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I was right in front of the lectern and a bit shy about clicking too many photos, so this is the best I could manage of Alice Walker’s touching presentation of her current work.

I was so intent on Emily Carson-Apstein’s spoken word performances that I forgot to snap photos. This is one I took of her on the beach two nights ago.

Thanks, Dianne, for furnishing this shot of me.

Denise Brown’s spirited presentation of her work brought its usual hearty rounds of applause. A few years ago, Denise was frequently stopped and asked if she was Alice Walker. A few months later, Alice laughingly told her that she had been stopped and asked if she was Denise!

Ron Stock gave animated renditions of his stories.

As she was usually in motion during her presentation, most of my shots of Anne Wheeler came out as blurrs.

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It’s easy to see Anne’s long directorial, writing and acting experience in her performance.

Alice Walker gives enthusiastic approval of Anne Wheeler’s wonderful tale.

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Along with Denise Brown,I was honored to be one of two poets asked to do a charity invitational reading with Alice Walker and Anne Wheeler tonight. Each of us read for 20 minutes. Ron Stock, the organizer of the event, also read. Emily Carson-Apstein, a wonderful spoken word poet, visiting her father Fred here, had done  an amazing job with a piece shared with our writing group on Saturday, so when Melody Sayre, scheduled to introduce the evening, was called away on a family emergency, I suggested Emily introduce the evening and Ron agreed. All in all it was a fantastic and varied evening topped off with readings from Alice Walker’s in-progress new work.  Anne Wheeler brought down the house with her beautifully told story of taking her mother to the ceremony where she received the Order of Canada award. I wish I had recorded the evening on video. What a special night.