[Mb-hair] Bridgeport get together

[Robin McNamara]

Wow Nina

Sounds like everyone had a great time I spoke to Michael, Natalie & Debbie 
yesterday while they were on route to the show, it was great to hear there 
voices. Michael mentioned Sept. 10th to me during our conversation, is this 
date etched in stone? The reason I ask is because my high school reunion is 
the same day in Boston but I would much more prefer to go to the Hair 
reunion if it is finally going to happen :), please let me know thanks so 
much.

Love forever
Robin




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Little Birdie" <lbirdie at hotmail.com>
To: <mb-hair at islandlists.com>
Sent: Sunday, May 22, 2005 1:06 PM
Subject: [Mb-hair] Bridgeport get together


> What an amazing night last night was! How incredible to see good friends, 
> and to "meet" others who have been friends for years but never seen in 
> person before! To get to hug Sib, Sally, Leo, Sherwin, Barbara, and Ross 
> in person, and to put faces to the writing and in some cases voices on the 
> phone, were all truly wonderful moments. To see, in addition, so many good 
> friends at the same time - Michael B, Robert, Debbie, Mike, Bill, Natalie, 
> Dale, Michael A, Jeff, Meredith - What a joy! There were many photographs 
> taken (a copy of every one to the Archives please folks! I can't wait to 
> see them!) so there will be some to share soon.  I also got several 
> generous donations to the Archives, including photographs from the April 
> 23 LaMama event. I will post a few to the list as soon as I can scan them.
>
> The show was good, but it paled in comparison to the reunion. There was so 
> much love in the room! After the show we walked a block to a local pub 
> who's owners and lone waitress looked overwhelmed as all 27 of us walked 
> in, however they rose to the occasion, put many tables end to end and made 
> us one large table to gather around, catch up, and enjoy each others 
> company.
>
> There was a drama teacher at the show last night who teaches at Laguardia 
> High School for the Performing Arts in NYC. He is directing Hair there 
> next December and had seen the listing for Bridgeport Hair and gotten 
> tickets for himself and his wife. He recognized Michael B and introduced 
> himself before the show, and found himself stumbling into the midst of 
> what he described as the most amazing resource for research and support 
> for his production that he could possibly imagine. He and his wife were 
> lovely people, and they joined us for the party after the show. He shared 
> with me that he was amazed at how welcoming we all were, how willing to 
> help support his production, to share thoughts and ideas, to include them 
> in our evening. I explained to him that that was what Hair was all about. 
> That he was just starting a journey that we all had been through; that now 
> he was part of the Tribe. He is planning on joining the list in the near 
> future, and looks forward to hearing everyone's thoughts and ideas 
> regarding Hair in a high school setting (albeit one with closer to 
> professional level talent pool than most other high schools). I am looking 
> forward to seeing Hair done with actors closer to the true ages of the 
> characters, and with such a committed director. It was the most perfect 
> start to a production of Hair that I can imagine!
>
> I find myself at an unusual loss for words at trying to describe what a 
> special evening it was. Speak up others who were there - perhaps someone 
> can write a more eloquent report on the evening than I am managing.
>
> I'll close with one of my favorite lines of the evening. Looking very 
> pleased with her life a certain 13 year old said "My mother takes me to 
> productions of Hair the way other mother's take their kids to Disney 
> movies." I feel very lucky, as does she, that life affords me this 
> wonderful Tribe for her to grow up around. I can imagine no better 
> influences than those around her last night.
>
> Save September 10th, 2005! We'll do it all again, on a larger scale at 
> LaMama. Details coming as we know them.
>
> Love, love, love,
> Nina
>
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