Day 14: Certamen and Karaoke!

Salvete omnes!
Contrary to what I said yesterday, this is Jams again rather than your aediles. We were having too much fun with Just Dance and Karaoke to have the students write the blog tonight so I'll have to do. After Greek day classes (I hear in Magister Burgess' class students are beginning to write their own sequels to Lucian's True History) and lunch in Estes, we practiced speaking Latin relating to food and cooking in preparation for our Cena Latina tomorrow. In otium, we played certamen, a version of quizbowl only about Latin and Roman culture. In varietas, the students made all sorts of paper ornamentation and prepared lines from the varietas presentations for tonight's banquet. Once the dinner entertainment and decor ready, we headed over to Birdsong Hall for a special meal. The night was meant to recreate a Roman convivium, at which people from all classses could mix but not everybody got to eat the same food. We ate in province order and food was restricted to certain provinces (after everyone had gotten some food they were able to take whatever they wanted. We want to show what Roman life was like, but we of course want to do better than the Romans did as well!) It was great to see previews of everyone's skits as well as part of a memoranda video. We are all excited to show the final version of these products to you during our Variety Show, which will be on Saturday July 12 from 2-3pm with refreshments afterwards. We would love to see you all there if you can make it! This event will allow the students to showcase the projects they have been working on for the past weeks. The night ended with Just Dance and karaoke, organized by Sophie and Alec. We have an old taste in music here, with Bohemian Rhapsody and Aint No Mountain High Enough being fan favorites. 
Expect the aediles back for real tomorrow!
Jams