ON the HILLTOP
“To celebrate Shakespeare is to celebrate language and literature.” — Gary Bouchard
An Elizabethan in Georgia Keith M. Botelho ’96 Associate professor of English, Kennesaw State University “I read a sonnet each of my four years, and then I brought a group of my students to read sonnets when I taught at Londonderry High School. In my first year as a professor, I wanted to celebrate Shakespeare’s birthday on campus, and I thought I would honor the Saint Anselm Shakespeare celebration and model my own version on it. I called Professor Bouchard and asked him if he would mind if I used his celebration as a model for my event, and he happily gave me his blessing. I kept the reading of all 154 sonnets by students, alumni, faculty, and staff, as well as the mid-day cake cutting. We had actors from Atlanta’s Shakespeare Tavern perform scenes. Gary’s passion for the power of the written and spoken word is infectious, and the event proves, year after year, that Shakespeare is alive and well and still so very modern.”
(From top L to R) Erica Potterton ’11 was one of about 40 alumni readers. Professor Ann Norton with former students Erica Potterton ’11, Joe Jennings ’07, Melissa (Femino) Siik ’02, and Julia (Parodi) Mitchell ’02. Collectors’ items: a different button design each year. Robert Duhaime ’57 never misses a year.
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