One hundred thirty-five of you showed up in Hanover at the end of October for our joint Homecoming mini-reunion with the class of 1981. I could use the 500 words in this column just to list all the names, but you know who you are. Instead let me list the responses you posted in our Facebook group to my question to provide one word to describe the weekend: awesome, thankful, wonderful, hoarse, fun, memory-jogger, magical and inspirational.

Thanks go to many people starting with our amazing class president, Cathy Judd-Stein, and all the class officers of both classes. Special shout-outs go to Ann MacAffer for organizing the weekend, galvanizing the masses and literally pitching the tent; to Carol Davis for leading our social media coverage and helping out wherever she could; to Mike Berg for all the time spent on the original joint ’81-’82 newsletter; to Kathy Briscoe for bringing classmates to the river for crew and for always being the Energizer bunny; to Matt Hoffman for all his tech support and for getting the word out and his daily tallies; to Lita Remsen for her yoga class on Sunday morning; to Charlie Winslow for reminding us not to overprogram and to keep it simple since we most enjoy just talking with each other; to Tee Lotson for her thoughtful reflections on Sunday morning remembering those classmates who are no longer with us; to Jay Rosenberg for traveling from Israel and to Joe Reinkemeyer for coming from Germany; and to the following tailgate contributors: Danny Black, Rosi Dupre Littlefield, Tee Lotson, Laura Murray Dobbin, Mary Thomson Renner, Emily Bakemeier, Carol Davis, Drea Papp Thorn, Sharon Flynn McClymonds, Mary Conway, Colin McNay, Philippa Guthrie, Sam Laurin, Maya Ohl Boreen, Libbet Waterman McKeon, Betsy Leggat and Vaune Dugan. It was a real team effort.

This was a good dress rehearsal leading up to our 35th reunion June 14-17, 2018, in Hanover. I am so pleased that Mary Renner has agreed to head up our 35th reunion planning team. I know that Mary would love to hear your thoughts and ideas about this next big gathering. Email her at maryrenner5@gmail.com. Mary also welcomes anyone who would like to help with the planning.

The weekend before Homecoming was the Head of the Charles in Boston, which saw Steve “Fabes” Faber, Pete Folger, Kathy Briscoe and Holly Henson in a boat on the water.

One of the strengths of our class is our commitment to transition planning. This means a new set of officers will be elected at the 35th reunion. If you have been wanting to get involved in our class activities, now is your chance to take on a bigger role. About to retire? Kids out of the house? Bored with the local chamber of commerce board? Now is the chance to devote some time to the great class of 1982! If you are interested, please email Cathy Judd-Stein at cjuddstein@gmail.com.

I am out of space. Easter and Passover will soon be here. Happy happy!

—David Eichman, 9004 Wonderland Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90046; dme4law@sbcglobal.net; Robin Shaffert, 5044 Macomb St., NW, Washington, DC 20016; robinshaffert@yahoo.com