Friday, June 6 to Sunday, June 8, 2008

Cacapon Resort State Park

Berkeley Springs, West Virginia 25411

WONDERFUL NEWS: The number of Members who can participate this year will be expanded to 75! Rooms in the Main Lodge will be assigned on a first-come, first-served basis. Some participants will be accommodated in near-by motels. Register NOW!

DEADLINE TO APPLY: MARCH 1, 2008

Background: We arrive at Wagner’s Tannhäuser, this year building on the success of our seven previous Wildnis weekends including Der Ring des Nibelungen: Das Rheingold (2001), Die Walküre (2002), Siegfried (2003) and Götterdämmerung (2004), Die Meistersinger (2005), Parsifal (2006), and Lohengrin (2007)). The traditional weekend includes lecture and discussion sessions in the comfortable meeting rooms, collegial conversations in the corridors, and walks in the bucolic countryside with the lecturers and Members. The Saturday night (live) reading of the libretto in English by Wildnis participants in assigned roles will take place!

The two main presenters, our "dream team" veterans are:

Pianist Jeffrey Swann presenting his prized lecture-demonstrations at the piano known from previous Wildnis weekends, his performances at the German Embassy, his talk for the historic Smithsonian Institution Tristan und Isolde seminar in 2004, and his lectures at Bayreuth.

· Professor Simon Williams, Chairman, Drama Department, University of

California at Santa Barbara, presents his insightful lectures on Wagner and drama. His latest book is: Wagner and the Romantic Hero (2005).

· The Saturday night libretto reading with our talented participating Members is directed once again by Betty Byrne.

· Moderator is Aurelius (Aury) Fernandez assisted by Board Members and previous Wildnis weekend participants

Registration Fee, to be paid in full by March 1 is $295 per person (single room); $270 per person (double room) and includes the libretto, two nights lodging, breakfast, lunch and dinner, and two evening after-hours parties with libations -- including a special celebration following the Saturday night libretto reading!

See reverse side for further detail and registration form.

REGISTRATION FORM

(Deadline to apply: March 1, 2008)

Wagner in der Wildnis VI (2008): Tannhäuser

NOTE: Reservations will be confirmed by April 1, 2008.

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Enclosed is $______ for___persons (for the June 6-8, 2008) Wagner in der Wildnis weekend. Mail this form with your check or credit card information to WSWDC, PO Box 58213, Washington, DC 20037. You may also register at www.wagner-dc.org. Questions: call 301.907.2600

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Full payment with registration. The confirmation of your registration will include a libretto for your permanent reference and especially for the use by participants in reading in English at the Saturday night program.

CANCELLLATION POLICY: Before May 1^st: a full refund minus $50 handling fee. After May 1^st: the refund amount depends on our ability to find a substitute participant.

Cacapon State Park near Berkeley Springs, WV is a two-hour drive from downtown Washington. Car-pooling arrangements can be made for participants who need them. Log on to http://www.cacaponresort.com for a virtual tour!

The Wagner Society of Washington, DC

P.O. Box 58213

Washington, DC 20037

Tel 301.907.2600 Fax 301.907.8671