[Vwoolf] Dallowday

[Sarah M. Hall]

Thanks, Anne. As you say, there is no conclusive date (unless there is an yet-to-be-discovered note in Woolf's handwriting), but if we are to celebrate Dallowday we will need to settle on a particular day to avoid confusion. 
You seem to suggest that the day of the week is more important than the date -- do other people agree that a mid-June Wednesday would be best, whatever date that falls on? 
It may seem a bit early in the year to bring this up, but people are starting to arrange events now!

      From: Anne Fernald <fernald at fordham.edu>
 To: Sarah M. Hall <smhall123 at yahoo.co.uk> 
Cc: "vwoolf at lists.osu.edu" <vwoolf at lists.osu.edu>
 Sent: Wednesday, 31 January 2018, 13:42
 Subject: Re: [Vwoolf] Dallowday
  
As I have said here before, I’m of two minds about this:
1. I strongly disagree with those who confidently set the novel on one date: David Bradshaw’s work, the work of others, and my own research show pretty clearly that there was no Wed. that included the Royal Family being on residence, the flower show, a heat wave, and hose cricket matches. 
2. I love parties, celebrations, and celebrating Woolf and, if the Day were asterisked as above and celebrated as say, the second or third Wed in June annually, that would be really fun.
I can’t imagine anything other than Dallowday for the name.
Best,
Anne
On Tue, Jan 30, 2018 at 11:11 AM Sarah M. Hall <smhall123 at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

Having talked to a few people, it seems that there is interest in creating a Dallowday to be celebrated each year as people see fit on a particular day in June. I think there was a consensus last year that the day on which Mrs D is set was Wed 20 June 1923. So am I right in assuming that most of us would consider the date more important than the day of the week? This year, of course, they are one and the same, which won't happen again until 2029. 
Another question I've been asked is whether it should be Dallowday or Dalloway Day, so may I also throw that out for discussion? It seems to me that the former is neater and less cumbersome.
Sarah

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