BOAT RACE: 82nd NYC Dinner 2015

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Boat Race Events in North America - 2015.

The History of Boat Race Dinners in North America.

PROGRAM

6:30 pm

Drinks

7:30 pm

Dinner

Welcome

Sally Fan (Green Templeton, Oxford)

Introduction of Fr. Leahy

Antonia Apps (Magdalen, Oxford)

Grace

Fr. Edwin Leahy

Introduction of Seth Lesser

Antonia Apps

The Boat Races

Seth Lesser (Magdalen, Oxford)

Introduction of Peter Sealy

Antonia Apps

Toast to the President

Peter Sealy (Pembroke, Cambridge)

Introduction of John Tepper Marlin

Antonia Apps

Toast to the Queen

John Tepper Marlin (Trinity, Oxford)

In 1740 Thomas Arne wrote the original music for James Thomson's patriotic poem for a unified Britain, "Rule, Britannia! Britannia, rule the waves!"

At that time, Britain's ruling the waves was aspirational. But it became a reality. 

On Tuesday, Queen Elizabeth II celebrated her 89th birthday. She has completed the 63rd year of her reign.

Over the many years, she has unforgettably mastered three different waves.

First, the erase-the-blackboard wave. 

Second, the wipe-the-window wave.

Finally, the wave for which she is best known, the screw-in-the-light-bulb wave.

It is hard for me to imagine the darkness of a world without her.  

Please be upstanding.

Ladies and Gentlemen... The Queen.

Introduction of Paul Bernstein

Antonia Apps

Toast to the Universities

Paul Bernstein (Jesus, Cambridge)

Introduction of Herve Gouraige

Antonia Apps

Introduction of Steve Trachtenberg

Herve Gouraige (Merton, Oxford)

Response from the Universities

Steve Trachtenberg (Nuffield, Oxford)

Closing Remarks

Antonia Apps