On 22 April 2015 at 03:21, Romy Shovelton via OSList < [email protected]> wrote:
> dear Alan > > poetic and right on the heart button as ever…. > Marysville will never be forgotten > > thank you > > Romy > > Romy Shovelton > Well said Romy. And others offline also present at this most happy and memorable WOSonOS event who have maintained the close friendships forged then. Lovely too was a comment of ever effervescent Suzanne Daigle who reported that the video was raved about at the recent Open Space Institute Board meeting. Undoubtedly those who had the great fortune to be at the Marysville meeting would concur. For those who weren't do have a listen to the song and the video. For they give a sense of what happened then which can never be repeated. More generally they touch on the kind of gathering from which lifelong bonds of friendships begin and are nourished. This is my experience, having participated in five WOS events, so far, beginning with Monterey in California in 1998 and the most recent in St Petersburg in Florida in 2013. Looking forward Go well Alan Alan Stewart, PhD www.multimindsolutions.com Conversare.net <http://conversare.net/> Adelaide ‘If there’s dancing count me in.’ > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of OSList digest..." > Today's Topics: > > 1. This Was My Town [[Marysville] (Alan Stewart via OSList) > > *From: *Alan Stewart via OSList <[email protected]> > *To: *World wide Open Space Technology email list < > [email protected]> > *Date: *18 April 2015 00:50:26 GMT+1 > *Reply-To: *Alan Stewart <[email protected]>, World wide Open > Space Technology email list <[email protected]> > *Subject: **[OSList] This Was My Town [[Marysville]* > > > G'day fellow participants at WOS2002 and All > > I 'happened' on this song <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0LpKT_-Kmw> > recently through hearing Greg Champion, a well known singer and song > writer <http://gregchampion.com.au/music/> in Australia, on our local > radio in Adelaide. > > For it captures the grief experienced when most of the lovely little town > of Marysville (near Melbourne) in which WOS2002 was held was destroyed in a > huge bushfire in 2009. > > > After playing the song several times it came over to me as a beautifully > crafted and poignant reminder of the wondrous time which was had by those > who were fortunate and privileged to participate in this particular > international get together of OST practitioners. And of how ephemeral > life can be. > > The venue for our gathering, the majestic largely wooden construction > Marylands Hotel - in the heart of Marysville - suited our purposes > beautifully, not least as we all housed under one roof. One of my favourite > memories was going on a night walk in the nearby forest. > > There was nothing left of Marylands after the 2009 fire. > > A sense of this place, its setting, and the process of the WOS event can > be seen in this exquisite little video > <http://openspaceworld.ning.com/video/wosonosinoz-2002> made by David > Smith. > > Also featured in the video is the facilitator of the event, Fr Brian > Bainbridge. Brian, as many would recall fondly, was a staunch promoter of > OST and attended every WOS up until WOS2009 held in Taipei in Taiwan. Sadly > he died shortly after this. > > > Please pass this on if you wish to others who you consider may appreciate > seeing and hearing it. > > Looking forward. > > Go well > > Alan > > Alan Stewart, PhD > www.multimindsolutions.com > Conversare.net <http://conversare.net/> > Adelaide > > ‘If there’s dancing count me in.’ > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > OSList mailing list > To post send emails to [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > To subscribe or manage your subscription click below: > http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org > > > >
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