Excellent idea, Robert! And because I am usually averse to "Reply All" I will repeat my private message to Doc: I'M IN!! Teach me how I might serve!! I have more time than some. One suggestion I have is to start early on music-making.
Play on! Jenny J-P Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 12, 2017, at 4:57 PM, Robert Faires <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Late arrival, as usual, but still on board for the reunion in whatever > capacity is helpful. > > [(OFFSTAGE) FRANCIS! > > Anon, anon, sir.] > > Clayton's missive when he was on leave from the past sparked some thoughts in > my mind. With regard to meeting up in Austin before all congregate at > Winedale, I concede his point that it's a challenge to build a sense of > ensemble that way, but as a member of the weekend reunion company in 2010, I > feel that we managed to do that. Granted, we were a smallish group, but the > mindset and enthusiasm and spirit of play were all in place every time we got > together, and we had only a day or two at Winedale before we performed, but I > felt that we bonded pretty well in that time and had a lot of fun pulling our > scenes together. (God bless the late Lizz Ketterer for being such an > inspiration there.) That's to say I think meeting beforehand in Austin or > elsewhere is still worth considering as we discuss how to mine more reunion > time together out of the days leading up to the 50th. > > I've also been thinking about all the alums who might not be able to set > aside a full week to spend at Winedale before the reunion but who might want > to participate in some way. What if each of those folks were assigned a > sonnet or a Kenneth Patchen poem (!), and at some point everyone who had one > could perform theirs under the pecan trees, the way the weekend reunion class > did its scenes in 2010? It'd be a nod to the early days when Doc would assign > those to students before class started and we would perform them for one > another on the first nights we were at Winedale, and it would give people a > chance to feel like they're a part of the celebration and particularly the > performance aspect of it. And since those works are short, it allows a large > number of people to take part. It might also be a cool way to include more > alums from Camp Shakespeare and James' classes as well as Doc's. Personally, > I'd love to see 12 year olds interpreting sonnets alongside us AARP types. > And it wouldn't necessarily have to be all solo performances. If 2 or more > alums wanted to do a sonnet together so they could have a chance to play with > someone, why not? Rob Matney and I hosted a sonnet marathon once, with people > signing up to read the sonnets, and it took just a couple of hours to get > through all of them. Anyway, I just throw that out there as a suggestion for > giving more people a chance to get involved and as a way to celebrate the > 50th with something that hasn't ever been done before at Winedale (to my > knowledge). > > Lastly, this from the late guy: How great to follow in the wake of so much > enthusiasm and shared love for this program and the grand gift Doc has given > us. Here's to making the golden anniversary gleam! > > Anon, anon. I come. > >> On Wed, Aug 9, 2017 at 10:31 AM, Clayton Stromberger >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> Inne! (the Elizabethan spelling) >> >> I love that line and I don’t remember being there to hear it spoken by Alice >> (though now I’m pausing to imagine it, and Alice, you sound wonderful, I can >> feel the joy of reunion in it). I was 12 and was probably at Lost Pines Boy >> Scout Camp with Troop 1 demonstrating my ineptitude with knots yet again and >> so I missed the boat, so to speak, on that performance. But I can certainly >> still hear and see Jeff Larsen in 1983 busting out those words with a full >> tank of air (and full beard) from the balcony, Dave Sharpe grinning jauntily >> beside him and punctuating Jeff’s line about the Master “capering to aye >> her” by propping his foot triumphantly up on the railing and planting his >> elbow on his knee as if to say, “How about THAT, matey?!” >> >> I feel fairly certain Jeff won the Boatswain Award that year as well. >> >> I confess to being a bit disoriented upon receipt of these emails, but >> happily so, as I was knee deep and inch thick in the middle of the last >> reunion mentally and emotionally (and archivally…. for those of you who >> weren’t in the 2015 class, I have been working for some time on a written >> account of some of that week, as much as I can tell well, and I’ve promised >> it absolutely positively by the 2nd anniversary of the 45th anniversary, and >> Alice is awaiting a draft to edit this Sunday….) — and in fact I had just >> been re-reading your one-year-out invitation for 2015, Doc, when your >> three-years-out trumpet call for 2020 came in. >> >> As they say, if you’re one year early for something like this you’re >> actually two years late, so thank you Doc for teaching us once again what it >> means to truly be prepared for the big moment. Carly Simon would have to >> admit that nobody does it better than you. >> >> I must continue to dwell in the reunion of 2015 by my own spell (i.e. by my >> own challenges as a writer) until I can be released by the help of my own >> two hands as they move across the keyboard in what my prayers hope will be >> flowing chain of letters and spaces. The gentle breath of many of you has >> filled my sails and my Word documents, and my project is still to please; >> but I must leave the island soon and I hope you can pardon the delayer once >> he delivers his manuscript. >> >> After that every third thought will be seeing as many of you as possible and >> playing with as many of you as possible in the summer of 2020 and especially >> lots of folks new to the reunion experience. It’s so cool to already hear >> the new voices in these responses. In the true spirit of Winedale, the >> circle keeps expanding (hi Shanna, Maria, Adarsh, Aubrey…!) >> >> Before I go back to the island of the 2015 reunion (I was given a 10-minute >> pass to the present day but the ferry is waiting) I’ll toss in a few shells >> and sand dollars: To my ear the working-in-town-a-bit-before idea is >> interesting, as any extra time of playing together and hearing those words >> and listening to one another is all to the good; but the main problem for >> many of us would continue to be getting a big chunk of time clear and free, >> and I think it would be difficult to find a way for a large group to feel >> like an ensemble in Austin, living in different places, coming to different >> spaces, before heading out to Round Top/ Winedale for time together. >> >> Maybe the reunion could be 8-10 days out in Fayette County instead of 7, all >> together? I know the departure of the summer class is an element in the >> time window. Two weeks would be impossible for many folks, but maybe even a >> few extra days could have an impact? How to do that and still have the >> celebration on a weekend for out of town visitors and family is a challenge >> too. >> >> I would be thrilled at the idea of three groups diving into three plays at >> once, though then you have a new challenge of the third space — unless two >> groups could share Winedale? With Hazel’s and the pecan shade and the >> dormitory classrooms there would be room to spread out and occasionally get >> out of the AC, though I know there is a new director at Winedale and I have >> not met her and don’t know how much that would cost. >> >> There was much discussion two years ago and afterwards about the tradeoff of >> doing two plays (the two ensembles can really only cross paths briefly, >> since there is much to do and not much time in which to do it) but I think >> the Wednesday night explosion of play where each group shared an hour’s >> worth of work-so-far proved that something remarkable can happen when you >> can take a turn being in the audience and then have an opportunity to be >> swept up in and inspired by the incredible work of a fellow team of players. >> That gave us a boost that nothing else could have given. Winedale at its >> best is a place where we learn much from each other, and I think that night >> was a vibrant living proof of that. So I’d love to be a part of more of >> that sharing. The idea of Camp graduates being a part of it is exciting >> too. We are all your students Doc, that is really clear when I see the Camp >> performances. >> >> And I also feel that doing a play (instead of scenes) gave the week a much >> deeper and more intense arc, as tough as it could be on the folks with large >> roles. The two reunions with scenes had wonderful moments but felt more >> scattered to me emotionally. The singing of “Dream” at the end of Midsummer >> made Don Brode and I want to bawl when we looked at each other while waiting >> to step onstage because of all the blood sweat mud and tears that had gone >> into the two hours before it and the wonder of the stories we told as a >> group in that time. I think the sense of challenge and achievement is >> greater too. >> >> Okay the ferry horn is blaring — I’ll holler at you when I set sail with a >> draft to share on the 19th. >> >> Love and admiration to you all, >> >> >> cs >> >> >> >>> On Aug 8, 2017, at 7:36 PM, James Ayres <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Only a few of you will remember that famous line spoken by Alice Gordon in >>> 1973 at the end of The Tempest for which she won the Boatswain Award for >>> good news. Major moment. You had to be there. >>> >>> Well, the best news now is that the kids in Camp Shakespeare explored new >>> worlds and met delightful inhabitants in Navarre (LLL), Sicilia and Bohemia >>> (WT) and celebrated their discoveries for wonderful audiences. We had >>> another great summer. Thanks to those of you who contributed to their >>> success through gift and audience. We are growing another generation of >>> Shakespeareans, many of them sons and daughters of you guys. >>> >>> We are also approaching the 50th—count ‘em f i f t y— anniversary of >>> Shakespeare at Winedale in 2020. So I’d like to hear some suggestions about >>> how to celebrate THIS >>> reunion. A week in the country again? Two plays again? Or one? Yes, it is >>> early, but this one is big and may be my last, alas. So please give it some >>> thought. I guess that we would once again need a “reunion committee”? >>> What do you think? I’m eager to get a’going. >>> >>> With a hay and a ho and a hey nonny, >>> >>> Doc >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Jim (Doc) Ayres >>> Professor Emeritus, The University of Texas >>> Founding Director, Shakespeare at Winedale and Camp Shakespeare >>> Director of Mission, Camp Shakespeare >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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. > > > > -- > Robert Faires > Arts Editor > The Austin Chronicle > -- > 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.
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