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- November 2006 -

Newsletter for Offshore Residents of Pittwater, Australia  Volume 9, Issue 199 November     

A Lady Bold
With sincere thanks to Denise Catt and the Festival Team for all their efforts in making the 2007 Island Festival a wonderful success.
Anonymous

Pittwater stars Are clear tonight In our homes we’re all Rugged up and tight From the beer and wine And excitement foretold She lead it all for months This lady bold For one whole month We all shared a feast Of art, stories, fair and film Theatre not least And while mosquitoes hummed And night insects came Days turned to night Leaving us all happily insane We toasted the Spring In our own Island style Through sunshine and rain She brought us all many miles Months of late night meetings, Decisions, problems too Some negotiations inflexible What’s she to do? But she held them together, Used her skills and her craft Kept the projects on track Without wielding her staff There were hundreds of e-mails And phone calls galore Suppliers and sponsors Teams wanting more But she was always sincere So calm and serine She’s a lady to count on, The glue in the team We owe her a great debt For her time and her skills For her commitment and energy For months on that hill To the committees and volunteers We raise mighty applause Thank you all so sincerely The success was all yours Now the parties are all over And from my deck I can see Soft lights over Newport Twinkling brightly I know tomorrow she’ll rise We’ll all hit the road We’ll return to our lives And shoulder our loads Tho’ on reflection we failed To give public applause at the time We know our neighbours who did it Who made it all rhyme. We know their generosity of spirit Their strengths now unfold And our Festival leader She’s a true Lady Bold. Thank you Denise