Alice, have reread your piece for the fourth time and can't tell you how perfect it is, what it evoked. You capture Winedale, completely -- fears, thrills, language, community, reconnecting with our playfulness- - - Even down to tiny physical details -- Reading this is like opening a web page with link within link within link at every word. . .(this time through your description of the table laden with fat Shakespeare anthologies took me to my big black Winedale Complete Pelican Shakespeare -- still on my shelf and will be forever, in spite of the gaping hole gnawed by my daughter's hamster Fluffy in a long ago heroic effort to escape by tunneling through the heavy book weighing down the top of his cage. He made it from the back cover through the Rape of Lucrece, one sonnet short of the full set -- only 1418 more pages and another cover to freedom. .)
It is truly an amazing piece. Thank you and your contributors for your stellar memory, insight, and inspiration. This is really amazing . .
Laura
-----Original Message----- From: winedale-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:winedale-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Mike Godwin Sent: Sunday, July 11, 2010 9:44 AM To: jan@jannotzon.com Cc: rob.lallier@dshs.state.tx.us; wsteele@lockelord.com; tlgalloway@aol.com; winedale-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Winedale-l] pictures 1975-76
Alice, I do not have the words to express how much I love and admire your Winedale memoir/essay. There is not s moment in it that fails to evoke a nod or tear or chuckle of recognition. Sometimes all three at once.
There is so much more I could say, but typing here on an iPad keyboard in Gdansk, I will let discretion be the better part of my small valor, and just urge all the rest of you to read Alice's .doc attachment if you haven't already. (0f course, all memoirs of Winedale should be distributed ss .Doc files.)
Mike
On Sunday, July 11, 2010, Jan Notzon jan@jannotzon.com wrote:
Hey, anybody up for a chicken-fried steak at the Bon Ton?!
And you, Jan, were so much a part of the magic in '73. "Let us sit upon the ground...." You knocked it out of the ballpark. You still remain the best Richard II ever (or Dickie 2 as Jackson and I preferred to call you). michaely
----- Original Message ----- From: winedale-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org winedale-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org To: Terry Galloway tlgalloway@aol.com Cc: Rob Lallier rob.lallier@dshs.state.tx.us; William B. Steele wsteele@lockelord.com; Shakespeare at Winedale 1970-2000 alums winedale-l@lists.wikimedia.org Sent: Sat Jul 10 08:13:15 2010 Subject: Re: [Winedale-l] pictures 1975-76
Terry, et. al.: I remember Doc talking about that production of Much Ado. He seemed to really feel that that production was one of the highlights of the Summer Winedale Canon. Not just for that year but up to that time. I'm really sorry I missed it. And the more I get these emails, and especially the pictures, I'm really coming to realize how much I miss that extraordinary, once-in-a-lifetime experience; how much I miss the people; and how much I miss the indescribable MAGIC. I don't think there's anything that can really compare with it. And Terry, I miss you most of all ("Banish plump Jack, and banish all the world"). I do hope you're well, and I can't wait to see you ("you whoreson, obscene greasy tallowcatch!"). Love,
Jan
I am in transit with only my iPhone to communicate but wanted to send my love to everyone and confirm that it was indeed Dogberry giving that horse the cold eye. And yes Michael I do believe you were atop that bit of criminal horseflesh
We all look so wonderfully alive in those pictures. Thank you sweet Laura for capturing those moments.
More later! Love Terry
Sent from my iPhone
On Jul 9, 2010, at 4:41 PM, David S dpsharpeaustin@gmail.com wrote:
My favorite image of the many wonderful images from 75&76 was the hilarious picture of Terry Galloway, dressed up like a Keystone Cop (with caterpillars for eye brows), staring fixedly into the eyes of a horse. Not sure who she is suppose to be, but my guess is that she's playing Dogberry -- because only Dogberry would give a horse the evil eye and suspect it of being a varlet.
David Sharpe
On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 2:20 PM, Jan Notzon jan@jannotzon.com wrote: Oh, Lord, Lord, looking at these is "such sweet sorrow", that particularly looking at sweet, good-hearted, Donald, "an uncouth pain torments my grievèd soul". But thank you, Jerald and thank you, Laura (though I never met you). They are wonderful, magical pictures. They ache, they ache.
Dear Alums. I had the wonderful pleasure of spending some time last week in a
mini
reunion with my fellow classmates of the class of 75-76, Laura
Smith, Rob
Lallier,Carol Martin, her hubby Sam, and Buddy Steele and his wife
Maggie
at Laura's home. We had a special evening reminiscing about our
time in
1975 at Winedale, how it changed our lives, and despite
protestations in
previous discussions, how we feel was the best class in 40 years,
(but we
can put this aside for the moment.) Laura, (who is now a VP of UTMB, sorry Laura, I am still impressed,) was our resident photographer
as well
as a delightful comic actress and dear friend. She had access to a darkroom above the office across the road from the barn and what
is now
the ruins of Lauderdale House. She saved all of these images for
35 years
and presented a disc of them for all of us to enjoy. These photos
are
iconic of our time there. There are certain pictures which are
burned
into my memory still 35 years later, and we were all immediately transported back to such a wonderful time with friends I hope to
see in
August. And my God, what a young and good-looking group of
students. What
happened? I am the worst with computers, so my partner Sergio helped me put
them
into an album which I hope we all can share, especially the
classes of
'75 and '76, but also for all those classes who followed as well.
Not
only do they capture he essence of our time there, but they are
also just
great photos I think everyone can enjoy. This is the link to the Mobile Me album. (There is a shot of a
much later
single photo which I could not figure out how to delete. Please
ignore. As
I said I am challenged.) Thanks so much to Laura for preserving this for us all.
http://gallery.me.com/jlhead1952#gallery
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