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The Program His name is down there on the lower right somewhere; and yes, they do graduate a fair number of people every year, why do you ask? |
The Band A jazz band started things out for the afternoon. I liked them a lot. |
Our Group Danny brought a good number of people along to see him graduate. (Beth, Margaret, Mom, Grandpa Bob, and Ben) |
The Crowd Not that taking pictures in Foellinger Great Hall at Krannert is very helpful... |
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Balcony with Tripods They made me get rid of my tripod when I came in, so I'm pretty jealous that people on the balcony got to keep theirs. Hmmph. |
Shocked Beth She always seems confused when I pull out my camera and try to get shots of her. |
Wistful Beth It's kindof like she posed! |
Procession Enters The first to enter are the faculty and the professors that will be hooding the students. |
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The Faculty There quite a lot of 'em, really. |
Dad Dad got to hood Danny, so he got to be in that first section of the procession. |
Enter the Students Here come the hordes! |
Marianne in Line Marianne was Danny's roommate for much of Vet school. |
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Marianne I even got a decent shot of her... |
Celeste in Line Definitely the best in-line shot I got during this crowd. |
Celeste Not too bad for such a quick turnaround and cranky flash! |
Danny in Line There he is! This whole graduation thing wasn't a lie! |
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Danny A bit washed out, but at least I got a shot. |
Hordes of Students Gathering to sit down together one last time. |
Full Assortment Both students and faculty are gathered, and ready to begin. |
Smiling Mom Can you guess whether she's proud from this picture? |
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Speaker #1 The head of the school, perhaps? I forget. |
Speaker #2 She's a bit smaller, if it wasn't obvious. |
Starting to March And they all stand up and prepare to go through the hooding ceremony. |
Marianne Prepares to Walk The first of the people I realy know starts up to get hooded... |
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Marianne is Hooded ...and fails to be too badly strangled! |
Marianne, Shaking Hands And she's done... on to the next! |
Celeste, In Line Almost time to go up; and I've gotten a lot closer to the stage. |
Hooding Celeste Definitely my best hooding picture. |
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Celeste, Shaking Hands She was blinking a lot, but at least she was smiling! |
Danny and Dad I had gotten *really* close by this point. |
Danny, about to the Hooded He didn't know that Dad would accidently strangle him (like most people in the line; hooding is hard, apparently!) |
Hooding Danny This isn't as good as the picture that the photographer got, but it gets the idea across. They were *both* just so proud! |
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Danny Shakes Hands That's a proud little brother. |
A Sarah Is Hooded Another of the lucky no-strangulation types. |
Taking the Oath I wish it had been the Green Lantern oath. |
Moving the Tassle Making themselves Doctors, I guess. |
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Lots of Applause Why is the audience so impressed? Hmm... |
Speaking for the Class You could tell that the ex-student just wanted to keep it short. |
Proceeding Out I don't think any of them caught their robes on the bannister, impressively. |
Dad Escapes Getting out while the getting's good. |
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Celeste Escapes Look at that masterful not-getting-the-arm-caught! |
Smiling Danny I need a better lens for moments like this. |
Posing Begins Once the ceremony was over, the important part - getting final shots with everyone under the sun - was able to begin. |
My Crowd Dad stands by proudly with Marianne, Danny, and Celeste. |
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Adjusting for Pictures Beth took the camera to get some pictures of the Skirvin guys. (Tim, Bob, Danny) |
Posing Skirvins Congratulations, little brother! |
Celeste's Mother's Side I would have been a better person if I remembered their names. (Celeste, Celeste's Mom, Celeste's Grandma) |
Celeste and Grandmas And her father; again, names would have been helpful. |
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Celeste and Brother He doesn't look as proud as I looked for Danny. But at least he's taller than his sibling... |
Danny and Dover I like that Ben got Danny's cap. |
Danny, Celeste, and Dover It's just like Dover graduated too! |
Skirvin Clan Danny, Grandpa Bob, Margie, Tim, Bob |
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Posing Group #1 I don't know who these people are... |
Posing Group #2 ...but obviously, Danny did. |
Posing Group #3 Actually, I think the first girl there is a Sarah. See? I'm competent! |
Posing Group #4 So, it's Danny and Sarah! |
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Admiring Dad in Robes He really does look good in 'em. Oddly professional. |
Mom and Dad Their childrens' education is finally paid off entirely! Look at their joy! |
Waiting for the Alma Mater There are always long lines to take pictures at the Alma Mater after graduation; it's more fun when there's also rain. Hehe. |
Clean Table This table spent about nine years messy. I figure that it's a nice thing to get at least one good picture of it after it was cleaned. |
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Danny and the Clean Table Danny did a lot of the cleaning work... |
Sheba on the Clean Table I like how offended she seems about it. |
Danny and Ben This is a really excellent picture of the two of them. I'm impressed. |
Dad and the Grandmas Our family is always good at hanging out wiht the older folks. |
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Danny's Box "Why thank you, what a thoughtful gift!" |
Danny's Award The thing was, it actually *was* a thoughtful gift. It's Dad's 30-years-of-UIUC-working award, with an extra engraving of "from the old Dr. Skirvin to the young Dr. Skirvin, congratulations!". Dad was proud. |
Celeste's Rubber Chicken That thing made one of the most wonderful hideous noises ever. Hooray! |
Celeste Gifts Baah, that stethoscops is far too practical! |
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Grandpa Bob I'm glad that we got one Grandparent out to see Danny make it through. |
Danny and Celeste's Chair Danny took this chair with him out to Phoenix... *sniff* I really do miss him already. |
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