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News & Views for Up with People Alumni Fall 2003
President’s Message ... 2
WorldSmart Update ... 4
Reunion 2003
Wrap-up.................. 5
UWP’s Early Music ..... 10
People on the Move ... 11
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Behind the Music
by Jill C. Johnson (85B), Redondo Beach, California
• “We had one of those flashing
aluminum trees at Christmas. I was
five and used to set my plastic Roy
Rogers guitar in front of it every year
because it looked so cool in front of
the lights. I managed to melt three
plastic guitars!” laughs Pat Murphy.
• “After seeing an ad in a comic
book around the age of 13, I sold
Easter Seals door to door to win a
Gene Autry guitar!” reminisces Steve
Colwell. Steve would go on to teach
his younger brother, Paul, a few
chords from his guitar lessons. Paul’s
first instrument was the banjo uke.
They would go on to start a band
with youngest brother Ralph,
eventually convincing him to pick up
the stand-up bass.
• Herb Allen began honing his chops
at the age of three playing with the
Seattle Baby Orchestra led by Ethel
Ann Reinig. He would compose and
play “The Trails of Mackinaw” at 16.
• David Allen knew he had the
“writing itch” at the ripe age of five,
going on to pen over 200 songs.
• Ken Ashby eased into guitar after
shakin’ the tambourine, while 10-
year-old Frank Fields learned songs
from his father around a campfire at
Martin’s Dude Ranch.
• The teenage Colwell Brothers had
their own television and weekly radio
show, followed by a deal with
Columbia Records. They recorded
six singles in 1952 before choosing to
venture with Moral Re-Armament
(MRA) where they would begin a
lifelong “collaboration” with Herb
Allen.
• Shortly after the launch of the
Sing Out movement, David Allen
pieced together the experience by
compiling the “How to Create Your
Own Sing Out” volumes and “Born
to Upturn the World”.
• RCA Records band, Arizona,
consisted of Ken Ashby, Pat Murphy,
Willie Knowles, Bob Huff, Doug
Holzwarth, Mary Dobbins and Peter
Kuch. Pat’s song “Dance If You Want
To Dance” was a #1
disco pick in
Liverpool.
• Frank Fields
toured with the
Smithfields, the
musical backbone of
an UWP cast during
the 70s. He garnered
“Pick of the
Week” on WNBC
with “Simple Song,” and “Fave Pick”
on the BBC with “It’s Happening
Now.”
Welcome to a brief glimpse of
the birth of a music catalog that
spans well over 500 songs, along with
too many writers to mention, including
Dick Smith, Dave MacKay, Cabot
Wade, Kathy Green, Willie Knowles,
Doug Holzwarth and the priceless
skills of Lynn Morris, Marshall
Cartledge, Bill Welsh and countless
others.
Music and Memories
When you hear an UWP tune,
what priceless memory comes to
your mind? Herb Allen recalls being
on stage in the Ukraine with 89C: “I
was so moved by an audience in total
disbelief as they witnessed open
faces, open minds reaching across to
them ... their jaws were literally
dropped!”
Steve Colwell looks back on the
first Italian tour in ’68: “Special
songs were spoken and sung in
Italian and the response was tremendous.
The cast worked so hard to
make it all happen. Overall, sometimes
we made people laugh with us
and sometimes at us!”
Ralph Colwell fondly remembers
1980 in the Palais des Beaux Arts
with the Belgium National Symphony
performing for the King and
Queen. Paul chimes in, “China in ’78
when Herb and I and a Chinese
gentleman wrote a song in the
Beijing Conservatory of Music and
From left, Ralph Colwell, Steve Colwell, Frank Fields, Herb
Allen, and Paul Colwell have many of the songs of Up with
People behind them as they stand “Behind the Music...”
performed it. A huge “door” opened
and people were touched through
music UWP performed to them in
their language.”
Pat Murphy’s memory starts at
the beginning. While dealing with
the everyday struggle between black
and white in his high school in
Philadelphia, here came UWP made
up of it all — black, white, European,
Chinese, Middle Eastern,
Japanese ...! That was the spark! He
had to be a part of it!
More than the Music
The viability of UWP’s music
and its writers is endless. Songs have
been written in hopes of opening
people’s hearts, minds and ears to an
idea. Perhaps it is to merely evoke a
response or emotion or instill hope.
Ken Ashby believes music is a
spark; it cannot by itself change the
world, but perhaps can move one to
action. Pat Murphy shares that “The
Load Is Getting Heavier” (upon his
father’s passing) was written to
emphasize the importance of reaching
out and letting people know how
they have touched your life.
These writers collectively agree
that the collaboration between them
is truly the flame. David Allen refers
to it as “the glow of spirit.” Our
musical creators humbly stand in awe
of each other and the priceless legacy
they have built one song at a time.
These are the people behind the
music. Keep the music alive!

President’s Message
News and views from the UWPIAA President Stuart Shepherd (78E)
As I write, it’s 6:30 a.m. and I’m
sitting by the pool at the Tucson
Hilton El Conquistador Hotel
watching the sun rise over the
Catalina Mountains. I can hear
quail in all directions calling the
desert to awake for another beautiful
day in the Ole Pueblo.
Rajean and I are in Tucson to
meet with the Tucson host committee,
who are busy coordinating the
2004 UWPIAA Reunion. We are
joined by several members of the
board of governors who are here to
assist in the planning. It has been an
amazing two days, not only because
of the breathtaking reunion location,
but the energy, the enthusiasm, the
expertise of the Tucson host committee.
What an incredible group of
alumni! The executive team includes
Mia Hansen, Tim Polito, Pamela
Traficanti and Brennan Evans.
Together with 25 other alumni, they
have spent hours and hours researching
locations, prices, transportation
and the many other issues included
in setting up a reunion. They are
creating a reunion you won't want to
miss!
It is a privilege to serve as
president of the UWP International
Alumni Association. The last four
years serving as treasurer have
provided excellent training. In fact,
the last four years have really been
years of tremendous growth for the
Association. In that time, UWP
closed its operation. Because the
Association had been funded by
UWP, we really had to get our act
together if we were going to survive.
We did get our act together and we
can all be proud of the organization,
the financial position and the
leadership. We have produced
outstanding reunions, and established
the UWPIAA web site and
Online Community.
I also look forward with great
pride in the new members of the
board of governors we have recruited
to provide leadership for the next
several years. It is a privilege to work
with such a dedicated, talented group
of alumni. I don’t know when they
sleep! It doesn’t seem to matter
whether I email at midnight, 4:00
pm or 4:00 am ... someone is always
there to provide the information
needed.
There are several things I’d like
to ask you to do this year. Please
register on the Online Community
(www.memberconnections.com/olc/
pub/UPW) and encourage everyone
in your cast to register also. As you
visit with alumni in your casts, ask
them whether they receive UpBeat.
If they don’t, that's a good indication
that we don't have an updated
address. We are missing 4,000
alumni and need your help in
locating them. Visit the UWP web
site (www.upwithpeople.org) and
learn about the new WorldSmart
program that will begin in August
2004. Exciting things are happening
at UWP and you’ll want to keep up
on the latest developments as we all
look forward to welcoming new
students to the program.
B UP EAT
Help Support the
UWPIAA
Make a secure on-line donation
today at
www.uwpiaa.org/donate.html
Get the Scoop!
Sign up now for the UWP e-mail mailing list at
www.upwithpeople.org.
Get periodic WorldSmart updates
based on the interests you express.
I’d also like to
ask you to
consider making
a $25 contribution
to the
Alumni Association.
Your
support enables
Stuart Shepherd
the Association
to send you UpBeat four times a year
and maintain the UWPIAA web site
(www.uwpiaa.org) and Online
Community. It costs $40,000
annually to provide these three
communication tools. If we each
contributed US$25 we could cover
these important expenses of keeping
in touch with each other.
The most personal part of
serving as president is the honor of
meeting, working and communicating
with alumni from all over the
world. I look forward to reading
your emails and hope you will keep
in touch. If this is a reunion year, I
look forward to seeing you in
Tucson. If it's not a reunion year,
come anyway. We always have a
great time at reunions!
Best wishes to you all!
Stuart R. Shepherd
President, UWPIAA
UWPIAA Board of Governors
OFFICERS
President
Stuart Shepherd, 78E
North Platte, Nebraska
308-534-2375, home
President@uwpiaa.org
Immediate
Past President
Bill Becker, 87A
Portland, Maine
207-831-4674, cell
PastPresident@uwpiaa.org
Vice President
Steve Charlier, 93A
Ashburn, Virginia
703-729-9297, home
VicePresident@uwpiaa.org
Secretary
Sary Garcia, 77A
Parker, Colorado
720-851-7026, home
720-490-3142, cell
303-662-3353, work
Secretary@uwpiaa.org
Treasurer
Judy Zitnik Finn, 89B
Cincinnati, Ohio
Treasurer@uwpiaa.org
COMMITTEES
Admissions
Liz Cotter Schlax, 90B
Apex, North Carolina
919-303-6989, home
Admissions@uwpiaa.org
Alumni Products
Greg Shockey, 88E
Minneapolis, Minnesota
612-825-4719, home
Alumniproducts@uwpiaa.org
Communications
Sheila Walsh Dettloff, 84D
Macomb, Michigan
586-431-3530, cell
Communications@uwpiaa.org
Information Systems
Kimmo Vallema, 90D
Amstelveen, The Netherlands
31 6 2867 4427, home
IS@uwpiaa.org
Membership
Donna Reed, 76A
Tucson, Arizona
Membership@uwpiaa.org
Reunions
Karen Isaak Valdez, 78A
Denver, Colorado
303-745-6699, home
Reunions@uwpiaa.org
REGIONAL REPS
Asia/Pacific
Jin Kawamura, 98C
Tokyo, Japan
81 47-380 8381
Asiarep@uwpiaa.org
Europe/Mid-East/
Africa
Claudia Vos, 95C
‘s-Hertogenbosch, The
Netherlands
31 73 6122609
Europe-Rep@uwpiaa.org
Latin America
Sergio Galindo, 89B
Mexico City, Mexico
52 55 567 0723, home
LatinAmerica-Rep@uwpiaa.org
North America
Johnny Quintana, 90E
Albuquerque, New Mexico
505-235-9616, cell
NorthAmerica-Rep@uwpiaa.org
ERA REPS
1996-2000
Remco Voogd, 97C
Apeldoorn, The Netherlands
31 6 20041738,cell
1996-2000@uwpiaa.org
1991-95
Christine Geissler, 91B
Frankfurt/Main, Germany
49 69 95632828, home
1991-1995@uwpiaa.org
1986-90
Tania Massa, 90A
Stoughton, Massachusetts
781-297-3762, home
1986-1990@uwpiaa.org
1981-85
Eduardo Aguirre, 84E
Mexico City, Mexico
52 55 5574 9762, home
1981-1985@uwpiaa.org
1976-80
Lissy Castillo, 78C
Mexico City, Mexico
52 55 5604 9202, home
1976-1980@uwpiaa.org
1971-75
Curtis Merrill, 70B
Aurora, Colorado
303-337-9820, home
1971-1975@uwpiaa.org
1965-70
Dave Martin, 68C
Sunbury, Ohio
740-965-4740, work
614-975-2814, cell
1965-1970@uwpiaa.org
APPOINTED
POSITIONS
Alumni Contacts
Angie Morey, 94E
East Boston, Massachusetts
617-569-6622, home
Alumnicontacts@uwpiaa.org
UWP Rep
Jeff Hoag
Denver, Colorado
303-460-7100, work
jhoag@upwithpeople.org
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Liz Cotter Schlax (90B)
Admissions
After her student year, Liz
traveled on Education staff for 94A
and 95A. She lives in the Raleigh-
Durham, North Carolina, area of the
U.S. and is in the management
training program at John Deere. As
admissions chairperson, Liz is
thrilled to be working closely with
UWP’s vice president for enrollment
on ways to involve alumni in recruiting
and enrolling UWP’s future.
Greg Shockey (88E)
Alumni Products
Greg is a graduate of Indiana
University. He currently lives in
Minneapolis, Minnesota, where he
works as a tour director for On Stage
Productions. Greg wanted to participate
in the board of governors
because he says it will allow him to
finally give something back to UWP.
As alumni products chairperson,
Greg is responsible for researching
and developing marketing and
affiliation programs for alumni
through the UWPIAA.
Karen Isaak Valdez (78A)
Reunions
Karen is the cast rep for 78A and
has been a flight attendant for
United Airlines for 18 years based in
Denver, Colorado. She has also
volunteered extensively with the
Junior League of Denver. Karen has
served many years on the BOG, first
as the North American rep, then the
Reunion chair until 2001. She
reports she is now refreshed and
ready to help Tucson have a great
event.
Angie Morey (94E)
Alumni Contacts
Angie is not new to the BOG,
but she has agreed to take on a
completely new appointed position.
Her new role on the board is to find
all of our “lost” alumni. She says
she’s excited to be in a position
where she can help alumni get
reconnected with the Association
and maybe even with each other.
Angie currently lives in East Boston,
Massachusetts, and works for Boston
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University in the Office of Development
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Jin Kawamura (98C)
Asia-Pacific Rep
After traveling as a cast member,
Jin was also Japan event coordinator
for 99D, and North American event
coordinator in 2000. He now lives in
Tokyo, Japan, and works for an event
production company producing
corporate events overseas. Jin wanted
to be the Asia-Pacific rep because he
thought there are so many things we
can do as UWP alumni if we get
together regionally. Jin would like
anyone who lives in the region and
has suggestions to email him.
Claudia Vos (95C)
Europe/Mid-East/Africa Rep
Claudia lives in Hertogenbosch,
in the south of The Netherlands.
Before being chosen as the next
EMEA rep, Claudia was on the
board of the Dutch alumni association,
AlumNet, from 1998 until
2002. She says that working with the
Dutch alumni club gave her great
pleasure, so when her four-year term
was over, she decided to apply for
the European rep position with the
UWPIAA. She soon discovered
that her region had been expanded
to include Africa and the Mid-East
as well.
Johnny Quintana (90E)
North American Rep
Johnny Q, as he’s known, is from
Albuquerque, New Mexico, where he
works for Musical Theatre Southwest
as their events coordinator and
educational director for the Center
for Theatre. He is also a full-time
student at the College of Santa Fe
studying Business Administration in
the Arts. Johnny Q is excited to be
joining the BOG as the new North
American rep.
Remco Voogd (97C)
1996-2000 Era Rep
Remco has stayed in close touch
with UWP and the UWPIAA over
the years, first as an alumni
interviewer, then as his cast’s mailing
list moderator and webmaster. He
became active in the Dutch Alumni
Association (AlumNet) and is also
the 97C cast rep and a key member
of the UWPIAA Web Team. He
lives in Eerbeek, The Netherlands,
and works for an insurance company
as a claims handler.
Christine Geissler (91B)
1991-1995 Era Rep
Christine stayed on with UWP
as education coordinator for 92B and
93B after her student year. She lives
in Frankfurt, Germany, where she
works for Lufthansa German
Airlines in corporate human resources.
Christine applied for the era
rep position because of a strong
belief in the potential that UWP
alumni have. If you traveled between
1991 and 1995, Christine would love
to hear your suggestions and requests!
Tania Massa (90A),
1986-1990 Era Rep
Tania lives in Stoughton, Massachusetts,
and is employed as a
dispatcher for the Massachusetts
State Police as well as a personal care
attendant for a gifted and brilliant
handicapped young man. Among
other reasons, Tania wanted to
become an era rep to make sure
alumni have every opportunity to
continue their relationships with
their cast members and forge new
friendships with other alumni.
Lissy Castillo (78C),
1976-1980 Era Rep
After her cast year, Lissy was
employed by UWP until 1989 as
promotion manager and tour manager,
both in the office and on the
road. She now lives in Mexico City
and is a partner and executive
producer with a production company.
Lissy already has many goals as an
era rep, including increasing the
number of alumni from her era at
reunions and helping casts keep
better contact records.
Dave Martin (68/69/70C)
1965-1970 Era Rep
Besides traveling in Cast C,
Dave also spent part of 1970 with
the Smithfields. Dave works as a
desktop publisher, business manager
and manufacturer of notebooks and
folders. He serves on the local
Chamber of Commerce and Board
of Education. He has also done the
layout and pre-press work for UpBeat
since 1994. Dave wanted to serve on
the BOG because “I have been
associated with some amazing people
in the time I have spent working on
UpBeat and I want to do what I can
to help keep the organization and
(more importantly) the spirit alive.”
Dave lives in Sunbury, Ohio.
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A Week in the Life
Day In and Day Out with the WorldSmart Students
by Sheila Walsh Dettloff, 84D, Communications Chair, UWPIAA BOG
We’ve all heard about the
WorldSmart program by now. We
know it focuses on building global
leadership skills using six elements:
international travel, an internationally
diverse student body, regional
learning opportunities, community
service, host family living, and the
proprietary WorldSmart leadership
curriculum. But just what will the
120 students do from day to day?
What will a typical week be like for
them? Here’s the answer.
Day 1: Travel Day – We all know
what that means! Whether on a
plane, bus, train or car, one day will
be spent getting to the next city on
the agenda. Bus head and all.
Day 2: Curriculum Day – This will
be completely internally focused,
with no community interaction. It
will be dedicated to the WorldSmart
curriculum, whether through staff
lectures, demonstrations, visiting
professors or individual learning.
Days 3 and 4: Community
Connections Days – These days
could involve either the community
coming to the WorldSmart students,
the WorldSmart students going out
to the community, or a combination
of the two. For example, local high
school students might come in on
Day 3 and brainstorm with
WorldSmart students on the specific
needs of their community. Day 4
would see both the local and
WorldSmart students going out into
the community to fulfill at least one
of the needs that was discussed. It’s
much like the former community
involvement days, but in most cases,
with more interaction with people in
the city.
Day 5: Regional Learning/Community
Celebration Day – A large part
of the day would be used to maximize
learning about the area, visiting
local sites of historical or other
interest. In the afternoon, the
students would come back together
for a rehearsal, followed by the
Community Celebration (see sidebar
for more specifics on the Community
Celebration).
Day 6: Personal Day – Students
might use this day for documentation
of their experiences, to visit
more local places that weren’t visited
4 Fall ‘03
on the regional learning day, or
perhaps just to sleep in. (And we all
know which of those will be the
most popular!)
Day 7: Host Family Day – This is a
day for the host families to plan
activities individually or in groups
with their students. They will be
advised of what the students have
already done to help them plan a day
that could be fun, relaxing, educational,
or a combination of all three.
What’s striking about this
schedule is that, aside from the
curriculum day, it looks curiously like
the schedule whenever an UWP cast
visited a city for a four- to five-day
stay. When we weren’t on a mad
travel-show-travel-show-travel-show
schedule, we had the time to get to
know our host families better, to do
some community service, plan an
education day, and maybe even have
a personal day (which, if we were
lucky, was in a city with a beach!).
When the UWP board of
directors was developing the
WorldSmart Leadership Program,
they relied heavily on alumni input
from three sources: the post-December
2000 alumni planning groups in
Denver and Ireland; the proposals
from alumni that were organized by
Brenda Moran (77C), former president
of the UWPIAA; and the
alumni who sat on the UWP board.
One point that was made time and
again was that alumni would have
liked city stays to be longer, and that
suggestion is evident in the
WorldSmart plan.
And just where will WorldSmart
spend these weeks? The first group
will start off in Colorado and British
Columbia, then move on to Japan.
After six weeks in Japan, they’ll
travel to Belgium, The Netherlands,
Germany and Switzerland before
finishing the semester in Italy.
Applications are now being
accepted for both the August 2004
and February 2005 programs. 120
students will be accepted for each
semester. If you know someone who
could both benefit from and contribute
to the types of activities noted in
the schedule above, please direct
them to www.upwithpeople.org.
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Come “Home” to Tucson!
UWPIAA Reunion 2004, “Coming Home,” will be held in Tucson,
Arizona, from July 15-18, 2004, at the Hilton El Conquistador. El Conquistador
is a premium resort that is offering incredibly low rates for UWPIAA
reunion attendees. Along with championship golf courses and tennis courts,
there are four pools, hot tubs, hiking
trails, horseback riding, a fitness
center, shopping, restaurants and
more — all within the resort
grounds.
Casts from 1969, 1974, 1979,
1984, 1989, 1994, 1999 and 2000
are invited to celebrate their reunions,
while all alumni, family and
friends are welcome to come and
join the fun! Be sure your cast rep
has your contact information so you
receive all the upcoming reunion
details. You can also check the
uwpiaa.org web site for frequent
updates.
Music in WorldSmart – the
Community Celebration
Simply put, show revenues
can no longer carry UWP
financially. To continue to
produce a Broadway-style show
in today’s entertainment market
would have meant serious
increases in tuition in order for
UWP to just break even (up to
US$27,000 for 2001 students,
had UWP not closed its doors).
But music is key to the UWP
experience, and it will be one
element that distinguishes
WorldSmartfrom other studyabroad
programs. Music will
continue to be used as a unique
medium to impact the communities
visited by WorldSmart.
So how exactly will music be
used in this new program?
Essentially, UWP is going back
to its roots of student-led
creativity. In a production known
as the Community Celebration,
students will offer a meaningful
exchange of memories and
moments that will recap the
week to that point. Both students
and community members
will participate, and music will
be combined with other elements,
such as video presentation
of the community activities.
The students themselves will be
empowered to produce and
execute each event using a
Hilton El Conquistador, Tucson, Arizona
“production box,” an idea created
by Ken Ashby, of creative tools,
UWP songs and program
templates.
Possible elements of the
Community Celebration are:
relevant songs from the UWP
catalog, a community-specific
script, rewritten lyrics of traditional
songs tailored to community
highlights, and student and
community cultural presentations.
To give you a better idea of
what the Community Celebration
might look like, here’s a
sample rundown:
• Opening song, such as
World in Motion
• Welcome in local language
• Recognition of guests and
special groups
• Presentation by a local
group
• Image/video presentation
• Relevant UWP song
• Community impact
presentation
• Community-dedicated
song written by
WorldSmart students
• Relevant UWP song
• Image presentation
• Final song, including
world flags

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Reunion! Reunion! reunion! reunion!
PRESIDENT’S LUNCHEON
Immediately after the Opening Session on Friday, everyone crossed the
hall to the Grand Ballroom for the President’s Luncheon. As the house lights
dimmed and the stage lights came up, the Boston cast performed “We Are
Many, We Are One,” the theme of Reunion 2003, then swung right into Festa
Humana from “The Festival.”
At the luncheon, the J. Blanton Belk Outstanding Alumna award was
presented to Marcia Tweed Klecker (73A), who was accompanied to the stage by
her daughter, Mara. (See overview of award winners on page 9.) New UWPIAA
President Stu Shepherd (78E) and Immediate Past President Bill Becker (87A)
welcomed the special guests attending Reunion and continued by recognizing all
the past presidents of the UWPIAA, six of whom were in attendance: Brenda
Moran (77C), Larry Swenson (78D), Paul Woidke (69B/C), Lindsey Johnson
Suddarth (78D), Maris Segal Goodis (80C) and Bill Becker.
Bill then took the podium to honor three people very special to UWP and
key in maintaining the integrity of the organization throughout its closure in
December 2000 and into 2001. Unbeknown to Paul Woidke and Martha and
Jerry Jarrett, they were to receive rare Founders Awards, given only to those whose service to the
UWPIAA and UWP stands light-years above the rest.
Bill said of Paul Woidke, “From his roles in the UWPIAA culminating with his service as president,
to his leadership of the UWP Board of Directors from July of 2001 to September of 2002 and continued
service to the Board today, Paul has shown tenacity, energy, grace and pragmatic idealism in all that
he has touched. He participated in both the difficult decisions
of 2000, as well as the exciting and evolving decisions
that will breathe life into a new student program next year.
Through it all, Paul has been there representing alumni.”
Going on to honor the Jarretts, Bill said, “These next
two people are some of the finest individuals that any
organization has ever had working on their behalf. They are
real parents, host parents, sponsors, members of the Board of
J. Blanton Belk Outstanding Alumna
Marcia Tweed Klecker with her proud
daughter, Mara.
“Their gift was never small
They gave it to us all
Way, way beyond the call
To the end they did what no one else would do
We could always count on
Martha and Jerry..... to see it through”
– Ken Ashby, 2003
Bill Becker greets Paul Woidke after
presenting him the Founder’s
Award.
Ken Ashby shares the thoughts and
feelings of alumni everywhere with Jerry
and Martha Jarrett.
Directors, and selfless believers in all that is good and valuable about the UWP spirit.
Jerry and Martha, in ways that we never know and could only imagine, your service
to UWP and to the UWPIAA has been distinguished and with the kindest and most
giving manner. Your service to the UWP Board since 1979 included personal sacrifice
and generosity, forming coalitions of sponsors and supporters worldwide. Your
belief that UWP is still as relevant in the year 2003 as it was in 1979 never faded, and
you were right!”
Bill proceeded to confer honorary alumni status upon the Jarretts, and Ken
Ashby presented a song he wrote especially for
them, “Thank You Martha and Jerry.”
The reverent mood continued as the lights
went down and names began to scroll across a
screen at the back of the stage – names of alumni
who are no longer with us, but who live on in
spirit.
The program switched gears again as Stu Shepherd took the podium as the keynote
speaker. Stu shared his enthusiasm for leading the UWPIAA over the next two years, and
also provided some comic relief with his description of life in North Platte, Nebraska. Never
again will we be able to watch a flock of migrating geese without Stu’s assessment of North
Platte’s goose-hunting season – “if it flies, it dies” – ringing in our ears!
The luncheon closed with more performances by the Boston cast, ending with “We’ll Be
There,” including a full presentation of national flags, and two versions of “Up with People”
to represent the “older” and “younger” alumni in attendance.
The Reunion Cast performs “ Festa Humana!”
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ERA SHOW
1973 1978
1983 1988
Anyone who has attended a reunion knows the emotions the era
show can generate. The elation of being on stage with your cast
again, the nostalgia of hearing those special songs performed live
once more, the rapport you have with everyone on stage and the
alumni in the audience, the remembered excitement and sadness of
your final show. The Reunion 2003 Era Show was no different.
There were so many memorable moments: from the ’73 era’s live
band that rocked the show to the hundreds of ’98 era folks filling the
aisles and stage for “Ayiko.”
The lights came down, but the show wasn’t over. Two members
of the Boston cast, Andrew Giordano (87C) and Eric Lentz (86E),
sang “Moonrider” as photos began to appear on the background
screen. Beginning with photos of all the casts in attendance, and
ending with pictures taken at the reunion, the alumni in the audience
relived their UWP experience as they saw themselves and their
castmates at memorable locations and events throughout the world.
The show ended with the entire audience on its feet to join the ’98
group as they took the stage again to perform “Up with People.”
1993
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1998
2000
From left: Mia Hansen, Ken Ashby, Bill
Welsh and Carolyn Lee with the host of
“Hooray for Everything.”
OPENING SESSION
The opening session set a light-hearted tone for the weekend as the Boston host committee presented the Hooray for Everything Morning
Show, a deliberate take-off on the “South Park” episode that was a thinly disguised spoof of UWP.
The show began with a monologue by the host that had the audience rolling on the floor laughing.
Then he started bringing up his special guests, with Ken Ashby (65) and his guitar taking the stage first.
The next guest was Bill Welsh, who in true Bill Welsh fashion led the
audience in vocal warmups. Perhaps it was Bill’s talent as a musical
organizer, or perhaps it spoke to the caliber of the audience, but he
taught the audience a song in four parts in just minutes. Then again,
maybe it helped that half the audience knew the song before Bill
began.
Following Bill was Mia Hansen, simultaneously respected and
dreaded by many for leading endless sessions of stretch during staging.
Not one to disappoint, Mia soon had the entire audience reaching
for the ceiling and hoping that V-ups wouldn’t be next! Mia, head
of the Tucson host committee for Reunion 2004, also took the opportunity
to hype next year’s reunion. She left no doubt that Reunion
2004, “Coming Home,” would exceed all expectations of alumni who make the trip to Tucson next year.
The final guest on the Hooray for Everything Morning Show was Carolyn Lee, who is remembered by
virtually all alumni for her motivating and thought-provoking sessions both at staging and on the road.
UWP WORKSHOP
Saturday of Reunion began bright and early with the UWP workshop at 8:00 a.m. In spite of the early hour, every chair in the meeting
room was occupied as Jeff Hoag, chairman and chief executive officer, and Hiro Nishimura (87B), chief operating officer, presented an
overview of the WorldSmart Leadership Program. The presentation was followed by a lengthy question-and-answer session.
Some of the key questions that were answered include: How is funding of WorldSmart different from that of the previous program?
How was the program price decided upon and how will the tuition be used? How will UWP help students pay for the
program? What will the role of music be? How can alumni participate in WorldSmart? What will be the daily breakdown
of activities for the students? What will be the role of a community sponsor? What is the goal for non-U.S. enrollment?
Were previously pre-accepted students contacted, and are they automatically accepted to WorldSmart? What is the
Hiro
Era Show hosts, Paula and TJ.
Everybody stretches to prepare for
choreography.
language requirement? What staff roles will there be with each traveling group? What type of educational teams will the students participate
in? Will the students do advance work? And, finally, what makes the WorldSmart program unique among study-abroad programs?
Two of these questions (What will be the daily breakdown of activities for the students? What will the role of music be?) are answered
in a separate article in this issue. Other questions will be the focus of future UpBeat articles.
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General Assembly Special Thank YOu!
Sunday morning brought the final event of
Reunion, the UWPIAA General Assembly.
When the assembly started, there were about 100
alumni scattered among the 400 available chairs.
Jeff Hoag and Hiro Nishimura spoke again briefly
about WorldSmart, and UWPIAA business was
conducted. Stragglers filed in, and the chairs
began to fill.
Then Dr. Carolyn Lee took the podium. As
she spoke, more and more people entered the
ballroom. Soon every chair was filled, and people
were lining the walls – unheard of at a General
Assembly! We were expecting a reprise of her
famous “Keep Your Eye on the Ball” speech. We Carolyn Lee
didn’t get what we expected – we got far, far
more. Along with instructions to keep our eyes on the ball, Carolyn also
directed us to climb every mountain, go with the flow, remember the show
must go on, and keep in mind that time flies. She tied each cliche closely to
our UWP experience, alternately having us nostalgic about the past, enlightened
about the future, and very aware of the present. All with the wit, intensity
and charm we’ve witnessed so many times. As Carolyn herself summed
up, “I had such fun that day, and people seemed to have fun right along with
me.” Yes, we did, Carolyn.
And so we’ll leave you with the quote Carolyn used to conclude reunion:
“Keep eye on ball is most important one thing I tell you.” (Hashim Khan in
“Squash Racquets: The Khan Game”)
Two groups of people played a
vital role in making this reunion a
success. The BOG (right) worked
together with the Boston reunion
host committee to get the details in
order. The “Reunion Cast” (below)
provided amazing entertainment
throughout the weekend, making the
entire reunion a true Up with People
experience! They were part of the
Boston host committee, who did an
incredible amount of work to make
reunion successful.
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Japan’s Role in UWP’s Future
by Stefan Nilsson (92A), London, England
As UWP prepares to relaunch its
leadership program in 2004, Japan is
playing a bigger role in the organization
than ever before. This is a
welcome and much needed development
in making UWP a truly
international organization.
Hiro Nishimura (87B) is a
Japanese alumnus who, together with
others, refused to let the organization
disappear and fought hard to get a
new program in place. Hiro now
serves as UWP’s chief operating
officer and has contributed massively
to increase the role of Japan in the
new UWP program as well as
increasing the role of UWP in Japan.
UWP visited Japan for the first
time in 1965 and has since then
returned 10 times. UWP has had an
office in Tokyo since 1993 and had a
full-time staff of seven by the year
2000. Shinichi Miyawaki is currently
the Tokyo-based regional director of
Asia for UWP.
There are currently about 400
Japanese UWP alumni and many
more to come. Plans have the new
program taking every cast to Japan
and this will undoubtedly increase
the number of Japanese students in
the coming years.
The UWP Japan Committee
was started by more than 30 of
Japan’s biggest corporations in 1994,
including Toyota, Sony and
Kikkoman. The committee played a
big role in UWP’s five successful
Japanese tours in 1996 – 2000. The
experiences of the Japanese tours in
the 1990s, where casts stayed between
one and two weeks in each
city, helped and inspired the new
WorldSmartprogram.
UWP’s Board of Directors has
three senior Japanese members –
Toshiaki Taguchi (president and
CEO of Toyota Motor North
America), Naoko Shirane (international
business consultant) and Hiro
Nishimura (chief operating officer of
UWP). To have Japanese board
members is crucial in order to
achieve credibility and understanding
for the program and the organization
in a society that has been closed to
much of the rest of the world for
several hundred years.
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To register, go to www.uwpiaa.org and click on “online community.”
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Register in the Online Community now
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Annual Awards Honor Alumni
Each year at reunion, several
alumni are recognized who continue
to embrace the ideals of Up with
People and strive to live up to those
ideals in their everyday lives. The J.
Blanton Belk Outstanding Alumnus
award is presented to one alumnus
who, in carrying forward the ideals
of UWP, has made an exceptional
contribution to humankind. The
James E. MacLennan Everyday
Hero award is presented to up to five
alumni who remain behind the
scenes and accomplish much in a
quiet, persistent way.
2003 J. Blanton Belk Outstanding
Alumna Award Winner
Marcia Tweed Klecker (73A)
Nominated by Jim Tracey (73A) and
Marty Eclan (73A)
Marcia Tweed Klecker has been
a constant inspiration to our cast of
73A and probably to everyone she’s
encountered. Marcia was diagnosed
with multiple sclerosis in her early
20s. But she was determined that
that was never going to stop her. She
finished her undergrad degree and
went on to get her masters in Special
Education/Early Education.
Marcia taught Early Education
in the public school system, studenttaught
with disturbed teenagers and
worked as a regular education
teacher in public schools. She was an
educational consultant for the
Children’s Care Hospital, dealing
with multiple-handicapped children
for a year. She went on to be an
educational consultant for disturbed
kids where she dealt with crisis
intervention.
Besides her work, Marcia has put
in countless hours as a volunteer.
In 1994, she unexpectedly got
pregnant and had a beautiful daughter.
Unfortunately, baby Mara was
born with a tumor, and resulting
complications caused Marcia to
come close to losing her life.
After she and Mara recovered,
Marcia’s MS became progressive but
she continued doing behavior
consulting for private schools and
doing workshops on reservations.
It has always been important to
Marcia that she give to others in her
work, and she has helped countless
people through her actions. Marcia
has made a powerful positive impact
in this world and has done more,
with MS, than most people do in a
lifetime.
2003 James E. MacLennan
Everyday Hero Award Winners
Bret Whissel (80A, 88B)
Nominated by Brenda Moran (77C)
We all know the request “could
you help me with a little project?”
Bret Whissel received that call the
summer of 1997, and little did he
know that this “little project” would
take thousands of hours, travel and
teamwork to make it a reality.
Bret joined the UWPIAA board
of governors the fall of 1997, and set
to work to generate an alumni
website. More important was the
need to maintain an alumni database
to help cast and era representatives
keep in touch with cast/staff members
worldwide.
So, Bret began. Besides a challenging
full time job at Florida State
University, Bret spent thousands of
hours building the first alumni
website, message boards, online
reunion registration program, and
much, much more. With the successful
launch of the UWPIAA website
in March 1999, Bret’s role of keeping
alumni in touch and in-the-know
proved especially important when
UWP closed its doors in December
2000.
Bret also was serving his community
in myriad ways. Debi Chandler
from Tallahassee wrote, “He
sang in my church choir for 15 years
and volunteered as an accompanist,
director, (youth) chaperon, and group
leader more times than I can count.”
So it is then, that Bret has shared
his gifts and talents with many in a
quiet, dedicated fashion, much as
James MacLennan did within UWP.
Though Bret’s work has been known
and utilized by many, over several
years, he never solely took the credit
he deserved. For the thousands of
hours and his spirit of selfless giving,
we are pleased to nominate Bret
Whissel for the Everyday Hero
Award.
Larry Noel Swenson (78D)
Nominated by Brenda Moran (77C)
and Lindsey Johnson Suddarth (78D)
From directing international
language schools in China to creating
fun-filled days of international
learning for school children, Larry
has traveled extensively, bringing
music and building bridges of
understanding wherever he is. His
involvement and volunteer activities
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with the International Camping
Association, the UWPIAA, 4-H,
Camp Horizons, and many more
have created opportunities for youth
and adults alike to gain a greater
understanding of themselves and
others.
Although these activities could
fill pages, it is his quest to bring
communities and people together
that we wish to single out for his
Everyday Hero Award nomination:
What began as a simple inquiry into
Larry’s family ancestry became a
joining of communities thousands of
miles from one another. Lindsey
Johnson Suddarth writes, “Larry
tracked down the village in Sweden
where most of his relatives came
from, and from that first meeting,
established an exchange program
between the two towns. Families met
extended family members for the
first time and teachers were exchanged
for language and cultural
teaching and training.”
Larry’s role in this discovery and
ongoing exchange was crucial; it was
through his pictures, storytelling, and
welcome that people were willing to
step out of their comfort zones and
experience travel, history, people and
music in new ways. His sense of
wonder and fun continue to bring
people together as he remains behind
the scenes, providing these opportunities
to many. It is for these reasons
and more that we nominate Larry
Swenson for the James E.
MacLennan Everyday Hero Award.
Steve Fuller (78E)
Nominated by Judy Creech-Bonsall
(78E)
With the “Building for Children”
program he spearheaded in
1993 in Gunnison, Colorado, Steve
Fuller has made an exceptional
contribution to humankind. His
work earned him the title of “Distinguished
Citizen of the Year,” along
with a proclamation from Roy
Romer, governor of Colorado.
In November 1992, Colorado
voters passed Amendment 1, which
limited the amount of money school
districts could spend. This created an
overcrowding of classes for the third
and sixth graders in Gunnison RE1J
School District. It was so bad that
the local fire marshal was considering
shutting down the school.
Steve Fuller, along with another
parent, came up with the solution.
They agreed to build a two-room
school building the old-fashioned
barn-raising way, and donate the
building to the school district if the
school board would agree to hire two
new full-time teachers. Steve and the
other parent immediately created
“Building for Children,” a project
designed to involve the community.
Over 2,000 volunteers from ages two
to 96 became involved with the
project. Donations came in the form
of money, food, medical and other
supplies and, of course, labor.
Within 30 days of their first
meeting, a new two-room school
building was completed and ready to
house the overcrowded students. As
Steve has said, “The spirit of Up
with People lives in all of us, but it
only takes one of us to make a
difference in the world around us.”
Thomas Spaulding (87D, 93E, 94E)
Nominated by Joel Mauney (94E)
While working for the 1998
Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan,
Thomas had visions of starting a
youth leadership program that would
engage youth in the community.
Thomas believes that getting students
involved in the surrounding
community at an earlier age would
empower them with confidence,
experience and connections they
would use for the rest of their lives.
This vision was ultimately shaped
from the UWP spirit that he had
experienced in years past.
Thomas started acting on his
vision during the summer of 2000.
By dedicating his life to the dream,
working 100-hour weeks, meeting
with countless principals, superintendents,
teachers, politicians, and nonprofit
and corporate leaders, Thomas
displayed incredible tenacity and
focus. He put in much of his personal
assets, selling his house and
devoting all of his energies to what is
now called Leaders Challenge.
In three short years, Thomas has
influenced hundreds of youth in
Colorado. Leaders Challenge
students have worked with many
non-profit organizations and completed
hundreds of hours of community
service. A Leaders Challenge
student, Kelsey Hills-Evans, perhaps
said it best: “Every month, Leaders
Challenge asks me to be a leader, but
every day, Leaders Challenge helps
me become the leader I’ll be for the
rest of my life.”
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Editor’s note: This is the first in a twopart
series on the musical heritage of
UWP.
The dozen songwriters who
contributed their songs to the
original Sing Out ’65 were longtime
friends and contemporaries. For the
previous ten to fifteen years they had
written full-length musical plays,
concert-like musical revues and
“special occasion” music – working
together or alone.
By August 1965, they sensed
they had combined the best of their
music in a promising musical review.
Yet none of them could foresee
that Sing Out ’65 was destined
within a year to become a runaway
“hit” on three continents, a critical
success that one New York music
reviewer called “one of the most
exciting musical reviews experienced
theater buffs have seen in decades.”
Nor did any of them dream that,
from its opening performance on
August 7 in a small Cape Cod town,
the show would be in continuous
production for the next 34 years,
making it perhaps one of the longest
running musical productions in the
U.S. and the world in the 20th
century.
The Sing Out Explosion
Sing Out took off like a rocket. In
three months, it traveled from Cape
Cod to the New York World’s Fair
where it performed to 20,000 people
– then to Washington, D.C., where
96 senators and congressmen hosted
a performance for 4,000 in the
Washington Hilton ballroom.
Crossing the country by train (the
“Sing Out Express”), the cast
performed in the Hollywood Bowl
for 15,000. Then came three national
television shows and the first
500,000-copy Sing Out album. This
was followed by a lightning trip to
Japan to perform in Japan’s traditional
Kabuki Theater – and then
before the prime minister of Japan
and a crowd of 12,000 in the Metropolitan
Gymnasium, then to Korea
to perform before the prime minister,
and more thousands.
In the course of the next 10
months, Sing Out grew from one
cast of 300 to three casts of more
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Sing Out’s Early Songwriters
From left: Ralph, Herbie, Steve and Paul
than 1,000. It crossed the United
States again and again, performing
in football stadiums, sports arenas,
civic auditoriums and universities,
and at the three U.S. military
academies. In 1966, it traveled to
Europe for mammoth live performances
and national TV shows in
Germany, Austria and Spain.
By the end of two years Sing
Out had toured to 17 countries on
five continents. An estimated 150
million people had seen their shows
live and over repeated national
television specials in many countries.
And what came to be known as “the
Sing Out explosion” was fully
underway.
Within the first year after “liftoff
” in Cape Cod, 150 regional Sing
Outs had sprung up from coast to
coast – and 100 more around the
world. Everyone, it seemed, was now
singing “Up with People” and the
Sing Out songs. During one record
week in September 1966, regional
Sing Outs across the U.S. performed
before 100,000 people. Worldwide,
there were eventually 400 local and
regional shows with an estimated
60,000 cast members. It was
Harambee Africa in Kenya, Sing-
Out Korea in Seoul, India Arise in
India, Sing-Out Venezuela, Sing-
Out Panama, Sing-Out Jamaica and
five casts of Sing-Out Puerto Rico
in Latin America. “Down under” it
was Sing-Out Australia. In Tokyo
Let’s Go ’66 was performing weekly
on national television. By late
August 1966, a Pennsylvania editor
told the Sing Out ’66 cast, “You are
on the verge of becoming one of the
world’s most powerful forces.”
This was the explosive beginning
of UWP in the 1960s. But who were
these original writers of the show?
And where did the inspiration, ideas
and the essential “magic “ of their
songs come from?
The Men and Their Music
Every “Uppie” alum knows the
names of Paul Colwell, and his
brothers Ralph and Steve – and the
“musical genius,” Herb Allen. The
four are near-legendary figures who
deserve the major credit for creating
and producing the music of UWP at
the beginning and through the years.
Like others in the remarkable
founding team of creative artists,
they developed their talents in the
years after World War II, writing
musical plays, revues and “special
occasion” music for Moral Re-
Armament – an organization that
was a powerful and effective force in
bringing reconciliation and the
concepts of “inspired democracy” to a
war-shattered world in the 1950’s
and 1960’s. MRA gave remarkable
hope and a purpose to thousands,
premised on the simple idea of
putting your own life right – and
then devoting your life to putting the
world right, to mending the wounds
and cares and divisions of the 20th
century. MRA was a significant
element in bringing reconciliation
between France and Germany after
the war, in uniting former enemies
all over the world, in helping to
rebuild the institutions of postwar
Japan. ... which explains why we first
find young Herb Allen putting his
musical training to work in warshattered
Italy in the early ’50s,
writing and singing songs in Communist
strongholds and industrial
suburbs of Milan.
The Colwells burst on the scene
in the mid-1950s, leaving behind a
promising career in Hollywood,
where they were recording for
Columbia Records and performing
on NBC’s weekly “Tex Williams
Show.” In the dozen years before
creating the music for UWP, they
traveled 174,000 miles to 37 different
countries on six continents. They
sang songs in 47 languages - Zulu,
Maharathi, Navajo, Japanese, Swahili
and Maori, to mention a few. They
performed before such world leaders
as President Eisenhower; Chancellors
Adenauer and Erhard of Germany,
Prime Ministers Kishi and
Sato of Japan; President Magsaysay
of the Phillipines; President Prasad
of India – all in all, a total of 27
heads of state, prime ministers and
presidents.
The “special occasion” music
they wrote was varied and eclectic –
songs for the important people they
were meeting, songs of hope and
inspiration for the world, songs for
entire countries. One of them, “Vive
le Congo,” became something of a
national anthem for the former
Belgian Congo as it gained independence
from Belgium. The Colwells
spent 14 dangerous months in the
often-violent country, giving 483
broadcasts over the national radio,
singing in many of the Congolese
languages. The minister of information
later said, “... without the work
of these men, there would have been
far worse catastrophe following
independence.”
Paul Colwell developed his
songwriting genius during these
adventurous years, singing before
kings, queens, presidents and ordinary
people. Years later, celebrated
cellist Pablo Casals spoke of the
“inspiration and delicacy” of the
music of UWP and asked, “Who is
your chief composer?” When told of
Paul Colwell, Casals said, “He is a
precious genius. Bach and Beethoven
would have loved his music.”
In the next issue: David Bliss
Allen explains the evolution of Sing
Out into UWP and pays tribute to the
people who contributed to its legacy.
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1970s
Ray Villegas (79C) graduated
from Arizona State University with a
degree in English Linguistics and is
now pursuing his graduate degree.
His address is 1433 S. Kenneth Pl
#6, Tempe, AZ 85281. He writes
that the 79C website is http://
rayrocky7.tripod.com. See everyone
in Tucson!
1980s
Dominique Parmentier (80E)
still lives in Huy and is studying to
be a teacher of Flemish, English and
Spanish. Her daughter Celine (18)
will go to Canada for one year with
Rotary. She also wanted to share
with her cast that Marie Poule Tuwey
(CONFIRM LAST NAME) (80E)
passed away in 1996.
Cherrelyn (Horton) Napue (83C)
was named as a 2003 Colorado Trust
Fellow. The fellowship will pay in
full for a Masters of Nonprofit
Management from Regis
University in Denver, Colorado.
Katie Byers (84D) is working as
Assistant Company Manager for
Cirque du Soleil’s “O” in Las Vegas.
She will be married to John Bakken
this October 12, 2003. Effective
September, her new address will be
44 La Laguna, Henderson, NV
89012.
John Hiebert (84D) is married,
has two daughters, and is the food
and beverage director at a ski resort
in northern Vermont. He writes that
moving to Vermont was quite a
culture shock after living in South
Florida for 12 years where he owned
four Italian restaurants, and obtained
the Dive Master status in scuba
diving. “We moved here so our
daughters could grow up and live
with a safer, slower paced lifestyle.
Things are great!” He can be reached
at Reefboy@aol.com.
Mechthild “Mecky” Krahmer
(87E) and her husband Dr. Michael
Weichert are expecting their second
child on February 29, 2004. Fiona
People on the move
(born April 8, 2001) is already
excited to have a baby in the family.
Kaat Vanhoucke (88C) and her
husband Terry
adopted a daughter
from China in
July. Born April
13, 2003, Lin is
adjusting very well
to her new home Lin Vanhoucke
and parents. Many
greetings to all 88 and 89 alumni.
P.J. Culina (88E) and wife Krista
are happy to announce the birth of
their son, Benjamin John, born May
29, 2003. Still living in Orono,
Maine where PJ is an athletic trainer
at the University of Maine, they are
settling in as a family of four. Madison
is a great big sister to Benjamin.
Joep Segers (88E) and his wife
Ted recently learned of the existence
of their second adoptive daughter,
named Luo (last name) Xin-Dan
from Foshan, Guangdong in China.
She was born Aug.12, 2002 and
except for a small problem, she is in
perfect health! They hope to be
allowed to go and get her within the
next 3-6 months. Their first adopted
child Pleun is ready to become a
good “older” sister. Anyone who feels
like coming to eat “beschuit met
muisjes,” feel free to come and visit
us soon!
Kelly (Reynolds) Myers (88E)
lives in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania,
with her husband who is a computer
programer. Her 7-year-old son is the
light of her life. If ever in Harrisburg,
please be in touch:
Deafwabbit@comcast.net.
We want to hear from you!
Getting married? Newborn child?
Back in school? Recent graduate?
Get a promotion? New job?
Have you moved?
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Jorge Tsuchiya (88E) married
three years ago and has a beautiful
year old baby daughter, Zoe. He
sends greetings to his fellow cast
members.
Suzy Waterschoot (89A) and her
husband Gert have moved out of
Antwerp and now live in the same
building where they have a flower
shop. Their new address is
Hovestraat 9, 2650 Edegem, Belgium.
Together with our 3-year-old
son, Atle, we enjoy it very much (for
the insiders; yes, Atle was my secret
Santa!)
Vero (Dominguez) Fatura (89E)
lives in Michigan with her husband
John and their two daughters. She is
a stay-at-home mom and Herbalife
Independent Distributor. She can be
reached at veritos@comcast.net.
1990s
J. Kevin Ballard (90A) and
Heather O’Connor (90A) were
married on June 15, 2001 in Dover,
New Jersey. Kevin is director of
training and development for
NorVergence, Inc. based in Newark,
and Heather is a technology teacher
with the Randolph (New Jersey)
schools. Heather is also very busy
with the New Jersey Education
Association and teaches master’s
level courses for teachers working
toward their advanced degrees. Kevin
also completed his master’s degree in
Education in June 2003. Kevin and
Heather live in Hopatcong, New
Jersey with their two cats – Oscar
and Sashimi, and can be contacted at
jkevinballard@aol.com or
heathermballard2@yahoo.com.
Henry “Hank” Dittman (90B)
after working for UWP for several
stagings, completing college and
kicking around the U.S. and Europe
for a while, moved to Los Angeles to
pursue a career in acting. Now, five
years later, he’s performed in recurring,
guest-starring, series regular
and co-starring roles on TV shows
such as Crossing Jordan, Titus, The
Chris Wylde Show (for which he
was also a contributing writer),
Felicity, Hang Time and a new pilot
for Cartoon Network that, if “picked
up,” will make him the host of their
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Given a choice, however, he’d much
rather be surfing than most anything
else. Really.
Brad Grundmeyer (90C) and his
wife Kelly live in New Orleans,
Louisiana, and had a beautiful baby
girl, McKenzie, on February 24,
2003. Brad is manager of public
affairs for Cox Communications as
well as a motivational speaker for
numerous youth organizations and
events. After the events of September
11, 2001, Brad created Louisiana
Cares, an organization created to
assist those affected by the tragedy.
In one month, the organization
raised $500,000. Since then, Louisiana
Cares has assisted hurricane
victims, needy children, and is
currently raising money for military
families. More info can be found at
louisianacares.org. Next year,
McKenzie’s first birthday will fall on
Mardi Gras Day, so they jokingly
expect about two million people to
come and celebrate their daughter’s
birthday. Should be a great party!
Heather (Wegter) Stenner (90E)
and her husband Eric, are proud to
announce the arrival of daughter
Emma Charlene, born on June 8,
2003. Heather, Eric and Emma are
living in Fort Collins, Colorado and
are looking forward to the 15 year
reunion!
Michiko Ohata (91F) has been
living and working in Phuket, South
Thailand since April 2002. She
works for luxury 4-star resort hotel
as a guest service agent in the Front
Office Dept. She can be reached at
(66) 1-0881468 or e-mail:
michiko_ao@hotmail.com.
Judith van Beckhoven (92A) is a
member of the Junior Chamber
International and will be attending
the world congress in November in
Copenhagen. She wonders if any
other Uppies are members of this
service club and if anyone is planning
on going to Denmark. Please be in
touch:
judithvanbeckhoven@yahoo.com.
Natsku (Jarvela) Schneider (93A)
was married last year and lives in
Helsinki with her husband and son
Otto Oliver.
Shannan Winn (94A) from
Oklahoma graduated in May with a
Master of Divinity degree from the
United Methodist seminary, Saint
Paul School of Theology, in Kansas
City, Missouri. Rev. Winn is an elder
in the Oklahoma Conference of the
United Methodist Church and has
been appointed as Senior Pastor to
Trinity United Methodist Church in
Muskogee, Oklahoma. Check it out
at:www.azalea.net/~trinityumc.
Jessica Brown Ramirez (95B),
her husband Joseph , and daughter
Julia Grace (3) are pleased to announce
the arrival of Gabriel James
on January 19, 2003. They are
currently living in the Allentown,
Pennsylvania area and would love to
hear from any alumni living in the
area or any fellow cast members. She
can be reached at
jessicaramirez@earthlink.net.
Lucero Sarabia (97B) writes that
she will be married on August 15,
2003, in Nuevo Laredo, Tamps.,
Mexico. She and her fiance, Alaster
Love, will both graduate with MBA
degrees in International Trade on
August 8, 2003 and will move to
Miami, Florida after their wedding.
Chantal Guillaume (97D) was
married in a small chapel in the
French Alps on March 3, 2003, at
3:00 p.m. surrounded by close
friends, after having lived together
for three years! All threes!
Sandra Bangerter-Brunner (99A)
writes that
she is married
and living in
Germany.
The two met
while they
were working
in Africa.
2000s
Joanne Noordink (00A) is a
student in Nijmegen and says hi to
cast A 2000! Her email is
joannenoordink@hotmail.com.
Dhara Baiden (USA) and Steven
McKeown
(Northern
Ireland) are both
from Cast B
2000 and were
married on July
11, 2003 in
Ocho Rios,
Jamaica. They live in Belfast,
Northern Ireland.