Welcome!!

Welcome back to all of our returning students. This looks like it's going to be a terrific year! And welcome to our HUGE new class of first-year students. We were thrilled with the auditions and are really happy that so many chose to attend Acadia. There is a lot to update you on so here goes:

1) First of all, my blogging over the past few years has been really lame. I would deserve a D- for my efforts. I'm going to attempt to post blog submissions at least once per week this year. At the end, feel free to email me a (hopefully higher) grade. So please check back here often and subscribe to the blog.

2) Welcome Assembly and Barbecue - we will have our welcome assembly this Thursday, September 9 at 1130 in Denton Hall. As usual, the assembly will feature great student performances, an introduction of the faculty, a presentation by the SAMS council, and profound words of wisdom from yours truly. This will be followed by a barbecue outside of Denton Hall. All students are required to attend.

3) We kicked out the percussionists! This summer we officially took over the rest of the Festival Theatre Building. First thing we did was kick those pesky percussionists out of Denton. Now they will have a lot more space to crash and bang. Mark Adam has also moved his office down there so the hair-to-faculty ratio has gone way down! In addition to the percussion studio, the wind ensemble, symphonic band, new horizons band, and jazz big band have also moved their rehearsals and performances to the FTB. We now have way more space in Denton for offices and storage, and the stage will be much easier to book. Please stop down and see the percussionists occasionally so it doesn't get too "Lord of the Flies" down there!

OK I'm getting bored. I'll update you on some more stuff in my next blog post. For now, I hope you have a great year! Stop by and say hi when you get a chance. You know where to find me!

JJH