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<FONT FACE="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:11pt'>Yay! I hugely look forward to the baby who has been growing during our rehearsals and in our show (in utero now, mother is 7 months pregnant, on stage) turning up to our open space makings in future!<BR>
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On 17/11/2011 15:23, "Harrison Owen" <<a href="hhowen@verizon.net">hhowen@verizon.net</a>> wrote:<BR>
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</SPAN></FONT><BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:11pt'><FONT COLOR="#1F497D">Stella – Delightful!! And… way back at the beginning of OST people discovered just what you experienced. Kids love it. We would have several hundred folks coming to an annual event (many repeaters). Over time some came pregnant, and pregnancy delivered – Kids showed up. Unlike virtually all other similar gatherings time/space was sufficiently open so that parents and kids could take care of critical needs, naps for instance. As the years went along some of the early participants (children) became repeat offenders. I remember one young lady who showed up for a number of years and then came back as an adult. Fun!<BR>
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<FONT COLOR="#1F497D">Harrison Owen<BR>
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</SPAN></FONT><FONT SIZE="2"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:10pt'><B>From:</B> <a href="oslist-bounces@lists.openspacetech.org">oslist-bounces@lists.openspacetech.org</a> [<a href="mailto:oslist-bounces@lists.openspacetech.org">mailto:oslist-bounces@lists.openspacetech.org</a>] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Stella Duffy<BR>
<B>Sent:</B> Thursday, November 17, 2011 9:12 AM<BR>
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<B>Subject:</B> [OSList] having children in the open space<BR>
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</SPAN></FONT><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12pt'><FONT FACE="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial">As I said earlier this week, I’ve been directing a devised theatre piece, in Open Space. When the daughter (aged 6) of one of our designers came to rehearsal (there was no other childcare available for her, but it’s def not a kid’s show), she got on with her own things, watched us for a bit, and then did some drawings for us - some butterflies and bees for our Open Spaces. She also drew a flower. We weren't sure what it was the symbol for, but as she had made it we decided it had a relevance and we put it up on the wall anyway - because we liked it. Last night, at our post-show discussion talking about making a show in Open Space, I worked out what it stands for. It stands for 'children welcome' in the room. Children in utero, children in the space. As a woman with no children I’m really excited that we are starting to find a way to welcome those children (and therefore those parents/guardians who often find they’re ‘not the right people’ because they cannot manage both events and childcare) into our spaces.<BR>
Stella x<BR>
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