Name Index
Friends Part I
Friends Part II
Friends Part III
Friends Part IV
Friends Part V
Ferry Photos * Kids on the Ferry
Sing-along
in the Park with Mary Meyer
Mary Meyer led a rousing
sing-along in Eastsound Square at the weekly sunset concerts on Sundays.
Lots of photo opps, but there is always a yellow cast to these photos because
of the setting sun. I try to color balance in PhotoShop, but there's just
so much one can do. I love this lens flare, above, for it emphasizes her
enthusiasm.
Leslie
Seaman organized (and funded) all the concerts. She was shy about collecting
money for the "free" concerts, so I went around with a plastic bucket and
humorously browbeat folks into contributing. (My job was made easier when
I found out she paid for the porta-potties herself. I have no qualms about
making a fool of myself!) Other things about Leslie: She helped create
The Fun House, our local art center and science exploratorium. She organized
and funded the Sing for Joy evenings at the Living Room, and then she took
the reins of ailing Grange organization, rebuilt its membership...and now
the major rennovations of the old building (a project I spent years on).
Sometimes I come home to a message on my machine, her voice telling me
how great I am and how much she appreciates me. Excuse me? The editor of
the Islands Sounder got it right and named her one
of the key people who made a difference in the year 2000 on Orcas Island.
By the way, she's just a working mother, not a rich benefactor. By the
way, she's a cancer survivor and credits macrobiotics with turning around
her health. Aren't people WONDERFUL?
Above, storyteller Valerie Moriarty
made the folks laugh with her stories about Alaska.
People really got in to
the singing! Mary's song sheet collection contained numbered songs and
after awhile the crowd got rowdy calling out songs to sing. Below, the
crowd in a more well-behaved moment.
Mics were set up for
brave soloists. Center is Verna Pehl, a stately
lady who will sing at the drop of a hat. Leslie first found her singing
at the meat department at Island Market. She and her husband have an antique
car, which they drive in local parades, topped by a singing Verna. Joining
her are Frank Michaels, who appears in almost
every local musical, and Verna's daughter, visiting from off-island.