Ah, Jerald, such wisdom about the class of 75. Oh, I just happened to be a
part of it as well. But I must address the first-time-we-did-a full-play
misconception, however darling every other single thing you said was: The
first full play was The Tempest, in 1973, put together in one week, and
generator of one of the most exciting and fantastic improvisations ever done
in the barn, which was developed for the performances: for the storm, the
whole class was strewn from balcony downward along the stage left stairs,
holding and billowing for dear life one of the big tarps from under the
pecan trees. Someone behind the barn cracked a big piece of sheet metal for
thunder. Someone emitted lightning from the lighting booth. Doc started it
all.
And the second was Midsummer, put together in a somewhat longer amount of
time.
Love to ALL,
Alice
From: Jerald Head <jlhead1952(a)gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2010 20:47:04 -0500
To: James Ayres <jayres(a)cvctx.com>
Cc: "Thomas, Eric" <Eric.Thomas(a)uth.tmc.edu>du>,
"winedale-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org" <winedale-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Subject: Re: [Winedale-l] Fwd: CampShakespeare '10
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 ¹86)?
Just thought I¹d try to heat up this list-serv a bit.
Eric
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[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(a)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
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> 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
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