Reunion 2008 was a great success!

Close to 500 clan members attended the reunion, which according to Tet Gambito, was a great challenge considering that food preparation was just good for 120 people. There was also a sudden change of venue from Sugbu,SRP to Bulacao Community Gym because of the incessant rain.

The clan members were entertained during the day by the virtousity of Eddie Nadela who played the guitar with such skills, he can give any professional guitarist a run for his money.

Personally, I was able to touch base with the Nadelas whom I got to know back in CIT days, many are losing their hair and have grown sideways but still recognizable. I also was able to meet some clan members whom I have exchanged emails over the past year or so. I also met some clan members for the first time and got to know them.

One of the reasons why I attended the reunion was to interview the 'old folks' so I can trace the relations of the Nadelas downstream. Unfortunately many of those I interviewed could not remember or do not even know their  grandparents. I am afraid that we may not be able to connect many Nadela branches after all, unless other ways of  tracing the relations are made available to us.

I was, however, able to distribute and retrieve genealogy forms which was a source of additional information  for the genealogy database. There are now more than 1,000 names in the database!!!

Congratulations to the organizers and supporters of the reunion. Thank you for your undying efforts to keep the Clan together.