SherryHall
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« on: March 11, 2016, 06:20:47 PM » |
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Greetings All: It has taken me a while to write this, but so many people already know it, that I felt an official announcement was warranted. It is with a mixture of emotions that I announce that Dallas and I will no longer be hosting the Harvard Debate Tournament for College Debate in October. (We are still hosting the High School Tournament in February). After 30 years for me and more than 40 for Dallas, it is time for us to pass this baton on to others.
I would like to take this opportunity to thank the people that have helped make this tournament a success for so many years. When I first arrived at Harvard Debate, the invitations were hand addressed and mailed out, and the tournament was paired on index cards. Even after other schools were starting to use computers to pair the tournaments, Dallas held firm to the faithful index card. We have two people to thank for pushing DP into the computer era – Richard Edwards for writing the software and Marcia Tiersky for encouraging him to use it and serving as the person to provide advice on how to do it. For many years Stefan Bauschard ran the tab software. Last year, Brian Manuel took over this task. David Glass has provided great assistance over the years with many tournament tasks as well. It goes without saying that many Harvard debaters and assistant coaches over the years have contributed a lot to the tournament.
I have many people to thank for helping with the hospitality over the years. Many a Harvard debater has volunteered to help with mundane food preparation tasks in addition to the tasks that they are required to do. My friends: Rebecca Bjork, Joel Rollins, Laura Lyn Rollins, Lindsay Harrison, Anjali Vats, and Cathy Thomas have been great. But the most important contributions have been made by members of my family. In particular, my Aunt Vickie Hall worked with me in the kitchen for over a decade. Now that she has passed away, some of my fondest memories of her are working with her in the kitchen to cook for my debate friends. Once she was no longer able to come help her daughter, Terri Arnold, and last year, her granddaughter, Amanda Taylor stepped into the kitchen. I have fantastic memories and great stories of working with all these amazing friends and family members over the years. I know that it is probably not going to really sink in that I am closing this chapter in my life until I go through an October without planning a menu, but I will say that it has been a lot of fun and it has been a privilege to host so many people that I care about over the years.
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