Are You Ready To Partay?!!!

Wow. Homecoming 2011 is just a little over a month away and your class leadership has been working diligently with the leaders from '79 and '81 to ensure that a good time will be had by all.

'Ol School Jam 7 will be held at the McGrew Towers Conference Center on campus. Ticket sales and parking issues are still be worked out and we'll let you know what's up as soon as we know.

We look forward to seeing you all in October! Please spread the word that 'Ol School 7 is the place to be Homecoming Weekend!

HOMECOMING NEWS

Need A Room?

Our room block is nearly full. The cutoff date for booking reservations at our special $159 rate is Sept. 30. The Homecoming committee will be meeting this later this week to fine tune all the details for the Saturday night jam. We look forward to working with '81's new leadership--Charles Corley and Kenneth Lewis--and promise that this year's party will be bigger and betta than ever!

CLASS NEWS

Comedy in da Park

The ever enterprising Bill Young has organized another Ubiquity fundraiser. This one is Comedy in the Park starring Hampton's own Willie Brown & Woodie, Laughing Lenny and Alycia Cooper. It will be held Sept. 10 at Fort DuPont Park in D.C. Hosted by Rob Miner, tickets are $35 and includes a light buffet. See ad below for other details.

Wanda is Super!

On June 14, 2011, Dr. Wanda Parker Dawson was appointed Superintendent of the Pamlico County Schools system located in eastern North Carolina. Dr. Dawson has worked in the district for the past 31 years as a speech pathologist, assistant principal, special education director, assistant superintendent and associate superintendent. Dr. Dawson will begin in her new position on August 1, 2011. She can be contacted at wandadawson@pamlicoschools.org

The Offspring

Congrats to Brett Pulley's oldest daughter Zoe, she's off to Spelman this month. Also, Larry & Cheryl Smith's daughter Lauren graduated from Emory last spring and has relocated to New York City to work for Macy's.

Was I the Only One?

Had a chat with Harry Belafonte last week and when I mentioned I had gone to Hampton, he looked as though he'd seen a ghost. "I went to Hampton," he said. Was I the only one who didn't know this? Apparently, he was stationed in Norfolk and was involved in some sort of military trade-0ff where enlisted men could attend nearby colleges. Although he met his first wife there, caused some sort of ruckus and then was deployed somewhere far, far away!

Birthdays

August

Brenda Mallory, Aug. 6
Yvette Lee Davis, Aug. 9
Gregory "Trammel" Groce
Leonard Chester, Aug. 18
Lauren Jones, Aug. 19
Pam Jones Johnson, Aug. 20
Janice Tyson, Aug. 24
Karen Randolph, Aug. 26
Donna Porter, Aug, 29

September

Valerie Millsap Harrison, Sept. 2
Kelvin "Stone" Johnson, Sept. 17
Altamarie Burroughs, Sept. 18
Mary Morrow-Sutton, Sept. 18
Andre Rush, Sept. 22
Danita Locks Smith, Sept. 23
Gayle Burnett Heyer, Sept. 25
Karla Morris Holmes, Sept. 26
Renee Allen, Sept. 27
Vincent Bayyan, Sept. 27
Rosiland Murray-Port, Sept. 29

HOMECOMING NEWS

Just A Reminder!

Our room block at the Crowne Plaza for homecoming this year is filling up fast, so if you want to roll, you can book a room online using our secret code which was sent to you in an email blast two months ago. The rate is $159 per night and includes breakfast. The dates are: Oct. 21-23, 2011. Be there!

CLASS NEWS

Now here's a trip I wish I could take! As previously mentioned, Bill Young has organized a fundraising trip to Atlantic City, NJ, leaving April 30 at 2 p.m. from a parking lot directly across from the Bowie Town Center Mall in Bowie, MD. The bus, which has been graciously donated by Marcia Fields Milton, will make a quick pit stop in Baltimore and then arrive in AC at 6 p.m. and leave at 11 p.m.

The price is $35 and there will be a $15 rebate. There are 25 tickets left and Bill says he needs to pin down commitments. To do so call Bill Young at 301-335-2052 or Cindy Woods at 202-251-9424.

Condolences

Our deepest sympathies to classmates Kenny Malloy and Charlene Alexander-Taylor. Kenny lost his grandmother two weeks ago and Charlene lost her aunt earlier in the month.

Run, Mary, Run

Our best wishes to Mary Radden Hicks and her son PJ, who are participating in a 10k run in Richmond this weekend. I'll be thinking of you both while I'm chilling by the pool in Palm Springs!

Birthdays

Rhonda Rhea Byrd, April 3
Bruno Lee, April 13
Kimberly Perkins Holloway, April 15
Ronald Johnson, April 17
Bert Allen, April 19
Maurice Chapman II, April 20
David Stith, April 25

Tia Johnson, May 5
Cheryl Dunn Badger, May 10
Brenda Barnett Torrence, May 13
Vanessa Brown Jones, May 15
Lorri Young West, May 18
Myra Smith, May 22
Kenny Vereen, May 23
Welton B. Doby, May 23
Bill Young, May 28
Steve Blair, May 30

HOMECOMING NEWS

As was previously announced, we have secured a 30-room block at the Crowne Plaza for Homecoming 2011. The negotiated rate of $159 includes free breakfast for Saturday and Sunday. Homecoming is Oct. 21-23 and the Pirates will be hosting the North Carolina Central Eagles.

There is an online code to book reservations. If you did not get it let me know and I'll send it back out to you.

We are also working on securing space for the Saturday Night Jam, but more on that later.

CLASS NEWS

Miki and Doreen Get Veep Positions

Miki Turner and Doreen Mills have been named vice presidents for the Far West region of the NHAA. Our national convention will be held in L.A. in 2012 and we'd like to see Ubiquity well represented. Doreen has amazing ideas and I have a wine cellar. So, that should be enough incentive for you to hop a flight!

Get On The Bus!

Bill Young and the D.C. crew will be sponsoring a bus trip to Atlantic City on Saturday, April 30. The cost of the trip will be $35 and the bus, donated by our own Marcia Fields, will leave from the parking lot across from the Bowie Mall. Cindy Woods will be responsible for collecting your check. You can send it to:

4737 Queens Chapel Ter., N.E.

Washington, DC 20017

Sounds like a good time and a great way to raise money for our class!

Birthdays


March

Linda Dent Datcher, March 4

Dyanne Boone Baldwin, March 11

Toni Thornhill-Harris, March 12

Elveeda Howell Dixon, March 1

Billy Taylor, March 14

Renita Gayle Simril, March 15

Barbara McWilliams Rhem, March 17

Russell Easter, March 19

Anthony Avery, March 31

April

Rhonda Rhea Byrd, April 3

Bruno Lee, April 13

Kimberly Perkins Holloway, April 15

Ronald Johnson, April 17

Bert Allen, April 19

Maurice S. Chapman II, April 20

David Stith, April 25