Rabbi Haas has started holding classes over at Asbury Memorial... in improv!!!
When I saw "Improv Fun & Games" in the church newsletter, I thought perhaps he would be performing for us.
Nope!
The nine of us there - me, Tim, Wayne, Tom L., Audrey, Marsha, Lynn, Peg, and Lenny - were asked to perform, with his guidance.
I think maybe they were prepared to participate from the get-go, but I caught up fast.
Good thing I took that improv training with Odd Lot back in 2012!
I was involved in three different bits.
That started with "gift-giving of worst gift ever" with Marsha as the recipient.
I gave her a bag of sand with dead flowers and stuff!
A little later, we did the same routine as part of "Half-Life", this time with me getting the mystery gift from her... and she re-gifted the bag of sand to me!
We did that in 30 seconds, then 15 seconds, then 5 seconds, then 2 seconds - hahahaha!
The next time, I interacted with Peg for "ABC", with us working out.
Haas let us go all the way through "J" with our sentences!
And for my last bit, I was with Wayne, with him as the teacher for adult ballet - that was fun!
Especially as he is quite old and I'm no spring chicken... and I was the student!
All told, we had fun for 75 minutes, and will be doing it again on February 4th.
I'll look forward to that!
Off to my next event of the day I went, trying to miss the 5 PM traffic southside.
That's because the "Ossabaw Night In Savannah" was at the Armstrong Center of GaSoU.
Here's what's surprising about that: the event was promoted by the Telfair Museums group!
That's how I knew about it.
Others there were regulars, like Pat and Roberta Johnson.
They've been here for these annual updates about the island for the past three years.
I met them when they came over to share the table with me at the reception.
What a lovely discussion we had about my name and the first time I saw it in Rome!!!
I'm so glad Tom Nelson had snagged this table, and doubly glad that he made sure to invite me!
In fact, he and I had a quite lovely talk, as it's been a few years since I last saw him.
We keep up with each other on fb, so when he pulled out the photo of his 3-year-old granddaughter, I was able to tell him "what a striking look" she has.
She'll go far with that unique face and her strong demeanor.
Who else did I see at that sumptuous reception sponsored by Gulfstream?
Oh, yes - Pete and Fran Zipperer!!!
They were getting their name tags at the same time I did.
I kept thinking we'd see other professors out there, but I didn't recognize anyone.
I'm pretty sure that's Joe Guy's friend, Robin, with that straight-edged haircut and gray shirt.
I didn't notice her until I downloaded the photo at home.
I took the shot for the red-headed man at the far left, speaking to us about "The Ossabaw Island Project, Genesis, and Of The Coast Of Paradise".
That's because he's Beryl Gilothwest, the grandson of the woman who once owned Ossabaw Island.
The island was deeded over to the State of Georgia during President Jimmy Carter's time as POTUS.
They didn't mention his recent death - at the age of 100, with flags still at half-mast - but they did mention a former council member who was one of those who died last year.
That would be Lainie Peterson, who I knew through Barbara as "her friend down at Tybee Beach".
Small world sometimes.
So what was the talk about?
Two artist projects from the past, as well as the new one that'll have its results debut in 2026.
Erin Dunn, of Telfair, is the one who spoke of that.
The highlight will be a movie, "Venus of Ossabaw", which will be screened on the exterior wall of the Jepson Center, as well as in the Neises Auditorium.
That should be awesome!!!
I'm so glad the winter has relented somewhat.
The WSAV weather song is picking up a stream of higher notes through Saturday!!!
Sure, it still features night temperatures that are ten degrees below our normal... but those are experienced mostly in the predawn hours, when I'm still toasty in bed.
Believe me, I'm grateful for the reprieve!
PULSE starts on Thursday and I love that festival of arts and technology at the Jepson.
I'm so looking forward to being able to go!
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