2006 NMUN - Patrick Henry College (First ever participation)

FIRST DELEGATION FROM PATRICK HENRY COLLEGE  

NATIONAL Model UN - NYC

2006

 

The Two Rebekah's

 

Kirk Anderson

 

Keren McElvy (Founder of NMUN)

 

Annie Wilcox

Cheryl Banks, Co-Founder, Organizer, Photographer, Chaperone, & Pep Club

Grace Morgan

 

Katie Lindsay 

Kirk Anderson

 

Taylor Sandoval and Rebekah Stargel

An Evening in Greenwich Village

 

Annie and Taylor

 

Grace

(This is how she looked when she discovered the bus had left without her after a return trip stop on the turnpike. Kidding! Not about leaving her though.)

Katie Lindsey

 

Michael and Erica

Kristin Sabella, Annie Wilcox, Keren McElvy, Rebekah Stargel.

 

Grayson Haye

 

Joey

Annie Wilcox, Taylor Sandoval, Rebekah Stargel

 

Grayson Haye and Eric Johnston

 

Kristin Sabella

 

Evening debrief and snacking session in Cheryl's room

 

Rebekah Stargel

Dr. Paul Bonicelli 

Dr. Paul Bonicelli

 

Chaperons - Cheryl Banks and 

Dr. Bonicelli (This was the only trip in which we had a faculty advisor and to top it off, the school paid for the majority of the expenses. I managed all the logistics and chaperoned the delegation.

Eric Johnson, Nick Butterfield, Kurt ?

Nick Butterfield catching some z's on the bus.

Exhausted!

 

 

Annie and Grace

 

Shant and his brother

 

Makeup tips from the waiter.

Okay this needs explanation! Erica's uncle was the host of our evening including the best Italian food I've ever had at what turned out to be a gay restaurant in Greenwich Village. He very generously picked up the entire tab for our large group and then took us on a walking tour of Greenwich culminating with a stop at the Magnolia Bakery of Sex and the City fame. Well, he had, shall we say, very, very colorful language and an over-the-top personality so it was an interesting and fun evening with him serving as emcee. I stayed near him (I was the chaperone after all) and tried every way I could to "distract" him including dancing around the park across from Magnolia's while we ate our bakery goodies! He was a real hoot!

 

Evening topped off with a tour of Greenwich Village and a stop-off at The Magnolia Bakery compliments of Erica's uncle.

My favorite quote from that week in NYC was made by Eric Johnson while standing in the lower floor of the United Nations preparing to go in to the General Assembly. He observed some slovenly dressed male college "delegates" in tennis shoes as he stood there looking quite GQ. He commented - "Nothing should interrupt the line of a good suit."

Love it - Never Forgot It!