2022 JJBirthday Cast Party

Party Activities:

1. Raffle for copy of Ulysses: A Reader's Odyssey

2. Reading of Ben Jonson passages by Bob Kolodney

3. Reading of Flaubert passages by Marilyn Wong Gleysteen

4. Reading of Ibsen passages (including extract from review by 18-year-old James Joyce) by Gail Lelyveld and Bob Kolodney

5. Reading of Faulkner passages by Eleanor Heginbotham

6. Reading of Burgess passages by Bob Kolodney

7. Reading of Pynchon passages by Bob Kolodney

8. Reading or playing of any other passages, recordings or videos that anyone would like to share

9. Joyce/Ireland trivia contest to be attempted using Zoom chat function

10. Joke-telling contest to be attempted

11. "Oft in the Stilly Night" and "The Bold Fenian Men" be sung by Daniel Sachs, followed by "Molly Malone" karaoke in which all are invited to join.

12. Recording of "Le Papillon et la Fleur" chosen by Marilyn Wong Gleysteen

13. Any other songs that anyone else would like to sing (a cappella, with musical instrument or with karaoke accompaniment,)

14. Any other group singing that anyone would like to do

15. Any other pleasurable activity that anyone would like to initiate that does not cause any pain or inconvenience to others

16. Awarding of prizes to outstanding James Joyce Birthday Celebration readers

17. Awarding of prizes to trivia and joke-telling contest winners

18. Viewing of Japanese Olympic Fireworks so as to be able to compare them to upcoming Chinese Olympic Fireworks.

Script of Authors Influencing and Influenced by James Joyce is at end of 2022 Birthday Celebration Script)

Love Poems:

Modern Man by George Carlin:

Guinness Tasting:

Irish Bulls:

Music (Recordings Playlist):

Japanese Olympic Fireworks 2020/21:

Prizes: