Dear David, Thank you to you and to those who've responded to your moving story about Vic. What a wonderful affirmation of community his visit to Winedale was, as is your sharing it with us and the dialogue you have created. I feel connected to all of you.
I got to see MUCH ADO at Winedale this past Friday evening; I feel confident that the students I saw perform will cherish what they experienced this summer all their lives. Love, Mary Mary Collins 646-554-3076 collinsmary...@gmail.com On Mon, Aug 15, 2022 at 1:49 PM David Sharpe <dpsharpeaus...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thank you, dear Alice, for the kindest of thoughts. I loved how you > expanded on Heather's words by using the expression "... brought us further > into the fold." Indeed. > > Love, > David > > On Mon, Aug 15, 2022 at 8:14 AM Alice Gordon <gordonal...@icloud.com> > wrote: > >> David, thank you for carrying the double burdens of Vic’s death and the >> sharing of it with us so tenderly. As Heather suggests, you and Vic’s other >> Winedale friends have brought us further into the fold. >> Love, >> Alice >> >> On Aug 14, 2022, at 9:54 PM, David Sharpe <dpsharpeaus...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> >> Just 14 words in your comment. And yet they speak volumes. Thank you so >> much, Heather. >> >> On Sun, Aug 14, 2022 at 8:45 PM Heather Dolstra < >> heat...@democracytravel.com> wrote: >> >>> I mourn Vic's passing as if I knew him. We are family, after all. >>> >>> Heather Dolstra >>> >>> >>> >>> Sent from my T-Mobile 4G LTE Device >>> >>> >>> -------- Original message -------- >>> From: Mike Godwin <mnemo...@gmail.com> >>> Date: 8/14/22 7:57 PM (GMT-05:00) >>> To: Shakespeare at Winedale 1970-2000 alums < >>> winedale-l@lists.wikimedia.org>, David Sharpe <dpsharpeaus...@gmail.com> >>> >>> Subject: [Winedale-l] Fwd: Victor Hauser, A Remembrance >>> >>> >>> Forwarding a message from David Sharpe about Victor Hauser. >>> >>> Mike >>> >>> ---------- Forwarded message --------- >>> From: David Sharpe <dpsharpeaus...@gmail.com> >>> Date: Sun, Aug 14, 2022 at 3:30 PM >>> Subject: Victor Hauser, A Remembrance >>> To: <shakespeare-at-winedale-email-l...@googlegroups.com> >>> >>> >>> Three weeks ago, when Vic Hauser (a student from the Winedale Summer of >>> 1983) was diagnosed with pneumonia, I and those of us from Winedale-'83 who >>> came to know Vic in his latter years thought that this was going to be just >>> another health problem where he and his hospital doctors and nurses would >>> once again do battle to get a medical handle on it. Vic would then return >>> to his beloved Co-op apartment complex in Austin, and soldier on as he had >>> done so often in the past. >>> >>> In fact, at various times in the last 5 to 8 years, Vic had managed to >>> survive a host of ailments, such as diabetes, throat cancer, lupus, and two >>> cases of pneumonia. He also avoided getting Covid 19 or any of its >>> variants. Vic definitely had a strong will to live. >>> >>> Unfortunately, this time Vic's luck ran out. This time he was not going >>> to win his struggle with his third case of pneumonia, for it was ultimately >>> diagnosed as being terminal by his Austin doctors.. >>> >>> So after giving the matter serious thought and realizing that being >>> trapped in a hospital bed connected to multiple tubes and bags was no way >>> to live, Vic willingly agreed to transfer to the hospice at Christopher >>> House in Austin. It was a brave decision. Six days later Vic's suffering >>> and multiple battles with his chronically compromised health came to an >>> end. He died peacefully on a Friday night, August 12, 2022. >>> >>> Given his host of health issues, Vic was never strong enough to make the >>> long trek from Austin out to Winedale to see a play. However in 2018, Vic, >>> along with Winedale friends Clay Stromberger, Steve Price, and myself, >>> made a car trip to Shakespeare at Winedale to visit Director James >>> Loehlin's summer class, which on that day was in the throes of rehearsal. >>> Before the rehearsal began, James asked the class to sit down on the stage >>> in the Barn, and then introduced Vic (Previously, Vic had asked James - >>> another Winedale-'83 alum - for an opportunity to speak briefly to >>> the class). Standing before them, Vic very simply told the students that >>> they may not realize it at that moment, but what they were going through at >>> Winedale that summer was a unique and very special experience, that it >>> would unlikely come again, and that they should take full advantage of >>> every minute while they were there. Now more ever, this was the time to >>> seize the day. Vic spoke a little more and then sat down. >>> >>> Vic didn't have money to give donations to Winedale - he just had enough >>> money to live on. But he wanted very much to give something back to >>> Shakespeare at Winedale that had given so much to him and for one summer >>> uplifted his life. And going to Winedale and addressing the summer class >>> was his way of giving back. Of course, Vic's message to the students was >>> absolutely true and something that could never be said enough. And in his >>> own quiet but serious way, Vic made his point very powerfully. >>> >>> David Sharpe >>> >>> -- >>> 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/CACsW7ypcekV_DAjsb3-KRA0%3DBOCm5F3m6dqrebXjCoXSMNak2w%40mail.gmail.com >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/shakespeare-at-winedale-email-list/CACsW7ypcekV_DAjsb3-KRA0%3DBOCm5F3m6dqrebXjCoXSMNak2w%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Winedale-l mailing list -- winedale-l@lists.wikimedia.org >> To unsubscribe send an email to winedale-l-le...@lists.wikimedia.org >> > _______________________________________________ > Winedale-l mailing list -- winedale-l@lists.wikimedia.org > To unsubscribe send an email to winedale-l-le...@lists.wikimedia.org >
_______________________________________________ Winedale-l mailing list -- winedale-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe send an email to winedale-l-le...@lists.wikimedia.org
