CLA Awards Gala

"Change is In the Air"
Friday, November 7th
8-10 pm

Margaret did a fantastic job putting together the slides for the program - top quality stuff!

We got to hear some nice speeches from quite a few of the recipients. One of my favorites was about a librarian (I think 1905?) from (Los Angeles) that was a cowboy librarian. I believe he put together a really great collection on the west. My favorite part was listening to how some people thought he was too rowdy to be a librarian and that his response to people stealing books was to brand them (and it worked)!

We also enjoyed some interesting artistic performances including -

a flutist who played recipients off stage,

a Can Can dance troupe to perform a number for us mid awards,

and then ending there was a Charles Dickens impersonator troupe including everyone's favorite, Santa!

It was really great to spend some time together and see some of the great awards!