October 2004

Woodstock 150th: Hanifl Center

October 31, 2004

Hanifl Center terrace We were the first large group to stay at Hanifl Center, and a very pleasant residence it was, with comfortable beds (some private double rooms, some with four or eight bunkbeds), incredible views, and almost enough hot water (entirely solar-heated) for everyone to take showers in the morning (or whenever they got [...]

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Woodstock 150th: Dorm Visits & Banquet

October 31, 2004

After sack lunches (tuna fish sandwich, chips, apple, juice in a box), we trudged back up to the residence level, where all the dorms were having open houses. The newly-renovated Midlands was to be dedicated by TZ Chu (’52), who funded the renovation, and his sister Li Chu, in the names of their parents. I [...]

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Woodstock 150th: March-Past & Games

October 31, 2004

shot Oct 31, 2004, 1:23 min, 2 MB Oct 31, 2004 – morning through lunch After church Sunday morning, we all assembled at Hanson Field. First, of course, we had to get there. They say it’s 250 steps down from Ridgewood, I’m not sure if that counts just the actual stairs or also the (few) [...]

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Woodstock 150th: Church

October 31, 2004

shot Oct 31, 2004, 3:28 min, 6.7 MB Excuse the unevenness of the camera work – I was trying to sing part of the time that I was filming. And if I lingered more on the faces that were more familiar to me, I trust you’ll understand. NB: Most of the orcherstra had just returned [...]

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Woodstock 150th: Banquet

October 30, 2004

I didn’t get any photos or footage of the banquet – it was too damned dark. After a 40-minute bus ride down to Mussoorie’s fanciest hotel, JP (actually in Barlowganj), we shivered in long queues for food, then sat at tables where we could barely see what we were eating (though it was pretty tasty). [...]

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Woodstock 150th: Mela

October 30, 2004

To view the video, you need to have installed the Macromedia Flash Player, available here. To use video controls (Play, Stop, Rewind, etc.), click with your right mouse button on the video (Mac users: right click or control + click). shot Oct 30, 2004, 1:52 mins, 3.6 MB Oct 30, 2004 Our old traditional June Sale [...]

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Woodstock 150th: Campfire Dinner & DJ Party

October 29, 2004

Next on the agenda was an outdoor dinner and campfire at the campground just above Hanifl Center, organized by Tenzing and Tsering, with their sons helping out. Gautam is a very talented guitarist. shot Oct 29, 2004, 0:56 min – Darab and Gautam singing a Garhwali folksong (I guess), Tenzing, Tsering and Pinder dancing. Everyone [...]

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Woodstock 150th: Presentation & Tea for Dick Wechter

October 29, 2004

shot Oct 29, 2004 Oct 29, 2004 – afternoon The Class of ’81 has raised over $50,000 for the Wechter Resource Library at Hanifl Center, which called for a dedication ceremony and (of course) tea. First, we had to figure out what to say. Rohit was drafted into service as our presenter, with help from his [...]

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Woodstock 150th Celebration: Campfire

October 29, 2004

Oct 29, 2004 – evening and well into the night Next on the agenda was an outdoor dinner and campfire at the campground just above Hanifl Center, organized by Tenzing and Tsering, with their sons helping out. Gautam is a very talented guitarist.

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Woodstock 150th: At School

October 29, 2004

The next morning (Friday the 29th) some of us went to school, partly to stock up on Woodstock souvenirs. We all got the 150th anniversary fleece jackets (black, with a pine branch and “150th” embroidered on the breast) – Rs. 350. I also bought a Woodstock sweatshirt, which I hope will last longer than my [...]

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Woodstock 150th: Dinner at Sharon & Steve’s

October 28, 2004

Midlands was lit up like a landing strip for aliens. shot Oct 28, 2004, 0:19 min Oct 28, 2004 – evening In the evening, the class of ’81 and others close to us in age were all invited to Sharon (’79) and husband Steve’s house for a dinner party. But first we took a walk [...]

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Woodstock 150th: Travel to Mussoorie

October 28, 2004

I arrived in Delhi just after midnight on Thursday, October 28th, on a fully-packed Lufthansa flight. In my eagerness to GET THERE, I was one of the first off the plane and through immigration – and one of the last to receive my suitcase. So much for impatience. Reliable Uday Tours was there to meet me, in [...]

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Seen from an Indian Train

October 28, 2004

shot Oct 28, 2004, 1:56 mins Shot from the open door of the train, somewhere between Roorkee and Haridwar (I think), en route from Delhi to Dehra Dun.

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Woodstock 150th & Class of ’81 Reunion

October 27, 2004

in memoriam, Diana Biswas – photo by Fiona photo from Sharon Seto Attendance and where we arrived from: Durjoy - Minneapolis Deepak - Mumbai Fiona – Mississauga (near Toronto) Lauri – NYC Sanjay - Mumbai Anne - Afghanistan, by way of Mumbai, she’s now home in Scotland Margaret – St. Paul Deirdré - Lecco, Italy Chris – Hyderabad Denise – [...]

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Customer Service in Italy (Again)

October 20, 2004

We’ve been customers of Ikea for over 15 years – sometimes satisfied, sometimes not. I suppose that eventually we will replace most of our cheapish Ikea furniture with stuff that Rossella won’t be embarrassed to inherit, but for the time being, given budget constraints, we still buy Ikea. The Ivar unfinished pine modular shelving has mostly migrated [...]

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Meeting Cat Stevens

October 20, 2004

Everyone’s had their brush with fame, or at least with famous people. My personal biggest to date occurred in Bangladesh in 1976 or ’77, when Cat Stevens came to give a lot of money to UNICEF, and to visit some of the projects he was funding in various parts of Bangladesh. (I guess this was [...]

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The Plant of Happiness

October 20, 2004

During one of my several visits to our new home before we moved, the previous owner offered to leave us some things that wouldn’t fit into her new apartment, including a two-meter tall Yucca plant. I didn’t really care for its looks, but what the heck – it was certainly thriving. When it actually came [...]

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A Travelling Show of Italian Classic I Promessi Sposi

October 11, 2004

The weekend of October 9-10, all of downtown Lecco was the stage for the Corteo Manzoniano, a “travelling” representation of that famous piece of local literature, Manzoni’s I Promessi Sposi (The Betrothed), most of whose action takes place in and around Lecco and Milan. Groups of actors in gorgeous costumes paraded among five or six fixed [...]

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Corteo Manzoniano: Photos

October 10, 2004

  bravi, monaca di Monza, nobili, Renzo e Lucia, cavalli, soldati, Lanzechenecchi… tutti i personaggi de i Promessi Sposi, in giro per le strade di Lecco! see also: Corteo Manzoniano in Video

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Shotgun Wedding 2: Coca-Cola, and an Ostrich

October 8, 2004

I called Enrico in New Haven to let him know the news. He had not been happy about my traipsing off to Africa in the first place, so, while he was happy that I was pregnant, he was not at all happy that I was pregnant in Africa, and wanted me to come home immediately. [...]

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