Hey Doc. I'll write out the check in a minute. From there, to my car, and from my car to the post office. Rancho Pillow looks deluxe. Love, Maria
On Thu, Feb 7, 2019 at 2:47 PM tlgalloway via Shakespeare at Winedale Email List <shakespeare-at-winedale-email-l...@googlegroups.com> wrote: > I just checked my bank balance and I'm not overdrawn! > > So the check is in the mail. > > Well, not actually in the mail but it will be as soon as I write out the > check, stick it in an envelop, address, stamp it, stick it in the mailbox > and lift the little red flag to wave my mailman down. > > I love you, Doc. > > Terry > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jan Notzon <j...@jannotzon.com> > To: James Ayres <jay...@cvctx.com> > Cc: Shakespeare Winedale < > shakespeare-at-winedale-email-l...@googlegroups.com>; Shakespeare at > Winedale 1970-2000 alums <winedale-l@lists.wikimedia.org> > Sent: Thu, Feb 7, 2019 8:49 am > Subject: Re: [Winedale-l] Camp Shakespeare 2019 > > Congratulations Doc. It all does sound really exciting. > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Feb 4, 2019, at 7:19 PM, James Ayres <jay...@cvctx.com> wrote: > > > Greetings to all! > As we begin a new year (where did January go?) , I’m writing to bring you > up to date on Camp Shakespeare. As many of you know, Robin and I learned > in June—just before we began the 2018 sessions—that we would be losing our > campsite at Briarfield, our home for the last 7 years. One of the owners > is very ill and they’ve decided to sell the property. > > So in August, with brilliant performances of *The Comedy of Errors* and *A > Midsummer Night’s Dream* behind us, we began a search for a new site. > And found one almost immediately! It is called “Rancho Pillow.” Google it > when you have time. It is a very comfortable, creative, environment. My > first thought was that it would also be a great place for the 50th > reunion! It even has an air-conditioned tepee with a king-sized bed! > > Anyway, that’s just the *beginning* of new things for Camp Shakespeare in > 2019. Here are some more: we will be exploring *The Merchant of Venice* > in Session 1 and *Hamlet* in Session 2 and having FOUR performances of > each play rather than our usual three.. And to our usual venues at > Winedale, Henkel Hall in Round Top and the Crystal Theater in Gonzales, we > are adding The Scottish Rite Theater in Austin (thanks to Susan Todd), for > matinee performances. > > And we have added one day to each session, giving us the advantage of an > evening performance at Winedale for the first time! We have also set a > much earlier deadline for applications: March 1 rather than April 1. And, > because our operating costs are about to rise with the new setting and > escalating food costs, we have raised the Camp Fee from $1,000 to $1,500. > > So a lot of new things. And we are pleased to note that we have already > received some 35 applications for next summer and with each one, we get > more excited. > > And we are learning that many applicants will require financial assistance. > > To make our budget we will need funding from the private sector, so please > consider sending a gift. Your support in the past has made possible not > only scholarship monies for financially disadvantaged kids but our van > rental and other operating costs. This year I project our need at $18,000. > > Robin and I treasure your contribution because you are a special part of > the Shakespeare at Winedale program. Thanks for considering a gift to Camp > Shakespeare. > > As usual, you may send a check to Camp Shakespeare at PO Box 202, Round > Top Texas 78954. Please make it “to” The University of Texas and mark it > “for” Camp Shakespeare. > > Cheers, > > Doc and Robin Grace > Jim (Doc) Ayres > Professor Emeritus, The University of Texas > Founding Director, Shakespeare at Winedale and Camp Shakespeare > Director of Mission, Camp Shakespeare > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Winedale-l mailing list > Winedale-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/winedale-l > > _______________________________________________ > Winedale-l mailing list > Winedale-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/winedale-l > > -- > 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 shakespeare-at-winedale-email-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Maria Michaux Black 31 Schermerhorn Park Lenox, MA 01240 (413) 637-2237 (413) 329-8255
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