YEAR BY YEAR

Why do so many amateur drama/operatic societies promote their shows with posters that do not include the year in the date of the performances?

Presumably people keep programmes, flyers and even posters from their shows in a keepsake box, or whatever. They show them to family and friends over the years, and they struggle to remember what year a certain production took place. Also, when one looks at a society's website there is no knowing whether or not the poster promoting the forthcoming production is actually out of date. Often, further investigation… which shouldn’t be necessary… proves that it is. Seems like a simple thing to just add a year, after all it’s only four digits, and will be for some time to come.

Why do so many amateur drama/operatic societies not keep their websites up to date? I digress…