Tribute to Festival Volunteers
by Lauren
Our thanks go out to Festival artist and caricaturist Vince Ornato for his touching note of thanks to Three Rivers Arts Festival volunteers, published in the Post-Gazette back in September.
My favorite paragraph:
Local TV news has a love affair with bad weather, or even the possibility of it, the way a child anticipates candy. I have been in Three Rivers Arts Festivals when the festival began with eight, nine and even 10 straight days of sun. Not a single TV crew comes by. When it drizzles the next day, every station sends a camera. We can argue the merits of this but what is undeniable is that they never effectively report the amazing job the volunteers, staff and exhibitors do when cleaning up after a bad storm.
The accompanying sketch features portraits of Jack Baird (left) and Sam Garland, two long-time Festival volunteers who truly deserve the praise for their dedication and willingness to help out.