www.alumnae.mtholyoke.edu/reunions/FAQReunion2009.php

1) Everyone starts out registering in Mary Wooley. It is here that dorm and room
keys as well as meal vouchers will be handed out, so - no Mary Wooley, no room
or board.

2) Our dorm is MacGregor. All of our meals and all of our class activities will
be in MacGregor, with the exception of class photo, which is is outside, right
next door on the steps to Ham (at 1:45 on Saturday.)

3) Thursday - registration in Mary Wooley opens in Room 202 for Class Officers
only, and continues there until 3 PM. I plan on being on campus well before 3
PM, so - if you are not a class officer and arrive and can't yet register, give
me a call (cell = 781-752-5278.) I will most likely be in MacGregor, and will
welcome your company - oh, yeah - and your help!

4) Registration for everyone else, as well as for class officers arriving after
3 PM, is in the main, big room (I have no idea what the name of the room is - )
in Mary Wooley, and is open until 8 PM on Thursday.

5) If you are staying on campus Thursday night - yes, it will be in MacGregor
and yes, it will be in the same room you are in for the rest of the weekend.

6) Friday - Mary Wooley registration - open from 9 AM - 10 PM

We will staff our class registration table here, but sorely need more help.
Below is the schedule as it now stands. If you volunteered and you can't be
there for your time slot, please let me know. It would be good if we could cut
these time slots to an hour, and if we could have 2 people on at a time, but
that would require YOU to volunteer. . please let me know if you can help
out!!!! The area will be staffed by Alum Assoc people who will be able to answer
most questions. Our role is to welcome our classmates and help them from feeling
confused or lost. I will plan on being there before 1:30 to help Polly get
started, and then we will just hand off one to the next. (NOTE - this is NOT
the MacGregor bell desk schedule - Deb Orgera has sent that out separately)

1:30 - 3 - Polly Ross
3 - 4:30 - Mimi Doward
4:30 - 6 - Chris Carr
6 - 7:30 - KJ Lewis Jennings
7:30 - 9 - Diane Claffey

7) Art Show and sale opens 2 - 6:30 on Friday, with setup in the morning and
will be in the RA's (lockable) apartment on the first floor of MacGregor - Barb
or I will get the key when we register, and then most likely hand it off to
Doris and Marylloyd.

8) Friday informal dinner - in MacGregor - open to ALL in our class - no charge

9) Saturday - Mary Wooley registration remains open, 8 AM - 1 PM

10) Class meeting - 8:30 - THIS WILL START ON TIME so that we can finish and get
to the parade on time - be there or be square, please! - MacGregor living room -
note - unlike previous reunions, it was NOT possible to schedule this to run
concurrently with b'fast, b/c we are sharing the dining room, for b'fast and
lunch (NOT for dinner) with 1969, who will be staying in Ham.

The following will be asked to speak at the meeting (consider this your official
notification of such, Debby, Jane, Chris, Kate, and Deb O!!! Denise - you and I
already talked abut this)

1) Debby and Jane - report on '74's contirbution to AAF

2) Chris - brief treasurer's report - also, a spiel re: dues for the next 5
years - how much, pay now, etc, etc, (this is likely to be done in 2 parts -
part 1 = treasurer's report, part 2 = spiel re: dues)

3) Kate - brief reading of minutes from last reunion (and Kate - will you
please continue to take notes form this meeting, please)

4) Deb O - presentation of the proposed slate of new officers

5) Denise - remembrance of deceased classmates

11) 9:45 - line up for Parade

12) Art Show open 12 - 4 (with a brief closing to accommodate the class photo at
1:45) (NOTE - We would love to have this open longer into the afternoon and
early evening, up until diner. . .. but we don't have staffing to do so -
Please let Doris and Marylloyd know if you can spare an hour - we can't have the
gallery open unless we have it supervised. .. . )

13) 1:45 - class photo - steps of Ham

15) 4 - 5 - Passing the Generational Baton - symposium organized by Cathy
Trauernicht about our current life challenges, including, but not limited to,
STILL being in the "sandwich generation", as well as the changes that are
occurring n our lives- in MacGregor living room -

16) 5:15 - Mary Lyon - in MacGregor (but not in the living room, so set-up
won't conflict with symposium)

17) 6 - cocktails, followed immediately by dinner - in MacGregor

18) entertainment - immediately following dinner, in MacGregor living room

19) Sunday - Art Show open 9 - 11 AM

20) Be sure and do your "homework (not my term!! That was provided by another
Board member - ) and send Melissa ( boldcolorlife@gmail.com ) your page for our
on-line mug book!!!!! (Directions were sent out, via e-mail, last week - contact
Melissa directly if you need more info)

21) remember your white attire (I still don't know what I am wearing) and your
red accessory (THAT I have in place!)

22) Let me know what I left out of this, that you still need to know!

23) Travel carefully and safely.

Warmly - Jane

March 3, 2009
Dear ’74 Classmates- 

Twelve weeks and counting!  That’s when we’ll see you in South Hadley for our 35^th Reunion.  We need some of your time and ideas now, though, even if you won’t be able to join us.
Our on-line class survey, designed for our parade signs and to help make our symposium. “Passing the Intergenerational Baton” reflective of and meaningful to you, has had a phenomenal response rate from our classmates.  But - the most important response is still missing; we haven’t heard from YOU!   

We’ve listened to the early respondent, many of whom have commented that the survey is fun to take. We have incorporated the suggestions made by them and so you get to take a survey better even than the original one! But we are still waiting to hear from you.  Our survey closes on March 10. Won’t you please take a few moments now to click on the linkbelow and share your thoughts? 

All answers are completely confidential, no answer must be answered, and you do not have to complete the entire survey in one session. You can go back into it and your already posted responses will still be there. Just be sure to get it submitted by March 10.  We look forward to seeing you in South Hadley. Reunion information should be in your mail box within a couple of weeks.  

Warmly,
Jane Homan Antin

March 1, 2009

Dear Classmates, 

It’s March, it’s freezing in New England, and we’ll see each other in the next “M” month, and it will be warm and sunny.  It will be warm and sunny because we will be together in South Hadley for our 35^th Reunion, May 29-31, and there will be no papers due or exams looming. It wouldn’t be MHC, however, without high expectations of each of you! Whether you have been to every reunion or to none, this reunion will be the best because we expect to see you there. 

• Read all in this mailing, and return all necessary forms. Register by April 17 to avoid the $25 late fee.  Register even if you are not 100% sure you can come; you can cancel up until May 14 for a complete refund.
  • We are very aware of the financial turmoil going on. Our class, in an effort to make this Reunion as affordable as possible, is NOT CHARGING the usual “costume fee” (fear not – we will have awesome costumes! See more on this below.), nor are we charging to attend Friday night’s dinner (but we do want to know if you’ll be attending, so we have enough food!). In addition, if you register by April 17 and attend Reunion, you will be entered into a Class of ’74 lottery for a $100 credit towards your cost of attending. So – do read on, and do register. Reunion will be a wonderful success, but only if you are there!
  •  Of particular note – PLEASE include on the reservation form any housing issues you may have, being as specific as possible and, if you wish, including the name of a roommate. Luisa Tavares (413-538-2201, ltavares@mtholyoke.edu) is the Reservation Coordinator for the weekend.  
     
• Contact 4 of your best friends from ‘74 and encourage each of them to come. If you’ve lost contact information for someone, Alumnae Information Services (413-538-2303, or ais@mtholyoke.edu) will help you.
   
• Round up something white and fabulous – or not so fabulous – the fashion police will NOT be in attendance, but white attire is required for the class count – to wear Saturday AM.  Dress, skirt, pants, shorts – it’s all good. Our class has consistently been a contender for attendance awards – let’s keep up the tradition!
   
• Even though our class color is red, let’s be as green as possible at this reunion. We are planning a beautiful red item to be the basis for our costume, but we ask that you complete the look by bringing your favorite red accessory from home. It might be a scarf, or shoes, or a necklace, or the red reading glasses from our 25th reunion, or a hat or a visor. Many of us have gotten to that point in our life when we have all the stuff we really want or need. Let’s reuse and recycle and see how creative we can be! 
   
• Pack comfortable shoes (you are no longer 22 years old!)
   
• Debbie Hall and Jane Zimmy, our head class agents, remind us that all gifts to the Alumnae Association Annual Fund are important, now more than ever. Supporting this fund is honoring the school, her students, her heritage and her future.  Our goal is to have 74% of our class make a gift (get it?) totaling $225,000. To date, 33% have given a total of $120,000. All that is missing is a gift from you. And we really are more interested in the 74% than the dollar amount. Contact Ashley Brown in the Development Office (1-800-MHC-GIVE) or www.mtholyoke.edu/go/mhcgive  
   
• Deb Orgera and our Nominating Committee have made many phone calls, spoken to many classmates for recommendations and references, culminating in the following slate of officers to serve from May ’09 - 14, to be voted on at our Class Meeting, Saturday morning of Reunion. Please take the time to read it over now.

President: Carole LaMond       Vice President: Deb Orgera      Treasurer: Christine Carr
Secretary: Doris O’Keefe       Scribe: Lynn Massman Mordan      Web Diva: Laurie Avrill
Nominating Chairs: Paula Gerden, Flo Chichester  and Committee: Kate Pappas, Melissa Thornton
Reunion Chair: Jane Homan Antin     Head Class Agents: Debby Hall, Jane Zimmy  

• Plan on enjoying the beautiful campus and all that is offered while you are in South Hadley.  It may not look as it did the last time you were here. Have you seen the new dorm everyone is raving about? We hear the laundry room is to-die for! Tours will be available throughout the weekend.
   
• Plan on attending with your best buds some of the extra events the Alumnae Association has planned for the weekend.
  •  Come to campus on Thursday and spend the night. Then, you will be all set to start off the weekend relaxed (when was the last time you treated yourself to that feeling?) and attend the cooking demonstration and buffet dinner in Willets-Hallowell on Thursday evening, and be settled in and ready to go on Friday.
  • Want to add to your already enormous range of knowledge? Or just have fun? Check out the enclosed Back-to-Class pamphlet. Additional information about the Friday classes is available at www.alumnae.mtholyoke.edu/go/reunion  . 
  • Want to hear from President Creighton about the latest and greatest? Join her for lunch on Friday.
  • On Friday evening, meet your favorite professor (are any of them left on campus 35 years later??? Well – come talk with their protégés!) at the Alumnae/Faculty/Emeriti Faculty Reception in Kendade (you have seen Kendade, haven’t you?)
     
• Check out our new Reunion website, www.mhc74.com, celebrating who we are.  Melissa Thornton has designed this site with a page for each of us to use to share and to tell our own stories. Directions for your input will be coming to you via e-mail (if we have a valid e-mail address for you. Do we? Contact Class Scribe Carole LaMond at CLaMond@aol.com with an update) or snail mail, if we must. The site will be under construction right up until reunion, and even afterward, so we can continue to use this venue to share.
   
• And of course, enjoy all our 1974 planned activities Reunion Weekend, as we celebrate MHC of yesterday and today.
  • Mary Lyon will be coming to talk with us on Saturday afternoon (I kid you not), our very own V-8’s from the ‘70’s of yesteryear, but in fine form in 2009, will perform for us Saturday evening, as will Michelle Hurst and Bonnie Panson.  Coming off the heels of their successful performance at our 2007 South Hadley mini-reunion, Bonnie and Michelle have written and will present “Coming of Age,” a poetic journey from the girls we were, to the amazing women we have become, and on to the divas we will be. And to think – we knew them when!
  • Cathy Trauernicht is organizing a symposium, “Passing the Generational Baton,” tying together the yesterdays, todays, and tomorrows of our lives. If you have professional experience in intergenerational relationships, please contact Cathy (cwtrau@verizon.net) as this is a work in progress.
  • We are hoping to have a Class of '74 Art Show over the weekend. Complete and return the enclosed Art Show Response Form and/or visit our class
    web-site for complete information. http://www.alunae.mtholyoke.edu/~classof1974/?Stay_Connected/Reunion_Arts_Exhibit.
     
• You will be able to register for reunion 2009:
  • On-Line: At www.alumnae.mtholyoke.edu/go/reunion

This system is behind authentication so your personal information is protected and only MHC alumnae have access to it. If you are not yet a member of the on-line community, you will need to register using the 9-digit security ID code printed on your mailing label. The web-site has simple directions on screen, to be followed; however, if you have any questions or problems, Luisa Tavares (413-538-2201) is there to help you, Monday – Friday, 9AM-4PM, EST.

o       Mail-In: Use the enclosed paper form.

·        If we are assigned to a dorm not to your liking (dorm assignments will be made right after the April 17 deadline), check out the Hampton Inn in Chicopee (412-593-1500, refer to Group Code SMT) as an alternative. The Alumnae Association has reserved a limited number of rooms for May 28, 29, and 30 at the rate of $119 plus tax per night, with a 3 night reservation required. 

·        Continue the excitement leading up to Reunion Weekend in South Hadley. Log on to www.alumnae.mtholyoke.edu/go/reunion  and

o       find e-cards to send to your classmates, encouraging them to come – find pictures of campus and old Llamarada pictures to share.

o       join an existing  discussion group or start a new one to connect with classmates – maybe find out who’s rooming with whom, who is resurrecting her graduation dress for Saturday morning, and encourage each other to come, so it will be special for you.

o       In addition, the Alumnae Association will post videos and stills of the weekend, for all to enjoy. 

 Questions? Contact the Alumnae Association at 413-538-2159. 

Congratulations!  You made it this far!  Now, contact your girl friends, get your red accessory, and register! 

Warmly, 
Barbara Gay, Reunion Chair
Jane Homan Antin, Class President 

February, 2009

Dear Classmates,

Our 35th Reunion is fast approaching – but you know that, you’ve had your May 29 – 31, 2009 frig magnet up for a few of months now! And, in another month or so, you’ll receive a snail-mail packet of all the low-down for planning for the weekend.

In the mean time, though – we need your help. We are still looking for “a few good women” (but we’ll welcome a lot of good women!) to lend a small amount of time to help make this a wonderful reunion for all.

Our “to-do” list follows. Please let me know (jantin1@partners.org, or 617-632-3154) that you will give an hour or two of your time to help us. Call your roommate and agree to help out together!
1) Bring i-pod speakers and 70’s music to help us get in the groove as we sit bells and welcome each other into our dorm. (We have volunteers to “sit bells” – we just need you to help provide the music!)

2) Welcome our classmates in Mary Woolley Hall as we arrive for registration. We are looking for just an hour or two of your time on Friday.

3) Has it been a while since you got to show off your skills decorating a bulletin board? Do show us what you’ve accomplished in this field and agree to help us decorate the dorm!

4) We are hoping to have a Class of ’74 Art Show over the weekend. But – we need help – we would like more artists and also need someone to help organize this, working with the college for set-up, and in-dorm advertising. For all the info and to sign up for the event, see our class web site http://www.alumnae.mtholyoke.edu/~classof1974/?Stay_Connected/Reunion_Arts_Exhibit.

5) We will be holding a symposium over Reunion Weekend, “Passing the Generational Baton,” as many of us struggle with the demands of developing lives, caring for lives, losing lives, and loving lives. Cathy Trauernicht is generously giving her time and skill to organize this event, but it is a work in progress, so if you have professional experience in intergenerational relationships, please contact her (cwtrau@verizon.net). Even if you think you have nothing to contribute or time to spare, we would appreciate hearing from you, even if just to talk and share ideas.

6) A personal plea from me: do you have a favorite MHC girl friend story you would share with me? Please drop me a line!
Thanks for considering helping to make this a great reunion for all of ’74!

Warmly,

Jane Homan Antin
Mary Woolley Hall • 50 College Street • South Hadley, MA 01075-1486
tel 413-538-2300
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 ^{CLASS OF 1974 - 35th Reunion  ART EXHIBIT and Sale}

^{Showcasing Our Professional and Avocational Artists and Craftswomen:}

^{Painters, Lithographers, Sculptors, Poets, Vocalists, Photographers, Weavers, Jewelry Makers, Videographers, Illustrators, Writers, Choreographers and More are Welcome!}

^{Name:                                                                                                                                                                          Address:}                                                                                                                                                                                 

^{Telephone: Land:                                           Cell:                                     Preferred:  ________}

^{e-mail:  ____________________________________________________}

                        ^{I would like to participate and showcase my work (see below)}

^{______           I would also like to offer my work for sale}

                        ^{I am interested in working on this special exhibit (PR at reunion, set up, gallery sitter, etc. Note: Exhibition Room will be locked when not attended.))}

^{Type of creative art that I would plan to bring (please describe in detail, especially size, special limitations, etc.) and amount of space/tables needed for display (BE VERY SPECIFIC)}                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                                                                                                          

 ^{PLEASE RETURN THIS FORM BY SATURDAY APRIL 17, 2009 TO:}

                ^{Doris O’Keefe
                36 Country Hill Road
                Jefferson, MA  01522}

                ^{Any questions, please call Doris at 508-829-0462 or doris455@mac.com}   

^{If you are not driving to Reunion, and transportation of your work is problem, contact Doris for some brain-storming.}

^{We may be able to help.} Thank You For Helping Make Our 35th Reunion a Fantastic Success!

President: Carole LaMond    /  Vice President:   /  Treasurer: Christina Carr  /  Secretary:  /  Scribe:  /  Head Class Agents: Jane Zimmy and Debby Hall  /  Nominating Chair: /  Class of 1974 Webmaster: Laurie Averill  /  2010 Reunion Chair: Jane Homan Antin /   2010 Reunion WebMaster: Melissa Thornton