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Cheers, Robert Matney twitter.com/rmatney On Wed, Aug 9, 2017 at 10:31 AM, Clayton Stromberger < cstromber...@austin.utexas.edu> 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 <jay...@cvctx.com> 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 shakespeare-at-winedale-email-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > 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 shakespeare-at-winedale-email-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >
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