Mountain Day!!!

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<p>If you don't know what it is, take a look. It's a very cool tradition. Everything (and I mean, everything--classes, tests, labs, rehearsals, etc.) is cancelled till 7 pm and the students enjoy the glorious fall day:</p>

<p>Smith</a> College: Events</p>

<p>Happy Mountain Day, Smithies! Enjoy the day!</p>

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<p>Links with more images of current and past Mountain Days.</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.smith.edu/news/[/url]”>Grécourt Gate News | Smith College;

<p><a href=“http://www.smith.edu/news/2011-12/smithistory-mountainday.php[/url]”>http://www.smith.edu/news/2011-12/smithistory-mountainday.php&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Here’s my last link to celebrate Mountain Day. It’s one of the Smith a cappella groups, the Noteables singing their rendition of “It’s a Beautiful Morning!” from the 1968 Rascals hit.</p>

<p>[A</a> Special Mountain Day Message from the Smith College Noteables - YouTube](<a href=“A Special Mountain Day Message from the Smith College Noteables - YouTube”>A Special Mountain Day Message from the Smith College Noteables - YouTube)</p>

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<p>Yes, our firstie had a blast at Mountain Day. There was an early morning Facebook posting and an early morning call from D regarding “bells ringing” and upperclass women running up and down the hallways announcing that Mountain Day was upon them. Daughter stated that she did a ton of hiking-- loved it. Fun, surprise experience especially for a firstie.</p>

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<p>David</p>

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<p>Oh huzzah! I’d have emailed my daughter about it if I’d seen this yesterday but she would have said that she already knew about it.</p>

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<p>The town folk who live near the Quad also know all too well when it’s Mountain Day. :)</p>

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<p>[Smith</a> College: Residence Life](<a href=“http://www.smith.edu/reslife/houses_eastquad_emerson.php]Smith”>http://www.smith.edu/reslife/houses_eastquad_emerson.php)</p>

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<p>From all the FB pictures I saw posted from my daughter’s friends and from Smith, it looks like it was a spectacular day. David, I’m delighted your daughter had her first wonderful Mountain Day with a good hike. It appears that because the apple crop was more limited this year due to weather, Baldwinites couldn’t go apple-picking but they bought bags of apples from the orchard (you have to have apples for Mountain Day, if you’re from Baldwin!) and then went pumpkin-picking and hung out in the glorious sunshine. It was my daughter’s last Mountain Day! :(</p>

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<p>CrewDad, I love it!</p>

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<p>ahhhh, the “Hallelujah Chorus”— one of my favorite tunes, sorry I missed it! Didn’t know that it was an integral part of Smith Mountain Day. But, I guess it would get you moving at 7:00 a.m. in the morning if blasted all over the campus. (Bells an additional nice touch)</p>

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<p>David</p>

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<p>I love both pieces of rabble-rousing music, but I especially love the cannons at the end of 1812. :)</p>