this crazy band of ours has a long and very twisted history starting in 1980! following is a list of the two decades of obies who have passed through the panyard. the list is nowhere near complete, so if you have any further information, please, please, please send it to the band. this list starts with our founding members, who started something kinda neat, and we all thank ya:

name	instruments	years	contact info & life story
Peter L. Mayer	lead pan - original	79-82	Founder; neurosurgeon 4053 Higel Avenue Sarasota, FL 34242 peterlmayer@comcast.net
Toby Gordon	Seconds - original	79-82	Founder; print artist 6869 Rolling View Drive, Tobaccoville, NC 27050-9681 tobygordon@windstream.net
Mike Geller	Seconds - original	79-83	Founder Executive VP and Executive Director American Composers Orhcestra 240 W 35th St Ste 405 New York NY 10001-2506 michael@americancomposers.org
Shannon Dudley	Seconds - original	79-82	Professor of Ethnomusicology, University of Washington-Seattle Dudley @u.washington.edu
Howard J. Supnik	Percussion and drumset	83	Landscape Architect in Pennsylvania 10 Monarch Point Lititz, Pennsylvania 17543 (717)-519-1554 hjs@howardjaysupnik.com
Zoe Sherinian	Double tenors - original	79-83	Went to India on Shansi in 1984 zsherinian@ou.edu
Peter Pollack	Lead pan - original	81	Rock drummer, professional, blue man group Director of Academic Operations, Academy of Contemporary Music, University of Central Oklahoma peter.pollack@att.net
John Jutsum	Lead pan - original	81	Madison symphony, broadway shows, timpanist married to Polly Buchanan, Oberlin '82 - double degree voice and english jjutsum@comcast.net
Jim Chlebak	Cellos - original	81	Kansas jchlebak@gmail.com
Doug Schulkind	Percussion - original	80-83	doug@wfmu.org
Carl Radens	Percussion - original	81	cittern@optonline.net
Jim Rich	Drum set, Percussion - original	81
Linda Papademas	Tenor/Percussion	83-85	L.Papademas @ valley.net
Josh Searle-White	Cellos	81-82	Professor of Psychology Allegheny College Jsearle @ alleg.edu
David Dunn	Lead pan/Percussion - original	81-83	Composer of the Oberlin Steel standard "Sarah's Samba." Currently residing in Boulder, CO. dunndh@gmail.com
Naomi	Seconds	Fall 84
Daniel Gilfix	Drumset	84	Marketing Guru Acton, Massachusetts fkis@comcast.net
Roger Stratton	Seconds	85-87
Stuart Paton	Percussion	83-85	Full-time musician: Japanese taiko drumming, founder and director of Burlington Taiko; West Afrikan drumming, Cuban-Haitian drumming; jazz percussion. 389 South Winooski Ave. Burlington, VT 05401 (802) 658-0658
Tracey Tsugawa	Seconds	82-84	Civil Rights Investigator for State of Vermont Adjunct Graduate Faculty at Springfield College(Boston) Independent Consultant for Non-Profits 225 Chamberlin Lane Williston, VT 05495 (802)872-0494 nozomi_vt@myfairpoint.net
Leon Alexander	Drum Set	81-82	Chief Musician, Percussion, US Navy Band
Thomas Converse	Cello	83-84	esrevnoct@xohm.com
Cara Coburn	Seconds	82-87 [?]
Orestes	Drumset	82-85 [?]
Lee Erickson	Seconds	82-85 [?]
Lalit Loomba	Bass	82-85 [?]
Bob Bedell	Bass	82-84
Amy Kelley	Seconds	84
Sarah	Cellos	82-85 [?]
Gavin Smith	Tenor	82-85 [?]
John Michener	bass- original	79-83	JohnMichnr @ aol.com
Alan Herrmann	Lead pan	80-84	Lives in the San Francisco Bay area and is an engineering manager for a Silicon Valley semiconductor company. Married with two daughters. Played quads in two professional steelbands in California, Santa Cruz Steel (which no longer exists) and Pan Ramajay. Played tenor pan with a band at Chabot College in Hayward that works with guest artists Andy Narell, Boogsie Sharpe, and Ray Holman, to name three. now playing pan with the CSM Panhandlers (along with Anna Talamo '91 and Devon Strolovitch '97, both Can Consortium alums) alan_herrmann @ altera.com
John Wertheimer	Lead pan	81-85	Professor of History, Davidson College Box 7053, Davidson, NC 28035-7053 120 Lake Davidson Cir. Davidson, NC 28036 (704)892-3015 jowertheimer@davidson.edu
Jennifer Kahle	Cellos	85	Biomedical Pre-Publication Services
Thomas Major	Bass/Percussion	86	M.A. in public policy at Humphrey Institute, University of Minnesota. Married to Kristen Norman, one daughter, Marissa Lynn. Program analyst with the National Center for Health Statistics
Jessica (Gilbertson) Roberts	Tenor	83-86	Previously Asst. Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at OHSU. Now in private practice in Portland, Oregon.
Sara Hotchkiss	Tenor	87	Hotchkis @ ecology.umn.edu[?]
Meighan Matthews	Seconds	85-89	Founder, Growing for Good 781-275-4447 26 Rand Place, Bedford, MA 01730 meighanmatt (at) yahoo (dot) com
Josh Pawelek	Drumset	89	Jpawelek @ uua.org
Brian Rice	Congas	89 [?]
John Campbell	Cellos	89 [?]
Ben (Saferstein) Cohen	Tenor, Seconds, Bass	85-88	3745 S. Roslyn Way Denver, CO 84237 blscohen (at) msn (dot) com
Alison Hinderliter	Tenor	87-89	Project Archivist, Rosenthal Archives of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Hinderlitera @ chicagosymphony.org
Lucy Dickinson	cellos, drumset	89–91	Singer-songwriter & music instructor in Bainbridge Island, WA.
Janet Lewis		90-92	Minneapolis, received masters degree in public health. Works in youth development for Edina Public Schools. Lewi0236 @ tc.umn.edu
Myla "Torpedo" Goldberg	Tenor	93	A best-selling novelist living in Brooklyn.
Keauxgeigh "Koji" Li	Tenor	92	Finished law school; did masters in international law. Kojili @ compuserve.com
Pete "Dr. Hand" Wolfram	Tenor	90s [?]
Carol "Ace" Arthur	Seconds	89-91
Cassie Dragt		89-91
Craig "Air Devo" McCord	Cellos	90-92
Tom "Stretch" McFadden	Cellos	90s [?]
Joshua Rothkopf	Bass	90s [?]
Andy "The Flash" Russ	Percussion	90-92	New York
Anna Talamo	Seconds	91	playing pan with the CSM Panhandlers (along with Devon Strolovitch '97 and Alan Hermann '84, both Can Consortium alums) Berkeley, CA Atalamo @ hotmail.com
Jason Mittell	Cellos	90-91	Associate Professor of American Studies and Film & Media Culture, Chair of Film & Media Culture Department at Middlebury College.
Evan Brubaker	Bass, Drums, Cellos	90-92	Became a rock star.
Chris "Barbalute, AKA Boomboom" Gates	Drumset	92
Justin Dudley	Seconds	92
Jesse Rowe	[?]	92
Dan "Back Door, AKA Boogie" Shafer	Tenor	93
Mak "Mac Daddy" Saito	Cellos	93
Kelsey "Running Man" Siegel	Cellos	93
Trudy "The Intruder" Wyss	Seconds	93
Brian Bartel	Drumset	93
Alexis "Turbo" Collins	Seconds/Tenor	94
Cynthia McGregor	Seconds	94	Received PhD in music theory from Northwestern University Cam506 @ lulu.acns.nwu.edu
Ian "Ejan" Kisert	Tenor	94
Amy "U Turn" Floyd	Seconds	94
Jason "Barq's" Ritt	Bass/Cellos	94
Carlos "Curiously Strong" Walker	Percussion	94
Robbyn Kistler	Tenor	94	Plays pan in Pan Leggo. 8748 Dayton Ave N Seattle, WA 98103 (206) 783-2248 Robbynk @ fraec.org
Lisa Collins	Cellos	94	Graduated from Oberlin in '97.
Ellen "Thrifty, AKA Java" Clegg	Cellos/Tenor	95	Founder of Found Sounds 83 Fox Hill Rd Bernardston, MA 01337 (413) 648-9793 Ellen @ foundsounds.com
Katie "Katydid" Tallman	Cellos/Seconds	95	5690 Steeplechase Dr. Longmont, CO 80303 (303) 494-8530 Tallmank @ hotmail.com
Ben Shaykin	Seconds	95	1677 Church St. San Francisco, CA 94131 (415) 826-0117 Ben @ bitchmagazine.com
Amy Cullinan	Cellos	95	Studied biology at University of Wisconsin-Madison
Eban English	Percussion	95	Went to Chicago to become a rock star.
Ian S. Hisert		90s [?]	Iancho @ ix.netcom.com
Sara R. Webb	Bass/Cellos	96	231 Stratford Dr. San Francisco, CA 94132 (415) 333-9237 Home address: PO Box 107 Hurricane, WV 25526 Swebb @ wested.org
Rhian Davies	Seconds	96	Joined the U.S. Army
Aryaman Shalizi	Cellos	96	1507 Varnum St. NW Washington D.C. 20011 Ashalizi @ yoda.nidr.nih.gov
Nikki Bartnicki	Cellos	96	Graduated from Oberlin in '99, double degree.
Margaret Ewing	Tenor	96
Erin Marks	Tenor	96	221 N. Kenilworth #202 Oak Park, IL 60302 Ejmarks @ suba.com
Pat "Oh Baby" Buzby	Drumset	97	Working with Tautologic and various other rock bands in Chicago. 5543 S. Dorchester Chicago, IL 60637 (1911 Edgemont Rd Upper Arlington, OH 43212) Website Pbuzby @ surfnetcorp.com
Joel "Shakin" Hamburger	Tenor/Seconds	97	12809 Circle Drive Rockville, MD 20850 Website Jhamburg @ erols.com
Aashish Sunil Shantilal Meganal Motilal Kantinal Kalidas Mehta	Bass/Cello/Tenor	97	Completing a PhD in Economics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. 123 W. Gorham St. Madison, WI  53703 (608) 256-5135 Amehta @ students.wisc.edu
David "Bacchanal" Silva	Tenor/Percussion	97	330 E 33rd St Apt 5N New York NY 10016 (347) 239-0760 Davidcsilva @ mac.com
Devon Levy Ze'ev Louie Velvel Defyn Ap Llywelyn "Beatle Ed" Strolovich	Seconds	97	Ph.D. in Linguistics in 2005 from Cornell University, now working in radio in San Francisco and playing double seconds with the CSM Panhandlers (along with Anna Talamo '91 and Alan Hermann '84, both Can Consortium alums) 2416 8th Ave. #201 Oakland, CA 94606 (607) 277-8709 Website Dls38 @ cornell.edu
Samir Succar	Tenor/Seconds/ Engine Room	97	260 N. 3rd St. Apt J San Jose, CA 95112 Home address: 14510 Manor Park Dr. Rockville, MD 20853 Website Ssuccar @ cs.oberlin.edu
Alan Wiser			Playing Tenor with Pan Masters in DC Bradycakes @ yahoo.com Panjumbie @ yahoo.com
Yoko "Can You Ski?" Endo	Cellos/Percussion	97	Working as a research assistant in Tokyo at Capital Research Company, an American asset management company. 82-4 Torigaoka, Totsuka Yokohama 244-0001 JAPAN Yokoendo @ aol.com
Laura "The Enigmatic" Slocum	Tenor/Percussion	98	slpslocum @ yahoo.com
Matt "Double-Diamond" Hill	Percussion/Cellos	98	Oberlin College '00
Liz "Cheese Nomad" Blayney	Cellos/Bass	98
Amanda "I Am Such A Slackah! (She Really Is!)" Brady	Cellos	98	Living in D.C., playing Tenor with Panmasters
Kristen "Captain Carrot" Jones	Seconds/Bass	96-99	Playing seconds with Panmasters in D.C. Kristen.Jones @ world.oberlin.edu
Amber "Quatsch" Ries	Seconds	97-99	Neubiberger Str. 38 81737 Munich, Germany (011) 49-89-54-61-0689 Amber.Ries @ world.oberlin.edu
Matt "Sally" Norton	Seconds/Drumset/ Percussion	97-99	3448 Slade Run Dr Falls Church, VA 22042 (703) 241-8260 MNorton @ cs.oberlin.edu MNorton @ sbsbinc.com Matthew_Norton @ yahoo.com
Eric "Sinead" Suquet	Percussion/Tenor/ Cellos	96-00	Ericsuquet @ hotmail.com Eric @ batwinandrobin.com Ericsuquet @ mindspring.com
Jen "Don't Mess With Me" Prosser	Tenor	97-00	Nextjustsky @ hotmail.com
Jibrail "Tex" Nor	Drumset/Seconds	97-00	Jibrailnor @ hotmail.com
Alex "Road Mama" Mack	Tenor	97-00	2041 Oak St. #2 San Francisco, CA 94117 (415) 221-0794 Roadmama2 @ hotmail.com
Alex "The Noo" Pojedinec	Seconds	00
Jackie "Surdu Crack Lady" Davis	Cellos	98-01	In Alaska.
Alexa "Genius" Kunitsugu	Seconds/Quads	97-01	In Seattle?
Lillian "Sunset" Kehler	Cellos	98-01	In California.
Jess "Honey Brown" Boehland	Cellos	98-01	East Coast somewhere?
Luke "Mindy" Fasano	Drumset/Percussion	99-01	Working in Manhattan.
Molly "Rusty" Benson	Seconds/Quads	00-01	In Los Angeles, working with movie stars.
Stefan "Mr. President" Kamola	Tenor/Bass	00-01	In Siberia throatsinging on a Watson's fellowship.
Tom Jeanne	Tenor/Bass	99-02	Residing in Madison, WI. thomas.jeanne @ world.oberlin.edu
Abigail Chapin		02	abisquale @ hotmail.com
Connie Brichford	Cellos	02
Anne Siegler		02
Peter Meredith		02
Joaquin Espinoza	Percussion	02
Leah Patriarco	Tenor/Bass	01-03	Graduate studies at Northwestern. l-patriarco @ northwestern.edu
Scott Weaver	Cellos	01-03	Germany?
Patia Maule	Tenor/Bass	00-03
Amy Cobden	Tenor/Quads	01-03
Cat Richert	Seconds	01-03
Lilly Rosenman	Tenor	00-03
Sarah Buck	Cellos	01-03
Tessa Shanks	Seconds	02-04	Working in New York City. tessa.shanks @ world.oberlin.edu
Adam Czernikowski	Guitars	03-04	Graduate Studies at the University of Florida. Adamcz @ gmail.com
Nansamba Ssensalo	Tenor/Bass	01-04	Tagging music for Pandora in CA.
Oliver	Cellos	?-04
Timothy Gibbon	Percussion	01-04	Living in DC?
Abigail Sackmann	Seconds	05
Ryan Brazell	Quads/Bass/Double Tenor/Percussion	03-05, 07-08	Living in San Francisco.
Andy Callaway	Percussion	02-05	Living in Aspen, CO, giving snowmobile tours.
Carolyn Mraz	Cellos/Seconds/Tenor	03-05
Emily Schultz	Tenor/Cellos	02-05
Noah Smit	Drumset	01-05, 08-09	Living in Pittsburgh, PA after a stint in D.C. playing drumset for the Pan Masters Steel Orchestra. Recently played drumset for the winning band in the Trinidad National Panorama 2008, Clico Sforzata.
Nadia Fellah	Tenor, Seconds, Bass	03-06
Mia Casale	Tenor, Seconds	03-06
Luke Eddins	Tenor	03-06
Wayne van Lieu	Percussion	03-06
Stephen Lind	Seconds	03-06	Playing organ & doing software engineering in California Switzerland.
Katherine Erickson	Quads, Cellos, Double Tenor, Tenor	03-07	Last seen biking down the Mississippi River. Playing with C. elegans in a lab at NYU.
Michael P. Geraci	Cellos, Tenor	04-07	Working as a co-founder on Reducify in NYC after a cross-country bike trip. (email: mgeraci@gmail.com.)
Lenore Braford	Quads, Tenor	04-07	Making art in Asheville and farming in Australia.
Paul Drake	Drumset	04-07
Hannah Neprash	Seconds	04-07	Doing medicare policy research & writing limericks in Washington, D.C.
Katelyn Mueller	Cellos	05-07	Going to graduate school at Carnegie Mellon.
Laila Williams	Percussion	05-07
Zeev Saffir	Double Tenor, Tenor Bass, Tenor	05-08	Selling dental supplies, coding websites, & transcribing Panorama arrangements after a year of teaching steelpan at Horace Mann High School in New York.
Anna Vanderhorst	Tenor	05-08	Going to medical school at UNC after two years of research at the UCSD Memory Research Laboratory.
Maya Curry	Tenor	06-08	Living & working in Amsterdam after a stint working for Time Magazine in DC.
Jody-Ann Allen	Tenor	06-08
Sam Lasser	Seconds	06-08	Teaching English in Oman.
Pete Steffy	Percussion	06-08	In Mexico on a Fullbright scholarship.
Jeff "Jaff" Vaudrin-Mcclean	Percussion	Fall ’05–Spring ’09	India?
Mona Barber	Seconds, tenor	Spring ’06–Spring ’09	Working at a violin shop in Seattle and sailing quite frequently.
Toussaint Mears-Clarke	Tenor Bass	Fall ’06–Spring ’09	At the University of Chicago Medical School.
Nathaniel "Natty Boom-Boom" Meyer	Tenor	Spring ’07–Spring ’09	Working for Green Corps in PA.
Rebecca Eiseman	Quadrophonics	Fall ’07–Spring ’09	Working at a neighborhood market in San Francisco & interning at CAFF.
Leah "Sharpshooter" Bakst	Tenor	Spring ’08–Spring ’09	Doing research at the Harvard Cognitive Neuroscience Lab.
Phil Kingsmith	Tenor, cellos, percussion	Fall ’06–Fall ’09	Playing music in Philly.
Andrew Lawrence	Six bass, tenor bass, seconds, percussion	Spring ’07–Spring ’10	Playing with Organ Yank in Oberlin.
Zeke Runyon	Seconds	Spring ’07–Spring ’10	Living in San Francisco and working at a fruit company.
Zach Diamond	Cellos	Fall ’07–Spring ’10	In Peru on a Fulbright scholarship.
Becca Page	Seconds	Fall ’07–Spring ’10	In China on a Fulbright scholarship.
Lam La	Double tenor	Fall ’07–Spring ’10	Building furniture in Boston.
Sarah Grabinski	Tenor	Fall ’08–Spring ’11	Research assistant at Case Western.
Luke Hoffman	Drumset	Spring ’08–Fall ’09	Running a painting business in Oberlin.
Jon McCall	Tenor	Spring ’08–Spring ’10	Teaching in his hometown of Charlottesville, VA.
Shannon Rieke	Percussion	Spring ’08–Spring ’10	Going to law school.
Katarina Lunde	Tenor/Quads	Spring ’09–Spring ’11	Picking grapes on a vineyard in Alsace, France
Rachel Saudek	Tenor/Quads	Fall ’08–Spring ’11	Finishing up last semester at Oberlin
Tyler Stoll	Tenor/Double Tenor	Fall ’08–Spring ’11	Moving to Durham to live in an intentional community, work in non-profits, and slaughter rabbits
Rosa Tu	Tenor Bass	Spring ’09–Spring ’11	Traveling to Ukraine

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updated 12 september 2010