Woodstock School

Woodstockers Afloat: Class of ’79 Reunion

July 28, 2009

^ James, Carol, Pankaj, Merti I just spent a fantastic weekend with a bunch of fellow Woodstockers (and their families) on houseboats on a lake in Tennessee. Before my own classmates raise a protest: I am not actually a member of the class of ’79 – I graduated in 1981. Like most Woodstockers, I am [...]

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Woodstock Class of ’79 Reunion

July 28, 2009

Thanks everybody for a wonderful time!

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Woodstock School: Study in India’s Himalayas

March 8, 2009

I attended Woodstock School, an international boarding school in Mussoorie, Uttaranchal, India, from 1977 to 1981 (when I graduated from high school). It meant a great deal to me, and, like many other alumni, I am very actively involved with the school. The Woodstock School pages on my site are for present, former, and future [...]

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Woodstock School Links

March 7, 2009

view from Landour, Nov 2007 There are many sites where you can get more information and news about Woodstock (expect this listing to grow, though the date on the post will not change). Woodstock School site SAGE, the organization which sends students to Woodstock (and on educational tours) from the US and other parts of [...]

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Mussoorie 2002

December 22, 2008

Photos from my 2002 visit to Woodstock School and Mussoorie (India).

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Mussoorie Nostalgia: Pictures from 1981

December 20, 2008
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Woodstock Celebrations: Parents’ Banquet 2008

June 10, 2008

download for iPod Part 1, including some very interesting speeches by parents about why they sent their kids to Woodstock, and what they think their kids got out of it. Part 2 : Music! The very talented senior jazz band, with Rossella singing, begins around 2:30 minutes. download for iPod Deathless comment: “We expect everyone [...]

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A Goodbye Song for Woodstock School

June 6, 2008

Aidan Lewis and band perform “Freebird” as a farewell song at a Woodstock School end-of-year assembly.

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Gallery: Woodstock School Graduation 2008

May 30, 2008

My daughter Rossella‘s graduating class. Descriptions and video available of the awards, baccalaureate, bacc videos, behind the scenes, banquet, banquet videos, photos, graduation ceremony.

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Gallery: Woodstock School Baccalaureate Ceremony 2008

May 29, 2008

The Baccalaureate ceremony of my daughter Rossella’s graduating class.

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Woodstock School Celebrations: Baccalaureate 2008

May 29, 2008

^ foreground: Anja (Netherlands/USA), Jaju (India), Sangi (Nagaland, India), Kayo (Japan) Graduation from Woodstock is a long series of rites, starting with the Senior Music Recital. Then comes the Baccalaureate service, for which all students are requested to wear the formal costumes of their native countries. For some students, it can be hard to decide [...]

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Woodstock High School Awards 2008

May 28, 2008

Woodstock School held its annual high school awards assembly. I didn’t film every moment of it, but got the highlights for the benefit of parents and other relatives who couldn’t be there. Those of you who have no connection whatsoever with Woodstock may nonetheless be intrigued by the school’s demographics on display in these videos! [...]

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2007 in Review

February 3, 2008

another gorgeous winterline sunset, Mussoorie, December 2007 Feb 3, 2008 The past year was so busy that, in spite of the many articles, photos, and videos I published here, there are still travels and events that I haven’t even mentioned, video and photos you haven’t yet seen. 2008 is shaping up to be even busier [...]

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Woodstock School Arts Evening

December 15, 2007

We’re in Delhi now (Dec 15th), but what with everything (including a day without any Internet at all, probably due to the weather in Mussoorie), it’s taken me a week to get this video completed and uploaded. The last Saturday of the semester, students and staff mellowed out with an evening of performing and static [...]

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The End of Another Semester

December 13, 2007

The weather is cold, damp, and grey – it’s definitely time to leave the Himalayan foothills for warmer climes. This week saw the last two days of exams Monday and Tuesday, then everyone had a day off to pack on Wednesday. Midlands (the high school girls’ dorm) was a chaos of trunks, clothing drying on [...]

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The Revised Woodstock School Calendar – It’s Snowing, and We Haven’t Left Mussoorie Yet!

December 11, 2007

It’s Snowing, and We Haven’t Left Mussoorie Yet! Yesterday morning I woke early to make coffee for our guest, out-of-boardingSAGE student Laura, before her 8 am exam. The sun had not yet risen when we came downstairs. I peered out the windows. “What’s that white stuff on the trees?” I wondered. “Frost? Is it that [...]

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Bollywood Rising – Watching Hindi Movies at Woodstock

December 9, 2007

dancing to “The Beedi Song” from Omkara When I attended Woodstock School, I never saw Hindi movies. This was partly a matter of logistics: Mussoorie’s two cinemas were available to us only on Saturdays, and a dark movie hall struck me as good mostly for getting groped by strange men – not something I was [...]

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What’s Life Like at Woodstock?

December 7, 2007

Scenes in the Quad The Woodstock Quadrangle has long been the hub of school life. Elementary school students line up here before classes start in the morning, and play games after school. Students of all ages gather during recess, lunch, and teatime, pass through on their way to music lessons and practices, and, in good [...]

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Woodstock School Jazz Band

December 3, 2007

A final burst of song before end-of-semester exams set in.

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Lines of Communication: Woodstock School in the Telecoms Age

November 25, 2007

^ even Jabarkhet has satellite When I attended Woodstock (1977-1981), communication from and within India was fraught with difficulty. Letters to foreign countries – even in Asia – took weeks. Packages arrived damaged, or not at all. (Nowadays, Indian mail is more reliable than Italian.) In my four years in Mussoorie I spoke with my [...]

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