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Last week, our annual volunteer barbeque was held to celebrate (and reward) all those folks who have enthusiastically donated their time over the past year. Basking in the much-awaited summer sun, volunteers were treated to burgers, beers and a multitude of prizes generously donated by businesses on The Drive. After some mingling, a few theatrical games and a little bit of ice cream, we asked the volunteers to share with us some of their all-time favourite memories of working at The Cultch.
“The first year I volunteered at The Cultch was 2009 and I’m still a newbie! My favourite memory of The Cultch? The Hoedown! It was so much fun.” – Anna Wynveen
“I started volunteering at The Cultch in 1998, although I’d been attending three or four times a month for years. I came especially for the Masterpiece Music and Jazz. It was such an elegant way to enjoy an afternoon of great music with Turkish carpets, candelabra and the wonderful outfits Linda Lee and Gwenwore, especially those shoes!” – Betty Lou Phillips
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“I have no particular favourite memory, but I do love how welcome I feel when I volunteer.” – Astarte
“Hard to think of the best memory I have (senior mind!), but I can say that I saw my favourite live theatre performance at The Cultch: Theatre Passe Muraille’s The Farm Show—probably sometime in the seventies. You can’t beat the memory of the actress doing her monologue in a wringer washer. This was before I volunteered. I came to The Cultch a fair bit back then—probably saw everything Tamanhous Theatre ever did there.”- Vicki McCullough
“I started in 2008 and have great memories of The Cultch staff barbequing wonderful goodies last year. I remember walking into the beautifully renovated theatre and being so astounded, impressed, touched and ecstatic; I felt privileged to be part of it all!”- Selma Savage
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“My favourite memories would have to be some of the shows I saw at The Cultch, although I now only remember a few: The Erotic Anguish of Don Juan, Frankenstein, Tinka’s New Dress, and The Birthday Party.” – Moira Corrigan
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“I have been volunteering for The Cultch since 2007 and my favourite memory is when I accidentally volunteered for a French show (Théâtre de la Vieille 17′s Maita) having no understanding of French at all. The French-Canadian theatre group performed using shadow puppetry and Bunraku to tell the story of a girl in South Asia. It’s my favorite memory, not only because it was beautifully presented, but because it reinforced, in my mind, the idea of how theatre can express a story so well as to transcend language and even cultural barriers.” -Nena Pierre
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