5 Minutes with a Volunteer
Bev Barton
QUESTION: Where are you originally from?
Zimbabwe, then New Zealand and have lived on the Sunshine Coast since 2000.
QUESTION: What is you your favourite past time?
I love the performing arts, I have been treading the board since high school days, involved in musicals such as playing Dolly, who gets scalped in “Annie Get Your Gun”, and Grandmother in “Fidler on the Roof”. I have also produced hospital reviews in New Zealand.
QUESTION: What is you favourite eatery?
La Jolla – Brisbane Road
QUESTION: Who would you love to invite to a dinner for 6? (living or deceased)
Cole Porter, Meryl Streep, Cliff Richards, my dear friend Eve Bowman, Enid Vermaak (a primary school friend I haven’t seen since 1964, but have recently heard from)
QUESTION: What book are you currently reading?
“When the crocodile eats the sun” by Peter Godwin - Set in Zimbabwe
QUESTION: What is your favourite song?
I think there is a song for everything. I love Cole Porter – my favourite being “Night and Day”.
QUESTION: What is your favourite film?
Sound of Music and De Lovely (the Cole Porter story).