AV News 180 - May 2010
Our Day Out
G le n y s & J im C o o k e
Well, that was the place to be on Saturday,
the 20th February 2010.
"Where?" I can hear you asking. We
were at Croston in South Lancashire for
the L&CPU's (Lancashire and Cheshire
Photographic Union) AV competition.
We were not participants but we had gone
there to see exactly what kind of work had
been produced as we are keen to develop
our own AV skills. We were welcomed outside the venue by one of the members
and entered to be greeted once more when we signed in.
At 10.00 am approx., everyone was greeted by the organiser and the show
began. We were spellbound by each production as each one was so different to
all the others, with storytelling, commentaries and music of various genre
accompanying each picture show. We had commentaries on historical events,
on people of note, cartoons, pop music, classical music, humour and pathos.
Some of the stories and photographs were very poignant which almost produced
tears, certainly a lump in the throat, whilst others made us laugh. The standard
of the work from all 16 entrants was amazing.
The judges Linda and Edgar Gibbs were very supportive and constructive,
which we found helpful to determine what we could practice in our future
attempts to emulate these works. After seeing all the entries and hearing the
judges comments, we had a break for lunch when we were able to speak about
the various AV clubs, etc in the area where we live. We received nothing but
encouragement and sound advice from everyone we spoke to.
After lunch the winners, actually in our opinions all the entrants were winners,
were announced and trophies and certificates were presented. We were
disappointed when the proceedings were closed as we had thoroughly enjoyed
ourselves and left on an emotional high.
Roll on next year's competition, but till then we have a plan, we have music,
we just need photographs.
All of the
winners
were from
Wilmslow
Guild AV
Group.
1st "Migrant Mother"
Howard Bagshaw ARPS
Commended & Jackass award
"Discovery" Michael Oates
2nd "A Christmas Carol" Jill K Bunting; 3rd "Blackburn Diva" Sheila Davies;
H/C "Escape" Suzanne Walker. See www.avnews.org.uk for list of entries.
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