Thursday, May 06, 2010
A Tree grows in Brooklyn and other fundamentals....
Today Travis sent out this picture of his beautiful back yard in Brooklyn.....
Makes you kind of want to move there, doesn't it? But all this beauty is the result of a lot of hard work on his part....cleaning out the debris, turning the soil, sowing the seed, lugging the shrubs from wherever in Brooklyn you buy shrubs, digging holes, fertilizing, and just plain old sweat and elbow grease. I admire that kind of perseverance and dedication to a goal. It's been the basis of my life as I know it.....think of what I want to accomplish, visualize the results, and Go.For.It.
Last weekend I was privileged to be invited to tea by The Wharton Salon. It was a lovely Sunday afternoon in the Berkshires. The event took place at a beautiful home in Stockbridge. It was all to celebrate last year's successful production of 'Xingu' and to promote this year's production of 'Summer'. Both plays are adaptations of Edith Wharton's stories and are performed at The Mount, Edith Wharton's beautiful home in Lenox, Massachusetts. Last year I brought several of the acting apprentices from the Berkshire Theatre Festival to one of the performances and they are still talking about it. To experience the reenactment of an Edith Wharton story in the setting that it was conceived in, is a privilege and a delight. This is all possible because of the vision of a young woman, Catherine Taylor-Williams. She had been involved many years ago with the Wharton stories and decided that they needed to be presented once again. A very determined young lady, she gathered supporters, found a cast, and made her dream come true. A woman after my own heart. I hope to see all of you at a performance of "Summer" by The Wharton Salon this summer.
This morning I was part of a conference call with the Richie duPont Award Committee to discuss our benefit which will be held on Saturday, May 22nd, at Firefly in Lenox, MA. This is the 5th annual benefit for the fund which helps children who want to attend acting camp at the Berkshire Theatre Festival and need assistance to afford the tuition. This fund was started by some of the young staff at BTF who contributed some of their salaries to fund the initial endowment. They are to be commended for having the vision and the desire to share the love of the arts with young students. I was fortunate to become involved with the fund 3 years ago and have made it a priority in my life ever since. We recently formed a formal committee to ensure that this award will be funded for many years to come and will benefit the children in the Berkshires that have a desire to pursue an interest in theater.
Think, Visualize, Go.For.It......Fundamentals to live by :)
Makes you kind of want to move there, doesn't it? But all this beauty is the result of a lot of hard work on his part....cleaning out the debris, turning the soil, sowing the seed, lugging the shrubs from wherever in Brooklyn you buy shrubs, digging holes, fertilizing, and just plain old sweat and elbow grease. I admire that kind of perseverance and dedication to a goal. It's been the basis of my life as I know it.....think of what I want to accomplish, visualize the results, and Go.For.It.
Last weekend I was privileged to be invited to tea by The Wharton Salon. It was a lovely Sunday afternoon in the Berkshires. The event took place at a beautiful home in Stockbridge. It was all to celebrate last year's successful production of 'Xingu' and to promote this year's production of 'Summer'. Both plays are adaptations of Edith Wharton's stories and are performed at The Mount, Edith Wharton's beautiful home in Lenox, Massachusetts. Last year I brought several of the acting apprentices from the Berkshire Theatre Festival to one of the performances and they are still talking about it. To experience the reenactment of an Edith Wharton story in the setting that it was conceived in, is a privilege and a delight. This is all possible because of the vision of a young woman, Catherine Taylor-Williams. She had been involved many years ago with the Wharton stories and decided that they needed to be presented once again. A very determined young lady, she gathered supporters, found a cast, and made her dream come true. A woman after my own heart. I hope to see all of you at a performance of "Summer" by The Wharton Salon this summer.
Think, Visualize, Go.For.It......Fundamentals to live by :)
Countess Bedelia 5/06/2010 08:07:00 PM