[NU Sports] NU NIGHT IN NYC

[Jim Bendat]

The show Paul describes sounds exactly like the Broadway musical review 
that the NU students put on in L.A. at spring break a year ago.  It was 
probably the best $15 I've spent in a long, long time. -- Jim B.

NEONRye at aol.com wrote:
> Just wanted everyone on the List to know that last night I attended one of  
> the most special alumni events ever held in "The Big Apple".  Our own List  
> member (and my friend) Willie Weinbaum was a Co-Producer of "A Toast To The  
> Past, A Toast To The Future", a "Broadway"-style musical theater review  held at 
> the Hudson Theater with a cast of NU luminaries and future stars of  stage, 
> screen and TV.  President Bienen was there, as was Dean O'Keefe of  the School of 
> Communications and Richard Dean (former 'Cat defensive back in the  late 
> '60's and older brother of Randy Dean, former NU QB and NY Giant backup  QB), who 
> is President of the Northwestern Alumni Association, which sponsored  the 
> event.  I think it may well have been the most well attended event I  have ever 
> been to in my 30+ years as an alum in NY.  NU has finally  recognized that the 
> "critical mass" of alums in the NY-NJ-CT area has expanded  exponentially in 
> the last 20 years, and is doing something about it--opening an  Alumni Office in 
> Rockefeller Center.  As a former President of Northwestern  University 
> Entertainment Alliance (NUEA) East (a sponsor of the program last  night), I 
> couldn't be more pleased.  Now if we could only make the "Dance"  just once in our 
> lifetime.....
>  
> Since Sanford (Sandy) Sacks, former NU football player from the Fifties and  
> the "Godfather" of NU alumni events in NY, was kidding me all night about my  
> active participation in the List (He even asked me when I had time to practice 
>  law, since he said I send so many posts.:-)), I couldn't resist the  
> opportunity to send this report.
>  
> Paul Levinson 
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