Hey there! Welcome to the very first episode of Dear Uncle Tony, the literary, arts, and storytelling podcast of the Xi chapter of St. Anthony Hall. Our goal with this podcast is to bring Xi brethren closer together by collecting and spreading our work to St. A’s all over the world. We’re going to have a little bit of everything: original music, poetry, and essays; Hall stories both new and old; and interviews with Xi alumni. Also, this is a podcast for adults, so be prepared for some saucy, salacious, or irreverent language.

2016 Barrett/John Selection
The Barrett/John Award, named for Bro. Jonathan Barrett Ξ’97 and Sis. Betsy John Ξ’99, is given by the St. Anthony Association of North Carolina to an active member presenting a revised piece of work (be it written or visual in nature). In return for their hard work, SAANC provides the recipient with a paid registration to the GC.
We are pleased to present this year’s selection for your reading pleasure. (more…)
Swing Out 2016 Awards

The following awards were presented at Swing Out 2016:
David Judson “Friend of the Treasury” Award – Bro. Adam Daland X’00
Swift Award for academic improvement – Bro. Ace Lane X’14
Steven Coleman Award – Sis. Hannah Jones X’14
Grahame Wood Award for Hall Spirit – Bro. Dallas Hopkins X’15
Coolest Alum Award – Bro. John Matthews X’68
Brooke Gardiner Award – Bro. Christian Haig X’15
Barrett/John Award (for work presented in a meeting, revised, then presented again) – Sib. Quincy Rife X’15 for “Leland”
Happy Hallidays – Saturday, Dec 26, 2015

This year’s Happy Hallidays gathering will be hosted by Sis. LeAnn Sherman X’96 and her husband, Fraser, on Saturday December 26th from 6p – 1a. For address and directions, please drop an email to the SAANC events coordinator!
From LeAnn:
Food, drink and literary-themed games provided. There is no need to bring anything except your awesomeness. If you would like to bring something, please bring drinks instead of food. (Our dogs can find the slightest bit of dropped bad-for-dogs food and vacuum it up in a nanosecond).
Hope to see many of you there!
Party ends promptly at 1 am because we are old. :)
National St. Anthony Hall page on Facebook
Keep up with historical tidbits, current happenings, and events around the world through the St. Anthony Hall Facebook page. If you have anything you’d like to share on the national scene, please be in touch!
Andrea Young X’91 Awarded Nazim Hikmet Poetry Prize

At the seventh annual Nâzım Hikmet Poetry Festival, Andrea Young X’91 was selected as one of seven winners of the poetry competition associated with the festival. Young was selected out of 337 submissions as reviewed by a five-person panel. Congratulations!
You can read more about the poetry prize at the Nâzım Hikmet website. The website states the winning poetry will be published in the festival book and on the website, so check there soon.
News of Two Sisters
Happy News All Around
Congratulations are in order to Sister Carolyn Payne X’92 on the arrival of daughter Greta on 22 April 2015. Baby and mom are doing well.
Sister Coco Wilder Xi 2012 has been awarded the Robert B House Award in Poetry for 2015, a Chancellor’s Award at UNC.
Swing Out 2015 Awards

The following awards were presented at Swing Out 2015:
David Judson “Friend of the Treasury” Award – Bill Waring X’61
Swift Award for academic improvement – Hannah Hodge X’14
Steven Coleman Award – Hannah Jones X’14
Grahame Wood Award for Hall Spirit – Lucy Thomas X’14
Coolest Alum Award – David “Commodore” Joyner X’08
Brooke Gardiner Award – Jen Myers X’14
Barrett/John Award (for work presented in a meeting, revised, then presented again) – Alice Wilder X’14 for “Inheritance”
Charlotte Parrott X’11 Selected as Outstanding Senior by Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life
The Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life and Community Involvement at UNC-Chapel Hill has selected Charlotte Parrott X’11 as an Outstanding Senior.

Aaron Bachenheimer, current director of OFSLCI, says this about the recognition:
For the last few years, our staff in the office has selected 2-3 seniors from each council to recognize at the Chapter Excellence Awards for their outstanding contributions to the Greek community and Carolina campus at large. There is not any hard criteria, we simply brainstorm, “who is graduating that really embodies what we hope all students can make of and get out of the Greek experience at Carolina”.
Parrott, a graduate of Myers Park High School in Charlotte, NC, is an English Literature major and a singer/songwriter who performs regularly around the Triangle. She has held several leadership positions during her time as member of the active Xi Chapter. Congratulations and snaps all around to Charlotte!
Swing Out 2015 Celebrates Hall Connections in Grand Style
A quick word association game for Swing Out 2015: excellent, thoughtful, late nights, laughter, stories, toasts, art, connection. More photos will be up in the Photo Gallery soon.
