Orcas Center Directors, Past, Present and Past: Barbara Courtney, Kara O'Toole and Candace Ver Brugghen at the 2011 Annual Membership meeting
This year is the 25th Anniversary of Orcas Center, and two major annual awards were bestowed on two very deserving members of the community at the March 13, 2011 Annual Membership Meeting and party.
In addition, the Orcas Center Board of Directors officially welcomed new Executve Artistic Director Kara O’Toole at the gathering last Sunday.
Pierrette Guimond, honored by Orcas Center
Pierrette Guimond received the 25th Margaret Exton award for volunteer service and Beth Baker was awarded the 18th Bunny award for best actor of the year.
Pierrette has been the #1 grounds volunteer at Orcas Center, working tirelessly on the Center’s landscaping for over two years. She consistently recruits other grounds volunteers, organizes two student work parties per year, in addition to plying her tools to the complicated gardens and foliage surrounding the Center.
Beth Baker, in the role of "Mama Rose" for last year's performance of "Gypsy."
Beth is a “triple threat,” an actor, singer and dancer. She is beloved to Orcas audiences for her appearances in eight major Orcas Center productions – from “On Golden Pond” in 1995, to “Jesus Christ Superstar” in 2002, to her 2010 “role of a lifetime,” Mama Rose in “Gypsy.”
Pierrette and Beth will be joining a long history of Orcas Center award winners listed below:
Margaret Exton Award
1986 Al Good
1987 Toni James
1988 Marie Saltis
1989 Rosalie Lang
1990 Nancy Gilliland
1991 Phyllis Wilkinson
1992 Louise Good & Hiram Stickney
1993 Velma Doty
1994 Frank Michels
1995 Barbara Wheeler
1996 Paula Capitano
1997 Marilyn Anderson
1998 Carol Merrill & Gordon Hayes
1999 Lynn & Glenna Richards
2000 Pam Loew
2001 Linda Sanders & Margrit Englehartson
2002 George Larson
2003 Frank & Barbara Trunkey
2004 Carol Merrill
2005 Steve Henigson
2006 Phil Burbo
2007 Jean Henigson
2009 Visual Arts Committee
2009 Candy VerBrugghen
2010 Pierrette Guimond
Bunny Award
1993 Margie Rodenberger
1994 Leigh O’Malley
1995 Koshala Goodrich
1996 Gabriel Olmsted
1997 Frank Michels
1998 Heather West
1999 Tony Lee
2000 Bob Littlewood
2001 Adam Warachowski
2002 Julie Garritan
2003 John Clancy
2004 Mike Weaver
2005 Chris Brussat
2006 Jake Breslauer
2007 Dove Dingman
2009 Grace McCune
2009 Hailey McCormick
2010 Beth Baker
For more information about Orcas Center 2011 season events, please visit www.orcascenter.org.
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