Our guest blogger this week, Mary Turnbull, seriously considered it …
Who hasn’t had a grand delusion at one time or another?
As part of my “staged retirement” I’ve been hanging out (both literally and metaphorically) with a group of fantastic Inner West women who many might consider should live quiet, demure and retiring lives, but who are determined to continue to make a splash! We meet regularly for aqua aerobics exercise (good for the bod) and lots of laughter, good food and drink at other times (good for the soul).
One of our group is battling the debilitating condition, Multiple Sclerosis. Over coffee several months ago we were joking about doing our own Calendar Girls calendar – and donating the proceeds to MS.
Thanks to the tenacity and sheer cheek of the aqua girls the calendar has become a reality. Whilst some of us were perfectly willing to go the full Monty we were fortunately talked out of that by more circumspect professionals who worked tirelessly and voluntarily in the production of the calendar – inspired by the glamour years of the 1920’s.
There comes a time in life when clothes are one’s friend!! None of us ever looked like this before, and are unlikely to do so again – time and a great deal of make-up were involved! The transformation was made possible by many talented people giving up their Sundays over two months – including students from the Napoleon Perdis Cosmetic Academy, Robert our creative designer and hairstylist, photographer Alice Sarginson from Sun Studios, and graphic artist Susan Oliver who subsequently worked her magic on design and layout.
We owe a final debt of gratitude to Spicers Paper and F H Booth and Son Printers, as well as to Marrickville Rotary Club – who together enabled the printing of 1500 high quality calendars.
As a result of so much time and effort voluntarily expended every cent of the $16 per calendar sale will go to help MS sufferers in ACT, NSW and Victoria.
We may be a touch past our prime, but this Grand Delusion is a source of enormous pride to us all.
To help MS sufferers in a very practical way, click on this link or on the image below to buy our fantastic calendar …
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