That is, of course, if you follow the modern Gregorian calendar -- folks who follow other calendar systems may or may not celebrate New Year's Eve/Day right now (you know who you are). In NYC we have about 14 hours until the new year but if you want to know which places are already in 2016, see the current local time in cities around the world: http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/
And for those of you have celebrated Christmas on 12/25 or will celebrate it in a few days (folks who follow the Julian calendar), here's a little reminder: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-2VszpHHY0 And to class things up a little, here's a link to the 1993 performance of Tchaikovsky's "The Nutcracker" as performed by NYC Ballet; see: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZ5Se2ErinU True story: back in grad school, circa late 1970s, I got tickets for the Nutcracker for myself and several of my grad student friends at Stony Brook who were non-New Yorkers (one from India) and who had never seen the Nutcracker. We show up to the New York State Theater at Lincoln Center on the Sunday afternoon and find out that the tickets were for the PREVIOUS Sunday afternoon performance. I was very upset that I had screwed things up but I was a subscriber to the NYC Ballet at the time and talked to the management about the situation. They were very considerate and let us sit in box seats in the back of the "orchestra" (ground floor; not the optimal location but it did have a clear view of he stage). So, in the end, it all worked out. But it has gotten me into the habit of checking the date on my tickets to performances/events to anything serial times. And on a final note, here's a little something to welcome the New Year because Ravel's Bolero has a way of building up one's spirit any time but it seems most appropriate now when we face a new year; see: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsSALaDJuN4 The performance is both primitive (in the focus on a single dancer surrounded by other dancers) and modern (in its minimalism). Try it, you might like it. Mike Palij New York University [email protected] P.S. The first academic job interview I gave was at Bucknell U. and I had to stay overnight because I was flying out (and flights were limited to central PA).. There was a dinner at one of the faculty member's home and the follow-up was a slide show one of the people had put together showing pictures taken of the natural environment around Bucknell which was accompanied by Vivaldi's "Four Seasons". It was one of the two most memorable aspects of my trip (the other was a urinary infection I had and the less said about that, the better). By the way, I was offered the job but because I had not finished collecting data for my dissertation I ultimately decided to turn down the offer because I was afraid that once in the job, I would put the dissertation on the back burner and take forever to finish it. As things turned out, other events delayed my completion of the dissertation and turning down Bucknell was the right decision. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=47710 or send a blank email to leave-47710-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
