Webolution Half Time Partay Plus 21 minutes!

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Webolutionary Half Time On Line Partay As Promised

It may be a few days late .. but here it is as promised the webolution half time online partay for those who couldn't make it due to random other reasons like desk shifts!

The winner of the recipary competition was Karen V for chocolate pavalover. Kadie's mum aka HD made the pavs (minus the chocolate) because KD and Shanksie went to the Mount to see the notorious Brown Caps (shame about the rain)!

Everyone who came won a pressie (except me..apparently I am on the committee and it would be a conflict of interest)...I am not daunted though I will blog on!

The Wee competition was hot, with Allison and Aurora (the double A's) coming out as champs!

Excitment mounted when our special guest the one and only original webolutionary Kaye Hunter turned up and took over my guitar to play the webolution song!

Well done Kadie...great effort getting us all over the half way line with a bit of help from your friends...AP and KV to name a couple of the great supporters.

Roll on full time ceremony on 13th March 2009..it promises to be wonderfully, weird, wacky and wewarding!

what a surprise!!

i have been rssed since October and I didn't even know it! thanks to good old pexta-nubs alias amanda who helped me, who helped Suzanne, who helped Bernie...how generous is that!!! thanks Amanda...hope you can come to the party!

WACKY WILLY WEDNESDAY BREAKIE

what a welcoming start to wednesday at willy ...a woverly breakie with weally nice people..eggs the order of the day!! this is a very uncreative post..the pictures are ok though!!!

the party is near!!

the party is near ....the half time party is coming...oh no I have to conquer RSSSSSS...katie told me and then she asked me 'are you listening to me?' and i have to confess in this public forum that i did not listen 100% and now I stil have to conquer RSS to get invited to the party....!!!

Mem Fox - She's a hero taking literacy back to Zero!!

what an outing, all the way to Coburg library but it was worth it....we actually got to hear our real life hero Mem Fox talking it up..talking up repetition, talking up rhymes, talking up loving those little cute babies and reading to them, rhyming with them and kissing them on the nose and toes!

Jenelle and I didn't even mind singing rhymes and lining up to get our books signed (twice) we did spend a bit of money on Green Sheeep and Ten Little fingers and Ten little toes and Jenelle with the golden fingers..well she got an original signed book because Mem made a mistake and had to turn it into a star...

apparently I was the first person who had knelt at her feet...but I do love those books of hers..Green Sheep and Possum Magic and Wombat Devine and Koala Lou, I do Love you..ahhhhhh!!

to the top of the list

this is a post so that I can go to the top of the list of those who have one..I don't want you to think I am neglecting my webolutionary duties!!!!

Webolution Whizzes Winners!

Well here they are the top Webolutionary students..winners of Webolution Quiz 1 and 2...aren't they clever!

Kirri, Amanda, karen and Sarah....well done...your certificate from the Leader of the Webolution will turn up in due course (when she's not busy dreaming of Byron and Rainbow libraries)

For those who didn't get around to doing the quiz or who had no idea where to start..here are the answers to Quiz 1 and 2

Quiz 1 - Who's Blog?

1. Talks about the Skipper butterfly? Kay H

2. Mentions 5 basil leaves and 5 mint leaves? Karen V.

3. Name one book on Jo's Shelfari - Death on the Nile - Christie Agatha

4. Has a picture of a dogs bottom with tail in the air? Maria

5. Mentions Jack and Loch in the one sentence? Suzanne

6. You Tube vision of their wedding dance? Amanda

7. Name one of the cartoons on Vonnie's Blog - The Far side

8. Barracks for the Mighty Brown Caps? Kirri

Quiz 2 - Who's Blog?

1. Name two virtual places 'Flat Katie' has been? HBCC Childrens week picnic,

Bath Library in England

2. Who's blog talks about their sons 'TopDeck trip to Europe.' Kay B

3. Who posts comments under the name 'Kiwi'? Bronwyn

4. Who it the owner of 'The Wiz' blog? Liz Latham

5. 'Book Escape' hosts homestay students, which country do most of them come from?

Japan

6. Who was 'blogging for the hell of it' on 16th October? Sarah Nailon

Bernie networking at the State Library

kicking back at the end of a busy week Bernie and I headed to SLV for the launch of The Summer Read.

A lovely speech by the state librarian and a very touching piece about last years Summer Read sent from Rome by Kate Holden...in her letter she mentioned the memorable night in the park on a 40 degree night last summer. She noted that it was one of the warmest audiences she had ever had..at this stage Bernie elbowed me and I nearly started laughing.

...but wait the laughter was to be saved for the very humourous speech by Summer Read champion Spicks and Specks star Alan Brough....it appears he would like to be a librarian, this must have excited Bernie because she soon went on a promotions and networking frenzy....

First there was the chat with the official photographer about how we could get hold of the photos she took of us, then a chat with the Read More girls from Moreland...and then...wait for it the big moment...

She dragged Alan Brough over to get his photo taken with us and the Read More girls .................go Bernie, what next!!

Greek culture with Stelios and his mate!

wow what a lovely afternoon of relaxation and culture we had at Altona today..melodic Greek music that took me back to the days I spent on Naxos, the beautiful Greek Island! Suzanne requested Zorba and the musos obliged., bosoki and guitar in total unison.. a pity she didn't lead off on the dance!

....anyway enough of that..well done on an excellent job to Anne P for organising this engaging cultural event and going to great lengths to publicize it (I think she even snuk over to Greece)!

It was terrific having Soula there...because she used the power of language to make them fill in the evaluation form, join the library and even borrow some materials...wow!

Check out next weeks Leader and Mail newspapers for some professional type photos of the event, there should be at least one photo published, as they took at least 100 each!!!!

Bring it on...lets have music in the library every month!!

Here it is... live Greek music and 34 more photos on Leader website!

http://leader-news.whereilive.com.au/news/story/gia-sou-hello-to-greek-culture/

Cruzin in the library with Rod and Ali

what a fantastic night we had Cruzin in the library with Rod!

There they were, the Hot Rodders cruising into the carpark, carefully moving the witches hats, taking photos, talking the talk and patting the rods...

and did they create stacks of interest on a warm summer/spring evening ... people relaxing in the park getting off their deck chairs and wandering over to check out 'Show and Shine'.

Once we dragged them into the library, the 45 men and 11 women were all ears listening to the great stories of the silver hot rod which inspired a life time of interest, the fastest hot rod in the world, built by Rod, sold in the USA and now featuring in many movies!

By the way who was that cute little kid in pink..is she part of the Hot Rod community as well or maybe related to the real Rod??

Well done Ali..a great initiative..what else do you have up your sleeve??

Flying High in 2008

2008 will be remembered as the year of flying high!!! First we had Pam's 'Libraries are For Everyone' flags for Lib and Info week and the latest edition to the suite are Amanda's flags. ..'What do you think of Hobo Bay in 9 words or less'......check them out at Altona, Laverton and various other locations around HB before they give way to the next lot...!!!!

Pexta's is the one on the right..'Spirited Villages of Significance and Surprise'