I wouldn't even rate it a 4. I'd rate it a "splat." ----- Original Message ----- From: James Ayres [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, August 10, 2014 10:28 PM To: David Kroll <[email protected]> Cc: Barker, Michael; [email protected] <[email protected]>; [email protected] <[email protected]>; [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Winedale-l] Nixon
Hey David. Good to hear from you! Thanks for the note. Yes, that was our "dress performance" evening. We spent intermission at the store and after the celebration there, returned for more in the barn. Come to think of it, the surreal was an integral part of Sh at W, not all by design: e.g., Hamlet (John Rando) sharing a soliloquy with a chicken; a boat floating through Messina, a turkey watching Henry IV from the fourth row, a Polka Dot Band doing Shakespeare, etc. I'm sure others could add to this. Michael is wrong: I did speak to him immediately after he landed, commenting on his less-than-olympic downhill maneuvering. That part was not surreal, but rather messy. I gave it a 4. Doc On Aug 10, 2014, at 3:11 PM, David Kroll wrote: > I distinctly recall watching at the store because I thought, "We're > wearing Shakespearian outfits, in an old country store, watching an > unprecedented event in modern times... How surreal is this?" Then > Michael went out into the storm, broke his leg, and made it all even > more surreal. > >> On Aug 10, 2014, at 5:55 AM, "Barker, Michael" <[email protected] >> > wrote: >> >> It was raining like hell in Winedale the night Richard Nixon >> resigned. We all sat on the floor of the general store across the >> street next to the pool table listening to his speech. I was so >> elated by his resignation that I ran out into the pouring rain, >> raced up onto the top of the barn and, surrounded by thunder and >> lightning, slid down the roof of the barn and broke my leg. I was >> rushed to the hospital in Brenham, played Falstaff with a cane, and >> Doc did not talk to me for 3 days. That's what I remember. >> michael b >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: Mike Godwin [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Saturday, August 09, 2014 08:45 PM >> To: James Ayres <[email protected]> >> Cc: Shakespeare Winedale >> <[email protected] >> >; Shakespeare at Winedale 1970-2000 alums <[email protected] >> > >> Subject: Re: [Winedale-l] Nixon >> >> My guess is that awareness among the sumer '74 class of how things >> were accelerating in late July and August of 1974 was perhaps pretty >> dim. That year the class was six weeks long, if I remember the S-at-W >> timeline correctly. In any case, the big events that led to >> resignation were in the last week or so of July -- they included the >> Supreme Court's decision that Nixon must release the tapes, followed >> by the House's decision to proceed to impeachment . Woodward and >> Bernstein, among many others, documented that Nixon quickly assessed >> that the Senate would likely convict him on one or more of the >> charges. (He even queried his allies whether it would be tenable to >> stay on if he carried only 10 votes for acquittal in the Senate; his >> allies indicated that this would not be a good idea.) >> >> In any case, they took place when the Summer '74 class was thinking >> hardest about performances. >> >> Here's the timeline: >> http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2014/08/08/how-the-watergate-crisis-eroded-public-support-for-richard-nixon/ >> >> I can easily imagine that someone who was at Winedale in summer 1974 >> may remember it differently, just because "there is no clock in the >> forest." I know that I have a dim memory that the summer 2005 >> reunion >> class somehow coincided with Hurricane Katrina, although checking the >> calendar suggests to me that this was not true. So I too can testify >> that Winedale for me has always been a place out of time. >> >> As it happens, your reporter participated in a Congressional staff >> briefing yesterday in the Rayburn House Office Building, perhaps in >> the same committee room where the vote to impeach President Nixon >> took >> place. See attached photo. >> >> >> --Mike >> >> >> >>> On Sat, Aug 9, 2014 at 10:08 PM, James Ayres <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> Not your imagination, Jerald. This was a scheduled event that >>> day. I >>> checked it out with Marilyn to make sure she was tuning in. We >>> took time >>> out from work in the barn to watch and celebrate. The locals were >>> as >>> excited as we were. Cheering, yelling, applause. Lots of noise. >>> >>> Then we went back to work in the barn. Delighted, relieved. >>> >>> Doc >>> >>> >>> >>>> On Aug 9, 2014, at 4:38 PM, Jerald Head wrote: >>>> >>>> Today marks the 40th anniversary of Nixon's resignation. There >>>> was a >>>> mention of this event in in a reminiscence in the Shakespeare >>>> birthplace >>>> stories while at Winedale. In that story the fellow student >>>> mentioned he >>>> knew nothing of the event until he talked to his family. I find >>>> my memory >>>> sometimes is what I choose to remember, but I recall going over >>>> to the store >>>> to watch the resignation speech, being forewarned to show respect >>>> by Doc. I >>>> remember going over to the store and watching the speech on >>>> Rollie and >>>> Marilyn's television in the store. Or do I? Did we do this or is >>>> it just my >>>> imagination? >>>> >>>> Sent from my iPad >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the >>>> Google Groups >>>> "Shakespeare at Winedale Email List" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, >>>> send an >>>> email to [email protected] >>>> . >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups >>> "Shakespeare at Winedale Email List" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, >>> send an >>> email to [email protected] >>> . >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Winedale-l mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/winedale-l > _______________________________________________ Winedale-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/winedale-l
