AV News 184 - May 2011
My condolences at the sad loss of Peter. He was a great help and inspiration to
me and many others, always willing to encourage more modest proponents of
AV. Those resonant tones will be sorely missed as will his warm character.
Len Deeley
Peter was an inspiration to so many people - a lovely man, I'll miss his AVs and
poetry.'
Roger Walton
Sad news. Peter will be greatly missed by all. His words were a great comfort to
me in my own time of grief. He was truly a unique individual and his wit, charm,
words and works will live on in the memories of those who knew him and serve
to inspire others. My deepest condolences to his wife and family.
Lin Evans
Sad news. I had only one opportunity to meet Peter in Cirencester last year.
Igor Kokarev
So sorry to hear the sad news about Peter, he was a great help to us when we
started the Geoffrey Round competition for the IAC. Bill & Dorothy Every
He was a super guy, talented and committed to AV ... and an excellent poet.
Margaret Salisbury
It was a privilege to have known him. He helped me enormously, as I know he
also gave his time so generously to so many.
Sheila Davies
I am so glad I had the opportunity to meet him last year. A fantastic person.
Jeff Morris, South Africa
The Leeds Audio Visual Group held their 36th Annual Colour and Music
Spectacular over three nights on the 8th, 9th and 10th of March 2011. The show
was a great success once again with 588 paying people attending over the three
nights. It has been the the practise over the years to have an audience vote to
find a winner for the Mary Holmes Premier Trophy which was won this year by
Laurie Ramsay for his natural history sequence titled Lydford Gorge. The
audience choose the three sequences they liked the best (in no particular order)
which they put on to a voting slip and the results over the three nights of the show
determines the winner. This enables the audience to feel part of the show and
also gives us an indication to what kind of sequences they prefer.
Ralph Smith who is now 92 years old and still had a sequence in this year's
show which did quite well. The Colour and Music Spectacular began in 1976
when Ralph and some of the members of the Leeds Camera Club decided to put
on a show for the public. In 1984, Ralph who was competition secretary produced
his trophy for the best Audio Visual sequence based on good photography and
skill in Audio Visual production.In 1987 Ralph and Geoff Holmes along with other
av members left the Leeds Camera Club and set up the Leeds and District Audio
Visual Group. The trophy continues to be presented each year by experienced
Audio Visual judges to the person who meets this criteria with their sequence.
The trophy this year was presented to Peter Coles FRPS for his seuence 'Your
Star' by Keith Brown FRPS MPAGB and Kate Brown DPAGB.
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