#yale91

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!

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.

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

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...

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.

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!