Class of 1983 (35th Reunion) (L-R) Row 1: Peggy Jones Hall, Beth Koon, Muffy Gordy Schladensky, Judith Lane Brown Row 2: Ellen Futral Hanson, Cyndi Bell-Lee, Ginger Caldwell Musser, Kim Barksdale Tyson Not pictured: Donna Ham
education. She frequently conducts state and regional honor choirs, adjudicates choral festivals, serves as a clinician for choir workshops, and writes choral music reviews in the Choral Journal. She was a member of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus conducted by the legendary Robert Shaw. Newly retired from the mental health field, Wendy Eastman Becker ’77 and wife Jean of Evansville, IN, are planning a second trip to Ireland. Wendy also has started to paint and has her work on display at art shows and in a local gallery.
1978 (40th Reunion)
It was fantastic, fun, and fabulous! How else can you describe the 40-year reunion of PK78 sisters? Many thanks to Reunion Chair Janet Keys, CoChair Cathy Bradach Rockoff and Reunion Committee members Kathy Harvin Gibbs, Leigh Lambert Goff, Janet Ort, Judy Day Powell, and Pam Risi who set the stage for an uptown party at the Porter House and a down 60
home gathering on the patio at Jones Hall by the lake. Purpleto-the-bone pride showed at the Celebration Concert when author Kathy Bradley paid homage to the late poet Kay Stripling Byer ’66 by reading Kay’s poem, “In the Still Here and Now.” PK spirit continued to soar at the annual meeting when Trustee Bryndis Roberts received the 2018 Alumnae Award for Service to Wesleyan and where tiaras and purple hats were the accessories du jour. Janet Friberg Jarrett ’78 is back home in Louisville, KY, after a lengthy stay in a Macon hospital due to a fall during Alumnae Weekend. Fortunately, step-daughter Hillary Jarrett Maedel ’08, who was attending her own reunion, was on hand to help. Classmates rallied to assist Janet while she was healing and everyone sends best wishes to her for a speedy recovery. “I thank Cathy Bradach Rockoff ’78 for leading us in an exceptional reunion. Purple gratitude goes to Kathy Harvin Gibbs ’78 and Pam Risi ’78 for filling the tables at both class parties and to Janet Ort ’78 for
working as an incredible team for our PK 40th reunion. To all PK78ers who came: THANK YOU! To Casey Thurman ’65 and Louise Barfield, thank you for still caring. All of you PKs made our 40th the best yet. Cathy Coxey Snow ’71, there are not enough words to express our appreciation,” writes 1978 Class President Janet Keys ’78 from Vestavia, AL. Mary McMillan Mancin ’78 of Bartow, GA, is staying active in her church and in her community after the loss of her husband in 2016. “I’m still adjusting to life as a single woman for the first time since 1957. I enjoy family, reading, traveling, the arts, and especially music.” Loisanne Tatum Robins ’79 of Venice, FL, hopes everyone is healthy and happy. She writes, “We are enjoying retirement although I did an 8-week sub job for a high school choir and guitar teacher in Sarasota - interrupted by a hurricane! Bruce stays busy with tax season and covering high school sports for four papers – retired? I enjoyed a 2-week trip to Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island.”
1980s 1983 (35th Reunion)
Many thanks to Ellen Futral Hanson and Kim Barksdale Tyson who served as co-chairs for the GH83 reunion and who welcomed classmates back to Wesleyan for weekend festivities that included a GH “shout out” at the Annual Meeting to one of their own, Beth Koon, who received the 2018 Alumnae Award for Service to the Community and “hearty” applause at the Celebration Concert when Ellen Hanson took the stage to sing. Thirty-five years of memories made and shared at the class party hosted by Ellen brought a new perspective to the next question for the Golden Hearts. Are we ready for the 40th? Cyndi Bell-Lee ’83 and husband Albert enjoy retirement in beautiful Alaska where they are busy with family, church, camping, and the gym. With her husband she has three step-children, six grandchildren, and they had another grandchild due