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AV News 174 - November 2008 I am encouraged by his statement that my Variations "was one of a very small number of sequences which gained no votes at all." It reveals that there are indeed many sequences other than the winning three, that gain at least one first, second or third vote. Why does Howard want to keep this information secret? Following Howard's example perhaps I can reveal some results of my own. In the Great Northern of 2004 I included "White and a little bit more" by Dianne Owen in my top three. Similarly in 2005 "Missing" by Mike Kersting. Neither of these sequences received any other award. The authors of these sequences might like to write in and let us know whether being aware of my vote would have been encouraging, or whether the opinion of someone with so many shortcomings is of no significance. Documentary and Tourism Peter Hayward My visit on Saturday 20th September to Cirencester was the first to any Audio Visual Festival and well worth the journey from Huntingdon. One thought has stuck in my mind. Why are Documentary and Tourism presentations judged together? The tourism presentations were invariably produ