I just got an email informing me that there is a spot for the Family Math Club in the Ithaca Festival parade (which starts at 5:30 on Thursday May 28th). Awesome. Everyone knows this is the zaniest small town parade around. And now we have a chance to be a part of it! What sort of costumes and gimmicks can we come up with to tell Ithaca who we are and what we're about? I can certainly reuse the geodesic sphere I constructed for the Earth Day parade--see:

http://familymath.org/node/209
But what else can we do? Be prepared to discuss your ideas at our next meeting. The schedule for the next couple of weeks is as follows:

5/9/2009 (Saturday 9 to 3) meet at the Young Eagles event at the Ithaca Airport in which kids aged 8 to 17 can fly in a small plane. There will be lots of other activities. See:
http://www.lightlink.com/ithnet/Orgs/EHFC//youngeagles.html
*** Note that there is a registration form on this web page that you should send in prior to 5/9 if you want to fly. ***

5/10/2009 (Sunday) club meeting canceled

5/17/2009 Last club meeting for the season! Larry will demonstrate music synthesis software. We'll create a group composition. If you like, bring a portable musical instrument and a snack.