April 23, 2007

Art & Music Tribute to Tommy Welch
Sunday - April 22, 2007

Thank you to everyone who went above and beyond to make this such a special event for so many people.

This is just a selection from Sunday taken on our camera.  I know there were others there, as well. I hope to see those photos soon (Thanks, Robert and Nicole!)

Click Here to go to Robert Trudeau's Shreveport Faces Blogspot...

The following photos are saved to a Photobucket account as 4x6, and I will be loading video and more photos as technology permits. *sigh*

Click Here to go to the Tribute Photobucket Gallery...

Tommy -

Yesterday was an amazing day. You used to tell me how people tend to find it too easy to sit back and let things fall as they will around them, and how they should reach out and make things happen. Apparently, I wasn't the only person you said that to. I stood on the sidelines yesterday afternoon and watched so many people making things happen. Great things.

You did that.

I am honored to have been called your friend, Tommy Welch. You changed the way I looked at life and the world around me more than I think you ever knew or understood. For that, and much more, I will always be grateful.

I wanted to thank you for a few other things, as well.

Thank you for showing me the things you did, when you did. I would have missed so much out of life if we had never met. I was always amazed by your ability to make such sacrifices just on the hope that things would turn out the way you dreamed. I hope you were not disappointed in me. I have never had your strength or determination.

Thank you for sharing your thoughts with me. Maybe I never told you, but my soul swelled to think my opinion meant something to you. I hope I contributed to you even a fraction of what you gave to me.

Most of all, thank you for loving me unconditionally all these years. I know that you were frustrated with me on many occasions, and that I could be hard-headed and difficult to understand sometimes. But you never failed me with your patience and support. 

I've been missing you for a while. Missing the comfort you bring me.  I need to talk to you to sort this mess out, but for the first time since we were kids, I don't know that you can answer me. Maybe you can just listen for now.

In response to your letter, I want you to know that I have no regrets about the paths we took, either. You were right, after all.  It made us who we are and it will always be important.

You are in my thoughts always, and I love you.  But you know that.

Happy Birthday, sweetheart. See you soon.

 - A.

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April 22, 2007

Tribute to our friend, Tommy Welch, an artist in every sense of the word, who passed to spirit in late February. This event serves both the community's need to gather in Tommy's honor and a benefit to ease the financial burden to his family. Please join us in celebrating Tommy's life and continuing inspiration.

One-day art exhibition featuring the original work of local artists including Micah Harold, Courtney Manning, Ashley Harold, Joanna Ballard, Amy Guendulay, James Clements, Chris Stripling, Brandon Jenkins, Mike Paul, Savannah Porter, Thomas Little and others.

Musical performances by Dirtfoot, Kern Courtney, Chris Alexander, the Peekers and other friends.

For more information on this event, or to become involved in this open forum of expression and celebration of life in honor of Tommy Welch, please contact Amy Guendulay here on MySpace or by email at amyguen@hotmail.com.

For more information on submitting artwork, you may also contact Micah Harold at fknugly222@yahoo.com

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