Welcome to National High Five Day
National High Five Day falls on the third Thursday of
April each year, which falls this year on April
15, 2010. The holiday originated at the University of
Virginia in 2002, and has since spread across the nation, and
around the globe.
Imagine that while on your way to class, you pass a dignified
looking middle-aged man in a suit. You, of course, are wearing the
same underwear as yesterday, a pair of pants off your floor, and a
T-shirt with something ironic printed on it. Instead of noticing
this respectable pillar of society fifteen seconds or so before
your interaction is fated to occur, and lowering your head to avoid
his disapproving scowl, you take another course of action. You
confidently walk forward, and at the moment of passing, you and the
businessman simultaneously raise your hands and wordlessly
high-five. The sound of the perfect high five resonates, causing
those nearby to silently and enviously take notice. You both walk
on, and likely relate the story to whomever you eat dinner with
that night. There is no reason why this should not happen with
alarming frequency.
That’s pretty much it people. High Fives: Lots of
‘em. Some might find it easier to comprehend in Video Form:
watch the National High Five Day
Documentary.
The National High Five Day Soundtrack is one of the grandest
traditions of all of National High Five Day. The songs are
carefully selected over the course of the year, and played non-stop
as the lemonade flows. To qualify, a song must bear well the
pressure of repeated listenings, sound good very loud and
encapsulate the all around JOY of the holiday. Though there have
been some missteps over the years, we stand by these mixes as the
truest way to feel the spirit of the holiday.
