Heavenly Beverley : And A Great Time Was Had By All...

Thursday 10 June 2021

And A Great Time Was Had By All...

Winter wackiness, ahoy there! The East End Gallery's June Sundowner was a fabulous occasion, as per usual. Throw in a pirate theme, the open fire, the Gallery musos and heaps of good tucker and we had the ultimate recipe for success.

Honorable mentions -

to Mister Ron Elston for his outstanding contribution to the culinary feast. His stuffed potatoes are becoming legendary. And excellent to meet new lady Maggie.
to Mister Adam Ward for taking on the perilous role of security, attempting to toss out the stragglers at midnight. A sterling effort for a thankless job.
to newcomer Mizz Louise, one of RedSaxGuy's (David Sparrow's) crew who arrived in full regalia, along with her ukulele. Mister Red and Missus Seanne also took the theme to a high standard.
to Mizz Jan George and Mister Greg Burley, resplendent in their wonderful costumes and Jan's rendition of some new songs for this Sundowner.
to Mister Luke and Missus Lisa Blanch, who are becoming indispensable members of the East End Gallery gang.
to Mister Rodney Gibbs and Mizz Marianne Langerway for braving ascent of the Hills to join us.
to Miss Celeste Mouritzen, who always gives her hundred percent at the Sundowners.
to Mister Gary Schouten (one of Michael's oldest friends) and his lovely lady Michelle for becoming regular attendees of our Sundowners.
to Mister Lawrence Jones, for showing up, putting up, delivering great music time after time and giving Michael the opportunity to gasbag into the wee small hours. Lawrence Jones, you are a star!

Best excuse for their non-attendance -

to Missus Di and Mister Steve Mainwaring, who with partners in crime Mandy and Dave chose to abandon ship for an evening of cards at home!

There were many more guests who came and enjoyed the festivities and I thank each and every one of you all. The whole weekend was another triumph, in spite of the wintry weather. Friends Narelle, an exceptional intuitive artist who worked at the Artists Table on Sunday was accompanied by husband Brian, who had a welding playdate with Michael. After surviving the Sundowner, they were much more chipper than us upon the morn. However, after a slow start, Michael moved into his happy space, and under his tutelage, Brian produced a quite stunning first sculpture.

The long weekend provided further opportunities for encounters with our artists. Young Skye Steele has been creating cute little origami creatures and bookmarks and presented me with some for the Gallery. The marvellous Nada Murphy rocked into the Gallery on Monday, with her familiar feathered Akubra to swap some of her works and alas, take the remaining beautiful glass jewellery away. She reinforced her love for the Central Wheatbelt by summiting County Peak/Quajibin early in the morning, prior to arriving for coffee with us.

And so another Sundowner is done and dusted. We have two remaining for the year - Saturday 25 September and Saturday 11 December, which will be the Gallery's 7th birthday!

Just proving again that dreams sometimes do come true...