"Great Job! Client loved you! [Shoreby Club • Bratenahl, Ohio: Social Harborfest Party - Adult Dinner Dance] Here's a special bonus + tip from client!"
'Til next time, Mary
Mary Faktor
Faktor's Talent Network

"We did origami in school, but it was not like this!"
Comment from Jr. High boy
@ Akron Aeros game

"Thank you so much for your kind gift. The Origami Strawberry looks very cute in the baby's room."
Amy, Brad, and Mary Rose
Fort Lewis, Washington
[Thank You note for baby shower gift]

"Thank you so much for everything Saturday night! The centerpieces turned out beautifully and everyone enjoyed interacting with you at the event."
Jill Bacon Madden
4th Gala Arts Alive!
Community Arts Awards Celebration
A benefit for the Akron Area Arts Alliance
[Michael Roy did the centerpieces as well as entertaining at the event.]

"Mike it has been a pleasure working with you each time you have done something for us it has always been in a professional manner and your response from customers is always positive. We do appreciate your good work"
Bob Durante
Zap Entertainment

"Your performance was wonderful. Thank you so much"
Claire Morey
Summer Arts Camp
The Butler Institute of American Art

"It was a pleasure working with you again at the Ingenuity Festival. Thanks for all your hard work and for helping to make Ingenuity the success it was! My daughter and I are going to get a-hold of some origami paper - we were inspired!"
Best,
Julie Goldstein
Director of Education
Ingenuity Fest Cleveland

"This is so cool!"
Much repeated comment by teens & adults overheard @ Bar Mitzvah, September 2008
Beachwood, Ohio

"Hey, is this that oregano?"
also overheard
@ Bar Mitzvah, September 2008
Beachwood, Ohio
Editor's Note: [The man was just kidding.]

"We just wanted to tell you that last night was absolutely amazing, and you did a really great job! The teens really enjoyed doing the origami with you."
Melissa Zigart
Annual Teen Volunteer Kick Off
Friendship Circle

"Thank you for performing your origami program at the Lakewood Public Library this summer. The Madison Branch Staff gave you a glowing review."
Kathryn and the Children's & Youth Services of the Main
and Madison Branches
Lakewood Public Library
Lakewood, Ohio

"Michael Roy Baldridge made it look so easy. His display was very enchanting with a family of penguins here, and a beautifully sculpted horse there. It was even topped off with a delicate, peaceful dove. And on his beret? A whimsical, orange, goldfish. But in reality, origami is a science of valley folds, mountain folds and inverse folds. Michael Roy Baldridge attempted to teach this delicate art to 18 Stow-Munroe Falls Public Library patrons on October 6. Luckily, I was one of them. Originally, I was just going to watch, but I couldn’t resist trying what Michael was teaching. When he passed beautifully colored sheets of paper around the table, I was hooked. I didn’t even know what we were going to make, but it didn’t matter. First, using the basic types of folds, we made a very simple bird. My confidence began to grow. Next, Michael announced we were all going to make penguins and he held up one as an example. Everyone was very excited, but inside I secretly wondered if we could do it. Penguins looked pretty hard. But, we all started at the same spot and one fold after another our penguins began to look pretty good. It’s been a little longer than two weeks and my penguin is still sitting here on my desk. Michael’s origami class consisted of participants ranging from 5th grade to age 70, and had both men and women. But as we left that night we all had something in common besides a small black and white penguin. We all had a feeling of accomplishment. Thank you, Michael."
Ann Malthaner, Head Of PR
Stow Munroe Falls Public Library
Stow, Ohio