Gala

The committee was Charlayne, Gilda, Nazila, Sara Mae, Ann Wright, Allison Kinst and Dede. Charlayne was our leader and did most, if not all, of the heavy lifting. All we did was support her as much as we could. Also helping were: Marda, Cammy, Ann Lee Hughes and Jiane.

There were some pretty fabulous silent auction items. Some of the highlights were a gorgeous water color of the Westerbeke pool by Judy Rowe (a $900 value, but no one had the heart to bid against Janet Crane) and a vacation condo stay at the beach in Ecuador donated by Gilda and Jeff Peters. I myself was able to snag a lovely mixed media painting by Jiane Du and a wood bowl hand-turned by Suzan Swarbacker’s husband. Gilda and I contributed the little succulent plants that were given out as party favors Ann Wright, Cammie White and others, helped to pot them. The auction turned out to be a great success. We all got some real bargains and nearly everything sold except for a very few small items and some plants that I forgot to label. It was great fun to see so many original art works by OWADP members.

Ann Lee Hughes designed and contributed the special awards, two of which were awarded at the party one to Janet Crane as president and to Rosemary Muller as an original signer of the OWA incorporation papers. We had 2 additional awards to bestow that day, one for Mui Ho and one for Judy Rowe, but since both were not there we held on to them for later.