Word: coletta
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
According to Cristina V. Coletta '87, one ofthe undergraduate 350th's two student organizers,the committee calculated potential attendancebased on participation in house formals and finalclub membership, among other factors. In addition,the number of invitations was limited by thephysical site of the ball, to be held in theMemorial Hall courtyard, where a similar fete tookplace at the College's 300th anniversary...
...price tag was set at $15 because organizerswanted the event to pay for itself. Coletta saidbetween $80,000 and $100,000 would be spent on theball. Other portions of the exclusive festivitieswere financed by donations from organizationsincluding BayBanks ($5000), AT&T ($13,000), theCambridge Trust Company ($1000) and the College...
Organizers said that they did not considerthrowing a bigger but less formal event becausethey wanted something significant. "We wanted tohave something extra special and dress up becausethe 350th comes along only once," said Coletta...
...logistical preparations for the event havetaken Coletta the summer. But what organizers didnot count on was a run in with the BusinessSchool...
...said he began serious consultations withhouse committee chairmen, house masters,administrators and the student-faculty Committeeon College Life last spring. At that time, Eppsformed a committee of5CrimsonAndrea L. RobertsCelebration Co-Chairman CRISTINA V. COLETTA'87: "We wanted to have something extraspecial...