Without Celia, I would not be doing the job I love, working in youth theatre. Celia and Gordon first welcomed me at Jordan’s Place in, I think, 1992, when Tessa asked me to do the music for the Playback production ‘Rain’. This was the first of many Playback workshop weeks based at May Hill, and I have been doing the music for Barnstorm since 1994. Sojourns at Jordan’s Place have always been full of gorgeous food, plentiful wine and loads of fun. Barnstorm has given me some of the most enjoyable and rewarding experiences of my life. No-one who has ever experienced it, child or adult, is left unchanged. The thought of Barnstorm continuing, sans Celia, seemed at first impossible, but to carry it on would be quite in keeping with Celia’s life and work. In her spectacularly no-nonsense and ‘can do’ way, she made the impossible, possible. She was a good friend, a gracious and generous host, a great, feisty laugh and a very smart cookie. Celia, you’re still the boss. Thank you so much for everything you’ve given me.