Polly at Holderness

Valentine's Day Dinner-Dance

Then on Sunday night, Weld changed it's face again to become a spruced up restaurant-club for a Valentine's Day Dinner-Dance extravaganza. The kitchen prepared a wonderful meal, complete with chocolate fondue, and the faculty did all the jobs so that all the students could partake in the dinner. Following the dinner, Weld was filled with festive music and spirited dancing.

Casino Night at Holderness

This weekend was packed with lots of mid-February appropriate activities. On a very cold (0 degrees with lots of wind) Saturday night, Weld looked more like a Casino in Las Vegas than our dining hall.

The Winter Carnival 2006

In an effort to keep the winter doldrums at bay and celebrate the snow (well, what there is of it right now), the school sponsors a week of fun every mid-winter, with dormitories going head to head in friendly competition. The events vary widely, from the "Barton Olympics" (involving the pushing, throwing, and eating of M&Ms, marshmallows, and pies respectively) to a nordic/snowshoe relay competition around the quad.

Check out Dress as a Faculty Member Day, some great pictures.

The first picture is of Polly with the kids in her Dorm after the lip synch contest. Unfortunately, Polly was away racing and was unable to practice the routine, but she was there to cheer on her team.








The White Out Dance

The first weekend back in the winter is always the "White Out" dance. Everyone dresses in white, the black lights come out, and the entire school goes to the Weld Student Lounge to dance and hang out.

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Happy Birthday Carrie

Carrie turned twenty one on February 17th. Carrie was on break from school and went Wyoming to ski at Jackson Hole (she has always wanted to ski there) with a group of friends. She said that she and her friends had a great time and the skiing was fabulous.

On her birthday, Carrie talked to her father while having a beer over lunch. I called to wish her a Happy Birthday, she answered from the pub, apre ski. Amazing.

This picture was taken at Carrie's sixteenth birthday in New Hampshire, the little boy on the right is Cass and Christine Smiths's younger son Stephen and to Carrie's left is an old friend of Carrie's, Ally Freidman.


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New England Prep School Championships

Polly raced in the New England Prep School Championships for Holderness on February 15th. Here is the Holderness write up of the event and the race results.

Holderness Sweeps Alpine NEPSACs

Georg Capaul

This past Wednesday, a strong Holderness team won the Eastern Alpine skiing NEPSAC tournament at Cannon Mountain, beating out a strong Deerfield Academy team while sweeping the boys' and girls' giant slalom and slalom events.

Participating schools included Deerfield, Eaglebrook (boys only), Gould, Holderness, Kents Hill, KUA, New Hampton, Proctor, St. Paul's, and Vermont Academy.

Senior Ben Peters and junior Anna Hosmer dominated both the giant slalom and slalom in spectacular fashion. Polly Evans '08, Ryan Walters '06, and Jesse Straus '06 provided the foundation for the teams' success with steady performances. Chris Roche '07 dazzled the crowd with his reckless but fast skiing, and Casey Gilman '06, in her first race back from an injury earlier in the season, placed second in the giant slalom.

Jeffrey Meyers '06, Ryanne Haskell '08, Taylor James '07, Hadley Bergh '09, Will Lowry '06, and Chris Howe '06 rounded out the winning team.

I was at the Championship with Polly and we ran into Mike Barger. Mike is the son of our friends from Bevery Farms, Jeff and Cindy Barger. Mike was racing for Proctor School.