Sent: Friday, June 11, 2010 10:21 PM
Subject: Re: [Winedale-l] Fwd: CampShakespeare '10
> Oh no you did not - OK, it is ON
> Summer 1980: the Lear that left the audience and the players so stunned
> that they sat in the barn for 10 minutes in the dark afterward... Larsen
> howling, Galloway with her achingly poignant fool, Godwin plucking out
> the eyes, Faires at his evil best, me throwing mud specks into the
> audience..... awesome.
> Having said that, I agree with Clayton - the first folio Hamlet two
> years ago at camp Shakespeare just blew me away... maybe it is that
> EVERY year creates its own unique magic and only Doc really knows the
> formula to produce that magic.....
>
>>>> Clay Stromberger <
cstromberger@mail.utexas.edu> 6/11/2010 9:12 PM
>>>>
> Thank you Eric for luring the reclusive Dr. Head out in the open! He
> took the bait.
>
> Fear not, Jerald, anyone who set foot in the barn after the summer of
> '75 has wished for a time machine so they could somehow turn back the
> cruel clock and sneak into that parade.... I was only 82 miles away that
> summer, a goofy teenager messing around with a Super 8 movie camera, and
> I still am ticked off (unfairly of course) at my parents for not taking
> me out there to see it. Your wonderful little description only makes me
> wish to go back in time even more.
>
> But let me add that if you were not in attendance for the summer of
> '86, you missed some really amazing, amazing moments, earned through, as
> I recall, intense hard work and genuine suffering and
> crawling-up-from-the-depths effort. Even the unflappable Zig looked
> stunned and drained after those performances. We told him the group was
> terrific. "Really?" he asked, dazed.
>
> And I have to say that being a part of the first Winedale "Hamlet" in
> '83 with Rando, Larsen, Mize & Co. wasn't too darn bad.
>
> I even remember that the summer of 2000, Doc's last, so far from the
> days of the Polka Dots, had many moments of aching beauty and riveting
> ensemble electricity. Still the best "Pericles" I've ever seen. And
> the Camp Shakespeare Bad Quarto "Hamlet" a few years ago may have been,
> as Doc put it himself, the best complete performance I've ever witnessed
> in the Barn. Kids ages 10 to 14 or so who weren't even alive when Don
> Pedro and that parade marched into the Barn.
>
> Doc always has had, and shared, that rare gift for looking backwards
> (to the glories of '71, '75, other breakthroughs) and forward (what THIS
> group can do with its potential) at the same time. There was always
> something great to be done, with the lesson being, there still is today.
> That's one of the experiences we all share, no matter what summer we
> were lucky enough to alight in that old barn.
>
> Come out to Camp Shakespeare performances next weekend and you'll see
> it's still going on, this very moment.
>
> cheers,
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> clayton s.
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> On Jun 11, 2010, at 8:47 PM, Jerald Head wrote:
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>> Heat indeed. And now we start. The best class of Shakespeare at
> Winedale? Such competition, how tiresome and unnecessary. Really there
> is only one best class, and we all know it was the legendary Class of
> '75. The "Much Ado" will forever be remembered as a turning point in the
> history of Winedale. Not only for the fact that it was the first year a
> complete play was performed, but also for the use of the entire
> community and surroundings for the beginning, including the parade with
> soldiers on horseback and the amazing Polka Dots marching ensemble. I
> really did not want to participate in such a discussion of "The Best..."
> but for sake of historical accuracy, I felt compelled to respond. I feel
> this should be the end of this discussion. Besides who the hell is
> Autolycus? Some ancestor of Odysseus? Oh now I remember. Wasn't he a
> character, a peddler or something, in one of those "problem" plays, "The
> Winters Tale." I recall seeing it in the barn perhaps in the 80's but
> the Reagan years all seem to blur together for some reason. I vaguely
> recall a frozen statue and some pastoral nonsense involving sheep. I
> recall that the statue did a fine job of
> being a statue, outstanding in
> fact. So lets put an end to this petty "best of" nonsense. We are all
> proud Winedaleans. It is just that some of us have much more to be proud
> of as we approach this historic reunion than others.
>> Sincerely,
>> Jerald, proudly a member of the historic class of '75.
>> On Jun 11, 2010, at 6:00 PM, James Ayres wrote:
>>
>>> Good for you, Eric. All we need is a bit more heat!
>>>
>>> Doc
>>>
>>>
>>> On Jun 11, 2010, at 8:07 AM, Thomas, Eric wrote:
>>>
>>>> Doc,
>>>>
>>>> David has thousands of fans so be prepared. Start cooking, pull
> out the extra chairs, and just go ahead and expand the barn. Has there
> ever been a better Autolycus at Winedale? And now that I think about
> it, was there ever a better class (Summer ’86)?
>>>>
>>>> Just thought I’d try to heat up this list-serv a bit.
>>>>
>>>> Eric
>>>>
>>>> From:
winedale-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org
> [mailto:
winedale-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of James
> Ayres
>>>> Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2010 7:43 PM
>>>> To: David Ziegler
>>>> Cc:
winedale-l@lists.wikimedia.org
>>>> Subject: Re: [Winedale-l] Fwd: CampShakespeare '10
>>>>
>>>> While we have not made final arrangements for everything I can
> report this with some degree of confidence:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 1) Performance is at 2:00, n'est-ce pas?
>>>>
>>>> Yes.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 2) Is there a banquet or bbq or meal and further celebrations
> afterwards?
>>>>
>>>> Yes.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 3) Until what time is above event to unfold?
>>>>
>>>> Probably about 7.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 4) Are we out of Winedale that evening, out of our accomodations?
> (Sp)
>>>>
>>>> No. You have reservations for the evening of the 14.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 5) Or are we staying through the evening and vacating on August
> 15?
>>>>
>>>> Yes. After breakfast.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Sorry to have to ask someone to repeat him or herself, but fans are
> lining up and would like me to clarify these details.
>>>>
>>>> Just how many "fans" are you talking about?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Looking forward (you can't IMAGINE how much) to being with you
> all!
>>>>
>>>> David
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> > From:
jayres@cvctx.com
>>>> > To:
winedale-l@lists.wikimedia.org
>>>> > Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2010 16:39:58 -0700
>>>> > Subject: [Winedale-l] Fwd: CampShakespeare '10
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>>>> The New Busy think 9 to 5 is a cute idea. Combine multiple
> calendars with Hotmail. Get busy.
>>>>
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