Heather Hall had a lot of friends.

A few hundred of them filled the Cistern Yard at the College of Charleston on Sept. 19, most dressed in bright-colored clothing, to celebrate the education professor’s life.

Gathering beneath a grove of live oaks, friends and family sang, danced and eulogized the late professor and former public school teacher before a jazz band led a procession around the yard.

Hall, 51, died along with 15 others in a Sept. 3 accident in Lisbon when a cable-car known as a funicular broke loose and sped out of control down a hill. The education professor had traveled to Portugal for an academic conference.

Her death made international news, but particularly stunned the South Carolina education community, in which the fun-loving and adventurous teacher was well-known

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