My initial thoughts:
I like the reunion committee as it takes some pressure off you Doc and allows a way
to get organized before we arrive. Plus, it gave us the longest lead time of any reunion
so we could learn lines and coordinate costuming.
I think that committing to two plays allows more people to participate and (despite
the frustration of having to separate the groups during the day) it gives the opportunity
to stretch and push each other. I suspect that we are all a bit slow of study as more of
us will be covered by Medicare or close to it…
I think that we would need clear goals to accomplish in the “meetup or two” to
justify doing that, but would never pass up an opportunity to hang out with Shakespeareans
from Winedale!
Would also ask Doc to think about how we might incorporate alumni from the Camp
Shakespeare experience – I suspect that we can all learn from each other…
Bruce
On 8/8/17, 8:01 PM, "Winedale-l on behalf of Mike Godwin"
<winedale-l-bounces(a)lists.wikimedia.org on behalf of mnemonic(a)gmail.com> wrote:
I want to circulate the idea that maybe we could do a meetup or
retreat (or two) before 2020, mainly to think through what we might do
in 2020 that builds on what we've done before.
For me, 2015 was hugely challenging, in different ways than previous
reunions had been--and it was the best, just because I was more
challenged and in ways I'd never been before. Apart from the retreats
idea (which may need to be reframed into something more useful or
practical), I just want to keep stretching, keep learning how to go
beyond my comfort zone, and I've learned, thanks to all of you and
especially to you, Doc, to keep doing that.
(Also, Camp Shakespeare folks? Cool!)
Mike
On Tue, Aug 8, 2017 at 8:36 PM, James Ayres <jayres(a)cvctx.com> wrote:
Only a few of you will remember that famous line
spoken by Alice Gordon in
1973 at the end of The Tempest for which she won the Boatswain Award for
good news. Major moment. You had to be there.
Well, the best news now is that the kids in Camp Shakespeare explored new
worlds and met delightful inhabitants in Navarre (LLL), Sicilia and Bohemia
(WT) and celebrated their discoveries for wonderful audiences. We had
another great summer. Thanks to those of you who contributed to their
success through gift and audience. We are growing another generation of
Shakespeareans, many of them sons and daughters of you guys.
We are also approaching the 50th—count ‘em f i f t y— anniversary of
Shakespeare at Winedale in 2020. So I’d like to hear some suggestions about
how to celebrate THIS
reunion. A week in the country again? Two plays again? Or one? Yes, it is
early, but this one is big and may be my last, alas. So please give it some
thought. I guess that we would once again need a “reunion committee”? What
do you think? I’m eager to get a’going.
With a hay and a ho and a hey nonny,
Doc
Jim (Doc) Ayres
Professor Emeritus, The University of Texas
Founding Director, Shakespeare at Winedale and Camp Shakespeare
Director of Mission, Camp Shakespeare
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