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Life is full of surprises, and though it would probably be boring without
them, there are times when I don’t think I would mind. In the midst of
our lovely (read cold and wet) Memorial Day weekend, the CAMP Rehoboth
file server took a vacation (probably in search of more favorable weather
conditions) and we discovered that our back-up system was malfunctioning
and blah, blah, blah, yada, yada, yada, nobody really cares about the
details anyway. The fact of the matter is, if you’re reading this
magazine then we must have succeeded in "putting Humpty Dumpty back
together again," so to speak. My heartfelt thanks to everyone who
pitched in to help.
Thanks to the efforts of Rehoboth City Commissioners Mark Aguirre and
Richard Sargent, the city of Rehoboth has gone on record against
discrimination based on sexual orientation. Though the policy statement
that Rich introduced at the May 19 meeting does not actually urge the
passage of HB 99, (the state Legislature’s bill that prohibits
discrimination against persons on the basis of sexual orientation in
housing, employment, public accommodation, and insurance), it does state
that "our actions speak as loudly as our words." The policy
statement was unanimously supported by all seven Commissioners.
One of the hottest tickets in town last summer was the CAMP Rehoboth
Follies at the Convention Center, and so, of course, the plans are well
underway for the bigger, better, new and improved 2003 version.
Improvements will include more lights and sound, and a runway to make it
easy for the performers to really strut their stuff. Follies 2003 can only
accept ten troupes, so don’t wait too long to sign up. Acts should be
simple, fun, and no more than seven minutes long (points will be taken off
for those that go "from here to eternity"). One of the best in
last year’s competition was a simple group lip-sync with great
choreography and some wonderful costumes. With all the creativity in our
community, I can’t wait to see who’s going to "razzle
dazzle" us this year. Of course, since I am automatically drawn to a
microphone like a butterfly around an American Idol contestant, Murray has
to watch me carefully at all times. I did hear him say to Andrea Andrus,
our CAMP Rehoboth Community Center Founders’ Circle Director, that if
someone would donate $50,000 to the capital campaign, the two of us would
do a drag number at this year’s Follies. I don’t think he believes
anyone will rise to that challenge. As long as we’re dreaming, I think
we should make it $100,000 and get a few Rehoboth Commissioners to join in
the fun. What do you say, folks..."on with the show this is it!"
Speaking of the founders’ circle, on page 38 Fay Jacobs chats with
Bob Hotes, of DPK&A, the firm hired to design the CAMP Rehoboth
Community Center. When the architect search committee met with Bob, he
recounted a story about a past project that involved working by consensus
with a committee of 150 nuns. If he can do that...what more do I have to
say? That wasn’t the reason we hired him, but it did make us smile. We
expect great things from Bob, and look forward to working with him over
the next few years.
Even though the weather seems to be conspiring against us this spring
(and I’m not going to get much sleep this week), and the world is still
uneasy about war, terrorists, and the economy, I think we’re going to
have a good summer. After all "tomorrow is another
day"..."and the sun’ll come out tomorrow"...and hey,
Scarlett and Annie at the beach! Sounds like a Follies number to me!
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