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Okay, welcome to the Baron Art Center and the 45th annual Senior C Woodbridge Township Senior Citizen Art Show. uh that deserves a round of applause. One of the reasons why this show has been going on for 45 years is
um the administration and our current wonderful mayor uh John McCormack who's very supportive of the arts that deserve a lot of um the mayor is going to be uh handing out participation proclamations. Afterwards, we're going to do the winner
proclamations. And then after that, please join us for some refreshments in the gallery. So, um, take it away. Thank you very much. Brandon Powell did not introduce himself. This is Brandon Powell. He is, he is the deputy in of the Baron Art Center. As you may or may
not know, Cynthia had a fall at home and she's home recovering, not able to be here tonight. She's fine, right, Dolores? Just sore. Good. Yeah. So, uh, let's keep her in our thoughts. Uh, and first I want to say one thing. Now, this has
bothered me forever. This is a senior citizen art show. I'm frankly getting sick and tired of some of you pretending to be senior citizens and entering art into the art show and worse yet winning and presenting preventing some poor
75year-old lady who worked hard in her art from winning because you show up at 55 and take her proclamation away. It's just not right. I'm not going to point out who you are tonight, but I'm just going to let you know we're watching and next year we're going to have driver's
licenses submitted with the art to make sure everybody is a senior. All right, so we have a whole lot to go through. I'm not sure it doesn't look like everybody's here, but most of you are. I'm going to give you the proclamation and then what I want to do is like maybe start here, stand by
your art, and I'm going to walk around and take pictures. If there's multiple things and you it doesn't it's not obvious which one is yours. I'll ask you to point to yours and it'll all get on the mayor's Facebook page. If you get discovered, I need 10% of whatever you make. After all, I'm the one taking the
picture. I'm the one getting the proclamations. I'm the one that's out here. You know, I know you did all the work, but I think it's fair if you use my Facebook page and get discovered. I think 10% is fair. All right, let's do this. Florence Apostol Jesse Watercolor.
get it. Yeah, come and get it. All right, Louis. He's not here. Can I take Oh, yeah, but sure. Aurora Borealis in Canada. Acrylic. Yeah. Polished sea glassass and wood. Bird house. Polished sea glass and wood. Thank you.
Debbot has three acrylic uh paintings. Burst of spring, white liies, and dancing jelly. I I can't wait to see dancing jelly. Boy, Donald Blind has two oils down the shore and secret cove. Go stand by your stuff and I'll if you have if you have
multiple things and there are multiple places just pick the one you want to be on on the Facebook page with. Okay. Thank you. Thank you. Cynthia Blue, a sense of calmness photography. Congratulations Nancy Bulmer.
Watercolor, Lost on the Lake, Proud Mama and French Villa. Okay. Susie Chen Manicone. Dalia party bag textile paint on acrylic fabric. Mermaid party bag
textile paint on acrylic acrylic jeweled strap. And contemporary outerwear hand painted textile paint on acrylic fabric. I'm glad you didn't do contemporary underwear. Hand painted. I know what she's doing next year. Charlotte de Marcico, Frankie boy and
pencil and a double egg breakfast surprise photography. Thank you. Congratulations. My daughter wants to take Oh, you turn it around then. Turn turn this around. Okay. All right. Carol DPro. Peaceful night in oil tree of life textured and spring
date oil. Don't think she's Katherine How Venus slipper photography. Congratulations, Jennifer Her, a person who brings joy to everyone in pastel and it puts my mind at ease in pastel. Jimnafa Namler in charcoal
summertime in pen and ink peaceful and in charcoal youth. I don't see her. Sharon Lopez, Three Oils, Milky Way, Red Rock, and Winter in the Forest. Kathleen Nubert. colored pencil. My favorite
people, watercolor and ink, still life with lavender and watercolor ink, napweed. Congratulations, Francis Pillllo, color pencil and pastel, happy snowman. And in photography, below the waterfall, New Hampshire.
Congratulations. Andy Siski, colored pencil. Jules Weber, painting, knives painter. I don't see Andy. Oh, there. Oh, it's not Andy. No, not Andy Siski.
Ranjanna Sha acrylic flow of ecstasy watercolor the rural women and colored pencil happy place. Congratulations Margaret Smolarsski oil pat of flamingos and seagulls resting at 8
lbi Leona Wernern acrylic marker pastel. It's howdy duty time. Hi there. Sarah Lynn Wilbur, scratchboard untitled lun uh scratchboard untitled and ink on
vellum. Susan, congratulations. And whenever we have a dance contest among seniors, I know who's going to win it. Okay. Leona Chung, oil, ocean waves, acrylic, strive for beauty, and pastel, my grand niece. Congratulations.
Thank you. Jeff Cohen, pencil in the neighborhood pastel crystal clear collage. Freda Trosky Kao. Congratulations. John Gil, the solemn shepherd with a gracious sheep of the flock, evolutionary
eccentricity of the natural world, and sisters reminiscing all in mixed media print. Oh, there you are. Congratulations. Maxine King, Sumi Ink and brush, seeing the light. Sumi inc and wash pat mixed
media on a wing and a prayer. Congratulations, Diana Tomuski. Paper machine sculpture, floral bunny, queen bunny, and shell bunny. Just in time for Easter with all the bunnies. All right, Margaret Smolarsski, first
place. Oh, now we get to the winners. Okay. Okay, now we got Margaret Smolarsski, first place in Oils, Seagulls Resting at LBI. Sharon Lopez, second place, Oil, Winter in the Forest.
Donna Blind, third place, Oil Secret Cove. Did you guys know you won or you just finding out now? No, we know. Oh, you knew. Sharon Lopez, honorable mention oil for Red Rock for acrylics. First place, Dancing
Jelly, Dippy Bot. [Applause] Second place, White Lily's Dip Deybot. The third place, Medium, a flow of ecstasy, Ranjanna
Sha. Congratulations. Watercolor first place, Lost on the Lake by Nancy Bulmer. [Applause] Second place, watercolor, Jesse by Florence Pastel. And third place, watercolor napweed by
Kathleen Newberg. Oh yeah. Photography. First place, a sense of calmness. Cynthia Blue. [Applause] There you go. Thank you. Thank you. No problem.
Excuse me. Oh, sure. We were not looking. Here we go. Sorry. By the way, I'm waving my normal $5 fee for pictures tonight. Second place photography, below the waterfall, New Hampshire, Francis Pllo.
[Applause] Third place photography, Venus Slipper, Katherine Howell. [Applause] First place mixed media collage tree of life. Carol D. Petro second first place craft
contemporary outerwear hand painted Susie Chen Manicon. Second place craft Dalia party bag. Don't go anywhere Susie Chen Manicon. Thank you. And don't go anywhere. Third place, mermaid party bag. Wow.
Can't you let someone else win? Isn't first and second place enough? You had to get three. All right. First place drawing with Susan, Sarin Wilbur. Second place drawing with
Untitled Sarin Wilbur. Third place drawing Frankie boy Charlotte de Marcico honorable mention drawing happy place Ranjanna Sha first place painting ocean waves Leona Chung
first place craft Queen Bunny Diana Tomizooki there you Oh, thank you. First place drawing, Leona Chung, my grand niece. Second place drawing, Crystal Clear by Jeff Cohen. First place watercolor with Pat Maxine
King. First place mixed media collage, Freda Trosky, Kao, Jeff Cohen. Second place, mixed media collage on on a wing and prayer, Maxine King. Third place, medium, evolutionary eccentricity of the natural world. Third
play. I said that. John Gil.