2014
Reunion Committees
2013 – 2014 Reunion Steering Committee
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Harpeth Hall
• Allister McDougall Estes ’54 • Bebe Minton Harton ’54 • Alva Herbert Wilk ’59 • Emily Glasgow Bruno ’64 • Sherri Shaw Hodde ’64 • Peggy McLain-Wallace ’69 • Beth McCarley O’Shea ’69 • Paula Whitson Reed ’69 • Laurie Payne Nicholson ’74 • Evelyn Farris Raines ’74 • Cathy Tosh Shell ’74 • Babs Young Behar ’79 • Julia Gray Bradshaw Cole ’79 • Adelaide Davis ’79 • Shannon Wolcott Farrington ’84 • Julie Hays Gaglione ’84 • Risa Klein Herzog ’84 • Paige Ferragina Bainbridge ’89 • Kate Davis Satz ’89 • Holly Whetsell Coltea ’94 • Appy Frenchman ’94 • Rachel Reeves Settle ’94 • Emily Cummings Berry ’99 • Kelsey Thompson Bickley ’99 • Irene Jackson Head ’99 • Ellen Green ’04 • Amanda Powell Smith ’04 • Liz Brittain ’09 • Margaret Factor ’09 • Callie Hughes ’09
2014 Harpeth Hall/Ward-Belmont Distinguished Alumna Selection Committee • Chair: Cathy Tosh Shell ’74 • Susan McKeand Baughman ’56 • Charlotte Callis Atwood ’64 • Kent Ewing Ballow ’77 • Elizabeth Bass Lamar ’86 • Anne Blaufuss ’90 • Crissy Wieck Welhoelter ’96 • Elizabeth Bradbury ’04
Cocktails on Campus Host Committee: • Jean Ward Oldfield ’47 • Heather Cochran Cunningham ’79 • Alisa Scobey Edwards ’82 • Christy Crutchfield Fields ’88 • Collins Weaver Hooper ’88 • Jessica Gutow Viner ’89 • Angie Emery Henderson ’91 • Marnie Reasor ’91 • Mary Brooke Akers Bonadies ’93 • Libba Loyd Durrett ’93 • Emily Hatch Bowman ’94 • Miller Wild Callen ’94 • Crissy Wieck Welhoelter ’96 • Abby Sinks Spaulding ’03
Ann Teaff, Head of School Scottie Fillebrown Coombs ’78, Director of Alumnae Relations
Lisa McNeely Harrison ’83, Alumnae Relations Coordinator
Friday, May 2 9:15 a.m. • Meet in Souby Hall • Classroom Visits
Reconnecting all 4’s and 9’s!
Come see what it is like to be a student again! Experience the Harpeth Hall of today by attending classes and seeing the dynamic curriculum in action. Gather in Souby Hall, and we will direct you to your choice of an arts, math, science, world language, English, or social sciences class.
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eunions are times to reconnect . . . to reconnect with friends, with school, with teachers, and with spirits of youthfulness. Revisiting the grounds where we all began “growing up” allows us to remember once again those principles and activities that helped mold us into the people that we have become.
3:15 p.m.
• Meet on the Library Steps • Campus Tours led by Student Ambassadors
Harpeth Hall has grown too! Our alma mater is not exactly the same place that we knew when we were younger, but now more sophisticated, more mature, more diverse, just as we all are. Therefore, reunions enable meetings of important perspectives, those of graduates looking back and of a school looking forward.
4:00 – 5:00 p.m.
• Ann Scott Carell Library • Harpeth Hall Today Discussion
A casual and informative fireside chat with Head of School Ann Teaff, faculty, and students. 5:00 p.m. • Souby Hall • Milestones Society Complimentary Wine and Cheese Reception
Honoring the Classes of 1959 and 1954 ~ our 55th and 60th Reunion Classes Friday Evening Class Parties See back for Class Schedule. Saturday, May 3 9:30 a.m.
• Fitness Room 1 — Athletic and Wellness Center • barre3 Class — Complimentary Class for All Ages Instructor: Holly Whetsell Coltea ’94
The 2014 Reunion year is a meaningful but bittersweet transitional year when we praise but must also bid farewell to Head of School Ann Teaff, whose accomplishments throughout her tenure have been truly remarkable. Ann’s leadership has ensured that Harpeth Hall continues to be a school of which we graduates remain very proud. Please mark your calendars; I look forward to seeing you May 2nd and 3rd. Jackie Glover Thompson ’64 2014 REUNION CHAIR Register online for all Reunion events. Just go to www.harpethhall.org and click on the REUNION 2014 button.
Questions?
Scottie Coombs 615-346-0090 or coombs@harpethhall.org Lisa Harrison 615-346-0092 or harrison@harpethhall.org
2014 HARPETH HALL/WARD-BELMONT
10:30 a.m.
Distinguished Alumna
• Kirkman House • 50th Class Brunch celebrating the
Class of 1964
3:00 – 4:15 p.m. • Patton Visual Arts Center, Richards Room • Alumnae Panel Discussion ~ Mission Possible
Hear from Harpeth Hall alumnae who are living out the Harpeth Hall mission by thinking critically, leading confidently, and living honorably in their daily lives. Moderator: Jeannie Cochran Dubose ’79 Panelists: • Liz Van Volkenburgh ’69 • Appy Frenchman ’94 • Markell Lewis Miller ’99 • Kim Hogg ’04 • Sabin Nettles ’09
4:15 p.m. • Meet on the Library Steps • Campus Tours led by Student Ambassadors
4:30 – 6:30 p.m. • Patton Visual Arts Center • Cocktails on Campus ~ A Reunion Celebration
All alumnae are invited to this festive complimentary event to visit with current and former faculty members, to reunite with classmates and friends, and to offer a toast to Head of School Ann Teaff. Saturday Evening Class Parties See back for Class Schedule.
Evelyn Dickenson Swensson WB ’45
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velyn Dickenson Swensson is a talented vocalist, pianist, conductor, librettist/lyricist, and composer. She was president of her senior class at Ward-Belmont and received a certificate in piano upon graduation. She went on to complete a BA in Voice and Piano at Hollins University and soon after married Sig, her husband of 62 years. “Ward-Belmont encouraged me to have a happy family, a career, and a helpful place in my community,” Evelyn said. Indeed, there was never a time that Evelyn was not working in some capacity in the musical arts. In the 1970s, she earned a master’s of music degree in conducting and composition from West Chester University. She later served as the Minister of Music in the Peninsula Conference PA and was the first female conductor of both OperaDelaware and the Delaware Symphony Orchestra. She was the general director of the OperaDelaware’s Family Opera Theater and has written 13 musicals, most of which she produced, staged, and conducted. She has received numerous composer awards and was inducted into the Hall of Fame of Delaware Women for 50 years of achievement as a composer, conductor, lecturer, pianist, and vocalist. She is currently conductor of Brandywine Pops Orchestra in Wilmington, DE and her autobiography, Notes: My Life with Music, will be published in November, 2014. Evelyn Swensson was a unanimous choice for the Distinguished Alumna Award. Join us as we “sing her praises” and welcome her back to Harpeth Hall on Reunion Weekend.
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2014 Reunion