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Q. I half-expected to see you at that 12-hour performance of Dostoyevsky’s “Demons” that Lincoln Center Festival produced over the summer.

A. No, no, I’m a lowbrow. I read that material, more out of obligation than enjoyment. For enjoyment, for me, it’s a beer and the football game.




Prince to lead tributes on VJ Day


The Prince of Wales is to lead veterans in a service marking the 65th anniversary of Victory over Japan Day



jollification (noun) A boisterous celebration; a merry festivity.Synonyms:merrymaking, conviviality


Usage: The jollification that followed the team's come-from-behind victory provided Michael with the opportunity to slip away unnoticed.

Victory in Europe Day - Wikipedia

Victory in Europe Day, generally known as VE Day (United Kingdom) or V-E Day (US), is a day celebrating the formal acceptance by the Allies of World War II of Nazi Germany's unconditional surrender of its armed forces on Tuesday, 8 May ...

VJ Day, jollification,  event manager

Cool | 22.09.2009 | 18:30

Beethoven meets hip hop

This year, Bonn's prestigious Beethoven Festival entrusted a group of 16 secondary school students with the planning, marketing and managing of a whole concert!

The young people who took part in the ambitious arts management project produced an innovative programme in which hip-hop met classical music.
Interview: Kate Laycock

	half expect	20 up, 2 down
	buy half expect mugs, tshirts and magnets When you don't honestly believe something to be the case, but wouldn't be surprised if it turned out to be true. My friend was so crazy, I half expected him to actually jump off the water tower into a tub of jello when the radio station offered him $10. -fest Pronunciation: /fɛst/ COMBINING FORM In nouns denoting a festival or gathering of a specified kind:a media-festa gabfest