Eta Nu Chapter

The Brothers of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia

cordially invite you back to honor the

service of Dr. Jeff Highland on Saturday

May 2^nd

__ I/we will be attending the celebration.

____ # of attending

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(names of those attending, we welcome spouses and family to join you.)

______ (SMU Class Yr.) ________ (CST Class Yr.)

Celebration Activities (Please complete all of the following)

__ I will be attending the Ritual (Brother’s only)

__ I/we will be attending the dinner. ___ # of attending

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(Please list the names of those attending the dinner/program)

___ Included is the $20/person payment for dinner.

(Please make checks payable to Phi Mu Alpha)

__ I will need a vegetarian option

__ I have some special dietary needs, _______________________________

__ I/we plan on attending the entertainment. ___ # of attending

Please share any well-wishes and/or favorite memories of Dr. Highland and of Eta Nu.

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(Please continue on the back if necessary, or if you would like you can email them to rfisher@smumn.edu. Also, please send any photos with this invitation or to phimualpha@smumn.edu.

Feel free to print this off and mail it to us!

Dear Fellow Sinfonian:

A few words come to mind when you think of Dr. Jeff Highland (Norwegian, Lutheran, self-less, hard-working, and a True Sinfonian). He is also a great man who has served Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota for over 30 years, and a great mentor to our Eta Nu Chapter of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia for over 25 years. He certainly has left a great legacy within the bluff-lands of the Saint Mary’s campus.

Dr. Highland has announced that he will be retiring from Saint Mary’s at the end of this academic year. A very important era is coming to an end, and we need to come together and honor him in a very fitting way. The Brothers of Eta Nu cordially invite you back to campus to help honor Dr. Highland’s dedication to Saint Mary’s, Eta Nu, and the friendships that he has formed with the hundreds of brothers during the last 30 years. The festivities will occur on Saturday, May 2^nd. The scheduled events include:

Time Event Location

5:30pm Ritual (Brother’s only) Studio Theatre, Performance Center

6:30pm Dinner/Program SMU Dining Room

8pm Entertainment Figliulo Recital Hall, Performance Center

Enclosed with this letter is an invitation form for the festivities. If you plan to attend, we ask that you return the form and payment by April 28. Also, located on the invitation form is a section where you can write well-wishes to Dr. Highland and/or share your favorite memory. We will present these to him on May 2^nd. Even if you are unable to attend the event, we encourage you to share your thoughts. Lastly, we are also putting together a slide show and picture gallery. We have some great pictures in the Eta Nu archives, but if you would like to share your pictures with us for the slide show, please either include them with your invitation or you can email them to phimualpha@smumn.edu. We will return them to you on May 2^nd.

We hope that you will be able to join us as we celebrate Dr. Highland’s incredible legacy and his dedication to the Sinfonian brotherhood.

Fraternally yours,

Neil M. Leibundguth ’09

President, Eta Nu

Bob Fisher ’97

Alumnus, Eta Nu

SINFONIA SONGS NOW AVAILABLE ONLINE

Brothers,

The Fraternity is proud to announce the availability of almost 70 Sinfonia Songs through online distribution sites such as iTunes. The songs are compiled in a three-volume set. All net profit from the sales of these recordings will be donated to the Sinfonia Educational Foundation.

Read all about it at:

http://www.sinfonia.org/News/SN-2009-03-05.asp

Blue Angel Pics!!

There have been requests for pictures from Blue Angel 2008. Here are some accompanied by a couple of fraternity songs. Also posted is a video of Oldies rockin' out on Rockin' Robin!

Sorry for the wait!

LLS,

Chris Engesser, Webmaster

We're Back

Hello All,

After a long period of technical difficulties with our website, we're finally up and running again.

Expect more updates soon to follow

Blue Angel 2007 a Success

Thanks to all the alumni brothers for coming to Blue Angel this year. We hope you enjoyed the show as well as the Brotherhood that was shared.
The actives feel fortunate to have such supportive alumni.

We have put up some pictures of Blue Angel setup. (PICTURES OF THE SHOW WILL FOLLOW SOON) We know that almost every brother has done a Blue Angel setup.

WE WANT TO KNOW:
Do you have any funny or interesting stories about a Blue Angel set up or tear down you experienced? Please Share with us!!! Post on the blog or e-mail phimualpha@smumn.edu

Question for Alumni and Blue Angel reminder

Thankyou to those who have replied about recieving the Eta Nuz by e-mail.

Here's our question for Alumni, What would you like to see on the webpage? A monthly discussion? Photo Albums? Please let us know what we can do to make an exciting webpage!

Just a reminder Blue Angel is coming soon:

Friday November 2nd at 8pm

Saturday November 3rd at 7 pm and 10 pm

Tell us about these pictures!

If you have had a chance to read the most recent Eta Nuz; these pictures were published on the back page. The Actives were hoping that Alumni could help us learn about these pictures: If you know anything please comment on this blog.

If there's a great story please share it! Our history and legacy are very important!
-Eric Saindon '07 Alumni Relations Officer

New Dean of the Arts

We would like to congraudulate Mike Charron on his appointment as the Dean of the Arts. Mike pledged in the spring of '76 and is an alumnus of Saint Mary's. We would like to welcome him back to our chapter.