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~ ARRIVAL ~ I was almost named Dwight - "Dwight D. Eisenhower was elected president on November 4, 1952. A popular World War II general who ran on the slogan “I Like Ike,” Eisenhower easily defeated Democrat Adlai Stevenson." I was named after Cleveland Indians left fielder Dale Mitchell he is one of the most feared hitters in baseball. My Grandmother was not working with the "Dwight" thing...? She named me, said the Dale guy was hitting homeruns. My Mother loved "I Love Lucy." {Ricky Ricardo}* (No one in my family calls me Dale)
Learn More11/04/1952Off to College (OHIO UNIVERSITY)
ATHENS, OHIO ) - Frantic parents clogged all the streets in town trying to pick up their students. Every breeze would cause tear gas powder to rain down from the trees, causing red eyes for blocks. National guardsmen, some with bayonets affixed were spaced all over the downtown and campus area. MEMORY ~ The look on my Dad's face hearing this and knowing I was headed there... {Frozen}*
Learn More09/01/1970* ALL ACTING ~ ALL DANCING ~ ALL SINGING * {ah} 5-6-7-8 ~
"I think I have spoken more truth on stage, than in my personel life!" - DRS THEATRE - "It allows us to get back to the basics in order to connect with the basic humanity of our lives." "A theatre is the most important sort of house in the world because that's where people are shown what they could be if they wanted and what they'd like to be if they dared to and what they really are." - Tove Jansson
Learn More07/01/1972Off to New York City {THE BIG APPLE}
College to New York City * "Start spreading the news I am leaving today I want to be a part of it New York, New York."
Learn More06/08/1975Learning to teach
"The spiritual gift of teaching is one that carries a heavy responsibility."
Learn More10/01/1986Time to learn more
Graduate School (MFA) “The more I learn, the more I realize how much I don't know.” ― Albert Einstein
Learn More02/10/2016College Professor
* Time to share * "The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires. - William Arthur Ward "Having been an educator for so many years I know that all a good teacher can do is set a context, raise questions or enter into a kind of a dialogic relationship with their students." Sondheim Spotlight: Dale Shields Shields love of teaching for the theatre and his strive for his students to cultivate their own voice created a valuable experience for one of his students, Nicole Reeves. "Dale believed that we each had something deep, rich, and valuable to bring to the life of our characters and that it was this same voice that gave certain vitality to our own lives. He believes that we each have something to contribute to the world." Read more of his story at www.kennedy-center.org/sondheimteacherawards. — with Dale Shields.
Learn More09/01/1995“Every person, all the events of your life are there because you have drawn them there. What you choose to do with them is up to you.” ― Richard Bach
GRATITUDE for every experince and every year*
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