Summer Eyes Online continues to promise to deliver the following: 1) a cheap substitute for holiday cards; 2) a lofty tradition of impersonal, self-laudatory, and infrequent correspondence; 3) a pun on the word " summarize," 4) a guarantee that this newsletter will not be sent before Christmas so that it can also serve as a single mailing of holiday cheer as well as serving as an inexpensive thank you card to gift givers (and to serve as a gentle reminder to those who fail to realize that it is better to give than receive), and 5) a method of avoiding printing, copying, paper and postage costs. (Eyes by Quinn)
Omaha--Quinn Metal Corbin graduated, magna cum laude, from the University of Nebraska at Omaha in May 2005. She majored in theatre with a minor in Spanish. She has not yet lived up to the old joke. Speaker one: "My daughter just graduated from college with a degree in (insert one of the following: theatre, music, art, humanities, philosophy). Speaker Two: "Oh, really? Where does she wait tables?"
Quinn has opted to spend a year as a paraprofessional at South High School tutoring mostly Latino students. She has, however, been able to use some of her theatre skills. She worked for her second summer as company manager for the Nebraska Shakespeare Festival. As a result she conned her father into being the Herald at the Festival. The Herald, welcomes the audience as they arrive and attempts to get them to contribute money to the "free" festival (see the photo below). In addition, Quinn was hired to be a stage manager for the Liz Lerman's dancers who were part of the elaborate grand opening night of Omaha's highly acclaimed Holland Center for the Performing Arts and for the theatre mini-performances for the open house at the Holland.
Quinn may be involved in the First Great Plains Theatre Conference with Edward Albee this summer. In a related story, David Corbin is itching to spin a new yarn entitled: "Who's Afraid of Virgin Wool?"
Omaha--On the heels of finishing her stint (in April) as the National Dance Association's University/College Dance Educator of the Year, Josie recently celebrated her 60th birthday. Husband David, presented her with sixty long stemmed roses, coincidentally representing each of her sixty years (see photo below). A small group celebrated her birthday at Ahmad's in the Old Market (see photo below). Metal-Corbin choreographed a piece inspired by U.S. Poet Laureate, Ted Kooser (a Nebraskan), for the open house at the Holland Center. This piece will also be performed at College night at Omaha's premiere Joslyn Art Museum. Her piece "Ode to the Catalogue" was one of many choreographic interpretations of the Renaissance to Rococco exhibit also at Joslyn Art Museum. The musical accompaniment was live music by David Corbin. The dance was performed by all men from Metal-Corbin's physical education methodology course. Aside from performing the music for this piece, David Corbin has been developing a new fragrance for men. The name, Laissez Pher-O-Mone.
Omaha--David Corbin will embark on a sabbatical for the
upcoming spring semester. What
will he be doing, you may be asking?
Here are some of the highlights.
First Corbin will seek certification in Movement
Improvement: T'ai Chi and Qi Gong at workshops conducted in Omaha by Kate
Morrell from Atlanta. Corbin
serves on the board of the National Safety
Council, Greater Omaha Chapter and is vice-chair of a fall prevention program
for older adults of which T'ai Chi is an integral part. Corbin's students in his Health Aspects
of Aging course participate in an in-home fall prevention inventory to access
if there are potential hazards in their homes that may contribute to
falls. Springs, Summers and
Winters
In mid-March, if the tour gets enough enrollment, Corbin will journey to Machu Picchu in Peru for a nine day Meditation Retreat and Tour with Dean Sluyter, author of three books, including Why the Chicken Crossed the Road, The Zen Commandments, and Cinema Nirvana.
On March 30, Corbin jets to Beijing, China for a month. In China he plans to interview T'ai Chi teachers and practitioners and compare them with American T'ai Chi teachers and practitioners. Corbin has been irritating his family for months by constantly walking around the house listening to Chinese lessons on his iPod. Corbin hopes to exceed the vocabulary of the average two-year-old Chinese child by the time he arrives in China. And as if Corbin's previously mentioned involvements in plays and fragrances weren't enough, Corbin has decided to start writing a classic novel in the nineteenth century English tradition. The title of the book is: Moby-Dickens. So far he has only written this much: "Call me Moby-Dickens. It was the best of whales, it was the worst of whales." Corbin hopes to write the Cliff's Notes volume first and then embellish. Stay tuned.
San Juan, PR--David and his brother Chuck journeyed to Puerto Rico to visit their father in March. Their brother Don and his wife Judy visited in the summer and Josie, David and Quinn visited in August (see photo below). Don E. Corbin, Sr. turned 88 on January 6. In Spanish his first name is a title and the Sr. is also a title. So, he is multi-titled in addition to his Ph.D.
