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Afghan Whigs, John’s band. Compromise does work! We had actually compromised at our own wedding, in addition to the location, to have the reception with drinks served in two rooms. One was for the conservative teetotalers and the secod for the boozers!
The second non-Calvary event happened on March 12 when Shelby Ann Bishop was born! As the Curley wedding had been the end of February, Maria looked as if she were going to pop right there in the church, but she made it through. Erin welcomed her little sister, and they have enjoyed a good relationship to this day.
1994
It was finished! The choir now had a home in the Loft with a brand new storage space for clothing (we aligned with the Center for Women and Families and the first client was on August 8, named Beth) that the construction guys built for free, the church school had a large room for all sorts of activities at the other end of that floor, the food had a new home, there was a new sacristy for flower assembly and vesting, downstairs big space we named Parker Hall for Edith, whose donation enabled us to retire the debt, and two new grand bathrooms! The gala dedicatory dinner engineered by Senior Warden Don Allen was in the spring, and we were all set. Now we could finally have more than one event at the same
time.
In early January, we began a campaign to raise money for a grand piano to be purchased for the Loft. In another of my crazy money-raising schemes, we “sold” all 88 piano keys for $100 each. Dan McAninch of U of L found a great one for $9,000, and we had no trouble raising $8800 through the 88 keys. A chart naming all the donors exists now. The present Bishop Gulick and the retired Bishop Reed bought the last two! We ended up with $9300 too! We therefore could buy the piano bench and even a cover! Later we were to use the same method to buy a grand piano for Parker Hall.
Calvary was never very generous with me when it came to salary or music budget or work aids. Although by this time one of my titles was director of communications, I personally had to buy my own computer and printer as I said, and I bought one in 1994. Remember my further disgust in 2012 when I was not allowed to take my own computer or printer home! But thee are not things to dwell on. One nice thing was the celebration of my 30th anniversary with a nice reception. Another nice thing (among many) happened in 1994 when Pat Mears came on as secretary, or whatever at the moment struck them for the title to be. She was crackerjack good and took no nonsense from anybody. I loved working with her, and we still communicate from her home now in Florida. Except for Ann Thompson, these secretaries and I formed lasting friendships and we helped each other to get through the astonishing shenanigans that comprised our daily life together.
1995
Ah yes! This was the year that Ben had a five month sabbatical and Ginger Ray was senior warden and considered herself so IN CHARGE that she made life miserable for those of us who knew what was going on and how to handle it. She would call me every day (using my un-favorite name I already talked about, Maggie) and proceed to tell me about HER day. The vestry did vote unanimously to allow me to attend the vestry meetings while Ben was on sabbatical, probably in self defense! The gift of the construction workers of a closet in the Loft to house the clothing to be given to women looking for nice clothing for job interviews expanded to a Kids’ Closet, in response to the needs of those women to clothe their children.