02/12/2026
When we were planning the 40th Anniversary celebrations, I asked our William S. Baer School Principal, Mrs. Moore for two events. The first a performance of one of MEAC's early Plays, 'On A Wing & A Prayer' for high school classes, with an invited audience of our funders and board members on December 9th, 2025. The second, a Baer School Parade, followed by birthday cakes! I had witnessed a number of the school's parades over the years, and there was nothing more that I wanted to celebrate this milestone than sharing the joy with the Baer School family. Yesterday, February 11th, the parade was held in MEAC's honor. Oh my gosh, who needs anything more than the appreciation that was expressed yesterday by students and staff. Thank you, thank you, my heart is full!
To Mrs. Moore, Mr. Christian for your support, beautiful words and roses! To Mr. Rudolf for coordination of the spirit team in helping stage the event (and the orchid - I hinted heavily that I love orchids)! To Mr. Davis - for creating the most stunning anniversary t-shirts, MEAC's first ever!! I will wear mine with pride. To all our cake bakers, to Ms. Cierra and Mr. Yang for the Plaque of appreciation, your words will inspire me forward to continue MEAC's mission, to Ms. Nysia and Mr. Darrian for helping me have such a blast dishing out cakes to the school, we made a great team! To Mr. Appleby for photographing the event (photos will be posted next week - stay tuned) Thank you to Ms. Gwen for finding me when I was standing in the wrong location! To all the classes for creating the most beautiful MEAC posters ( all will be posted next week). I can remember with vivid clarity the very first MEAC show back in 1986, I could not have imagined then that forty years later I would still be performing 3,600 miles away from London in a City called Baltimore! I have cherished each show, dealt with my fair share of obstacles, but that BAER Parade reminded me of why at 19 years old, I walked away from Art School and embarked on this Magical Experience!
