Old friends keep the holidays warm

Top: Trish Wade (Roe), Gamyr Worf, Lisa Niedermeyer, Jen Jemmings (Rouse) oh and baby London! Dinner at the Jemmings "Shed". Middle: Deirdre, Gamyr, Lisa at The Egyptian Theatre celebrating Gamyr's lighting design for Peter Pan! Bottom: Kit Kofoed, Lisa, and Ann Jantz (Panalsek)

Happy days!

Hey all,

I finally have enough space in le ol' casa, to add a new member to the family...

Here she is, "Phoebe"... named after the Greek Titan of bright intelligence. Originally, we were planning to name her "Gaia", but it sounded a little too 'guy'-ish when we tried it. Consequently, and completely unplanned, Gaia is the Greek Titan mother of Phoebe. Who would have thought? :-)

anyhow... here she is (at 18 wks old, which is 4.5 mo.):




You can see more of her at:
Phoebe's online presence

Hope ya all had a great Thanksgiving!! take care all. :-)
- Fatty Matty

Lisa in Rock Springs

So I did the math today and it has been 10 years since I performed as a freshman
in Desert Dance Theatre. I am on the Rock Springs campus this week and next week as a guest artist creating work on the students and teaching. I happened upon this in the House Left Props Storage. I took a picture with my iPhone (hee hee). 10 years is a long time and of course a lot of things have changed, but I did smile big when I saw this marker, that and when I heard the students refer to "Final Frontier" :)

Big Desert Love,

Lisa Niedermeyer

Howdy Everyone!

~Well, I haven't blogged in a long time...so here's the latest!! I just got back from vacation in Italy with my fiance. I met all his family and saw most of Sicily which, of course, is gorgeous. We spent some time on an island called 'Volcano' as well. We got to hike all the way into the crater...it was amazing!! And, now we are back on the cruise ship. I am currently sitting in a mall in Hawaii using the free internet! Tonight our ship leaves for San Diego and we'll be cruisin' the Mexican Riviera. So, life is still all sun and fun!! I am glad that things seem to be going well for everyone out there, although we all should blog more often!! Take care everyone!!!
~Lorna~

Hi there! Thought I'd stop in and say hi.. Billy- change of plans.. the trip for October fell through so I may be out in December instead but of course I'll keep you posted. More on that as it develops.
School started for me last week and I just have to say how weird it is being a student again. I have 20 books for 4 classes! Lots to do lots to do. It's exciting though and I know it'll fly by. 2 years and I'm done here. Then after I start teaching I can start work on my Masters. That's just crazy to even think about. Never thought when I started out that I'd end up here. Yay for growing up :) Well, I'm just on break from class so I should get going. Hope everyone is doing well!

What's up

What is up with everyone? My latest news is that I am getting divorced. Yep kind of an all of the suddent thing. My husband kind of flipped out and left me and the kids so I just decided we were done. So yeah now I get to go job hunting and all of that fun stuff.

Hey All!

Hey everybody!
August looks a little thin on this blog, so I thought that I would help that out a little bit. Not too much new with me that everybody doesn't already know. I am moving down to Laramie tomorrow for grad school! A big change for me, but one that will hopefully be fun and pay bigger dividends down the road in the form of better job opportunities. The musical review of Annie Get Your Gun that I am involved in has the final performance of this run of the show tonight. We have been pretty fortunate and have had a complete sell-out all of our performance nights. While this show is fun, nothing can equal the magic of a Billy Show! I'm sure that we all agree on that. I hope all is well with everybody else. Talk at you all later.
Miles.

repost theatre job

"Stinkin html!!"

http://hr.unlv.edu/Employment_Svcs/
Announcements%20New%20Format/
Theater%20Technician%20I_4675.pdf

you'll have to patch that URL back together to see the pdf form (requires acrobat reader, of course)

Lookin for a Theatre job?

How is everyone?

I just noticed a theatre tech I position opened up at UNLV. If anyone is interested, here is a link:

http://hr.unlv.edu/Employment_Svcs/Announcements%20New%20Format/Theater%20Technician%20I_4675.pdf

I don't know how the pay ($35,496-$52,116) compares with other equivalent positions, but the benefits are absolutely great!!!

-Matt :-)

Anyone in/near Austin next week?

Konnichiwa!

Zach in Dallas again--shameless self promoter that I am, if anyone will be in near Austin next week, send me a line on me myspace, as my team will be competing at the National Poetry Slam on Tuesday 8-7-07 and Wednesday 8-8-07--I'll let ya know where--cross your fingers n' drink a dram o' hawaiian punch for us!

Also, if you're near Dallas, Friday Aug 3 thru Sunday Aug 5th will be a huge weekend for us, as we throw the Dallas Invitational Poetry Slam weekend down at our venue--a performance poet from NYC named Roger Bonair-Agard will lead a workshop n' be our Friday Feature, and Sunday will be a 15 team warmup tournament before the National Poetry Slam...

But, poetry aside, at the very least, come say hi to me...can't wait to see Lisa when she comes thru, and if there's anyone out there who hasn't befriended me on Myspace:

www.myspace.com/konzach

Miss n' love y'all, and hope to see more than a bulletin from our BFF Ben someday.

K-Zach

Been a while

It's been a while since I've logged on, pretty much since school's let out (the blog is on my school computer). I read that a lot of people are on myspace! If you're in the wwcc group, check out the new album on my page. I have downloaded some pictures from 98-00. AAAHHHH, memories.....It's been so great talking to you all...thanks!

Distance

San Antonio is about 5 hours from Cisco. We
d love to see you.

Hey everybody!

I'm terrible about getting on here. I was so happy when Ben invited me to the Myspace group. That I can do. But I figured I should hop on really quick like and catch up.
Billy- Ty (Christina) from that picture is actually one of my Myspace friends so I will send her this way and see if she'd like to get caught up.
To catch up on my life.. it's funny how things change.. So I live in Fort Collins now which I love. I work as an Office Manager for a CPA here in town. He asked me one day why it is that I'm not teaching and I didn't have a single good answer. He's offered to work with me on scheduling and everything so I can go back to the University of Northern Colorado and finish my secondary history education degree. So that starts next month and I'm honestly extremely excited. I can't wait to be a teacher. I read the last blog that I posted which stated that I don't have the patience it takes to be a teacher and well.. phooey. That's crap.
Other than that, not a whole heck of a lot going on. Just livin life to the best of my ability and doin it with a smile. :)
Also Billy, I will be in San Antonio in October- I'd love to stop in and see you... how far away is it to where you are and how does one get there? :)
Hope this finds everyone well. Take care! Nadge

Hey Miles

Yeah Miles I am pretty sure it was me and my friend Jenny who hung out and smoked cigars with you at Village Inn. :) We lived there in college, sad but true.

Life is hard...

Look at those bums! (It's a watersport, but not jetskiing...! Or is it the other way around...?) lol

Hey all...

Yeah, long time no blog, but I'm sure as it is for most of us life gets in the way sometimes. I won't go into the whole story, but I'm still in MT, and it's not as bad as it used to be... New job, better pay, many many hours, and the upward spiral continues. My heartfelt wishes that everyone's trend mirrors mine!

The pic is from Pride weekend in Denver. (Sorry if it's posted funny, had to send it to the blog from my phone...) Got to spend some quality time at the Reservoir learning how to jetski...lol Just fun. Was nice to see some other alum after getting to see Lisa and Krisen last year. One of these years I'm gonna try to get waaaay down south there... And speaking of Vegas, Mat, I might be heading that way next month. I'll drop you a line on MySpace. And on top of that, if anyone know's anyone else who's not in the WWCC Group on MySpace, tell me or tell them. (Tho I have to admit I'm not the most conscientious moderator....lol) Billy, do you and Colleen have a MySpace?

Well, I'll cut my babbling short, just was reminiscing today and missed everyone! Feel free to drop a note, people!

Hugz and Sweet Dreams Always...! --BBB--

ONoUDinint@yahoo.com

Viva Las Vegas!

Hey er'ibudy...

If anybody from the 95'-98' gang plans to make a trip to Vegas, you could save a bunch of money... No!! not by switching to Geico! That's just a marketing scheme! Rather, I just bought a house with a couple of spare bedrooms. So, save some hotel money... (although the nightlife on the strip is pretty cool too)... and come stay with me. Just make sure you take your shoes off before coming in... my girl gets a bit irked about dirty carpet. :-)

There now... the lure is cast... now we just wait for a snag.
email matthew.buk@gmail.com for reservations.

-Shiney top (aka Matt Buk)

wuz-up Torrelli!

Hey Torrelli!
Cool MySpace page. I see your name is "Damn Sexy". I am not sure what to think about mine. I tried that and if I give it my first name only my name sexiness is only 123, "Pretty Sexy", but if I give it my first and last name I get a 258, "Too Sexy" or something like that. I guess when I introduce myself I had better use both names huh! Unless I don't like her, then I'll just stick with Miles! Whatever. I see that Amber Hurley is one of your MySpace Friends. You ought to see if you can get her into this blogging thing! Also, just rying to remember, was it you that Justin and I used to smoke cigars with at the Village Inn? It seems like it was you and one of your friends, but I don't remember for sure. Fun Times! Later.
Miles.

Hi Jo Bud,
Glad to see you back on the blog. Dallas is about (you guessed it) 3 hours from where I am.
I am west of Dallas in Cisco, Texas. Hope to see you. Good luck with the new job. Thanks. Billy.

I'm back!

So I lost touch with the blog when it turned to google. Lisa got a hold of me and got some simple directions for me to get back on. Well, for those who don't know Adrianne M. will be getting married in September in Washington and I am going to try to make it up for that. It will be a festival marriage and that is only fitting with her. LOL

Some other news is after about 2 1/2 years I am going to start looking for a different job. I am not sure what yet and there is no major rush, just feels like I need to move on in a little while. I did go back to school at University of Colorado at Denver for my MBA & MURP (urban & reginal planning) so that is tough and my hope is it will pay off.

My softball team is winning this year so that is a plus and I am going on a couple trips this year, but my main focus is buying a condo or home again. I can't say that I have anything else really going on other than its outdoor concert season. I just saw the True Color tour and will be going to 311, Wide Spread Panic, Bluegrass Festival, Sting Cheese Incident and as many others and I can get to.

I will keep people updated with any new plans I have and hope to make a Texas trip later in the year. I know I will be in Amarillo and then Dallas - where are you compared to that Billy? It seems like everything in Texas is 3 hours apart.

Hope everyone is doing well and I will have to start going back to read now...and catch up.

Later
Joe Bud

Brazil Photos

Just returned from a month working (and playing) with Jane Comfort in Curitiba Brazil.
I am forever changed. Check out my travel photos at http://homepage.mac.com/lniedermeyer/PhotoAlbum29.html

-Lisa Niedermeyer

Hiya

Wow that sounds cool Miles. I have always wanted to do something like that.

Here is my myspace site if anyone is interested. It isn't that exciting, but I like to keep in touch with people. http://www.myspace.com/72295040

Hi Miles! Great to hear from you! Congratulations on the film acting and the assistantship.

Here is an old photo for you! Billy

Hey Billy!
I haven't blogged in a while and thought that I would up-date you on my news. Tony Husar and I got to act together again. A guy in Cody was looking for male actors in their 20's to do a short film and he picked up Tony and I out of the Community Theatre group here. I got the lead part. The film was called "Proud Sins" and was about a WWII Marine with post-traumatic stress syndrome who keeps having flashbacks to his WWII combat. Tony's character got killed pretty quickly though when he got shot in the head and his brains splattered all over my face. I finally got to do some combat-performing and it was pretty fun. The film was entered into the NCHS Film Festival and brought home Best Sound Design, Best Cinematography, Best Picture and Best Actor for Miles Mathews! Western Wyoming College was well represented. Anyway, it was fun and I think that I like film acting! The outfit that produced the film, Cactus Film Productions is expecting a deal to do short western films for the Outdoor Channel. If that comes through Tony and I have been offered jobs with that as well! On other news, I was awarded a Graduate Assistantship for University of Wyoming for the coming year and will be specializing in Pre-1900 American Military and Political History. I am on a short vacation right now in Idaho visiting Justin and Lara, and am trying to get them to go blogging! We'll see! Well, not much else going on. I hope that you and Colleen are well and enjoying the summer as it gets going. Talk to ya' later!
Miles.

Hey Dan,

Yeah, the Rhino and I are still keeping each other alive. It still needs a bit of work but she's still running pretty good. Well, I gotta get back to work. Rock on ya'll!

See ya,
-Nate

Hey Nate,

Are you still driving the Rhino?

-Dan

Here we are again...

Konnichiwa!

Well, it's that time of year again when a young man's mind turns to poetry...tomorrow night is the competition to decide who will represent our venue in Dallas at the National Poetry Slam, and yours truly will be fighting it out with 7 other poets for a spot on that team. So, cross fingers, toes, eyes, whatever, and send your best vibes way way down Texas way for me. Good seeing Lisa on her way down here a couple of months ago, and popping in on Colleen, Billy n' Nate was really good for my soul. Hoping to get down there again in July. The lake house is amazing, by the way...Really happy to see Autumn on the blog (and I will write you back soon, AAA) and hoping more can be tracked down. Remember, iffn you've got myspace, let us know so we can hook up with ya cyberwise. Love to y'all, we'll see ya soon.

K-Zach.

Happy Holidays!

Hey everyone! Wanted to say happy holidays to everyone whether you're celebrating Easter or Passover.

Are the wild flowers out down there in Texas yet, Billy? It's slowly been becoming more spring like up here. Last night, I saw the new Kander & Ebb musical "Curtains". It was a fun show--sort of a murder mystery about a cast putting on a show. The show within the show was a western version of Robbin' Hood. They had one number in the show within a show that could have come straight out of the Fandangle!

A few weeks ago, we did our annual Law Revue show. I was a director and we had a lot of fun. I wrote several of the parody songs including a choreographed version of Cell Block Tango with the girls killing law professors (pictured above). I also made my debut as a composer/lyricist with one small song called "The Only Jew". I don't have video of my performances during the show yet, but I do have some videos that we made for the show as transitions, etc.

In this I do the voice of Beavis, the man on the platform, and Mrs. P. We had this specially animated for our show.

Barton Beebe's Intellectual Property Cobra Kai Dojo (I'm in this one breaking real boards.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npyAGP722Zo

I also made this Star Wars spoof intro: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqQeQ_Tr2NQ

Joe in a Book- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvj-0TAzK4U

And what Pres. Bush would be like at our commencement:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOSXitaH2KU

Hope you all are doing well!
Casey

Hey ya'll

Hey there. Just wanted to say that I became part of the Community Theatre group in Rock Springs--The Actors' Mission. I am in the play written by a local called Mother's Day. It's set in the 80s and 90s and I am the daughters best friend. It should be fun. It has been a while since I did any acting hehe, but it will be fun.

Another old photo

Welcome Tanya and Autumn

Hi Tanya and Autumn. Welcome to the blog. It's great to hear from you! Billy

Wow! Thanks for finding me. I appreciate Matt for tracking me down. Thanks Matt. It was great to read all about everyone. I am living in LaBarge Wyoming, and the crazy thing is I love it. I got married five years ago. I know some of you are going to snort after reading this, but my husband is the pastor of a church here in LaBarge. Okay, snort time is over! I am working right now as the coordinator of Safety and Training at King Electric and waiting patiently for the current music teacher to retire or get tired of teaching. My Mom and I coached the Lyman High School drama department for 4 years but we stopped when I moved to LaBarge. That was a blast! I do a lot of work with the children in town. Still using music and drama of course. So, that is about enough about me. I love you all and miss you tons!!! -Autumn

Hey All!

We just finished our spring show "Love Rides the Rails or Will The Mail Train Run Tonight". It went well. We had a total of 7 backdrops for the show. We built these drops into Olio drops. If you don't now how they work it is in your backstage handbook. Anyhow that was a fun and cool project for us.

Also, Lisa Neidermeyer came down to help direct and do costumes while Billy went to the Midwest Theatre Auditions. We had a good time working with Lisa again. Zach even came to see our show. If you haven't read any of his poetry, it is good stuff.

Well, that is about all from me. Next week is spring break and I hope to get a lot of fishing in. Whoever can should try to make it down for our show this summer, we're doin' "The Great Santa Clause Bank Robbery" again. WOO HOO!!!

Rock On!
-Nate

Hey, does anyone have Autumn's and Wendy Dawn Luck's email address. If so, please send them to me so I can invite them to the blog. Thanks. Billy

drmajnke said...
Hey, Billy and Colleen! Wow, I can't believe you are all still out there doing so well. This is Tanya (Harris) Roundy--From the 1994-5 Into the Woods and chorus line year. It's hard to believe it has been that long. Anyway, we are here in Manti Utah, I'm teaching English and Drama and our six children aren't so little anymore. I ran into Varlo Davenport Billy. He remembered you very well and it was fun to work with him in St. George. I directed Seussical and I"m working on Taming of the Shrew with my middle school students and we are having alot of fun. If there is anyone else out there that remembers me feel free to drop me a line. we'd all love to hear from you. Take care.Love you all.T

Hi Kristina. Yes, of course I remember you. I think I also had your brother in a show too.
I'm glad things are going well for you. Keep on blogging! Billy

wuz-up!

Hey Aja and Torrelli!
Aja! Yep I really love teaching. Most of the work that I get is in the vocal music department, which is my favorite. The interesting thing is that I have a BA in history, and I never get any work in the history department here in Cody. My plan is to be an educator after I get my MA in history. I want to teach history on the college level. There are so few professors who actually teach American History the way that it should be taught, so I hope to be a bit more fair as far as that goes. I think that our country's history is really cool and I can't stand these idiots who constantly blame America for everything. To listen to some professors, you would think that the world didn't have any problems at all until America came into existance and then things just went to heck-in-a-handbasket! I think that some more professors of the "America is cool" crowd are needed and I plan to add myself to those ranks. Not that I think America is always perfect, but our history is cool and people should be proud of it! Ok-ok I'm done with my rant. But I plan on teaching American History at a college. Oh-well. I do hear from Justin pretty regularly. He and I are still best friends. Justin got married in June of 2001 (although you probably know that right?) and he and Lara lived in Moscow Idaho for a while and went to school. Justin got his BA in psychology and he is a counselor for a company in Idaho Falls. He and Lara just bought their first house recently and I am going to go over and visit for a week this coming May. He is pretty successful and happy and is now working on an MA in psychology.
Torrelli!
good to hear from ya'! Catching you up on my last six years doesn't take much time. Most of it has been spent going to college in one place or another. After WWC I planned on taking a year at Northwest College near where I live, and getting a surgery done on my jaw, and then going to a University to earn a BA in musical theatre. Life throws unexpected things at you sometimes and I ended up having a more serious problem with my jaw (a lot of bone loss in the joint) which necessitated a change in career plans. I became a history major and got an AA in history from Northwest collge, and then spent a semester in Utah at Weber State. That didn't work out so I transferred to UW and graduated with my BA in December 2005. I was pretty burned-out on college, so I decided to take a year and a half off and pay off my student debt and work. The student debt is all paid off now, and I am ready to get back to college! That's my life for the last six years. Now you're all caught-up! I do some theatre productions with the community here and there, but nothing too involved. I limit my singing and acting for my jaw problem but I can still play smaller parts or even a medium sized part here and there and I sometimes do a little singing in small ammounts so that I can handle it. I am not married and do not have any current plans (or opportunities) for moving in that direction. Life is pretty good!
Billy!
I think that the other picture you were asking about is Christina Gordon who went by the nick-name of "Ty". I never really knew her that well since she was only in Pippin and never did any other shows with us.
Well, I have talked enough about my life and now everybody knows what I have been up to. Blog at y'all later.
Miles.

Hi Aja! Did you know our husbands work together? Well as together as it gets since yours works in Pinedale and mine works in Rock Springs. I don't know how much you hear about work stuff from him, but I hear a lot. So is it fun living in Fontenelle? I can't imagine it haha.

Yes, the Kristina that has been posting is Kristina Robertson (Kristina Mallan for five years now)...holy cow someone remembers me :) How is it going Billy, long time no talk!

Continuing Old photos:

Also, for any of you that would like to have the archives from the old blog, you can download it at http://www.billyandcolleen.com/01.pdf You should be able to click on the archive links to access posts all the way back to 2003. There are some good email addresses and contact info, etc. I will continure to post old photos that I run across as it does my old heart good. Keep on Blogging. Billy

Hi Aja, Yes I knew the one picture was Kristina Robertson, I had thought the other person was a Kristina too. But Someone told me that the other person's name was Tye. So, is Kristina Robertson the Kristina that bloged from Rock Springs? Billy

old friends

Miles! Wow! I can't believe it's you! Living in Cody, huh? It's funny, I was only at UW one semester and you graduated the semester that I was there! If I'd have known you were there...Do you like teaching? Good luck on your masters. I don't know when I'm going to try for mine yet. Billy, the first picture going down is Kristina! Hi Kristina! How are you? It's so good to hear from everyone! Billy, tell Colleen that I said hello! Miles, do you know how Justin's been?

Aja

or this person?

Are you one of these two people?

I was Torrelli

Yes Miles I was Torrelli! Gosh I miss you guys! Life was so much simpler back then. You will have to catch me up on the last six years, holy crap we are getting old! My last post pretty much sums me all up.

My Top 3

Kristina:
Are you the same Kristina who was also known as "Torrelli" by Justin Zierke and Miles Mathews in 1998-2001? I so, cool, and if not, that's cool too! Welcome to the blog!
Miles.

Hi everyone

Hey ya'll Kristina here. Don't know if anyone will remember me, but I might be surprised. I am still living in Rock Springs. I am married with a four year old and seven month old. I am currently a stay at home mom after my lay off as a legal secretary. I got my Bachelor's Degree in Criminal Justice from University of Wyoming Outreach, tried Laramie for a semester, but didn't like it, so finished in Rock Springs and have been here ever since. Well I would love to catch up with everyone, so keep posting!

Anyone slightly interested in how all this crazy internet technology is affecting our daily lives (and more importantly, how we affect it) should watch this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gmP4nk0EOE

It was done by an anthropology professot here at Kansas State. Some of it is kind of techno-babble, but it's worth 5 minutes of your time.

-Dan

Howdy everybody!
I don't have much in the way of new things to blog about but I thought that I'd chime in anyway. Since graduating from University of Wyoming in December of 2005 with my BA in history I have been working as a substitute teacher in Cody Wyoming and earning a little money. I have gotten all of my student debt paid off and will be leaving to start work on a master's degree in the fall. I figured that I needed a break and wanted to pay off all of my student debt before creating more at grad school. I am still involved in a local theatre production here and there but nothing too fancy or time consuming. I can't wait to get going on the MA degree and finally be finished with school and MAKE money instead of only SPEND it all of the time! Congrats on the new kids Randi and Beef! I talk to Michael Velasquez pretty often but have been unable to get him to blog. So Aja....you're a teacher too huh! Cool! I would like to get down to Rock Springs for DDT this year Lisa and see some old friends. I will try but no promises. Blog at everybody later!
Miles.

UnHoly Crap!

Hello, all. Greetings from the mountains of Wyo.
Sorry to not blog for a while, the change freaked me out. Now I am unfreaked. Just returned from RMTA in Gunnison, Colorado. Our wild and crazy show was well received, and one of our actresses won the Best Community Theatre Acting Competition, and her partner won the Best Partner Award. Our tiny theatre company has become well liked and respected by the RMTA community. Something has gone seriously wrong with RMTA, I think, to choose we lunatics two years in a row. Next year Denver. Saw some old faces, they miss the old Western crowd. And we all miss Colleen's choreography. Saw a production of the Robber Bridegroom, not bad, no banjo, which was strange.
Great to see some new faces. John Vitullo, wow. I just directed The Girl in the Freudian Slip. Holy flashbacks batman! Those who haven't had the chance, you can see what I am up to on myspace, as well as a couple of Westerners too old for Zach to know... www.myspace.com/spotteddogcreations For all of those near the Laramie area (incl Cheyenne and Fort Collins) if you are aching for some old fashion style theatre get in touch with me, we have commuters and a gas stipend. And now our theatre has puppets... Puppets who drink beer!
Best wishes to all..... Bliss

Why John Vittulo, you old dog. Last I had heard you had moved to New York.

Are you still there? Billy

Desert Dance Theatre 2007-alum fest

So If any alum still living in Wyoming can make it to this years
Desert Dance Theatre you will get to see a jazz piece choreographed by
Regan Marynowski (Kiehl), a partnering piece choreographed by
Lisa Niedermeyer and Olase Freeman, and a performance
by Emily Bunning and Mara McEwin's Treehouse Shakers.

Performances run Wed Feb 28, Thur Mar 1 and Fri Mar 2 7:30 pm

Regan and I will be in the audience Friday March 2
Deirdre would love to see some old DDT faces!

Call for tickets 307.382.1600 (yep Bernie is still at the front desk!)

Lisa Niedermeyer
860.416.0479

I have never BLOGGED before...

At least not in public! Greetings everyone. Other than Billy, I am sure to be the oldest living person on here. Anyone alive in the 80's? Ah the good old days when WWC had no theatre and had to perform at the Holiday Inn while people ate delicious hotel food. I wouldn't have changed a thing!

Konnichiwa!

1. ok...I've discovered that 4 of the wwcalumni crew have myspace pages. (Matt Buk makes a fine princess leia, by the way...I know you're intrigued if you haven't seen it by now.) I know more of you are probably out there. Mine's lame, but it's there. Share them here. www.myspace.com/konzach

2. What's about to follow is a diabolical use of this board in an effort to trick you into thinking you're reading something interesting...but it's more or less a commercial for me n' me poetry slam friends who are doing a radio show appearance on Saturday. Thought I'd share...

In an effort to spread the good word of slam poetry, members of the team that represented Pugsley's Library in Dallas this past year are scheduled to appear on the Wild Ass Circus hosted by Big Dick Hunter on Saturday, January 27. Scheduled to appear are Bob "Whoopeecat" Stephenson, Amy Weaver, Colin Gilbert and "Konnichiwa" Zach Schrotter. We'll also be joined by Jamie Kilstein-on tour from NYC.

We're promoting The Poetry Grind, our open mic and slam held 1st & 3rd n' 5th Wednesday. of every month at Pugsley's Library in Dallas (I-35 & Walnut Hill at Composite). The inmate's running the asylum as I host solo on Jan 31st...then Feb 7th, Jamie Kilstein's our feature-he's an acclaimed poet touring the country,and worth the drive to Dallas...and Feb 21st, your all-city 2006 Dallas slam champion Colin Gilbert will have his belated fundraiser for his trip to Vancouver to represent Pugsley's at the Individual World Poetry Slam.

The radio show airs in Dallas, TX on KLLI 105.3 FM from 7pm-9pm, and will be streaming live on http://1053freefm.com. Can't catch the show live? Go to bigdickhunter.net and check for the podcast that you'll be able to download after the show airs. Tune us in!

Sorry bout that...but that's what's happening in my world. Working on formatting wedding pics to put up on the site. Love to y'all.

Zach

Hi Everybody!

Hehe it helps if you answer to the invitation. Couldn't figure out how to get into this thing. I'm not the best with computers. Anyhow... this is Natalie Burgess aka Nadge for those of you who remember :) The picture is of me, Tenny and Aja in case anyone couldn't figure it out. One of the only pictures of me with a perm actually. Cracks me up. So let's see... where to start?
Ummm.. after Western I finished up at UW with my BS in social science. I was going to go into the Air Force as an officer but they were only taking engineers and technical degrees at the time (right after 911) so I ended up just moving around the country instead. I lived in New York (upstate) for a while, then in Chicago with Kels. Went back to New York then to Alabama. I went back to school to teach high school social studies but realized that teaching requires a patience that I just wasn't born with (props to you Billy). So then I moved to Florida. Now I'm back in Wyoming and honestly I am so happy about it. I had been planning my escape for so long I didn't see how it had grown on me. I work in Fort Collins though so I may be moving down there so I don't have to commute anymore. We'll see. My memories of Western are some of the best of my life and I miss it so much. I miss everyone. At the time it never occurred to me that we would all lose touch the way we have. I'm glad that this is here to find out what everyone is up to. Well anyway, that's quite enough rambling from me. Can't wait to hear more from everyone! Take care!

Hey Billy! From the last post, it looked like you were giving Dana congrats on the new baby. Just so you know, my older sister Teria is the one who had the baby...not Dana. :) If any of you want to see some pics of little Georgia go to: http://picasaweb.google.com/lindale49.

Hey all...!

New blog, old peeps... lol Billy, you'll have to Email me instructions on how to post pix on here. I have a couple I can scan and put up that might give some people side trips down Memory Ln.

Way good to be back tho. Aja and Randi, I don't remember seeing you guys on the old blog? Makes me all giddy inside... ! And to everyone else, it rocks seeing ya'll on the list there and I miss each and every body a lil more every time I'm here.

Life is kinda a weird mix for me at the moment. I'm half same ol', same ol' & trasitioning phase. I had tried to move to Holyoke, MA, but it didn't work out. I'll keep my fingers crossed that MT likes having me back... lol (And good to hear you got the house, Katrina. Sorry again we didn't get to see each other when I was there. So close!) Other than that, just plugging along like humans do.

ONoUDinint@yahoo.com Sweet Dreams, everyone... --Ben--

Billy here. Hey Dana, great to hear from you. Congrats on the baby!!!! Kelsey, I found your post on a comment, so I put it in the main post. It looked like you intended to have it there.

Dan you're starting to sound like a old foggy. Welcome to the club. I am going to arbitrarily post old photos that I find on my hard drive just to perk things up. If anyone knows any emails that they don't see on the blog, send them to me so that I can invite them to the new blog. Can you identify the people in the photo?

Kelsey said...
I must say that I feel a little left out with all of the blogs containing, "Hey, it's Firstname Maidenname, now Marriedname." So, I've decided to do my own...Howdee. It's Kelsey Shearer, now Kelsey Noimnotmarriedsogetoffmyback. :)So good to see some posts from old friends. Randi I! Hello Bebee! it's been such a long time. I can't believe your little girl is...not so little anymore. Congrats on your baby boy.Congrats on the Beefbabies as well! I'm thinking the two of your need to post some pictures.Not a whole lot going on in chicago. I just returned from my sister's house in Utah. The whole famdam got together for my new niece's blessing. I had such a good time, and it was hard to return to the bitter cold in Chitown.So, now it's back to auditions and hopefully some rehearsals sometime soon.So good to hear from everybody!Much Love,Kelsey
January 19, 2007 2:50 PM

Working near home...

Yes, Billy, I do get to go home for lunch. Even if my student ends up staying with me for lunch, we wander over to my place and watch a little bit of a movie while I make my own lunch and he eats his. I actually live in a trailer that is connected to another trailer by a small breezeway, so I literally walk inbetween the two to get to and from work!

Randi, what part of Idaho are you living in? You might have said, but I can't remember. Carissa! Good to hear about you, girl!! Congratulations on your new baby! It's so good to hear about everyone!

Aja

I wish I was there for wildflower season. That was one of my favorite things about Texas. I miss good ol' Cisco. Anyway, I can't write much now because I've got to run to class, but I just wanted to say hi! and let you know I'm still alive. Hope everything is well.

Dana

I just finished doing production crew assignments for 33 students, and boy, is my brain tired.

-Dan

Yes, Billy....unfortunately I can still do the walk-over thing and my poor daughter suffers from almost the same problem. She is not as flexible in her back, but she can stand on one leg with the other next to her head without holding on to it. She has learned that it's a great trick to do at parties (:

My son, however, was born lucky and cannot do these things (so far....he's only 3 months old- today!)

Thanks for remembering! I wasn't sure anyone would remember who I am.... (:

Later! Randi

Here it goes again...

Hello All... The (still trying to keep the reputation)... Beef. I have tried to post blogs quite a few times before, with no results... so here we go again! Thanks Billy for the new invite, I had almost given up. I am currently living it up in the greater Salt Lake Valley, Married... Carissa Maher now... have a rebellious determined two year old and... one on the way due end of March. Though I think that will do it for a while. I am currently working for Wells Fargo in Construction Loans and as an Events Corridnator and Still chowing down the COW like no other! I reminisce about the good old WWC days every time I bite into a JBCB! =)
I look forward to hearing from everyone else!
EAT MORE COW!

Soon it will be wildflower time in Texas. Did you know that indian paint brushes come in a variety of colors here?

Your right, Loopy, heavy equipment is cool! We had a bull dozer for the last month, and I just kind of treated it like a heavy duty 4 wheeler. They work great that way. (Billy here). Wow, Randi McBride, Katrina, and Aja. Haven't heard from ya'll in quite some time. I'm glad you are still kicking. Randi can you still do the walk over thing and are your kids double jointed? Katrina, I saw a picture of you over on Matt's website. Congratulations on the new house. And Aja, do you get to go home for lunch?

I am currently "iced in" in Fort Worth waiting for a Utah student to arrive back from Christmas vacation. Originally Nate was coming to pick her up, but the weather turned nasty, and I told Nate to just go home and I would pick her up. I am here for a SWTFA meeting.
SWTFA is the south west equivalent of RMTA (with an order of Film on the side). I am still running the auditions for them. Our next convention will be in Corpus Christi. Life is good, Colleen still loves me, and I still have all my fingers and my toes. Which reminds me,
this girl that I am picking up was in the hall at school last semester acting all down, so in trying to cheer her up I used one of my old stand bys, "at least you have all your fingers and your toes" I told her. She looked up at me and then became sadder that ever. When I asked her what was wrong, she reminded me that she didn't have all of her fingers and toes. Part of one of her feet was missing. So there you go, another Billy faupaux. Keep on blogging - and tell all your friends.
Peace and Love to all of you. Billy

Oh yeah, not long until Texas wildflower time. Did you know that the indian paint brushes down here come in a variety of colors?

Long time...

Hello,
Wow! I've thought about Western so many times! Aja Campbell (Witt now) saying HI to everyone. Still living in Wyoming, currently 50 miles southwest of Green River in Fontenelle. I'm living on a ranch, I'm the "local" teacher, my student enrolment is currently one! SO EXCITING! My husband and I live on the ranch and I have to walk 8 feet to work....:) I miss the theatre and acting and go every chance I can. I hope that everone is doing well, it sounds like they are....

Aja

Hey Katrina,

Congratulations on your house, spinny head! It's great to hear from you. Glad to see more and more people climbing on the blog.

Rock On!
-Nate

Greetings from Holyoke, MA.

Thanks for the invite. I have to admit I have been reading the blog but I hadn't yet thought of anything to post, but now...I have a story. But first, nate I only have one word for you EPICRANIUS.

I recently bought a home and have been diving into the tasks and trials of this endeavor. Just the other day i was getting ready to paint a room, and I must admit I wasn't really in the mood to paint a room. I did what I always do in this situation. I popped in a Bob Marley CD, then set to work and didn't come up for air for another eight hours. I think about Western all the time. I can't wait to read more about everyone.

with Love
Katrina

It's been a while

Wow, it's been a long time! Casey called me yesterday and told me about the new blog so I thought I'd type a line or two to say HELLO to all of you! This is Randi McBride (Thomson now). I'm glad that Billy set this up so that we can talk and catch up! Things are well here in good ol' Idaho....haven't left since I graduated. Been really busy with two kids...yeah, didn't think I'd ever be a mom either, but here I am! I have a 6 year old daughter and a 3 month old son. Trust me, it's weird to me, too! I'd love to hear from y'all....gotta go back to work though!

Howdy Y'all

~Hello there everyone! I figured I better add to the blog - it looked a bit skimpy!!! Nate Dogg you are right, heavy machinery is fun!!! I miss driving stuff like that! Okay, so here is my update...I am currently freezing my bones off in Montana...We had some warm weather for a bit but now the cold is setting back in. I am trying to switch jobs - from Carnival to Royal Caribbean. I will hopefully get everything sorted and be able to ship out in about a week. Working for Royal Caribbean will be a better deal for me - more money, my own cabin, and officer status!!! Yay!! So, that is the update...I had a friend from Italy visiting for the holidays and I think the poor guy froze! But, he is left today and now it is time to work again...I hope that everybody is happy and healthy out there. Take care!!
~Lorna~
ps - Nate...I will call you soon...I promise!!!

Hey All,

Bummer about the old blog, hopefully we can get everybody back. We're about to start another semester hear in Cisco. The holidays were good for me, I went to Wyoming and saw my family and spent New Years with some friends in Colorado. I drove the bulldozer that Billy rented over the break! Heavy equipment is fun! Billy, Billy's brother-in-law, and I put in a very manly mail box out at Billy and Colleen's new house. We dug a hole about two and a half feet square and about 1 foot to 18 inches down then six inches into some rock. Then we put in a 8-1/2" i.d. steel pipe and pored just over a half ton of concrete to cement it in. Fun project. Billy and Colleen's new house is very nice.

Well I hope we can get back in touch with everybody, Billy I'll send you the addresses that I have. Have a good 'un!

Rock On,
-Nate

Testing the invitation process

Hi this is Billy testing the invitation process, as I intend to start inviting all the alumni for whom I have email addresses. Please be sure to let me know any email addresses that need invitations. Thanks, Billy.

I guess that this is our new place until I can get the thusar10@netscape.net problem fixed.
I will try to get the word out. If all of you will help get the word out, I would appreciate it.

Thanks,

Billy