I am very excited to join the inter-web with my first blog! I was inspired to create this because I am hoping to reconnect with some old friends. As a youth I traveled to the Soviet Union with a touring production called Peace Child. I started out getting involved locally in Berkeley and San Francisco working directly with David Woolecombe, the local Marin chapter and the chorus that supported the first international tour of 1986. I later was in the chorus supporting the Central American tour (’88). In 1987 -I applied and was accepted into a touring cast. I traveled with the Peace Child Boston/U.S.S.R. Tour in and visited Moscow, Leningrad, Rostov-on-don, Sochi, and Yerevan. The following summer of 1988 I traveled to Kazakhstan and then in 1989 to Latvia. Peace Child International opened my eyes to other cultures and ideas; to seeing different people as human beings and that no matter what our politics or nationality—in our hearts we all want the same things and we all want peace. I made so many friends that I will never forget. Unfortunately, so much time has passed that many of the phone numbers and addresses are no longer accurate. I hope that through this blog I will create a living magnet for other Peace Child alumni to find each other. There are two companion sites I can refer alumni to and that is Abigail Garner’s Website (Kazakhstan Tour) and Debbie Snyder’s Peace Child Alumni Yahoo Group (Boston/USSR 1987 Tour). So, to all my old friends and Peace Child alumni, please Reach Out and say “hello”.