Wednesday-Night

15 August 2007
This Wednesday we will have David Kilgour, long-serving (May 1979 until January 2006) Member of Parliament for the southeastern area of Edmonton, and his wife Laura as very special guests. In addition to serving as an MP (and in the Chrétien government as Secretary of State for Latin America & Africa, later for […]

25 years of Wednesdays
Commentary
(Editorial from The Westmount Examiner signed Wayne Larsen)
When David and Diana Nicholson marked their 1,000th consecutive Wednesday Night salon in 2001, the formidable milestone was celebrated with a huge, happy party, the likes of which residents of Rosemount Avenue had never seen.
The unprecedented occasion was reported not only in The Examiner, […]

Dedicated Wednesday Nighters celebrate 25 years
By Martin C. Barry
A quote by former CBS News president Fred Friendly helped mark the 25th anniversary of Wednesday Night. Describing the task faced by broadcast news reporters, Friendly — who is considered a towering figure in the history of journalism — once said that the job “is not to […]

The Wednesday Night Silver Anniversary
Diana’s version
Prologue
Jeremy Jonas’ brief account sums up a remarkable evening the origins of which started some months before when it was realized that Wednesday Night would soon be twenty-five years young. With Brian Morel taking the lead, a self-appointed committee of valiant souls was formed. In mid-January, Margaret Lefebvre and […]

Wednesday Night

The candles softly flickering
We’re welcomed in the room
Our places at the table
Films ready for their turn
Economists and lawyers
Politicians, students too
Wednesday Night is starting
There never are too few
The Chairman is seated
Guests take to their chairs
…
Musicians, doctors, businessmen
Beliefs are deeply aired
A cross section of society
They all come here to share
Subjects vary weekly
The guest list none too […]

Wednesday Night 25th Anniversary Year […]

WHOM TO INVITE, NEXT WEDNESDAY NIGHT?
Or, David and Diana demonstrate they are never listless
(Written with the appropriately polysyllabic apologies to Messrs Gilbert and Sullivan)

My name is David Nicholson, the dean of Wednesday Night,
And I’ve got a little list - I’ve got a little list
Of guests at our salon I am inclined to dis-invite
Who […]

“I am leaving tomorrow for two weeks in Cuba and, unfortunately, will be missing that important event. Diana and David have achieved a weekly gathering of minds where we have all learned a lot from each other. For myself, I have learned to present a financial and economic presentation from 7 minutes initially down to […]

An eye-witness account:
Jeremy Jonas writes to John & Holly in Australia:
From: Jeremy Jonas Sent:
Fri 3/9/2007 4:39 AM
To: John Joseph Jonas, Prof.
Subject: Wednesday Night
Well, despite your absence the family was well represented with 3 of us there
- Jono also brought a posse of well-dressed friends and roommates.
The soirée went very well, basically a well-lubricated cocktail party […]

The Invitation (Reminder)
Dear all,
As I contemplate the storm from high in Place Victoria, I am hoping that you will hitch up the sled dogs and join us for a special evening tomorrow, March 27, to celebrate David’s 70th birthday ( which he just may have told some of you!). No matter what the weather, […]