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ALUMNI NEWSLETTER 6
Around the World with the Escalade
December 2004
Photos : Nick Hembrow/81
Denver
The annual Denver Escalade was
held once again at the clubhouse of
Bruce Barta’s /73 in-laws. The group
was treated to a combination cheese
- meat fondue dinner.
The highlight of the evening was
as usual the singing of Escalade
songs, and the breaking of our
Geneva marmite. Breakers this year
were Sonny Massey, mother of Judy
Ackerman/70, Lori Ackerman/73
and Marloes Miller/95. In addition to
our regular gathering we also had an
out of state guest from Washington,
Judy Howenstine/65. Judy enjoyed
the evening so much she vowed to
check out the Seattle group next
Escalade.
A very festive evening was had by
all and we look forward to next year’s
Escalade.
Pennie Aldrich/65
London: Breaking the marmite: Felicity
Clemens, Michaelene Stack, Sundiatu
Dixon-Fyle and Roger Murray.
London: l. to r.: Agnes de Guzman
and husband Antonio Borges, Joanna
Clemens, Nicolas Bonard, Robin Dormer,
Nick Hembrow.
Geneva
Former and present administration
and teaching staff joined the alumni
for the traditional Alumni Escalade
dinner held on 8 December in the
cafeteria at La Grande Boissière.
We were about 90 present and it was
as usual an opportunity for the Alumni
to thank those teachers who retired in
2004 after many years service. Sam
Jarrell presided over the festivities, Dr.
Nicholas Tate graciously presented the
honorary diplomas, and Luc Hamzavi
took us through the stirring events of
1602 in masterly style. Thanks as ever
to Jo Jennings for leading us in the
Escalade victory songs.
Richard Vyvyan/01
Les anciens et actuels membres de
l’administration et les professeurs
nous ont rejoint pour le traditionnel
dîner de l’Escalade qui s’est déroulé à
la cafétéria de La Grande Boissière.
Avec près de 90 participants, ce
dîner était à nouveau l’occasion
pour les anciens de remercier les
professeurs qui ont pris leur retraite
en 2004 après de nombreuses années
d’enseignement. Sam Jarrell a présidé
les festivités, Dr. Nicholas Tate a remis
les diplômes honorifiques et Luc
Hamzavi nous emmena magistralement
dans les événements passionnants
de 1602. Encore un grand merci
à Jo Jennings de nous avoir guidés
dans les chansons victorieuses de
l’Escalade.
Photos de l’Escalade à Genève
page 4
London: Agnes de Guzman and husband
Antonio Borges, Joanna and Felicity
Clemens.
London
The recently-formed UK alumni
chapter organised an extremely
enjoyable Escalade dinner at the St
Moritz restaurant in London’s Soho
district on Wednesday, 8 December.
It had been quite a few years since
any such event had been held in the
UK and all who took part were agreed
that it should become a regular event
in future.
Chapter members Agnes de
Guzman/90 and Nicolas Bonard/89
ably organised the dinner, attended
by some 15 UK-based alumni and
their partners. It was especially nice
that the participants were more
recent Ecolint graduates, along with
a few older stagers! The UK chapter
was also delighted that Ecolint’s new
development director, Michaelene
Stack, was able to come from Geneva
especially to take part. This gave her
a first opportunity to meet a group of
alumni in a social setting and judging
by the animated conversation that
marked her part of the table they
enjoyed the chance of meeting her so
soon after she had taken on the job
formerly held by Scott Lane.
The other participants included
Roger Murray/67, Robin Dormer/
68, Nick Hembrow/81 plus wife
Penny, Helen Storckmeijer/89 and
her partner, Sundiatu Dixon-Fyle/86,
Fabrice Bourelly/90, Laura Anson/
90 plus partner Jay, Agnes’ husband
Antonio Borges, Joanna Clemens/90
and her younger sister Felicity/92.
The St Moritz is the only Swiss
restaurant in central London and
therefore the ideal venue for such
an event – Swiss cheese fondue was,
unsurprisingly, the menu choice for
most, although Bratwurst sausages
and rösti was another popular choice.
The large Marmite sent over by the
Alumni Office – many were pleased
Sue had chosen dark rather than milk
chocolate – was broken in traditional
manner by the oldest and youngest
at the table, respectively Roger and
Felicity. The chocolate and marzipan
vegetables all disappeared in about
5 minutes – most had chosen not to
take a dessert to leave enough room!
Roger Murray/67