Reunion!

Jul. 26th, 2008 08:30 pm
jenn_unplugged: (Golden)
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I've finally broken down and joined Facebook, only because my Up With People cast does all of its communication over there. So feel free to add me as a friend, if you're over there. I'm listed under my email address, I think: jennchsm AT gmail DOT com. I'm used to LJ, so I find it a bit confusing...

I'm currently in Tucson, AZ at my 15 year Up With People reunion. It's crazy that it's been 15 years! There are about 40 people here from my cast, which represents about a third of us. People came from Europe and Australia to be here. So far it's been even more fun than I expected. I have Carter with me, and he's done really well. He's been patient and has been carted around to presentations, meals, various events, and even the era show rehearsal today. I wore him in a sling onstage, and he slept through it all. We'll see how that goes at the show tonight.

We had a great cast meeting this afternoon, with lots of laughter, memories, and tears. It's amazing to see all of these people again, people I lived with for an entire year, and to see that in many ways, they haven't changed. The basic personalities are still the same, but everyone has settled into being adults. And we're all pushing 40, which is truly insane. o_0

BTW, the picture in this icon was taken during my UWP year, while I was doing community service in the Netherlands. Gah, look how young I was...

I'll post more later, but for now, hello form Tucson!

Date: 2008-07-27 02:31 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sassywoman.livejournal.com
I love that picture of you! Have fun at your reunion. I love Tucson.

Date: 2008-07-27 10:52 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] jansong.livejournal.com
I'm excited to have you come to facebook and I've asked you to be my friend!
Janet Klump -- it's coming from my real name. :) I enjoy facebook because I can connect with students from every state where we have lived - MI, NY, NJ, PA, MA.

Date: 2008-07-28 10:29 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kriken.livejournal.com
Dude! My mom just had her 25 year reunion with UWP!

Sorry, I'm finding this kind of awesome, 'cause I've never heard anyone else talk about UWP except my mom and her cast friends - they have the best stories, and I love looking at all the pictures from the tours overseas. Funny side note, when I was little, we saw an UWP cast perform while they were in CT 'round about your time ;)

Date: 2008-07-28 11:07 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] jenn-unplugged.livejournal.com
OMG, really? What cast was she in? Did she go to this reunion last weekend?

We were definitely in CT in late summer 1993!

Date: 2008-07-28 11:20 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kriken.livejournal.com
Cast C '81-82, plus she did staging the year of and the year after, I'm told. She was going to try to go this year, but she couldn't get away from work :(

Ahaha - that'd be around the right time! We hosted a couple of cast members and watched them perform in Chesire, CT. I'm going to laugh so far if you were there! XD

Date: 2008-07-28 11:27 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] jenn-unplugged.livejournal.com
Doug traveled in D 82, so she worked his staging! Crazy! Well, tell her I said hi and that the reunion was awesome!

I just looked up our schedule: we were in Enfield, CT August 24-26, 1993, and then in Wallingford until the 29th. So not Chesire, sadly!

Date: 2008-08-15 05:54 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] wickerdotus.livejournal.com
Just curious, but you may know an ex-gf of mine.

I think she was in one of the 1994 casts and had a leadership position in UWP when we dated back in 2001. Her name is Rachel Enter.

Date: 2008-08-15 01:31 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] jenn-unplugged.livejournal.com
The name is not familiar, but since I traveled in 1993 we may have just missed each other!

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