Goodbye Chuck
Jan. 21st, 2003 12:05 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
blueeowynIt is with a very heavy heart that I write another farewell to a Ren Fest Friend. Chuck Galczynski was The stage manager at the Festival for as long as I have been working there. There have been other managers, but he has always been there. He knew us all by name (and group) so that all we had to do was say "Good Morning Chuck" and get that wondrous sweet smile to know we were signed in.
He made the ID badges we all wore (changing them every year in some way). As time went by, his badges became more ornate and reflected that year as much as possible (the ones for the 2002 season had a crown with jewels to reflect the Crown Jewel display and the coronation).
He helped the jousters put on (and remove!) their helms and other pieces from "Chuck's House" at the joust field where he also ran the sound system.
But he was so much more than that. A sweet, caring, loving man who will be missed but won't get the accolades that Bill did since Bill was more visible. Chuck was the grease that kept a lot of things running and in some ways was the power behind the throne.
Until we meet again Chuck, Farewell, Fair Winds, and Calm Seas.
He made the ID badges we all wore (changing them every year in some way). As time went by, his badges became more ornate and reflected that year as much as possible (the ones for the 2002 season had a crown with jewels to reflect the Crown Jewel display and the coronation).
He helped the jousters put on (and remove!) their helms and other pieces from "Chuck's House" at the joust field where he also ran the sound system.
But he was so much more than that. A sweet, caring, loving man who will be missed but won't get the accolades that Bill did since Bill was more visible. Chuck was the grease that kept a lot of things running and in some ways was the power behind the throne.
Until we meet again Chuck, Farewell, Fair Winds, and Calm Seas.
