I've come across cassette tapes of a performance of "The Winter's Tale" in
Summer 1981 -- Rather than risk playing 30-year-old cassttes, I'm having
them digitized to CDs. This means that anyone who wants a copy could
probably persuade me to make one for him or her.
Any interest here?
--Mike
March 25. Raise a glass, friends. I hope it is a wonderful year for you,
Doc.
Please mark you calendars now for the last week in September or first week
in October of 2012 for the next weeklong reunion adventure. How's that for
chutzpah?
Love,
Madge
--
Madge Darlington
Co-Producing Artistic Director
Rude Mechanicals
Co-Director
Grrl Action
(512) 627-6038
Michael:
During the past few weeks as all of us have seen spirited exchanges
among the "week-long" group about life and death, celebrations and
sorrows, Oscars and roses, I've been a bit concerned that only some 21
of us (week-longers) have been engaged in these experiences when
certainly others on the "week-end" and longer list might well be
interested in hearing what is happening. I'd like to suggest that we
create a "Sh at W Former Student 1970-2000 Newsletter, sent to all
"subscribers." i.e., those who would like to receive it, to tell them
them what has been happening, what is developing, while inviting them
to send us info about what they are doing. I would be happy to Edit
it along with some two or three others. Let me know what you think
about the idea. To begin this, we could send a letter to the "long"
list telling everyone about the Newsletter, that it will be sent every
two months (or three? or send it whenever we want to?)), asking them
whether or not they would like to receive it. We take on those that
respond.
Do you have time to help with this? Can you easily facilitate the
inquiry to all? What do the rest of you think about the idea?
Cheers,
Doc
Thought I'd pass this on to all of you.
Doc
Begin forwarded message:
> From: "White, Barbara B" <barbara.white(a)austin.utexas.edu>
> Date: March 16, 2011 5:52:19 AM PDT
> To: James Ayres <jayres(a)cvctx.com>
> Subject: RE: Virginia's Roses
>
> Doc,
> Thank you for planning this wonderful tribute to Virginia. She cared
> about Winedale very much and it must have been heartbreaking to see
> the bushes go away one-by-one. We are very excited to see the
> wonderful new plants that give Winedale a new beautiful beginning to
> springtime. The watering system you so thoughtfully added will help
> assure their survival through our hot summers. You are a great
> friend to so many and I know Virginia passed on peacefully knowing
> that her original gift will be perpetuated because of people like
> you who care so much!
>
> I will make sure to mention the sponsorships. I know others would
> love to contribute. There is so much history about Winedale that I
> still need to learn. You have all that stored in your head from
> having lived it. I would still love to write your history and your
> experiences at Winedale with Miss Ima. I think it is an important
> part of the equation. Thanks so much for caring so much.
> Best,
> Barbara
> ________________________________________
> From: James Ayres [jayres(a)cvctx.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2011 8:32 PM
> To: White, Barbara B
> Subject: Virginia's Roses
>
> Barbara:
>
> It was great fun doing the roses this morning. Thanks for your
> assistance with the preparation and thanks too to Elroy. Everyone was
> enthusiastic and very happy in planting this tribute to Virginia.
> Please ask Elroy to turn on the watering system every morning for the
> next three days for about 5 hours a day. After that, every other day,
> depending on the weather. I will be dropping by to do some of that
> myself, checking on how the roses are doing.
>
> We have created a "Rose for Virginia" sponsorship to defray all of the
> costs for the antique roses, the compost, the rose food, the watering
> system we have put in place. The sponsorships are $30.00. We planted
> 14 roses. As of this evening, I have received commitments for 8
> sponsorships. Two of them from Leon Hale and Babette.
>
> So if anyone wishes to join this effort, please have them send a check
> made out to me for $30.00 to P.O. Box 202, Round Top, Tx, 78954.
>
>
> Again, thanks for your help with this.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Doc
>
>
... that those of us who joined Michael at the W. were sitting not only with an Oscar-winning film director but also with a major Norwegian pop star and musical prodigy!
He and his wife (an actress), who are good friends of Michael's daughter Kate and her husband Thomas, are in town for SXSW -- he's playing tomorrow night at 11 p.m. at the Central Presbyterian Church, I'm going to try to go (though I have no wristband, not sure of how all that works). I finally did a bit of research on him to find out how to get to his gig.
Check out his wikipedia entry -- wow!
It was fun talking to a pop star and not having any idea who he was.
cs
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sondre_Lerche
We planted 14 roses for Virginia this morning. Look for Clayton's
chronicle of the event. Thanks to Kirsten, Joy, Maggie, Susan,
Clayton and son Augie and daughter Emma, Jeff and son Will, Noah
Sgovio and Finlay Scanlon (Camp Shakespeare kids), Willa and Liz
(Finlay's sister and mom), we completed the task with rose songs and a
reading of Mary's rose poem.
We set up a "Rose for Virginia" sponsorship to defray the costs of the
antique roses, the compost, and the watering system we put in place.
Should any of you wish to sponsor a rose for Virginia, please send me
a check for $30.00. We planted 14 roses. And have already 6
sponsorships.
We had great weather and great fun.
Doc
My cash is in the mail for one if those....
Sent from my Verizon Wireless Phone
James Ayres wrote:
Thanks, Michael. Now we are four away.
Doc
On Mar 17, 2011, at 4:30 PM, Barker, Michael wrote:
> I sent you 30 today and a dvd of Inside Job today.
> m
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: James Ayres [mailto:jayres@cvctx.com]
> Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2011 05:35 PM
> To: weeklong-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org <weeklong-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
> Subject: Re: [Weeklong-l] Virginia's Roses
>
> As of today, I have 5 $30.00 sponsorships left. And will always
> welcome gifts to Camp Shakespeare!
>
> Doc
> On Mar 17, 2011, at 12:23 PM, Maggie Megaw wrote:
>
>> I'll pipe up here, in case anyone else wants to contribute to the
>> cause. Doc spent just north of $400--I think it added up to $435--
>> on the roses, compost, and irrigation supplies. I think with Gail's
>> rose bush he's half way there.
>>
>> Xxxm
>>
>> maggie megaw | business affairs, inc | 2415 main street santa monica
>> ca 90405 | ph 310 954 8440 | fx 310 362 8707
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: weeklong-l-bounces(a)lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:weeklong-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org
>> ] On Behalf Of McDonald G.
>> Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2011 11:40 AM
>> To: weeklong-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org
>> Subject: Re: [Weeklong-l] Virginia's Roses
>>
>> Dear Doc,
>>
>> I'd like to send money for the roses. Could you remind me of your
>> mailing address? I wish I could have been there.
>>
>> Love,
>> Gail
>> ________________________________________
>> From: weeklong-l-bounces(a)lists.wikimedia.org [weeklong-l-bounces(a)lists.wikimedia.org
>> ] On Behalf Of James Ayres [jayres(a)cvctx.com]
>> Sent: 16 March 2011 02:22
>> To: weeklong-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org
>> Subject: Re: [Weeklong-l] Virginia's Roses
>>
>> And that's the way it was.
>>
>>
>> On Mar 15, 2011, at 5:00 PM, Clay Stromberger wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks for the note, Doc, and for bringing all the moving parts
>>> together so perfectly.
>>>
>>> This sport, well carried, SHALL be chronicled.
>>>
>>> Though I also think that as always Doc's concrete and brief
>>> chronicle of the time says it very well. But perhaps there are a
>>> few other moments to recall and pass along.... so here's a note to
>>> those that we love and to them that love us. We want you all there
>>> for the next planting project.
>>>
>>>
>>> It was a gloriously cool and sunny verge-of-spring morning, very
>>> fitting for such a special person as Virginia Elverson. The birds
>>> were talking all at once, as Townes Van Zandt used to sing. I even
>>> saw a bright red cardinal in the Barn, perched atop a metal folding
>>> chair, when I went in there to change out of my longjohns (it was
>>> warming up by then). As Doc said at one point with a grin, "Some of
>>> these folks haven't been out here before when it's nice." The grass
>>> was so soft and lush that Willa, 10, could not resist springing into
>>> a few cartwheels, which inspired Emma, 8, to try the same. Mini-
>>> lessons from Willa ensued, but must be continued at a future date,
>>> as Emma still hasn't perfected that essential skill of girlhood.
>>>
>>> Backing up a bit: Aug, Em and I arrived a bit late to the lovely
>>> sight of a whole line of folks working hard along the fence line
>>> (first in view: Maggie in her broad gardening hat and shades),
>>> enlarging the perfectly round post-holes dug by Doc (how did he do
>>> it? Those digger things are heavy. The holes were all perfectly
>>> shaped...!). In the classic Winedale tradition, everyone pitched
>>> in and figured out what needed to be done and brought their
>>> particular gifts to bear as needed. Jeff and Stan were the old
>>> gardening hands when it came to such things as setting up the
>>> irrigation system Doc envisioned (a long plastic hose running the
>>> length of the fence, with little smaller lines plugged in at
>>> intervals to run off and drip water at the base of each particular
>>> rose) and finding the right mix of mulch and dirt and "root food".
>>> Joy was resplendent in a bright white longsleeved shirt and red
>>> bandana as she fussed happily over her digging project. It was
>>> great to see Augie and Finlay, fellow "Midsummer" Campers last
>>> summer, working side by side again. Susan and Maggie kicked off the
>>> rose songs spontaneously at some point, shovels in hand (final tune
>>> was "Love is a Rose," Linda Rondstadt's cover of the Neil Young
>>> original, which Emma was too shy to sing solo, but Susan convinced
>>> her to sing one line with me and then the rest of the crew repeated
>>> it while shoveling the leftover compost into the back of Doc's
>>> pickup). Finlay and mom Liz looked up the colors of the different
>>> roses, and, at Doc's suggestion, lined them up to ensure a variety
>>> of color as you drive or walk or bicycle past later this spring.
>>>
>>> Part of the fun of digging is the occasional surprise you find.
>>> Exhibit #1 was an old horseshoe (muleshoe?) that Will discovered --
>>> time for an archeological dig at Winedale? Then Jeff found some old
>>> iron nails in a few other holes and began to wonder if the folks
>>> who'd planted the original roses had put these things in there to
>>> add some iron to the soil...? Any of you History Detectives out
>>> there have a clue on that one? Not sure where the horseshoe ended
>>> up, but I hope it can eventually find a home in the Barn. Meanwhile
>>> Willa and Emma set the record for finding the most grubs -- eight, I
>>> believe (six of them alive!), which they named "Harry," and then
>>> "Harry II," "Harry III".... an little unconscious touch of
>>> Shakespeare in the morning.
>>>
>>> Elroy, the jovial groundskeeper with the musical drawl and the bushy
>>> grey mustache under his glasses, was a huge help, zipping around in
>>> the white Winedale pickup and providing us with tools and a
>>> wheelbarrow.
>>>
>>> This was the kind of work that allowed for catching up with your
>>> neighbor the next rose-bush over. I found out that high school
>>> senior Noah Sgovio, whom most of you will remember from his always-
>>> wonderful "I do much wonder..." speech this summer, is headed off to
>>> UT in August as a philosophy major and theater minor. Perfect for
>>> one of the best Hamlets ever to lecture Horatio in the Barn. Will
>>> and Augie riffed in fine teenage-boy form on the word "clod" while
>>> piling excess dirt on the little red wagon.
>>>
>>> At some point we finally looked up and saw the work was done, and it
>>> was good, and the water was dripping. So Doc and Maggie headed for
>>> Mercantile for sandwiches (Maggie's treat) and after some chatting I
>>> suggested a hike to MacGregor House. A group of us headed that way
>>> and soon came upon one of those I-wish-I-had-my-camera images: Jeff
>>> and Susan sitting in the two memorial benches under the stately
>>> pines, the bright green meadow beyond them. Jeff had his jaunty
>>> straw riverboat-gambler hat on, and had his right arm looped over
>>> the back of Henry Wilkinson's bench on the left as they talked;
>>> Susan sat in the beautiful new bench on the right. Ah, I realized,
>>> the bench for Lizz that Matt told us about. An "On Golden Pond"
>>> moment (yes, we are heading into those golden years...). We all
>>> stood around and talked about how to arrange all of our future
>>> memorial benches. Susan wanted a circle that extended into the
>>> meadow; Jeff pointed out how this might make mowing difficult.
>>> Susan countered with the idea of a trail extending into the meadow
>>> to sort of anchor the benches; Joy suggested a labyrinth in the
>>> center (vetoed). We then segued inevitably into a discussion about
>>> the Winedale Retirement Complex and then set out for MacGregor.
>>>
>>> We wondered how we'd know when Doc and Maggie were back -- well, of
>>> course, we heard a distant pealing as Doc rang the bell by the
>>> Barn. I raced Augie back (still can beat him, ha ha! -- though not
>>> much longer...) -- and then followed my second camera-pang moment,
>>> as I looked back and saw, like something out of a film (my Michael
>>> Barker influence kicking in), the players of the day heading my way
>>> across the broad green meadow, at varying distances, singly or in
>>> pairs, gesturing (Jeff to Joy I think) or skipping (Emma) or
>>> strolling and laughing.... but all set against that green in the
>>> sunlight, so peaceful and beautiful, no one in a hurry. I just had
>>> to stare at it for a moment. Not sure a photo could capture that,
>>> really.
>>>
>>> We wrapped the day up with lunch at the picnic tables and yes, at
>>> Stan's smiling insistence, a four-person (one line each) reading of
>>> the Stein poem sent by Mary.
>>>
>>> What did I miss, fellow early-rosers?
>>>
>>> Augie told me afterwards back at home, in his classic Augie way of
>>> making little pronouncements out of the blue, "Dad, you know, it
>>> felt good to be out at Winedale, working on planting the roses....
>>> I'm not sure why, it just felt good to be doing that."
>>>
>>> Yep. You said it, buddy.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> cheers,
>>>
>>> cs
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mar 15, 2011, at 6:42 PM, James Ayres wrote:
>>>
>>>> We planted 14 roses for Virginia this morning. Look for Clayton's
>>>> chronicle of the event. Thanks to Kirsten, Joy, Maggie, Susan,
>>>> Clayton and son Augie and daughter Emma, Jeff and son Will, Noah
>>>> Sgovio and Finlay Scanlon (Camp Shakespeare kids), Willa and Liz
>>>> (Finlay's sister and mom), we completed the task with rose songs
>>>> and a
>>>> reading of Mary's rose poem.
>>>>
>>>> We set up a "Rose for Virginia" sponsorship to defray the costs of
>>>> the
>>>> antique roses, the compost, and the watering system we put in
>>>> place.
>>>> Should any of you wish to sponsor a rose for Virginia, please send
>>>> me
>>>> a check for $30.00. We planted 14 roses. And have already 6
>>>> sponsorships.
>>>>
>>>> We had great weather and great fun.
>>>>
>>>> Doc
>>>>
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Dear friends,
I feel as if the past couple of months have been brimming with life, even in death. Lizz and Virginia so beautifully remembered. Michael and Madge and her co. feted for their excellence (something we've all known directly and personally), Clayton's generously full and heart-felt narratives, Mary's poems, Maggie's singing, Jeff's hat and his gardening know-how, Doc's name being flashed up on a screen in a NY theatre, Joy's lavender font. And warmth and goodness in every single email. I am with you so fully in my heart, I swear, and wish with all of that full heart that I could have been with you in person.
Love,
Gail
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From: weeklong-l-bounces(a)lists.wikimedia.org [weeklong-l-bounces(a)lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Barker, Michael [Michael_Barker(a)spe.sony.com]
Sent: 16 March 2011 21:57
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The attached review of THE METHOD GUN is from TIMEOUTNEWYORK.
The production received FIVE STARS. Anyone who follows this publication (as I do) knows that maybe a handful of productions in the entire year of New York theater receives FIVE STARS. These critics are tough. Major congratulations to Madge and the Rude Mechs for being the talk of the town.
For some reason in my scanning of the attached review you cannot make out the Five Stars (they are in the black portion of the review directly below the title). But they are there in a bold way in the magazine.
m