As someone who's been to every Kerth ceremony except the first one, and actually voted in the first one even though I didn't attend, I'm continually amazed and impressed by what the Kerth Committee achieves each year. Right from the start, Leanne Shawler and Pam Jernigan did a brilliant job of conceiving the awards and bringing them into being on the night of the first ceremony in March 1998, ten years ago. Then Kathy Brown and Erin Klingler joined Pam, and Annette Ciotola came on board after that, and between them they established the awards and the ceremony to what it is today. All the fun you guys had tonight takes a lot of hard work and organisation, yet they made it seem effortless.
Good luck to Tricia, the new co-ordinator, who I know will do a wonderful job, and to the new committee members when they're chosen and announced. And, since tonight was the
eleventh Kerth Awards, believe it or not, here's to the next eleven!
Wendy
PS: for anyone interested, see the
Kerths History on the Kerths website.
