On May 25th, 2004, twenty-six people representing six international schools in the Kanto area gathered at the St. Mary’s Development office and formed the first ever International Alumni Council (IAC). As of today there are a total of ten schools represented on the council: SMIS, Seisen, ISSH, Nishimachi, ASIJ, YIS, St. Joseph, Chofu High School, Aoba-Japan & St. Maur.

For the first IAC event of 2005 we invite you to sign up for the inaugural IAC BLOCK PARTY at the St. Mary’s Baseball Field on April 2nd. For more details on the event and to sign up for the 8 team Softball tournament, please go to the IAC website www.iacjapan.com. (Please note that registration for softball will be limited to 20 people per team and the cut off date for registration will be on March 19th. So check out the website & register as soon as possible!)

Basic details for the Block Party:

Date: April 2nd, Saturday RAIN OR SHINE
Time: 10:00am to 4:00pm
Venue: St. Mary’s Baseball Field z
(NOTE: LIMITED PARKING 2,000YEN/CAR!)
How do you sign up? Visit the IAC Website: www.iacjapan.com

What’s happening at the Block Party:
*An eight team softball (or whiffle-ball) tournament) from 10:00am to 2:30pm
* Live music: Ragtime piano, alumni bands and a few famous names in the works
* Master of Ceremonies: Mr. Chris Peppler, a ‘75 Alumni from St. Mary’s
*An all day walk around magician to entertain the crowd
*A kid’s “Ennichi” corner and two huge bouncing ball and slide blowups with staff to look
after the kids
*A complete Barbecue kitchen serving chicken, ribs, hotdogs and hamburgers
*For beverages the usual beer, wine and soft drinks will be available
We also welcome donations for the raffle and for the softball tournament prizes. Donations or emails
regarding donations should be sent to the following

Donation Committee members:
Emi Kalischer ekalischer@crownrelo.com
Peter Okada hinouma@yahoo.com
Robert Vasconcellos robert@championvisions.com
Mary Corbett m.corbett@cresner.com
Andrew Hill andrewhill@bankofny.com
Louise Ikeda likeda@crownrelo.com
Paul Guilfoile paul73jammer@yahoo.com
Unryu Haku haku@gol.com
The IAC looks forward to seeing you on Saturday, April 2nd RAIN or SHINE !!
Paul Guilfoile
Chairman IAC Block Party
Richard Guilfoile
Chairman IAC