St. Andrew’s-Sewanee School will host several hundred alumni and their guests for the school’s annual Alumni Weekend, today (Friday)–Sunday, June 5–7. SAS, which was formed by the merger of Sewanee Academy and St. Andrew’s School in 1981, also welcomes the alumni of its parent schools, including St. Mary’s School and the Sewanee Military Academy (SMA). Milestone reunions this year (fifth, 10th, 25th, etc.) are from the classes ending in 5s and 0s, but many SAS alumni and their families make this an annual pilgrimage.
The weekend begins today (Friday)with a golf tournament at the Course at Sewanee and dinner under the tent on the SAS Quad featuring music by Herschel Van Dyke, ’03.
Saturday, June 6, continues with an awards brunch, where this year’s Distinguished Alumni Award recipients will be surgeons Dr. Clifton Lewis StA ’75 of Birmingham, Ala. and Dr. William Turner, SMA ’65 of Dallas. The 1965 Reunion Classes of SMA, St. Andrew’s and St. Mary’s will be awarded their 50th-year medallions. In the afternoon there will be a memorial tea honoring longtime SAS Latin teacher Ruth Benson. On Saturday evening, alumni reconvene for the Alumni Parade under the tent for dinner and entertainment.
Residents along Tennessee Avenue can expect to be awakened at 9:45 a.m., Sunday, by the sounds of the Highlander Pipes and Drums Corps. Led by the 50th reunion class, former cadets will re-enact their weekly march from Quintard Hall to All Saints’ Chapel.
The weekend concludes with a 10:30 a.m. Holy Eucharist in St. Andrew’s Chapel, where the StA ’65 class banner will be retired, followed by a farewell brunch.
Throughout the weekend there will be activities for children, swimming and canoeing at the Res, and late-night bonfires.
The Sunday march and church service are open to the public. Area alumni are asked to register online for all other activities on the school’s main website or by contacting the Alumni Office by email, <sasalumni@sasweb.org>. Registration will also be available on campus beginning at 10 a.m., today (Friday), June 5, and 8:30 a.m.–1 p.m., Saturday, June 6.
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