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8 FOUR SEASONS BREEZE | MAY 2015 Did You Know? By Bobbie Eckel May has a lot of interesting single holidays. It is also Foster Care Month, National Barbecue Month, National Blood Pressure Month, National Hamburger Month, National Salad Month and Older Americans Month. We are aware that Mothers' Day is the second Sunday in May and that the weekend of May 24 and 25 is Memorial Day. But there are other days which are fun to know about. DiD you know that May 8 is also V-E Day? 4HIS DAY CELEBRATES THE END OF lGHTING IN %UROPE DURING 7ORLD 7AR )) 4HE 'ERMAN !RMY CEASED lGHTING ON -AY AND FORMALLY SURRENDERED ON -AY !PPARENTLY THE ORIGINAL IDEA WAS TO CELEBRATE 6% $AY ON -AY BUT JOURNALISTS FOUND OUT ABOUT THE PLANS SO THE 53 AND "RITAIN MOVED THE DAY UP TO -AY (OW IS THAT FOR THE POWER OF THE PRESS 2USSIA HOWEVER REFUSED TO MOVE THE DAY AHEAD THEY STILL CELEBRATE THE CESSATION OF lGHTING ON -AY DiD you know that May 1 is intErnational tuba Day? 4HIS IS THE DAY WHEN MUSICIANS AROUND THE WORLD ARE RECOGNIZED FOR THE WEIGHT AND SIZE OF THEIR LARGE UNWIELDY INSTRUMENTS &OR THOSE OF US WHO HAVE NEVER PLAYED A TUBA YOU NEED TO KNOW THAT THEY DO COME IN VARYING SIZES 4HEY CAN WEIGH FROM TO POUNDS !PPARENTLY THE NUMBER OF VALVES ON A TUBA IS NOT STANDARDIZED A TUBA CAN HAVE THREE TO SIX VALVES 4HE INSTRUMENT WAS PATENTED IN BY 7IEBRECHT AND -ORITZ IN 'ERMANY 4HE )NTERNATIONAL 4UBA $AY WAS FOUNDED BY A HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT *OEL $AY IN L *OEL PLAYED A TUBA IN HIS HIGH SCHOOL BAND IN 0HILADELPHIA 0ENNSYLVANIA (E FELT THAT A SPECIAL DAY WOULD DRAW PUBLIC ATTENTION TO THE INSTRUMENT AND ITS CONTRIBUTIONS TO CONCERT MUSIC )T WOULD ALSO BRING ADDITIONAL RESPECT TO THE TUBA PLAYERS DiD you know that May 8 is no socks Day? 4HIS IS THE DAY TO FREE YOUR TOES FROM THE CONlNES OF WINTERS COVERING 'IVE THEM A CHANCE FOR A BREATH OF FRESH AIR %NJOY A MOMENT OF STRETCHING YOUR TOES IN THE SUN .O 3OCKS $AY IS ACTUALLY A COPYRIGHTED HOLIDAY COURTESY OF THE FOLKS AT 7ELLCATCOM 4HEY RECOMMEND THAT WASHING YOUR FEET PRIOR TO FREEING THEM IS A GOOD IDEA BUT PAINTING YOUR TOENAILS TO CELEBRATE IS AN INDIVIDUAL OPTION DiD you know that May 12 is liMErick Day? The DAY ACTUALLY CELEBRATES THE BIRTHDAY OF THE WRITER %DWARD ,EAR n WHO POPULARIZED THE LIMERICK FORM IN HIS "OOK OF .ONSENSE IN L ! LIMERICK IS A HUMOROUS VERSE COMPOSED OF lVE LINES 4HE lRST TWO LINES RHYME WITH THE lFTH LINE THE THIRD AND FOURTH LINES RHYME 4HE NAME LIMERICK ACTUALLY IS DERIVED FROM THE CITY OF ,IMERICK IN )RELAND 3OME EXAMPLES OF LIMERICKS ARE "There once was an old man of Esser Whose knowledge grew lesser and lesser, It at last grew so small He knew nothing at all, And now he's a college professor." (Noam Kuzar) !ND "A mouse in her room woke Miss Doud Who was frightened and screamed very loud Then a happy thought hit her To scare off the critter She sat up in bed and meowed." (Lorna) ) SUGGEST CELEBRATING THE DAY BY GOING ONLINE TO (OLIDAY )NSIGHTS 4HERE ARE PAGES OF LIMERICKS SOME FOR THE LIGHTHEARTED OTHERS FOR MATURE MINDS AND OTHERS JUST BECAUSE THEY ARE NICE

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