[Eric]

Originally Posted by Gayle

I think the only reason my name comes up so often is because I am the public face of the ARTS in Hyndburn. You have no idea how much I hate being 'named' all the time. I don't do any of it for my own name to be broadcast around, I do it because I firmly believe in the arts as a way of encouraging regeneration, community and of getting young people out of a spiral of depression by encouraging and inspiring them. I am involved in COMMUNITY ARTS. That is, trying to get people of all ages engaged with different art forms.

btw, ARTS encompasses drama, music, photography, dance and so much more than ART, and should not be limited to just visual arts i.e. painting and drawing.

Way to go, hon. Keep up the great work, and illigitimi non carborundum