WHAN that Aprille with his shoures soote the droghte of Marche hath perced to the roote ... - Winedale-l

21 Apr 2015

Happy Spring to all!  Camp Shakespeare will be celebrating its 13th  
year this summer with Campers taking on A Midsummer Night's Dream and  
As You Like It.  We think we have two splendid groups.  Half of them  
will be new to the Camp experience.  First time for that.  And we are  
also excited about having five former Campers serve as staff members:  
Austen Hyde, Malena Pennycook, Gabe Colombo, Gus Dexheimer, and Connor  
Simione.  And so we have a lot of good reasons to be looking forward  
to a great summer.

But we also have special needs.  This year we have more Campers  
requiring financial support than ever before.  Our fee is only $1000  
per Camper, the most reasonable fee of any two-week camp in the US  
(most are in the $3000 range) but it is for some a strain on the  
family budget.  I am asking for your help with funding scholarships  
for these kids.

During the last three years, Former Shakespeare at Winedale students  
have been a major part of funding Camp Shakespeare, giving an average  
of $16,023 a year toward our operating expense.  Without that support  
we could not have made it.

By the way, the proceeds from our special Twelfth Night  Gala last  
year made it possible to place $20,000 in the Doc Ayres Endowment that  
Jayne and Rick Suhler founded. Currently, it has $55,382.52.  It is  
beginning to yield interest.  We may be doing another Gala in 16 to  
give it another boost.

Thanks for considering this request.  I look forward to hearing from  
you and seeing you at the Camp Shakespeare performances.

Cheers,

Doc

PS: Checks should be made "TO" The University of Texas and marked  
"for" Camp Shakespeare and sent to me at PO Box 202, Round Top, Tx.  
78954.