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In 1996 the Guild celebrated
its 10th Anniversary. A luncheon was held at the Chateau Vaudreuil on June
11th with door prizes for everyone who attended. Also, to commemorate the
10th Anniversary, the guild collected recipes from its members and published
a Cookbook. Five hundred copies were issued and $2.00 from each book was
donated to a charity.
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We had three visiting teachers
in 1996 - Linda Wise for four days in March, Heather Reddick for three
days (Russian FIorals) in June and Barb Watson for three days in September
who taught a Colour Relationship Theory class, in oils.
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The raffle prize at the Annual
Exhibition & Sale was a decorated Christmas Tree with
hand painted ornaments from sale participants. As a result
of an extremely successful sale, the Guild donated $1,500.00
to the charity "Dans la Rue". Membership climbed to 118
members.
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In 1997,
we enjoyed three seminars taught by out of town teachers,
Arlene Beck in March, Linda Wise in June and Connie Parkinson
in September.
We
also voted to limit our membership to 110 members plus an
unlimited number of associate members. We found the guild
was becoming too large for the space that we had and too
much work for the members who volunteer their time to run
it.
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The raffle
prize at our annual Exhibition and Sale was a hand-painted,
hand-quilted, quilt. A donation of $1,500.00 was made to
Resto-Vie from sale proceeds. We donated another $1000.00
to Resto-Vie from the proceeds of our cookbook. |
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In
May 1998, an outside mural for the Montreal Children's
Hospital was designed and painted by thirty-one members
of the Guild. It was titled "On a Clear Day".
The mural featured teddy bears and hot-air balloons
in a park with a background landscape of hills. Please
click HERE
to read about and see more pics of this community
project. |
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The
Annual Exhibition and Sale was a big success. The raffle
prize was a deacon's bench with twelve ovals. Each oval
was painted by a different member. A donation of $2,400.00
was made to the Montreal Breast Cancer Foundation. |
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The
backdrop for The 1998 Telethon of Stars for Research into
Children Diseases was produced by volunteers of the Guild.
The theme was teddy bears playing musical instruments. Please
click HERE
to see the backdrops for the Telethon of Stars from 1998
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As
was tradition, the Guild decorated a Christmas tree at the
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. Many members participated
in the painting of the fairies for this event. Please click
HERE
to see close-ups of the fairy decorations.
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