P.O. Box 691 Sebring Florida USA 33871 Tel: 863-382-2525
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P.O. Box 691 Sebring Florida USA 33871 Tel: 863-382-2525 |
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Goldie Garnich - Past President, Life Member, and 24 Carat Asset By: Roy Riedy |
Goldie Garnich was elected the 35th President of Highlands Little Theatre in April 2000, during its 26th Season, and reelected for a second term the following year. Her time in office was a time of renewal for the theater during which the Lakeside Playhouse was restored to mint condition and many needed improvements were made and state-of-the-art equipment installed. Her tenure was so appreciated that she was made a Life Member of the organization in April, 2002, at the end of her incumbency by a grateful membership. She is now a member of the Board of Directors by virtue of being a Past President.
Besides guiding the organization for the two years of her presidency she has found time to participate in 6 shows in which she played a Baroness and a nun in Frank Oberhausen's 1999 Sound of Music; the toxic Martha Brewster in Beverly Brando Gillilan's Arsenic and Old Lace; a chorus member of the 1999 Sounds of the Season; the Fairy Godmother in the February, 2000 Krista Flores CAT production of Cinderella, Cinderella; was a member of the adult chorus in Sue McCollum's Bye Bye Birdie; played two female roles and a male one in Mac Byron's "Extra" A Tuna Christmas; and worked on the wardrobe with Lisa Thomas for Mike Logsdon's summer delight, Move Over Mrs. Markham.
Goldie has participated in three Zenon Ceremonies by presenting the Best Play award at two of them and with her husband, Gerry, giving a special presentation to Eric Prugh at the Seventeenth Zenon Awards. She has managed to accumulate 88 citations since joining HLT in 1999 that include : 30 newspaper articles, 34 HLT Newsletters, 19 play programs and her name is on the attendance rolls of two Firstnighter Galas.
And now in the 29th Season, Mrs. Garnich is still very much with us. In addition to being on the Board of Directors, she is the chairperson of the Gourmet Division of HLT. She is a member of the Heartland Cultural Alliance (HCA) and in April, 2002 she was elected Vice President of that organization of which HLT is a member. Since May, 2000, Goldie has been the HLT representative for Sebring's Downtown Merchants & Professional Association (DMPA).
And there is more, Goldie is still the chairperson of HLT's Advertising Committee, a job she assumed earlier this year; she is still chairing the Special Events Committee, a job she's had since 1999; and for the past three years is still co-chairman, with Dee McDonald of the Program Committee, the committee that solicits, negotiates, and develops advertisements for the seasonal play programs. She continues to manage the computer end of membership listing, and is a member of HLT's new Building Committee. She has also been sighted more than once tending bar in Anthony's Lounge and has been known to act as a cocktail waitress when needed.
Goldie Garnich has performed wonders during her two terms as president of Highlands Little Theatre and is still performing them. Thank you Goldie for using your inexhaustible supply of energy and many talents in promoting the Little'Theatre's image and cause in Highlands County, you are truly a 24 carat asset.
Goldie's most recent honor was awarded to her at the General Membership Meeting on August 3, 2006; it was accompanied by this tribute by Vanessa Logsdon, the theatre's administrator:
"This month's Gracie Winner has given so much to our organization that we can't say thank you often enough. She has the energy of 10 people, and many wonder where they can buy whatever fuels her. In the past you have seen her in the kitchen, cleaning restrooms, painting floors, and helping to serve Sunday desserts, to name a few. However, she has never even been nominated before, because Board members are ineligible. So, for doing what you do, and doing what you did on the Fourth of July, this month's long overdue Gracie Award goes to Goldie Garnich."
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