Thank you, Madge!
Maria Black Lenox, MA 01240 (413) 329-8255 www.mariablackwriting.com On Tue, Jun 9, 2020 at 2:37 PM Madge Darlington <mmdarling...@gmail.com> 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* > mmdarling...@gmail.com > (512) 627-6038 > > *Lecturer* > The University of Texas at Austin > Department of Theatre and Dance <https://theatredance.utexas.edu/> > > *Co-founder and Co-producing Artistic Director* > Rude Mechs <https://rudemechs.com/> > > *REALTOR®* > Green Mango Real Estate <https://www.greenmangorealestate.com/> >
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