There were tributes by actor Harry Belafonte (in person) and television personality Bill Maher (via video), and affectionate farewells from President Tilghman, students, and professors.
There were specially commissioned new pieces by Luke Bedford, Richard Baker, John Woolrich and Zoe Martlew, all of them affectionate farewells and heartfelt tributes to a couple who have overseen BCMG's rise to the top of the new-music tree in the UK.
We have every reason to believe that deep down, Alan Rickman is a decent, warm-hearted individual, if his affectionate farewell letter to the "Harry Potter" movies is any indication.
He recalls the affectionate farewell of undergraduates leaving to fight on opposing sides, and the generous spirit that existed between the students from the North and South who remained on campus.
To our beloved, unforgettable friend of unfailing years, a gentleman of honor, passionate in the Arts and Humanities, an elegant, eclectic spirit and a skillful, old-line investment banker, are addressed our most affectionate farewell and our everlasting love.
TRANS-ATLANTIC MAN In bidding an affectionate farewell to the BBC broadcaster Alistair Cooke, who died last month at 95, I noted that my friend and linguistic mentor dubbed himself founder of Sanpickle, the "Safire Nit-pickers League".
Without the assistance of that Divine Being, who ever attended him, I cannot succeed.... To His care commending you, as I hope in your prayers you will commend me, I bid you an affectionate farewell".
AT the end of the trip we settle our shared expenses, show and tell our Vietnamese purchases, and embrace in a rush of affectionate, if relieved, farewells.
The recalcitrant audience for the Shostakovich seemed to pay more attention in Mendelssohn's C minor Trio and made its enthusiastic applause at the end into an affectionate form of farewell.
After a final commercial break, the episode closes with an "affectionate and reluctant farewell" to Blake by means of a light-hearted montage of clips from past episodes.
