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
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“...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 lfisher(a)austin.utexas.edu for instructions on how
to upload your video today!
Hi everyone in the Shakespeare at Winedale community —
Join Shakespeare at Winedale for a digital happy hour this Friday (4/3) at 4:30pm.
We'll be reading and discussing Act One, Scene One from King Lear, so bring your web camera and beverage of choice.
RSVP to lfisher(a)austin.utexas.edu<mailto:lfisher@austin.utexas.edu> for the Zoom link and other details!
<https://www.facebook.com/Shakespeare.at.Winedale/photos/a.298576236829394/3…>
If you are on Facebook, here’s the link:
https://www.facebook.com/Shakespeare.at.Winedale/?__tn__=kC-R&eid=ARC29nIKx…<https://www.facebook.com/Shakespeare.at.Winedale/?__tn__=kC-R&eid=ARC29nIKx…>
The lords of France and Burgundy will be there — hope you can be as well!
Cheers,
cs
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Clayton Stromberger
Outreach Coordinator, UT Shakespeare at Winedale
Department of English, College of Liberal Arts
University of Texas at Austin
cstromberger(a)austin.utexas.edu<mailto:cstromberger@austin.utexas.edu>
cell: 512-363-6864
In case you missed it, tomorrow is a Winedale 50th Reunion call. See the
information below.
godwin(a)board.isoc.org is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: Winedale Meeting II--Attack of the Clowns
Time: Mar 29, 2020 04:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
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Dear folks,
Carl Smith suggested to me privately (since, as he put it, I'm "the IT
guy") that we explore doing a Winedale alumni/reunion teleconference via
Zoom.us. I've been doing a number of such teleconferences lately, and I
think it might be a good way for us to supplement our email chatter--by
holding virtual meetings or even by holding virtual "happy hours." If
there's interest, let me know, and I can see how easy it is to set one up.
My instinct is to say it should be pretty easy now that built-in cameras
are fairly standard equipment on most recent-vintage computers these days.
(Zoom also accommodates voice-telephony participants, and ultimately we
would accommodate that, but it would be interesting to test the platform's
free tier and see how well could manage to do a meeting on it.)
Current meetings in the free tier are limited to 40 minutes, but I've heard
rumors that the time limit has been suspended in the current Time of
Weirdness. At any rate, we can find out!
If you're interested in setting something like this up, working with me,
let me know.
Mike
Happy Birthday!
Add Altadena, California to the map of sites where this outbreak of gratitude and fellow-feeling has been observed.
Love,
Carl
> On Mar 25, 2020, at 10:45 AM, 'Claire Szabo-Cassella' via Shakespeare at Winedale Email List <shakespeare-at-winedale-email-list(a)googlegroups.com> wrote:
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> Thanks for being you, Doc!
>
> May your birthday be filled with light and love.
>
> Claire Szabo-Cassella
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>> On Mar 25, 2020, at 8:22 AM, Robert Matney <rmatney(a)gmail.com> wrote:
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>>
>> All love and respect, Doc!
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Robert Matney
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>>
>>
>> On Wed, Mar 25, 2020 at 10:19 AM Madge Darlington <mmdarlington(a)gmail.com <mailto:mmdarlington@gmail.com>> wrote:
>> Holla, Doc!
>>
>> Wishing you a very happy birthday! During these strange times especially, I am so grateful for this community you founded. Thinking of the song that Jeff taught us at a reunion--all together now:
>>
>> Here's a health to all those that we love,
>> Here's a health to all those that love us,
>> Here's a health to all those that love them, that love those,
>> that love them, that love those, that love us!
>>
>> Love ya,
>> Madge
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And let me thank you again for carrying me through my muddymindedness all
those summers, including the recent ones. In other words, thank you for
admitting to the carriage of my true mind no sediment.
Love,
Mike