Liz, thank you for this delightful invitation. I will sharpen my story-telling skills and send you something.
Mary On Fri, Mar 27, 2020 at 2:50 PM Liz Fisher <liz.fis...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello friends- > > I hope everyone is doing well in these crazy times. I wanted to let > everyone know about a new program Shakespeare at Winedale is rolling out as > part of the anniversary celebrations - "A Hundred Merry Tales (or More) of > Winedale" > > We just announced this on our Facebook page, but I thought I'd share the > info below, since I'm hoping y'all might be interested in participating. > > Let me know what questions you have! > > All the best, > Liz > > ---------------------------------------- > > “...that I had my good wit out of the 'Hundred Merry Tales’ — well this > was Signior Benedick that said so.” > Beatrice, Much Ado About Nothing, 2.1 > > In his annual Camp Shakespeare email this spring, Doc wrote: > "This might be a good time to take turns telling stories to one another as > we travel together during this suffering, following the ten in the > Decameron during the plague of 1348. Or share with one another ‘journey' > stories of our own. Shakespeare’s imagination was alive during the plague > years. We need to keep that spirit going and ours!” > > In that spirit, we are launching “A Hundred Merry Tales (or More) of > Winedale.” We are inviting anyone who has a personal connection to Winedale > — as a player, student, patron, local resident, employee, you name it — to > contribute a short video of you telling a story of a favorite Winedale > “journey” or moment. It could be about Winedale the place, or your times at > Winedale as a student, really any story that has Winedale as its center or > setting, since the journey out to Winedale is the beginning of a lifelong > love for all of us. > > The invitation to tell stories has been a key theme to the reunion season > this year, and we’d love to build an online “virtual Barn” where we can > gather to share and hear stories of playing, working, and experiencing rich > moments of life at Winedale. This is also a way of gathering stories to > permanently archive them. > > The stories can be filmed in any way you feel would best help tell the > story. We are suggesting a five-minute limit. They could be a short as 30 > seconds! The stories will be posted online for everyone to enjoy. > > Interested? Email Liz at lfis...@austin.utexas.edu for instructions on > how to upload your video today! > > -- > 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 shakespeare-at-winedale-email-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/shakespeare-at-winedale-email-list/CAMGxYua8OHw1RgaOfUrn7moF6zohQZKXEhkfrF9B%3DVu9rXGm1Q%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/shakespeare-at-winedale-email-list/CAMGxYua8OHw1RgaOfUrn7moF6zohQZKXEhkfrF9B%3DVu9rXGm1Q%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- Mary Collins 646-554-3076 collinsmary...@gmail.com
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