TLC Alumni Association

04/02/2026

03/17/2026

Hear ye, Hear ye...

Our next Reunion will be held on July 30, 31 and August 1, 2027.

Stay tuned for more information...

02/19/2026

Thinking about our next Reunion, 2027.
Traditionally we have had it the first weekend in July.
July 4, 2027 lands on a Monday, a day off for many who don't want to leave the island on Sunday...
We'd like to have the Reunion within the span of the show running. June-August.

Please post your thoughts here by St. Patrick's Day, March 17, 2026. The summer is full on the Outer Banks, we want you to get your hotel rooms booked early!

Thanks!

02/16/2026

February 16, 2025

“And there on Roanoke Island the colonists waited for the help that never came. Day after day, night after night, month after month, they watched and worked and waited…. Only the murmur of the vast and sheeted waters broke upon their uneasy dreams.”

Dear TLC Alumni, greetings from your Alumni team. We all miss our dear friend and TLCAA board member, Tom White, who we lost on November 24th. Tom was a life-long supporter of The Lost Colony production and was dedicated to its success. He will be remembered.

On other notes, the proceeds from the sale of the Pat and Woody Fearing property have been placed in investment accounts, and the TLCAA again subsidized the Company Nurses and the Robert Midgette Award during the 2025 production season.

We understand that the Jeff Whiting production will be presented again this summer. Local auditions for the 2026 season were held this past weekend. We will let you know of any news, and we always look forward to hearing from you.

“No regret, none. Yea, hear that once Sir Walter said – the victory lieth in the struggle, not the city won. To all free men (and women) it standeth so, he said…. And so we know – tonight we know.”

12/17/2025

T'was a lovely memorial to a man whose service to The Lost Colony was second to none.
He will be remembered.

12/16/2025

Hello friends of Tom White,

Several of you have asked whether Tom White’s funeral will be available for viewing online through a live stream. I asked the family about that yesterday. I found out a few minutes ago that a live stream of the funeral will now be available. Here is the web link that the family provided me to share with you:

https://vimeo.com/event/5396676

Thank you,
Robert Hobbs

12/04/2025

Information regarding local alum Tom White's service.
He will be remembered...

December 17th, 11am at Mount Olivet Church, with a reception held at 108 Budleigh afterwards.

11/25/2025

The Lost Colony Alumni Association has heard the sad news of Tom White's passing after a short illness. Tom was a charter member and legal council for The Lost Colony Alumni Association, as well as being The Lost Colony Producer, Board Chair and so many other Colony related activities for many years.
I'll post more as we hear about plans for a service. Until then, please keep Betty Blanchard and the rest of Tom's family in your heart.
"He will be remembered"

04/25/2025

"Secure within Thy mercy
We walk this death alone."

We are gathering names of those Alumni who have taken their Final March, 2024 to present for the 2025 TLC program.

Please write here their name, year(s) with the show, what their roles/positions and year of their passing. If you have headshot, please post it as well.

Check each other's posts, try not to replicate. We'll need this soon.

Many thanks!
TLCAA

03/27/2025

“Oh, up on the mountain and down in the valley, I tell the glad news all around.”
Friends, this is a happy day for us. It marks the beginning of an ongoing relationship which will from this day forward go on to a greater destiny. We can go happily in the knowledge that we have agreed with RIHA to do the following:

• underwrite the cost of a Backstage Company Nurse

• provide funds for the annual Robert Midgette Award

• commission an exhibit of the seat plaques preserved when the seating was replaced

• TLCAA and RIHA have agreed to help update alumni information in the 2025 souvenir program

• support other activities to enhance the experience and careers of future Lost Colony alumni

Here are some opportunities for our TLC Alumni members:
1. We are looking for design ideas for the seat plaque display
2. We are looking for Alumni interested in becoming members of the TLCAA. Please contact Gail Hutchison [email protected] or Dennis McGinnis [email protected]

“Mayhap this time the queen will relent, and Sir Walter himself will accompany me back. Lord knows, we’ve only been waiting for 438 years!”
Exit the Governor Stage Right and The Ship Stage Left as the lights fade.....

02/10/2025

Super Bowl at Le Hook's house...
Lynn Lockrow, Marjalene, Hunt, guy renting upstairs, David, me, Lynn, David, Le and Jimmy