You said it well, Mary. What's going on with this email thread that was launched by my initial account about Vic is "... a wonderful affirmation of community" - and connectedness, to borrow your word. I would even go so far as to say that we're behaving like a tightly woven family who circle the wagons when bad things happen. Thank you.
Love, David On Mon, Aug 15, 2022 at 5:51 PM Mary Collins <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear David, > > Thank you to you and to those who've responded to your moving story > about Vic. What a wonderful affirmation of community his visit to Winedale > was, as is your sharing it with us and the dialogue you have created. I > feel connected to all of you. > > I got to see MUCH ADO at Winedale this past Friday evening; I feel > confident that the students I saw perform will cherish what they > experienced this summer all their lives. > > Love, > Mary > > Mary Collins > 646-554-3076 > [email protected] > > > On Mon, Aug 15, 2022 at 1:49 PM David Sharpe <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Thank you, dear Alice, for the kindest of thoughts. I loved how you >> expanded on Heather's words by using the expression "... brought us further >> into the fold." Indeed. >> >> Love, >> David >> >> On Mon, Aug 15, 2022 at 8:14 AM Alice Gordon <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> David, thank you for carrying the double burdens of Vic’s death and the >>> sharing of it with us so tenderly. As Heather suggests, you and Vic’s other >>> Winedale friends have brought us further into the fold. >>> Love, >>> Alice >>> >>> On Aug 14, 2022, at 9:54 PM, David Sharpe <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>> >>> Just 14 words in your comment. And yet they speak volumes. Thank you so >>> much, Heather. >>> >>> On Sun, Aug 14, 2022 at 8:45 PM Heather Dolstra < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> I mourn Vic's passing as if I knew him. We are family, after all. >>>> >>>> Heather Dolstra >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Sent from my T-Mobile 4G LTE Device >>>> >>>> >>>> -------- Original message -------- >>>> From: Mike Godwin <[email protected]> >>>> Date: 8/14/22 7:57 PM (GMT-05:00) >>>> To: Shakespeare at Winedale 1970-2000 alums < >>>> [email protected]>, David Sharpe <[email protected]> >>>> >>>> Subject: [Winedale-l] Fwd: Victor Hauser, A Remembrance >>>> >>>> >>>> Forwarding a message from David Sharpe about Victor Hauser. >>>> >>>> Mike >>>> >>>> ---------- Forwarded message --------- >>>> From: David Sharpe <[email protected]> >>>> Date: Sun, Aug 14, 2022 at 3:30 PM >>>> Subject: Victor Hauser, A Remembrance >>>> To: <[email protected]> >>>> >>>> >>>> Three weeks ago, when Vic Hauser (a student from the Winedale Summer of >>>> 1983) was diagnosed with pneumonia, I and those of us from Winedale-'83 who >>>> came to know Vic in his latter years thought that this was going to be just >>>> another health problem where he and his hospital doctors and nurses would >>>> once again do battle to get a medical handle on it. Vic would then return >>>> to his beloved Co-op apartment complex in Austin, and soldier on as he had >>>> done so often in the past. >>>> >>>> In fact, at various times in the last 5 to 8 years, Vic had managed to >>>> survive a host of ailments, such as diabetes, throat cancer, lupus, and two >>>> cases of pneumonia. He also avoided getting Covid 19 or any of its >>>> variants. Vic definitely had a strong will to live. >>>> >>>> Unfortunately, this time Vic's luck ran out. This time he was not going >>>> to win his struggle with his third case of pneumonia, for it was ultimately >>>> diagnosed as being terminal by his Austin doctors.. >>>> >>>> So after giving the matter serious thought and realizing that being >>>> trapped in a hospital bed connected to multiple tubes and bags was no way >>>> to live, Vic willingly agreed to transfer to the hospice at Christopher >>>> House in Austin. It was a brave decision. Six days later Vic's suffering >>>> and multiple battles with his chronically compromised health came to an >>>> end. He died peacefully on a Friday night, August 12, 2022. >>>> >>>> Given his host of health issues, Vic was never strong enough to make >>>> the long trek from Austin out to Winedale to see a play. However in 2018, >>>> Vic, along with Winedale friends Clay Stromberger, Steve Price, and myself, >>>> made a car trip to Shakespeare at Winedale to visit Director James >>>> Loehlin's summer class, which on that day was in the throes of rehearsal. >>>> Before the rehearsal began, James asked the class to sit down on the stage >>>> in the Barn, and then introduced Vic (Previously, Vic had asked James - >>>> another Winedale-'83 alum - for an opportunity to speak briefly to >>>> the class). Standing before them, Vic very simply told the students that >>>> they may not realize it at that moment, but what they were going through at >>>> Winedale that summer was a unique and very special experience, that it >>>> would unlikely come again, and that they should take full advantage of >>>> every minute while they were there. Now more ever, this was the time to >>>> seize the day. Vic spoke a little more and then sat down. >>>> >>>> Vic didn't have money to give donations to Winedale - he just had >>>> enough money to live on. But he wanted very much to give something back to >>>> Shakespeare at Winedale that had given so much to him and for one summer >>>> uplifted his life. And going to Winedale and addressing the summer class >>>> was his way of giving back. Of course, Vic's message to the students was >>>> absolutely true and something that could never be said enough. And in his >>>> own quiet but serious way, Vic made his point very powerfully. >>>> >>>> David Sharpe >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Be vigitant, I beseech you! >>>> --- >>>> 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]. >>>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/shakespeare-at-winedale-email-list/CACsW7ypcekV_DAjsb3-KRA0%3DBOCm5F3m6dqrebXjCoXSMNak2w%40mail.gmail.com >>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/shakespeare-at-winedale-email-list/CACsW7ypcekV_DAjsb3-KRA0%3DBOCm5F3m6dqrebXjCoXSMNak2w%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>> . >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Winedale-l mailing list -- [email protected] >>> To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Winedale-l mailing list -- [email protected] >> To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] >> >
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