A Thank You Letter from the Festival Organizers

"Dear Local and Regional Artists of the 2006 Flint Hills International Children's Festival,

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU for your wonderful efforts this past weekend! The festival would not be possible without the help of your wonderful artistic talents. The positive interaction you and your groups made with the children and families this weekend was spectacular---the entire staff here was so impressed with everyone's professionalism and great attitudes!

I hope you all had as much fun as I did, and I know we have received a lot of positive feedback so far from some of you and our patrons.

Please see the message below from our President/CEO David Galligan, who wanted his message to go out to EVERYONE who was involved in this year's festival.

Thanks again and we hope you decide to participate again next year!"

"Colleagues, I can't even begin to tell you how powerfully I felt the success and energy of this last week -- your success and energy as a staff, and that of our many CAC, OCOS, Education Advisers, other volunteers and the many sponsors who are as much our partners and colleagues in this festival as they are financial backers. All of you, together with our fabulous guest artists, hundreds of them, touched many thousands of lives on site at Rice Park and around the metro area and state through your inspired outreach programs. It's the touching of lives, of course, and the changing of them in the expansion of our global points of view -- our own as staff/ volunteers/ sponsors and that of our audiences -- that is at the core of Ordway Center's mission. In its educating, presenting, producing and hosting roles, Ordway Center is a catalyst driving new energies between artists and audiences. Thanks to all of you for so obviously putting heart and soul into this singular effort. Special thanks to our sponsors and to Heather Spicuzza and her incredible staff and volunteers for the vision and execution (including the perfect weather) of a truly remarkable festival. David "