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Alumni Weekend 2004
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ALUMNI WEEKEND 2004
Friday, October 15 – Sunday, October 17, 2004
Alumni Weekend 2004 was a great success, and the best attended ever with 322 participants, whose souls and stomachs were soothed with excellent food and even better music. In addition to 322 participants, there are a few more numbers to report, including the number of…
- Pieces of mail sent to encourage alumni to attend Alumni Weekend 2004 16,911
- Alumni in attendance celebrating their 50th Reunion 45
- Balloons spread throughout the School 60
- Balloons burst before the end of the weekend 0
- Flower arrangements gracing the School 23
- Lectures, programs, presentations, and workshops presented by faculty, special guests, and fellow alumni 16
- Opportunities to eat 10
- Tours led around campus, through the library, around the newly renovated stage, or at Mr. Eastman’s home 9+
- Ballet dancers sighted 3
- Extra chairs rented 230
- Eastman ensembles that performed 5
- Open rehearsals (including ECMS ensembles) 8
- Faculty and staff involved in creating the Alumni Weekend 2004 experience 65+
- Students with official roles in the weekend 65
- Corporate and group sponsors who helped make the weekend possible 6
- Pen lights given to alumni and friends 350
- Times the Kilbourn Hall lectern was moved to someplace other than Kilbourn Hall 3
- Patrons at EWE concert on Friday 1,198
- UR Med School alumni–celebrating their own alumni weekend–among the Friday night audience 66
- Patrons at Phil/ERC concert on Saturday 1,310
- Proud Eastman Fund donors who attended Alumni Weekend 150
- Digital photos of the festivities snapped by professional photographers 1,048
At Eastman the same weekend…
CELEBRATING SIBLEY
An Exceptional Centennial
A champagne toast from Dean James Undercofler BM ’67 officially opened the centennial celebration of the Sibley Music Library on October 15 in Miller Center; the festivities, lectures, other activities ended the following weekend. Distinguished “guests” included Howard Hanson, Claude Debussy, Johannes Brahms, and George Gershwin; the photographic exhibit Treasures from Sibley highlighted the library’s manuscript holdings by these composers, and many others…
