Saturday, June 1, 2019

Legacy award for my mom


 Honored to receive the Legacy award from CenterPoint Legacy Theatre on behalf of my wonderful mom-Sheri Cole. She was a theatre pioneer in Davis County. CPT honored her and all of us with dinner and a very special video presentation about her life. I know she’s taking a bow in heaven tonight. This is my acceptance speech: 
Mom is up in heaven smiling right now. This is so perfect. Sheri loved her family, the performing arts, theatre people and her community so tonight is the perfect mix of all 4 of these.
As seen in the video- Sheri touched so many of us with her passion and energy. My mom was everyone’s biggest fan. She wanted everyone to succeed. People developed talents, fulfilled callings, excelled at work, produced events, set goals, performed on stage, graduated high school, marched in parades, pursued higher education, learned to dance, learned to sing, learned to speak in public, sang in choir, auditioned, built sets, made costumes and followed their dreams simply because they knew Sheri believed that they could.
We will never forget her legacy of unconditional love, her remarkable style, beauty and grace and the impact she left on the performing arts in Davis County. My mom was a Davis county theatre pioneer and she was so pleased to see all the growth and she was especially thrilled about this beautiful CPT facility.
She would be honored to accept this Ralph Rodgers Legacy award tonight- mom worked with Ralph at Promised Valley playhouse. She always said he had a big heart and a big personality to match. We could say the same about her.
When mom was dying of cancer and for her funeral we adopted a theme- “She lived, she loved, she left proof.” This award is more evidence of the proof that she left. 
I am honored to be her daughter and accept this on her behalf. Thank you CenterPoint Theatre for your tireless work to make this a beautiful night for all of us. ❤️





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