I personally would avoid the Ides altogether. Bought a car on the Ides of March and it died only 14 months later. I blame Caesar... no, Brutus. Ware L.W.S. Petznick, Ph.D. McFaddin-Ward House Curator of Collections 725 N. Third St. Beaumont, TX 77701 [log in to unmask] 409.832.1906 p 409.832.3483 f Learn about monograms now until April by coming to see "That's Mine: Ciphers and Monograms" in the McFaddin-Ward House Visitor Center. The McFaddin-Ward House features three floors of original furnishings, including a newly restored third floor. Explore the McFaddins' world in the first half of the twentieth century. Call 409-832-2134 for tour information. -----Original Message----- From: Museum discussion list [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Heather Getson Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2008 2:04 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [MUSEUM-L] Programs on April 15th (tax day)? Not that I'm superstitious, but I'd avoid the date simply because the Titanic sank on 15 April! Heather Heather-Anne Getson Historian, Fisheries Museum of the Atlantic Lunenburg, Nova Scotia [log in to unmask] http://fisheries.museum.gov.ns.ca 902.634.4794 ext.230 >>> Diane Peapus <[log in to unmask]> 1/9/2008 3:27 PM >>> Hi: I'm picking a date for an evening program for an adult audience and April 15th keeps coming up as available in various local venues I'm considering. My gut-level feeling is that "tax day" is not a good day for an adult audience to attend a program, but my only data to support this is personal experience. ... Personally, I'm always running to the post office at 11pm on April 15th, and there's always a line of others who would potentially be my audience if I threw the program on April 17th, and... ...Personally, I'm suspicious that this is the reason all the local venues are available on April 15th and trying to "sell me" on that day. It is doubtful that I'll go with April 15th, but, out of curiosity, I thought I'd ask... ... Does anyone keep attendance data and happen to have noticed whether there is a difference in attendance at adult audience programming on April 15th? ...If you had a lecture series on ... say Tues evenings ...and that happens to fall on April 15th, would you cancel that single evening's program? Just curious diane h peapus ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes). ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes). ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).