Wendy & Bob

I'm on the Oregon Coast for my cousin Wendy's wedding.

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My friend summited Everest

I just learned that my friend, Brian Smith, reached the highest point on the planet! He's the son of Larry & Linda Smith. Larry and his twin, Lloyd have been friends of my dad since they were in third grade. Larry taught me just about everything I know about photography, so if you like the photos on this blog, thank Larry.

Brian nearly lost his life before reaching the top. The following link has an article with links to others detailing the journey: South Medford grad scales Mount Everest summit.

Congratulations, Brian!

...and rising.

...the moon was rising...

As the sun was setting...

Salvo Leaders

I just got to work with a great bunch of leaders of the Salvation Army at a camp outside of Jacksonville, FL.

Besides teaching them acting skills and giving them a run-down on various forms, I helped them develop a script on Saturday that we performed on Sunday!

Great job, guys!

In the land of the Terrible Towel

On September 10 and 11 I performed Five Bells for 9/11 here.

An article in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette drew some people, including one fellow who had friends that had performed at the Edinburgh Fringe. Of the 2000 shows there I'm afraid their's wasn't one that crossed our radar screen.

Ann Van Hine, whose husband is portrayed in Five Bells spoke after the play, as she's done in the past. Every time it moves me to hear how she chose to turn to God in those devestating hours. It made a huge difference. She has total peace about it all.

In the past Ann mentioned that the play will have more significance as time goes by, and this year I really saw that. There was a six year-old scampering about that was almost born on 9/11/01 because her mother was so emotional that day she thought she was going into labor. The doctors sent her home, and the wonderful girl I met last night was born 10 days later.

Every year our nation finds more healing. I can tell because each year people laugh a little more at the jokes in the play..

Catching the last rays of summer

What a Gift!

Resources

The following are a list of resources I put together for a series of workshops I'm doing for the Salvation Army in Florida:

(For more resources be sure to check Carol Jaudes' book Bringing Scripture Alive! To access the live links on this page go to RichDrama.com/Resources)

 

Training

MasterWorks Festival (16-25)

Four week intensive

MasterWorksFestival.org

 

Territorial Music Institute (Southern Territory)

USS.SalvationArmy.org

 

Territorial Arts Ministries (Eastern Territory)

TAM.USE-SalvationArmy.org

 

Christians in Theatre Arts

National Conferences and Regional Networking

CITA.org

 

Lillenas Music and Drama Conference

Lillenas.com/drama

 

Local Workshops

Rich performs and teaches all over the world

RichDrama.com/Workshops

You can also sign up for Rich's itinerary updates to see when he'll be near you: RichDrama.com/Updates

 

Scripts

Handbook for Multi-Sensory Worship--Book and CD-ROM

(Features "The Move" by Rich Swingle)

Order at RichDrama.com/BookStore

 

Drama Ministry Magazine

www.DramaMinistry.com

 

Enacted Prayer

RichDrama.com/Workshops/#EP

 

 

Rich Swingle • @ the Helen Hayes Theatre • 240 West 44th St • New York, NY 10036

RichDrama.com

Back in NYC

I was disappointed to leave Paris too early to follow the sunset the whole way, but we caught it just before touching down.

The View

We hiked up to the dôme of Sacre Coeur Basilique, on the highest hill in Paris.

Sacre Coeur Basilique