The May 17, 2008 Nothing-Else-Going-On SOJO

Salutation,

Looks like there are NO REAL HOLIDAYS to celebrate on Saturday, May 17, 2008, except maybe Syttende Mai (Norwegian Constitution Day) and Trent "Nine Inch Nails" Reznor's Birthday. So apart from those, there shouldn't be anything to keep you away from the May 17 Sing Out-Jam Out (SOJO) from 2 to 5 pm in Crystal City! (Or, bring Syttende May or Nine Inch Nails's Birthday or whatever other holiday you like to SOJO, and celebrate it with us!) Come (back, or for the first time) and sing or play or clap your hands or paws or anything you got now.

Bring your copy of Rise Up Singing (Our Bookkeeping Queen Caryn will be absent <insert upside-down smilie emoticon here>, but Elie and/or Margi should be there with some new or gently used ones for sale, or for lending to first-timers; and anyone who dares can borrow my notorious, recently-replaced first edition, which is held together, somewhat, by an elastic). Or, feel free to bring in your own song(s) that is/are not in the book; if you can, make about 10 to 25 copies of the lyrics and maybe the chords as well. And you might want to bring some water to drink, or you can buy some in nearby stores or from a vending machine in the laundry room below our meeting place.

We're close to the Metro. I understand there will be delays on the Yellow line that day due to scheduled track maintenance, but the Blue line also goes to Crystal City and should be operating normally. And there's free parking on weekends in nearby garages, the closest being on 23rd St. between Crystal Drive and US 1.

Contributions of $4 or so toward what I pay to rent the meeting space are most welcome but not required. If you can't or won't spare $4 or any $, please come anyway: I want you there, and I don't want anyone kept away because of money.

Valediction,
'Freddy'*
(*'Freddy' is this Meetup's Rentboy.)