Cathleen
is a member of Flamenco del Sol – a
flamenco dance company that performs throughout
Central Florida. Not long ago, she gave
us a short performance of her new passion
and as she puts it “I always dreamed
of being an actress.”
Cathleen’s
birthplace is Cambridge, Mass. Her family
lived right across the street from Harvard
U. She recalls the many summers she spent
visiting family in New England and the
Maritime Provinces of Canada (her father
was Canadian). After taking her bachelors
degree from Maryland U she followed her
family tradition of serving in the armed
forces. She joined the Navy where she spent
the next twenty years “being in the
lights” by taking assignments which
put her in front of an audience – Nuclear
Weapons Release Training, Intelligence
Briefing, Public Affairs.
While
stationed in Korea, she (her own words) “met
a sexy Green Beret Lieutenant Colonel named
John Cresswell (still waters run deep).” They
have been married for over twenty years.
Cathleen
was first invited to join Rotary in Virginia
where she was last stationed by a Rotarian
who was in her aerobics class. Fortunately
for us, when she and John moved here, she
visited the Rotary Club of Casselberry
and never left. Bob Walker was her sponsor.
Besides being a past president of the club,
Cathleen has served as secretary, program
manager, Community Avenue of service chair
and many other duties
Besides
Rotary and the Flamenco dance company,
Cathleen keeps a tight schedule with among
other things - giving speeches on the American
Flag and a lay reader at St. Richard’s
Episcopal Church. She further adds “John
and I are devoted to our three cats.”
