Tena Vetor – Our Friend

When Lesle Lane came into the business in the fall of 1991, and she was a “drifter.” She floated around the business learning what she could with the goal always being that she would take over some day.  Who knew that “someday” would come by January of 1992? Her stepfather suffered a stroke, leaving her in charge before she had the skills necessary to run the entire business. Tena convinced her she could do it.  That was her thing: number one cheerleader. Tena had years of experience in the field and walked Lesle through what she needed to know. Tena spent countless hours in the studio with Lesle – she would practice, Tena would run film, it sucked.  Lesle would shoot it again, Tena would process the film again, and it sucked less. Over and over, until one day it was finally good.

There are days it’s still hard to continue on in the business when such a big part of it is missing. Everything that you can see in this business, Tena had a hand in. If you knew her, consider yourself blessed. If you didn’t have the privilege of meeting her, you bet we won’t hesitate to tell you story after story.