The Viennese Ball Committee is a completely
student-run organization,
composed of a small army of enthusiastic students and alumni, each of
whom serves on one or more of the committees listed below. Here, we'd
like to recognize all of the volunteers that work for months to put
together one of Stanford's largest and most prestigious annual events.
Without them, the Viennese Ball would not be possible.
Chairs: Munika Lay and
Robert Bonkowski
The Steering Committee
comprises
the chairs of each of the committees and is headed by the chairs of the
Viennese Ball. The chairs of the Ball for 2009 are Munika Lay and
Robert Bonkowski.
Chair: John Laxson and
Erica Morgan
Am Abend organizes the
night of the ball
itself, selects performers, arranges for catering, and creates the
schedule for the day of the ball. During the ball itself, members
assist with coordination of the different groups and generally make
sure everything runs smoothly. The members of the 2009 Am Abend
Committee are: An Le Nguyen, Benjamin Merrick, Dawn Ho, Jennifer
Panlilio, Natalie Eisert, Siobhan McCabe, and Vy Tran.
Chair: Tuong Phan
Austria Fortnight plans
a
teaser ball, dance
lessons, and Austrian cultural events over the course of the two weeks
before Viennese Ball. The committee also helps to publicize the ball by
organizing dorm dance lessons in the fall. The members of the 2009
Austria Fortnight Committee are: Fidel Hernandez III, Rachel Javier,
Rebecca Goins, Suejung Shin, Teresa Molina, and Terri Hoberg.
Chairs: Katrina Li and
Ning Wang
Fundraising sells ad
space in Viennese
Ball publications to local companies in exchange for donations of
money, prizes, flowers, tuxedo rentals, and other gifts in kind. The
members of the 2009 Fundraising Committee are: Mark Kogan and Whitney
Martin.
Chair: Emily Hsi
Honored Guests invites
and corresponds
with Honored Guests prior to the ball, runs the reception, and directs
the grand march during the Opening Ceremony.
Chairs: Elyse Hope and
Jason Anderson
The Opening Committee
performs the
opening dances at the Viennese Ball. The eighteen couples performing
these
dances are chosen from the most skilled dancers at Stanford and
practice the choreographies for several months. Following
tradition, this year's choreographies are a Strauss polka
and Strauss waltz.
The ladies of the 2009 Opening Committee are: Carrie Cai, Diane
Hernandez,
Elizabeth Joyce, Elizabeth Reuman, Elyse Hope, Emily Campbell,
Jacqueline Pham Pham, Jenny
Wolochow, Katherine Hoffmann, Katie Turner, Keeley Boehmer, Kristen
Bautista, Laura Brignone, Munika Lay, Olivia Prevost,
Rosemary Ehlers, Selene Soh, and Visrin Vichit-Vadakan.
The gentlemen of the 2009 Opening Committee are: Abraham Chiang, Alex
Bullitt, Allen Cheung, Brendan Wells, Daniel Lopez, Gerald Yu, Jason
Anderson, Jason
Fang, Jeffrey Spehar, John Poon, Marcial Hernandez, Mark
Marzoña, Max Libbrecht, Mike Kodiak, Nicholas Chin, Preston
Chui,
Ross Bayer, and Sameh Zakhary.
Chair: Rachel Liaw and
Karen Law
Publicity is responsible
for all printed materials (programs, tickets, posters), memorabilia
(apparel, champagne flutes), ticket sales, and other forms of publicity
for the Viennese Ball.
Chair: Brendan Wells
The Treasury is
responsible for all
fiscal matters pertaining to the Ball, including dealings with the
ASSU,
construction of budgets, and coordination of various funding sources.
The members of the 2009 Treasury Committee are: Kristen Bautista and
Stephanie Siow.
Eric Sun
The Webmaster is
responsible for maintaining the Viennese
Ball website and all updates as the Ball approaches.
