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The October wedding of Dan Taylor ’06 and Lauren Krznaric in Sandy Spring, Md., brought out a large PA contingent. In front, from left, are Cornelia Wolcott ’06, Tobey Duble ’06, Emily Chappell ’06, and the bride and groom. In back, from left, are Gordon Murphy ’06, Simon Keyes ’06, Louisa Rockwell ’06, Gabe Worgaftik ’06, Geoff Miller ’05, Chris Magnin ’05, Owen Remeika ’06, and Justin Yi ’06.
Rajeev Saxena ’06 got married last July in Houston, and several classmates were on hand to help celebrate. From left are Paul Engelhardt, Carlisle Engelhardt, Caroline Pires, the groom, Gracia Angulo, Sara McLean, and Mario Noyola.
University, at a venue in the DC area. Andover attendees included Geoff Miller ’05, Chris Magnin ’05, Justin Yi, Owen Remeika, Gabe Worgaftik, Gordon Murphy, Simon Keyes, Merit Webster, Cornelia Wolcott, Tobey Duble, Louisa Rockwell, and Emily Chappell. Good times were had by all. In October, Jungmin Son ’07 visited Cornelia and Justin in NYC. Cornelia works at Nickelodeon as the brand manager for Teenage Mutant
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Ninja Turtles, and she brought Justin and Jungmin to a TMNT art tribute show that she helped organize at the Bottleneck Gallery in Brooklyn. Cowabunga! In addition, Cornelia was also in attendance at the Red Sox game we mentioned in our last notes, with Tobey, Jeff Bakkensen, Mike Galaburda, Alex King ’05, and Mike’s nowfiancée, Analise Siciliano. In October, Andrea Coravos and Olivia Pei ’07 hosted a “onesie” Halloween party. Jeni Lee and
Peter McCarthy ’07 were present. Also in attendance? Gunga! And during a visit to San Francisco, Justin Yi, Owen Remeika, and Jeni enjoyed tapas in the Mission. Jevan Jammal ran into Ben Hoerner ’05 at their swearing-in ceremony for admission to the Massachusetts Bar at historic Faneuil Hall. Small world! John Lippe is still in business school in Boston, expecting to graduate in 2016. He caught up with Parag Khandelwal, Ali Siddiqi, and Matt Kahn at an Andover young alumni gathering. While on the residency interview trail, Kat Chen caught up with Ali Holliday in Boston. Emily Pollokoff and her husband welcomed their second baby girl in October. Congratulations! After her maternity leave, Emily went back to editing for her company, greenlightediting.com. For all those who are writing papers and articles and filing dissertations this year, Emily is available to help. Her goal for this year is to make something crafty every day. Best of luck! Jeff Bakkensen rang in the New Year with his girlfriend, Jen Bender, Mike Galaburda (and Mike’s fiancée Analise Siciliano), Alex Campbell (and Alex’s girlfriend Julie Sickel and her sister, Chelsea Sickel), and Sam Woolford. Along with Mike and Analise, recently engaged are Aaron Weisz and Rachel Wilson. Congratulations! Tobey, Owen, Justin, Emily, Melissa Chiozzi, Cornelia, Louisa, and Louisa’s fiancé, Adam Drici, continued their winter tradition of their Skiapalooza trip. This year, the group actually managed to go skiing! Tobey graduated with a master’s degree in special education, specifically in autism, from Teachers College, Columbia University. Kevin Olusola and his band, Pentatonix, had an incredible 2014! They were signed to RCA and released PTX, Vol. III in September, which debuted at No. 5 on the Billboard 200 chart. Their Christmas album, That’s Christmas to Me, also did incredibly well. It’s one of only four records to have gone platinum in 2014; with that, Pentatonix joins Taylor Swift, Sam Smith, and the Frozen soundtrack! The album hit No. 2 on the Billboard chart. Pentatonix was also nominated for a Grammy for best arrangement (instrumental or a cappella) for their Daft Punk medley. [Editor’s note: They won!] Pentatonix spent the holiday season doing a lot of press, including at the American Music Awards, Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve, Good Morning America, the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, Christmas in Rockefeller Center, and the Kennedy Center Honors, performing for Tom Hanks. This year will be spent writing a pop album and touring—check out tour dates in the U.S. and Europe, as a lot of dates are already sold out. (A note from Jeni: Seriously, if you haven’t checked out Pentatonix live, do it! They are absolutely amazing! I am possibly #obsessed.) Aside from Pentatonix, Kevin keeps up with his friends and family and is working on his own solo record, to be released this year. He’s excited for people to hear it when it comes out.