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50th Birthday Bash in just 25 Days!

As we announced a while back, we are hosting a shared celebration / mini-reunion during the last weekend of January 2019 in New York City in recognition of our collective turning-the-corner from our 40s. The highlight of the weekend will be a dinner and dance party Saturday night at the Yale Club of New York City (shown above in pre-party mode). The evening will start with cocktails and hors d’oeuvres, continue with a buffet dinner, and finish up with dancing and opportunities to catch up with friends old and new! Register today!

Note: We’ve posted answers to some frequently asked questions as well.

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Running the Numbers

When online registration closed this past Tuesday at 5pm EDT, we had 533 classmates registered. With partners, family, and guests, the total attendee count landed at 1,017 (to date). In case you’re wondering how that breaks down, here are some interesting tidbits:

533 registered represents 40.6% of our class. Not sure how that compares with other recent reunion class attendance percentages, but the Class of 1990 closed registration with 525 and ended up with 582 classmates in attendance, thanks to same-day registrations.

The Class of 1989 set a high-water mark with 1,179 attendees. We’re unlikely to beat that, but we will probably fall right around 1990’s number of 1,055, assuming we have at least 38 folks register when they arrive.

Every Residential College except for TD and JE has at least 1 in 3 classmates attending, with TD coming close at 32%.

While Saybrook leads in total classmates registered (56), Calhoun is *just* ahead percentage wise with 50.5% of Hounie ’91ers confirmed to the Brook’s 50.0%.

Five of the residential colleges have at least 40% of their ’91ers attending, with Davenport (49%), Trumbull (43%), Pierson (41%), joining Calhoun and Saybrook. Stiles and Silliman are *just* behind, with 39% confirmed each.

But while statistics and competition between the Residential Colleges can be interesting, the key thing is this: our 25th Reunion will be the largest gathering of our classmates since Commencement Day 1991, 25 years to the day this Friday. Congratulations, Class of 1991, and welcome to your 25th Reunion weekend!

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45 Days

That’s about a month and a half until our 25th Reunion, which is still plenty of time to get yourself registered; but really, why wait? Though 193 of our classmates are on public record as attending, more than 200 have already registered to attend (not counting spouses, partners, children, and other guests or family). That’s 15% of our class already committed to going, which translates to a 1-in-6 chance of reconnecting with someone you knew in school. (Having said that, the chances are better currently for those of us who lived in Saybrook and Silliman than they are for those in Berkeley or JE, but I digress.)

If you have any questions or concerns regarding housing, the weekend schedule, events, or even registration itself, don’t hesitate to contact us. Here are some other resources.

Who’s planning to attend and who’s already registered

Our official reunion page at AYA

The Class of 1991 Facebook group

We can’t wait to see you there!

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Class of ’91, Near and Far

Some interesting stuff...144 days to go

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Pre-regs still a thing; official registration opens soon

With formal 25th Reunion registration around the corner, we will soon stop the pre-registration tracking and work on tracking actual registrations. Go ahead and continue to pre-register for now, though: for the next few weeks, it will still be the best way for everyone to see who’s planning to attend. OK, on to the commentary...

Saybrook continues to hold the lead, but their Memorial Quadrangle neighbors in Branford have responded in kind, with each college adding six last month. Calhoun and Silliman followed closely, with five each. Davenport outpaced Pierson again, but just barely, tying with Berkeley at four new pre-registrations. Also, JE added one. Come on, JE. (Though, it was enough to keep you one ahead of Trumbull, so there’s that.)

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Pre-reg Standings Updated

It’s been just over a month since we first posted our pre-registration numbers, and 46 more of us have said we’ll be in New Haven just 18 weeks from today. While Pierson had an early lead with 19 over Saybrook’s 16 as of December 17th, both now stand at 24 pre-registrations, with Saybrook’s smaller number of ’91ers giving them the lead. Davenport is up 6 folks since 12/17, with TD and Trumbull adding 5 each. Only Branford has remained unchanged in preregistrations since last month. Si id vis, haud somnium est, Brandfordians, haud somnium est. To see who’s planning to attend, visit the official pre-registration list. To add your name, use the pre-registration form. 

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Pre-registration Standings

While it’s great to see the growing list of ’91ers planning to attend reunion, the page itself doesn’t do much to help visualize our progress. This chart—which we will update regularly—aims to fix that. Of course, we’re also hoping it inspires a little friendly intramural competition. If you’re planning to attend and haven’t preregistered, take a moment now to let us know you’re going.

Additional updates on pre-registrations, along with some other class facts and figures (coming soon), can be found in our new “Facts & Figures” page.

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Season’s Eatings

Back in September, we had our first taste of what our meals would be like during reunion weekend next May. In short, the food was delicious—a far cry from roast beef with au jus and baked ziti—and our choices ran the gamut from vegan and seafood dishes to beef and locally-made sausage. The wine and dessert options weren’t too shabby either.

Early last month, our AYA contact sent us our menu options for reunion weekend. Marilyn pulled together a draft menu from the 21 page document, and we had our first walk through a few days later, tweaking the choices only slightly. This past Tuesday, we had a conference call with Yale Dining and our AYA contacts to review our proposed menu in detail and to ask a few questions.

As a sneak peek, and without giving too much away, we chose the House-made Porchetta Sandwich over the Bistro Flank Steak and the Local Italian Sausage over the Picnic Fried Chicken. For the non-meat-eaters among us (myself included), rest assured that there will be tasty vegan, vegetarian, and fish options available throughout the weekend. Count on having some great meals on Old Campus and in Commons starting with lunch, Friday the 27th!

For those arriving earlier, we are likely to be gathering for slices at Wall Street Pizza (TRFKA Naples Pizzeria) Thursday evening, followed by an all-alumni event at Mory’s. Breakfast on Friday will be on your own.