Dear Kathy,
Thank you! This is the message I needed, RIGHT NOW! I plan to be there
in April and will do my best to make it back in October, of course.
Love to all. Happy Thanksgiving!
Mary
Mary Collins
646-554-3076
[email protected]
On Tue, Nov 26, 2024 at 10:16 AM Kathryn Blackbird <
[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello friends and former Winedale students and Campers:
>
> Doc Ayres, and a small group of former students, have begun planning
> several gatherings in 2025 to celebrate the 55 years of Shakespeare at
> Winedale. We are reaching out to all former students of Winedale from
> 1970 to the present, including Camp Shakespeare students, and want to
> invite everyone to participate in these gatherings and festivities to
> whatever extent you are able.
>
> In the hope of reaching as many former students as possible, we ask that
> if any of you know of former students from your years at Winedale who are
> NOT currently on the email lists, please help us add these persons to our
> list. Just email Mike Godwin directly at: *[email protected]
> <[email protected]>* if you have email addresses for former students not
> currently on the list.
>
> The plan is to schedule several weekend gatherings throughout 2025: first,
> to work on the Winedale archive, (particularly a huge group of photos
> needing to have plays, persons and years identified, and then organized);
> and second, to plan various Winedale reunion celebrations. The archive
> weekends will also give folks plenty of time to hang out, tell stories, and
> generally "reunionize," to quote Doc.
>
> Please save these dates for working on the archive weekends (with meeting
> place and accommodations in Central Texas, TBD):
>
> *March 28 - 30, 2025*, Friday to Sunday-- Including 2 overnights);
>
> *April 24 - 27, 2025*, Thursday to Sunday-- including 3 overnights; and
>
> *October 8 - 15, 2025*, Thursday to Sunday-- including 5 overnights as a
> Reunion Weekend for Doc's SAW students, similar to what we did in November
> 2022.
>
> The first two weekends are for working on the archive, with the April
> weekend intentionally coinciding with the Spring Shakespeare at Winedale
> performance of *Comedy of Errors *and Clayton's Outreach Student
> performances. The October weekend is to be a reunion gathering of Doc's
> SAW students, with music, improvs and additional performances of scenes,
> speeches or sonnets, and other fun time together.
>
> In addition, *Saturday, August 2, 2025*, third Saturday of Summer
> Shakespeare at Winedale performances is the official celebration of 55
> years of Shakespeare at Winedale.
>
> Also, Camp Shakespeare celebrates 25 years of play with performances on
> *Sunday,
> June 22* and *Sunday, July 13* at Winedale.
>
> There will be other gatherings and celebrations as we go along. We will
> send out additional emails to keep you informed of new details and how and
> when to confirm attendance re: the above scheduled weekends, and any
> additional gatherings being considered.
>
> Hope to see and celebrate with all of you in 2025!
>
> Warm regards, and Happy Thanksgiving Y'all!!!
>
> Kathy Blackbird
> 1984, 1986, and many reunions.
>
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