The short sides point towards the midsummer sunrise and midwinter sunset. The longer arc is always the midsummer path while the shorter arc the midwinter path. Greenock's location gives long hours of daylight in midsummer with the opposite true in midwinter. Winter nights are correspondingly long with less than six hours of daylight at midwinter. Yule had previously been celebrated for three nights from midwinter night, according to the saga. In higher latitudes during midwinter, light incidence is highly directional and casts long shadows. Her first solo was "In the Bleak Midwinter". In Roman traditions additional festivities take place during the six days leading up to Midwinter. Practices vary, but sacrifice offerings, feasting, and gift giving are common elements of Midwinter festivities. It began in 2001, with In the Bleak Midwinter winning the first vote. Temperatures can drop to below in the December-to-January midwinter period. "In The Bleak Midwinter" (1995). The class meets at the ALA Midwinter and Annual Meetings, commonly January and June. The two largest conferences are the annual conference and the midwinter meeting. Henry VII was an occasional visitor, as in early October and midwinter 1490.