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ASU English > Past Homecoming Events > Thanks and CommentsDear Homecoming Committee: You did it again—put together a dynamite Homecoming event that far exceeded our own expectations! Not only did we have more activities, but more people participated in and attended the activities: Sherman Alexi’s kickoff lecture before an audience of some 500 from inside and beyond ASU; the elegant vernissage with artists talking about their work; the Western States Conference; the lively night in New Orleans with Kid Merv, the Randel and Susan McCraw Helms Homecoming Writing Contest; the raffle baskets; the silent auction; the literary contest that brought us Brick and Maggie from Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, the Cat in the Hat, and Little Ms. Muffet and her naughty spider; and finally the appearance of Gertrude Stein and the Reverend Doctor Mordecai Jones. All of these activities took this three-year-old celebration to another level of enjoyment and creativity. To Jim Blasingame & Cajsa Baldini, I owe my eternal gratitude for leading this fine and amazingly smooth effort. To other members of the Homecoming team and of the department who bought raffle tickets, monitored the arts and archives gallery, displayed art in the gallery, sent us good wishes, bought silent auction items, solicited silent auction items, judged the literary contest, created raffle baskets, read the 100 entries in the Writing Contest, attended events, brought and invited others to the events, booked the venues, brought us Kid Merv, created publicity for all of the events, and offered anything else that went into making this Come Home to English 2007 event the success that it was—THANK YOU!!. Special Thanks to: Sarah Dean With much respect and appreciation, Neal A. Lester, Professor and Chair Comments:
I really enjoyed the time. Thank you and your team for the effort! -David Y. Erika (my daughter) and I went to the Sherman Alexie Reading on Monday night. It was a great deal of fun! -Maire S. I thought the party on Friday was really, really fun. -Patricia W. This was great - thanks again for the invite. -Jeanett R. Jake and I had a great time at the Homecoming events last week! Thank you -Jessie E I just received your Homecoming promotional postcard. It is rich—both visually and in content. Very nice work by all involved. -Gerry C. You did a wonderful job organizing not only the events but also the block party—I add my congratulations to those of Neal. -Debby L. What an amazingly fun event on Friday. Obviously tons of effort put into that night. Plus everything that went into all the other events. I was really impressed, and I enjoyed the heck out of being there with everyone Friday. -Elizabeth M. You all did such a fabulous job with these events. It was a pleasure to be able to be a part of these festivities. You are all to be commended. Now, how will you ever be able to top all of this next year? -Maire S. It was great seeing you too and the Homecoming was super from beginning to end. -Thelma R. Well, I'll second that! What a great job you did--and all your cohorts. Congrats--to you, too, Neal, for shepherding everyone there and through. It was a lot of fun, and very glad it was so successful. -Cynthia H. I want to thank you for the best Homecoming I have attended. It was kind of you to extend the hospitality to Alan and me, and we love coming to campus for this event. I do believe that the entire University had the best turn-out ever. We were especially impressed with the exhibits and the folks from various departments and colleges demonstrating and talking to visitors. Do pass that along to the University Homecoming committee to continue the practice next year. I look forward to continued connection to the English Dept. and to my past. -Babs G. Lots of fun, and some great costumes. -Gregory C. Thank you so much for inviting me to your staff party yesterday. I enjoyed myself immensely. I also met some new and nice people. You rock in English:-. -Miranda Also, the reception was fabulous. I haven't been to a school function for art that was so well-done and fancy. I felt really honored to be a part of it. Thanks. -Rose S. SPECIAL THANKS and kudos to the Dept for the great Homecoming activities. Terrific representation. -Cordelia C. Thank you so much for doing such a nice Homecoming. Elly V. I'm so glad to hear that you and the department had a great homecoming event. Lots of people made it special. Congratulations! Susan S.
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