HAPPY PRESIDENTS DAY!
When I was a kid schools celebrated the birthdays of both Washington and Lincoln on the actual days they happened (at least Northern schools celebrated both). Consequently, I knew (and iknow) the days to sing Happy Birthday Dear George and Happy Birthday Dear Abraham. How many in this class do? No fair peeking.
Roger Williams University likes to mess with the calendar more than most places I know. So Monday happens on Wednesday this week. But this particular Wednesday complicates this this procedure for some of us even more than usual. It is Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent. I have an obligation to sing a service at 5:30 in Providence, and as I type this I’m not certain what time I’m called for rehearsal. I think the safest thing for me to do is to cancel class on Wednesday, and if necessary I can hold a makeup class later in the semester. You can guarantee that won’t be necessary by reading like little demons, and by bringing up questions about what you need explained or clarified. There is a double dose of reading here...but you’ve a week to complete it.