Doc I am intimidated... and I thought that I was busy... Nice to see what "retirement" really holds! Cool! Bruce

From: winedale-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:winedale-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of James Ayres Sent: Monday, April 01, 2013 9:24 PM To: Anne Smith Cc: Shakespeare at Winedale 1970-2000 alums Subject: Re: [Winedale-l] Videos from Doc's birthday bash

Thanks Anne. Miss seeing you. Send me pictures of that little girl. You are right about Jon Watson. The kid is still a kid. Watsonian wit and voice well intact, rich, joyful, genuine. Well, I am still spry enough to walk about three miles a day, teaching 3d and 4th grade reading at Round Top-Carmine elementary; hugging and kissing gals young and old; substituting at La Grange HS for English Honors, serving on two foundation boards; chairing the local International Service Rotary group; planning the second year of performance work with very sick but highly-spirited kids at Dell Children's Hospital palliative care unit with former students Dr Craig Hurwitz, Kathy Blackbird (his sweet and absolutely gorgeous intended), and Kirsten Kern, also beautiful and therapeutic; selling clothes and furniture at the Second Chance Emporium for charities; still directing the two summer two-week sessions of Camp Shakespeare for kids 11-16; working as librarian and archivist at the Texas Quilt Museum (where I am learning the difference between warp and weft while (hopefully) building a research library for fiber, fabric, textile, and quilt, of the first class: hey I am getting paid!); helping kids at the Gonzales (TX)Youth Center (self-styled as 'The Shakespeare Ninjas') learn about and perform Twelfth Night; attending to the land and gardens on our blue-bonneted farm, and cooking up new and very healthy recipes at home with JoAnn.

The wonderful thing about reunion gatherings, whether for birthday or reunion year is that we have the opportunity to talk about our lives, what we are doing, where we are going (or hope to). And the kids. Those are stories I'd like to hear at our reunion in '15 from every one of your colleagues. Seems to me that at this point in time, the Shakespeare is secondary.

I know you did not invite all of this, but here it is anyway.

Love,

Doc

On Apr 1, 2013, at 10:55 AM, Anne Smith wrote:

Thank you so much!!!

what treasures for those of us who could not be there...and really...Winedale must also be an elixir of youth because NONE OF YOU AGES (especially you, Jon Watson). Doc, I think you're still spry enough to sport those ostrich cowboy boots and blaze a trail of dust as you drive off in your pickup... Love you! On Mon, Apr 1, 2013 at 1:32 PM, Stephanie Modlin <ubermimi@gmail.commailto:ubermimi@gmail.com> wrote:

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As promised...here is that photo of the lovely ladies...Apologies for the quality, as I took a photo of a photo...it is part of a collage I made of '95 (I'm attaching an image of the entire piece as well). Note the actual photo prints and thumbtacks on a corkboard--this has traveled with me through many apartments, cities, and states...one of my most prized possessions...as in, if my house were on fire, I would grab my kids, my husband, my cat, and this collage. My sewing machine may be in storage, but not this--it is displayed proudly on our wall of family photos.

Many more faces are recognizable on this board...fun fo all to see!

A

On Mon, Apr 1, 2013 at 9:48 PM, Anne Engelking Smith ankleking@gmail.comwrote:

I am literally exhausted!!! I love it! I feel a bit of an arse in choosing the word "spry." Let's change that to...superhuman?! So neat about your Quilt research--making a quilt was the first thing my Granny taught me on her old pedal sewing machine--all squares, so it was easy to practice. My (electric) sewing machine is in storage at the moment, which is making it very hard for me to satisfy my daughter's one wish for her fourth birthday...a mermaid tail. I know I could make it, because after all, we figured out how to make anything at Winedale. Remember the fruit fight we did for Comedy 3:1? We spent hours sewing and stuffing felt apples, oranges, limes, and a few explosive bananas--I can still picture Mushtaq and Shawn hitting the deck, shouting, "BANANA!!!"

I just may have to go and get that machine...

You're indeed right about Kathy and Stan...two of the most beautiful ladies whom I had such great fortune to look up to when they came back for the '95 reunion. I have a great snapshot of the two of them with Lana and Shawn sides demonstrating what Kathy must have spoken, about margaritas. I will share that in a separate message.

Clearly I'm having so much fun connecting via this listserv, so many thanks to Mike. And yes...a reunion means many things, but Shakespeare makes for a mean magnet!

Here's to my making down in 2015--with some future Camp Shakespeareans in tow!

Xoxo

Anne

Sent from my iPhone

On Apr 1, 2013, at 10:24 PM, James Ayres jayres@cvctx.com wrote:

Thanks Anne. Miss seeing you. Send me pictures of that little girl. You are right about Jon Watson. The kid is still a kid. Watsonian wit and voice well intact, rich, joyful, genuine. Well, I am still spry enough to walk about three miles a day, teaching 3d and 4th grade reading at Round Top-Carmine elementary; hugging and kissing gals young and old; substituting at La Grange HS for English Honors, serving on two foundation boards; chairing the local International Service Rotary group; planning the second year of performance work with very sick but highly-spirited kids at Dell Children's Hospital palliative care unit with former students Dr Craig Hurwitz, Kathy Blackbird (his sweet and absolutely gorgeous intended), and Kirsten Kern, also beautiful *and* therapeutic; selling clothes and furniture at the Second Chance Emporium for charities; still directing the two summer two-week sessions of Camp Shakespeare for kids 11-16; working as librarian and archivist at the Texas Quilt Museum (where I am learning the difference between warp and weft while (hopefully) building a research library for fiber, fabric, textile, and quilt, of the first class: hey I am getting paid!); helping kids at the Gonzales (TX)Youth Center (self-styled as 'The Shakespeare Ninjas') learn about and perform *Twelfth Night;* attending to the land and gardens on our blue-bonneted farm, and cooking up new and very healthy recipes at home with JoAnn.

The wonderful thing about reunion gatherings, whether for birthday or reunion year is that we have the opportunity to talk about our lives, what we are doing, where we are going (or hope to). And the kids. Those are stories I'd like to hear at our reunion in '15 from every one of your colleagues. Seems to me that at this point in time, the Shakespeare is secondary.

I know you did not invite all of this, but here it is anyway.

Love,

Doc

On Apr 1, 2013, at 10:55 AM, Anne Smith wrote:

Thank you so much!!!

what treasures for those of us who could not be there...and really...Winedale must also be an elixir of youth because NONE OF YOU AGES (especially you, Jon Watson). Doc, I think you're still spry enough to sport those ostrich cowboy boots and blaze a trail of dust as you drive off in your pickup... Love you!

On Mon, Apr 1, 2013 at 1:32 PM, Stephanie Modlin ubermimi@gmail.comwrote:

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very fun to see and to remember. Thanks, Anne!

love to all, Terry

-----Original Message----- From: Anne Smith ankleking@gmail.com To: James Ayres jayres@cvctx.com Cc: Shakespeare at Winedale 1970-2000 alums winedale-l@lists.wikimedia.org Sent: Tue, Apr 2, 2013 1:43 pm Subject: Re: [Winedale-l] Videos from Doc's birthday bash

As promised...here is that photo of the lovely ladies...Apologies for the quality, as I took a photo of a photo...it is part of a collage I made of '95 (I'm attaching an image of the entire piece as well). Note the actual photo prints and thumbtacks on a corkboard--this has traveled with me through many apartments, cities, and states...one of my most prized possessions...as in, if my house were on fire, I would grab my kids, my husband, my cat, and this collage. My sewing machine may be in storage, but not this--it is displayed proudly on our wall of family photos.

Many more faces are recognizable on this board...fun fo all to see!

A

On Mon, Apr 1, 2013 at 9:48 PM, Anne Engelking Smith ankleking@gmail.com wrote:

I am literally exhausted!!! I love it! I feel a bit of an arse in choosing the word "spry." Let's change that to...superhuman?! So neat about your Quilt research--making a quilt was the first thing my Granny taught me on her old pedal sewing machine--all squares, so it was easy to practice. My (electric) sewing machine is in storage at the moment, which is making it very hard for me to satisfy my daughter's one wish for her fourth birthday...a mermaid tail. I know I could make it, because after all, we figured out how to make anything at Winedale. Remember the fruit fight we did for Comedy 3:1? We spent hours sewing and stuffing felt apples, oranges, limes, and a few explosive bananas--I can still picture Mushtaq and Shawn hitting the deck, shouting, "BANANA!!!"

I just may have to go and get that machine...

You're indeed right about Kathy and Stan...two of the most beautiful ladies whom I had such great fortune to look up to when they came back for the '95 reunion. I have a great snapshot of the two of them with Lana and Shawn sides demonstrating what Kathy must have spoken, about margaritas. I will share that in a separate message.

Clearly I'm having so much fun connecting via this listserv, so many thanks to Mike. And yes...a reunion means many things, but Shakespeare makes for a mean magnet!

Here's to my making down in 2015--with some future Camp Shakespeareans in tow!

Xoxo

Anne

Sent from my iPhone

On Apr 1, 2013, at 10:24 PM, James Ayres jayres@cvctx.com wrote:

Thanks Anne. Miss seeing you. Send me pictures of that little girl. You are right about Jon Watson. The kid is still a kid. Watsonian wit and voice well intact, rich, joyful, genuine. Well, I am still spry enough to walk about three miles a day, teaching 3d and 4th grade reading at Round Top-Carmine elementary; hugging and kissing gals young and old; substituting at La Grange HS for English Honors, serving on two foundation boards; chairing the local International Service Rotary group; planning the second year of performance work with very sick but highly-spirited kids at Dell Children's Hospital palliative care unit with former students Dr Craig Hurwitz, Kathy Blackbird (his sweet and absolutely gorgeous intended), and Kirsten Kern, also beautiful and therapeutic; selling clothes and furniture at the Second Chance Emporium for charities; still directing the two summer two-week sessions of Camp Shakespeare for kids 11-16; working as librarian and archivist at the Texas Quilt Museum (where I am learning the difference between warp and weft while (hopefully) building a research library for fiber, fabric, textile, and quilt, of the first class: hey I am getting paid!); helping kids at the Gonzales (TX)Youth Center (self-styled as 'The Shakespeare Ninjas') learn about and perform Twelfth Night; attending to the land and gardens on our blue-bonneted farm, and cooking up new and very healthy recipes at home with JoAnn.

The wonderful thing about reunion gatherings, whether for birthday or reunion year is that we have the opportunity to talk about our lives, what we are doing, where we are going (or hope to). And the kids. Those are stories I'd like to hear at our reunion in '15 from every one of your colleagues. Seems to me that at this point in time, the Shakespeare is secondary.

I know you did not invite all of this, but here it is anyway.

Love,

Doc

On Apr 1, 2013, at 10:55 AM, Anne Smith wrote:

Thank you so much!!!

what treasures for those of us who could not be there...and really...Winedale must also be an elixir of youth because NONE OF YOU AGES (especially you, Jon Watson). Doc, I think you're still spry enough to sport those ostrich cowboy boots and blaze a trail of dust as you drive off in your pickup... Love you!

On Mon, Apr 1, 2013 at 1:32 PM, Stephanie Modlin ubermimi@gmail.com wrote:

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First, thank you, Laura, Stephanie, Dan for the videos and pictures of Doc's 80th birthday celebration, and to all who made it happen, especially to you, Doc, for creating the vision of Shakespeare at Winedale that has changed all our lives and the world for the better.

As a former Winedale student (1989), I would love for my 11 yo daughter to apply for Camp Winedale and am considering how to best recommend it to her. We live in Golden, Colorado, so she has not had the opportunity to learn of Winedale through Clayton's Outreach. She did join me a few years ago for an alumni performance at Winedale, which she really enjoyed, especially watching for Jessica in the Merchant of Venice since she knew that I was also Jessica.

So, I ask, have any of your children participated in Camp Winedale and if so, can you give me any advice to describe the program to her, brief videos that show camp performances, and/or recommendations to encourage her to apply? Feel free to respond to me directly if you'd rather not respond through the listserve.

Thanks and much love to Doc, Tina

Tina O'Neil Hageman tohageman@yahoo.com

On Mon, Apr 1, 2013 at 10:24 PM, James Ayres jayres@cvctx.com wrote:

Thanks Anne. Miss seeing you. Send me pictures of that little girl. You are right about Jon Watson. The kid is still a kid. Watsonian wit and voice well intact, rich, joyful, genuine. Well, I am still spry enough to walk about three miles a day, teaching 3d and 4th grade reading at Round Top-Carmine elementary; hugging and kissing gals young and old; substituting at La Grange HS for English Honors, serving on two foundation boards; chairing the local International Service Rotary group; planning the second year of performance work with very sick but highly-spirited kids at Dell Children's Hospital palliative care unit with former students Dr Craig Hurwitz, Kathy Blackbird (his sweet and absolutely gorgeous intended), and Kirsten Kern, also beautiful and therapeutic; selling clothes and furniture at the Second Chance Emporium for charities; still directing the two summer two-week sessions of Camp Shakespeare for kids 11-16; working as librarian and archivist at the Texas Quilt Museum (where I am learning the difference between warp and weft while (hopefully) building a research library for fiber, fabric, textile, and quilt, of the first class: hey I am getting paid!); helping kids at the Gonzales (TX)Youth Center (self-styled as 'The Shakespeare Ninjas') learn about and perform Twelfth Night; attending to the land and gardens on our blue-bonneted farm, and cooking up new and very healthy recipes at home with JoAnn.

The wonderful thing about reunion gatherings, whether for birthday or reunion year is that we have the opportunity to talk about our lives, what we are doing, where we are going (or hope to). And the kids. Those are stories I'd like to hear at our reunion in '15 from every one of your colleagues. Seems to me that at this point in time, the Shakespeare is secondary.

I know you did not invite all of this, but here it is anyway.

Love,

Doc

On Apr 1, 2013, at 10:55 AM, Anne Smith wrote:

Thank you so much!!!

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what treasures for those of us who could not be there...and really...Winedale must also be an elixir of youth because NONE OF YOU AGES (especially you, Jon Watson).

Doc, I think you're still spry enough to sport those ostrich cowboy boots and blaze a trail of dust as you drive off in your pickup... Love you!

On Mon, Apr 1, 2013 at 1:32 PM, Stephanie Modlin ubermimi@gmail.com wrote:

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