Commencement '06 thread (replacement)

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<p>The original thread was lost through the data base wipeout.</p>

<p>Thanks to all for your responses and suggestions. </p>

<p>To sum up, I am looking for timing suggestions for a commencement dinner for out-of-town guests. Sunday evening is out, as the guests have to be home by then. I think Recent Alum suggested Friday, but am not sure at what point that evening the out-of-towners will show up, since they have work and significant travel that day.</p>

<p>We have the restaurant chosen, and mainly need to pin down a good time. </p>

<p>It seems that Saturday evening will be a hectic time of the weekend, but people will still be eating dinner at some point, right? That is what we would prefer. D will be singing in that afternoon's commencememt concert, so perhaps following that??</p>

<p>For now, I think I will await updates for specific times on the Commencement website.</p>

<p>This year is, I believe, the first commencement year (assuming a four-year school) for the "inaugural class" of CC posters. Yes, I have been around this forum for over five years, despite my relatively low post count.</p>

<p>Thanks for your good wishes and kind words. But, in response to pesto, I will not be leaving the forum, as, naming just one of several reasons (excuses?) for hanging around, I have a 10th grade son for whom I will be needing this community. Despite Smith not being an option for him, I will still be dropping in on this section occasionally.</p>

<p>Best wishes to all Smithies, past, present and future!</p>

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<p>Jyber, for those of you who are unaware, was instrumental in my D's progress in considering Smith and then enrolling. When I first started asking questions about Smith on-line, she answered many, including a long private e-mail addressing one of D's major concerns. Furthermore, Jyber arranged for her D to meet my D and talk about the Dance department and other stuff when we were visiting and D did one of her overnights. Thus, while Jyber and I have never met, a condition I hope to remedy someday, our D's have.</p>

<p>There is no way I can pay Jyber back for her kindness, which leaves me only the option of paying forward to those who have come after me. If anyone has appreciated any comments about Smith that I have given out, blame Jyber...she deserves the credit for setting an example.</p>

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<p>TheDad, you have "paid it forward" by a multiple of hundreds, if not thousands, through your very generous assistance to those interested in Smith. You have offered your D as a contact, just as I did. You have been way more active on the Smith forum than I, who remain pretty much a lurker, although happy to help any who contact me by e-mail or PM.</p>

<p>I had no idea at the time of our first communication what an "institution" and future Smith promoter I was encouraging. Now you are paving the way for the next generation of Smithie parents/boosters.</p>

<p>But I must register a correction -- we have met! It was at a restaurant in NYC the night of the Carnegie Hall concert last spring. Our daughters, poster children for the Smith chapter of CC Kids Anonymous, introduced us.
(You were the Johnny Dep look-alike, I the Lauren Bacall reincarnation. ;) If you have no other image, let that one remain.) We were both part of larger groups, but the IRL (in real life) connection did happen, much to the amusement of our Ds. </p>

<p>Thanks for your kind words, but what I have done is a molehill to TheDad's mountain.</p>

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<p>Good Lord. What those brain cramps do to my memory. I remember all now, we spoke briefly but I was caught 'twixt and between because TheMom thought the configuration of tables too tight to come over and say "Hello," not realizing who it was that I was taking to, and we had another Smith parent as well. </p>

<p>Yes, our D's are amused.</p>

<p>And in regard to your last line, I am often accused of making a mountain out of a molehill.</p>

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<p>Jyber, as a potential new dad of a Smithie, please allow me to thank you and wish you and your family well. TheDad has been a tremendous help and support for me and my D as we are going through the admissions process as we speak (she will hear tomorrow). If TD learned from you, you have taught him well. Although, I tend to think that the two of you are quite special people separately, who probably don't realize how much you really do help us newbies out there. I, too, hope to someday (maybe tomorrow evening) become someone on CC who offers to help potential Smithies in their quest to attend a great school. All the best to you and your D, and from all of us on the Smith post at CC, please keep writing about Smith. Your experiences are valuable to us.</p>

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<p>Thanks for your gracious words, BJM8. It has been fun "pasing the torch" to the new generation of Smith parents. There is NO doubt in my mind that you will be one officially at this time tomorrow. I suspect you will soon be rivaling TheDad in your enthusiasm for Smith. ;) </p>

<p>Best wishes to your D, and do feel free to contact me again if you want any feedback for your D's post-admission decisions. </p>

<p>I am sure my D will remain involved in Smith as an alum, and I will have my other reasons for remaining on the CC forum, so the chain will go on. </p>

<p>Best wishes for tomorrow, and the four years to follow!</p>

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<p>Jyber, I have a brief note to you embedded in a post in the ED thread.</p>