Great, Madge! Sent from my iPhone
> On Jun 9, 2020, at 2:37 PM, Madge Darlington <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi all, > > My sincere apologies for not being in touch sooner about the 50th Reunion > Plans. Let me confirm what many have expected or surmised...we will not meet > in person this summer to celebrate as planned. James' Shakespeare at Winedale > class will not meet in person at Winedale and Doc's & Robin's Camp > Shakespeare will not be in person either. Both programs will continue with > meetings and celebrations virtually and expect to move the in-person programs > to next summer. > > A small group of us has been meeting and talking on Zoom about the 50th > Reunion activities. Yes, we will have an in-person reunion in future, but for > now, let's collaborate on ways to celebrate online. We want to keep the dates > we'd planned, Friday, August 14 and Saturday, August 15, for the online 50th > celebrations. > > Doc confirmed that we will be allowed to share the new Winedale Documentary > "Take Pains, Be Perfect" with our community on the evening of August 14. We > still hope to share some music that evening as well. People like Mary, Alice, > Gayle, and Maggie, who were already making plans for the programming on > Saturday, August 15 will continue to make plans for how we can celebrate that > day. > > From the beginning of our 50th anniversary planning, we have expressed these > desires: > • to include as many people as possible in the celebration, including past > participants, friends, family, patrons and donors > • to make time to visit and connect with one another and > • to share and listen to stories about our experiences. > > While we are sad not to realize these desires in person this year, we are > lucky that we can still reach out to one another and connect over our shared > experience, our love for Winedale, our love for Shakespeare, and our love for > one another. > > More on the virtual reunion to come. > > Much love, > Madge > > > > -- > Madge Darlington > [email protected] > (512) 627-6038 > > Lecturer > The University of Texas at Austin > Department of Theatre and Dance > > Co-founder and Co-producing Artistic Director > Rude Mechs > > REALTOR® > Green Mango Real Estate
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