WFOL2006 was put together
by a group of fans - The Wintercandlemakers2 Committee - from all over the
world, because Beauty and the Beast is loved all
over the world. We are new fans as well as day one fans; some had already
worked on last year's WFOL2005, others have joined this year; some have had
the opportunity to meet in the real world, others do not even know one
another's faces.
They are, in alphabetical
order:
Annik, from France
Chan, from USA-Michigan
Cosi, from France
Deb, from USA-Louisiana
gabi, from
Spain/USA-Maryland
Ginny, from USA-Virginia
J'ecris, from USA-Minnesota
Jeff, from USA-New
York
JoAnn, from USA-Virginia
Lesley, from England
Lynn, from Scotland/Japan
Rosemarie, from USA-New Jersey
Sobanme/222333, from Italy
Tunnelmom, from USA-Wisconsin
All of them helped in their
own unique, creative, time consuming and loving ways to again make
Winterfest as entertaining and as memorable a tribute to B&B as
possible. Some of their contributions put a brighter glow on the celebration,
while others were absolutely essential, the event being impossible without
them. They know who they are: thank you.
Thanks must be extended to
husbands, families, friends (hello Marcus!), and coworkers who had the
patience to tolerate these last four months of foolishness on our part, and
even support and help us!
The Wintercandlemakers
would like to express our most sincere and heartfelt appreciation to
everyone who helped make this Winterfest a
success. B&B fans are a generous group, and many have given of their
time, talents and skills to help create this event: those who
submitted their art,
writing and crafts; those who made web pages, wallpapers, videos, and other
computer generated art so appropriate to an online event; those who wrote
the Round Robin installments; those who performed in the talent show, the
webmasters who made their sites a part of our treasure hunt, one of the
favorites among the many treats of our event.
We also express our
gratitude to those writers, artists and webmasters who took time to answer
our many interview questions. For years their work has been available to
help us keep the dream alive. We add an extra thanks to those who allowed
Winterfest to be the place where they displayed their works online for the
first time.
All of those contributions
were easily attributable to their creators, but there were others behind
the scenes who also gave generously of their time and talents. A very
special thank you goes to Lynn Wright for the beautiful sites she built for
the event, to Linda Wong and to her magical
scanner, and to Eva for translating messages and events from
English to German.
Adja
Anna Kelley
Annette Lawrence
Annik
Beth Bornholdt
Chandler
Claire Cosi
Clare Sieffert
Corinne
Darlene Jones
Deb
Debbie Harland
Edith Crowe
Elaine
Elizabeth Hanninen
Eric Tullis
Eva
gabi
Ginger
Ginny
Heather Andrews
Jan Sutter
Jane Freeman
J'ecris
Jennifer Debono
Jo Fredericks
Joan Stephens
Joann Baca
Lea
Lena
Lesley Burton
Linda Liberski
Lindsey Aubel
Lizzie
Lynn Wright
Mariano
Marina Broers
Marlo Dianne
Nancy
OOWhiz
Pablo Giovine
Pat King
PEAhopeless
Rachael Field
Radcliffe
Rosemarie Hauer
Sally Perkins
Steffennie
Sue Gregory
Susie Young
Timeflies
Tina
Trisha Kehoe
Tunnelmom
Uschi
Wayne R. Kelley
Witchlight
And we would be remiss if
we didn't thank our visitors, whose presence, comments and enthusiasm, and,
last but not least, participation in the interactive activities,
transformed Winterfest Online from planned schedule to the festive party it
was intended to be.
Oh, and of course, thank
you to you, Beauty and the Beast characters.
In some Alternate
Universes, perhaps just in the alternate universe of our hearts, you are
"real", because we made you real, like the Velveteen rabbit tale
taught us. This is a homage to you, especially to
you.
Thank you for existing.
