With warm weather still in the air, the Institute abounds with excitement, colors, music and laughter… especially during New Market Day.
Admin Note: Bill is posting several of his pictures from New Market Day in a special album. Go here to see ths album.
LAST CALL!!!!!!! If you want some additional Reunion Shirts please contact Kent Schlussel. He needs a few more orders to get a deal from the supplier (see below). Hope everyone is doing well. How about our baseball team – best start ever with a couple of wins over Auburn and a shutout at Richmond.
Take care.
Bill
————– Forwarded Message: ————–
Bill: Could you please send one last notice to our BRs about the reunion shirt. I only got orders for eight (8) shirts. This is not quite enough to make the minimum of 12 shirts.
The shirts will be $30 plus shipping (which will not be that much) each. Same price for the men’s shirt and ladies’ shirt (which is slightly different to fit
them better). Just want to give everyone one last chance.
Thanks,
Kent Schlussel
434 973 8189
The VMI Glee Club is performing at the following locations and times:
Mine Hill New Jersey at Dover High School in the afternoon of March 3rd
(Ryan Doltz ’00 was KIA in Iraq and graduated from Dover High School)
Aboard the USS Intrepid on the Quarterdeck on March 4th at 1300
On Liberty Island on March 4th at 1530
The programs will present a mix of musical numbers including patriotic selections and are open to the public.
The VMI Alumni Association, in an agreement with Roanoke station WSLS-TV (NBC), has begun airing television advertising in a pilot marketing program, one of many marketing initiatives planned this year.
The six ads produced by the VMI Office of Communications & Marketing for the Alumni Association are designed to reinforce the Institute’s cadet recruitment efforts and to enhance the VMI public image. The commercial spots began airing at different times in the program day beginning in late December 2005 and are scheduled to end after the NBC Winter Olympics coverage. To view the ads or download the screensaver, go here.
In the email from ‘Beast’ Payne when he sent his 35th Reunion photos, he recommended that we set up a way to share our old photos from our time in the Valley. After a little time, I have now added a new photo area to our web site that uses “albums” to organize pictures. (The old reunion pages are still there, but I added all we had to the new album.) You can see part of the new addition at the top of the sidebar — it’s a random picture from the album. Continue reading
BR’s:
The following class notes were supposed to appear in the last edition of the Alumni Review. I was told they will be published in the next Review but that’s another 3 months past our reunion.
Hope everybody had a happy holiday. I’m looking forward to a great year in 2006 both personally (another year closer to retirement) and for VMI. Substantial improvement in our football and basketball programs are just around the corner and I think we will see the beginning of the turn around in ’06. Please keep the faith – we will be better!!
Bill
BR’s:
The following class notes were supposed to appear in the last edition of the Alumni Review. I was told they will be published in the next Review but that’s another 3 months past our reunion.
Hope everybody had a happy holiday. I’m looking forward to a great year in 2006 both personally (another year closer to retirement) and for VMI. Substantial improvement in our football and basketball programs are just around the corner and I think we will see the beginning of the turn around in ’06. Please keep the faith – we will be better!!
Bill
Thanks to David (Beast) Payne and George Ritko, there are some new Reunion pictures in the Friday Party and Saturday Parade Sections. Thanks, guys!
LEXINGTON, Va., Jan. 16, 2006 – The members of the VMI Corps of Cadets endured rain and cold to honor Virginia’s new governor during his inauguration Saturday in Williamsburg.
Check this link for more information and some very nice pictures.
from RLaneBurgh’s VMI Cyber Corps:
The Corps of Cadets has been invited to the Inaugural Parade on Saturday, 14 January in Williamsburg, Virginia. VMI will be the lead unit in the parade as in 2002. The VMI Corps of Cadets is by far the largest element (1,000+) in the parade of approximately 4,500 to 5,000 total participants.
More information about the Inaugural events can be found at:
