MUSICAL MEMORIAL TO LOCAL DOCTOR

By Karen Barnett
The late Dr Margie Carman is to have a day named after her at the upcoming Illawarra Folk Festival in January.
Dr Carman went missing on March 31st this year, after setting off from her Otford home for a bushwalk to Bulgo. Her body was found two weeks later, at the base of a cliff south of Bulgo.
Staff at the Bulli Medical Practice where she worked have decided to sponsor the folk festival, as a tribute to Margaret. “Margie was a great fan of music festivals and would travel all over to take part in them. Enjoying and participating in music was always a very big part of her life,” said former colleague, Dr Julie Blaze.
The sponsorship also allows for a workshop to be named after her in perpetuity. It is expected to be the fiddle workshop, given Margie’s daughter, Jane Aubourg is an accomplished violinist.
“We felt that there was a need to honour Margie --  many friends, colleagues and patients had been unable to do so in a public way as her memorial service was private”.