The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

p 14 the tribune september 301995 volunteers help bring uxbrige arts festival to fruition by kate gilderdale correspondent barbs have helped to make the uxbridge celebration of the arts the festival it is today barb murphy and barb pratt are celebration veterans who along with many other dedicated volunteers have worked to devel op one of the finest arts festivals in canada murphy who became involved in 1988 was struck by- two things when she attended the first celebration in 1986 it was a very ambitious pro gram probably more ambitious than anything weve done since she recalled but i was appalled at the dismal audience figures because the program was so wonderful murphy who was on the library board at the time wrote to the celebration committee to teh them how impressed she had been with the event i said j knew they must be disappointed with the audience but uxbridge takes time to accept things and i asked them to give us another chance r in 1988 she joined vthe com mittee as publicity assistant and ive been with them ever since i wouldri t miss it for the world while she acknowledged that many people have contributed to the success of the venture her highest praise is reserved for those who refused to give up after the poor audience turnout in the first year to go back and port for the celebration which has also been an important factor in its success she said murphy handled public relations for two years arid then took on the role of chairman now im doing film because im an barb pratt left and barb murphy are two veterarf vol u nteers who help rrfake the celebration of the arts festival a reality year after year do it again without letting their disappointment get the better of thernwas just incredible the muriicipality has showri a high level of enthusiasm and sup- expert she said with a chuckle i can spell filmmaker i part bf the fun of being involved with the celebration comes from taking on new jobs and learning about different aspects of the arts she noted judging by this years excellent lineup of films which includes the academy awardwin ning animated short bob birthday murphy has indeed become something of ah expert during her research it was murphy who approached barb pratt owner of blue heron books arid invited her to attend a meeting in 1989 i had just gone to a couple of events in previous years and i went out feeling very shy arid unsure of myself but barb had a spot for me oh her committee said pratt v 1991 marked the debut of her immensely popular books and authors night which has brought to the celebration such internationally known writers as nino ricci and timothy find- ley and which this year will featuresbarbara gpwdy ali son gordon arid ted beirris it was fa huge success from the start recalled murphy i remember coming in on the day fwe first did it and saying to barb whats the smallest attendance that would make you not want to quit and she said 30 and we had 150 or 200 i just couldnt believe it i felt good but i was much more confident than anybody else because id talked to a lot of people across the counter and i knew who was going to come explained pratt s the proof that people really do enjoy being involved v the celebration is that the very day after its over were already talk ing about what were going to do next year murphy said we can hardly wait until next year so that we can make it bet ter agreed pratt the only qualifications volun teers need are enthusiasm and a love of the arts although accord ing to murphy preference will be given to people whose name is barb a savings explosion sept 2124 2550 off all carpet vinyl remnants great specials berber commercial carpets installed on pad 13 sq yd saxony installed on pad 16 sq yd 6 9 pattern or braided area rtuq 3yy e clear plastic carpet runners qqtf ft great peals brand name carpets omni philjdelphia paragon peerless queens harding cornet kraus barrymore great selection free shop at home service vinyl flooring congoleum armstrong nairn amtico gerflor prefinished hardwood flooring ceramic tile 852- 155 main street n uxbridge ee i gathering of te saturday october 14 1995 uxbridge community centre 600 cocktail hour 700 dinner by hobby horse arms 800 fashion show by strawberry threads artistic hair stop 1000 dance disc jockey 1100 scottish dances h dashing white sergeant the gay gordon vocalists dancers bag pipers silent auction tickets available through khammistraaarry thread artistic hair stop hobby hon anna mbhmmttl youll ml over llie celeliratipiri s of the arts gf and the great selection of issettes portable stereos at 6 brock st w uxbridge 8529339 authorized radio shack dealer