AV News 177 - August 2009
Sunday 6th December, 10.00am - RPS NW AV Day.
The RPS AV Day on Sunday will be all about learning and entertaining,
focusing on the Essential Components of an AV Sequence. The proceedings
will start at 10am with Attenders' Sequences and comments from our guest
speakers and members of the audience. This is an invaluable way to obtain
advice and for everyone to learn how their work might be improved. There
will also be room for authors who want to entertain us without receiving
feedback. Sequences which have been entered in Saturday's competition
will not be shown again on Sunday. Attendees are encouraged to show work
for comment first, then they have the opportunity to make improvements
before entering competitions. Sequences will be shown on a "first come, first
served" basis, so please book in advance.
Our guest speakers will include Eddie Spence FRPS AV-AFIAP, who will
give us an insight on the key ingredients of his popular sequences, Maureen
Albright ARPS DPAGB and Phil Barker ARPS, who will focus on the
importance of music. We aim to finish around 5pm to give visitors from
outside the North West time to travel home.
Tea, coffee and home-made cake are included in the admission charges
on Saturday and Sunday, lunch is available if pre-booked, or you can bring
your own sandwiches. We try to make the event as friendly as possible by
providing name badges and including time for socialising and browsing.
Isadora’s Legacy
E d d ie S p e n c e FRPS AV-AFIAP
The desire for making the sequence was inspired by another passion of mine.
Janet and I were members of the Swarovski Crystal Special Edition Society
and we collected their Special Edition pieces when they became available
each year. Some times the Swarovski Designers create a theme, which can
run over three years featuring a trilogy of
different elements of the theme each year.
One such theme was "Dance" and
Isadora Duncan was one of the dancers in
the trilogy. As members of the society we
received a quarterly magazine, which
gave lots of background information on
the various pieces, especially Isadora. I
found the story of Isadora's life very
interesting but rather concise.
I began searching the Internet for more information and eventually purchased
an excellent biography (A Sensational Life) by "Peter Kurth" from Amazon.
There are lots of conflicting articles written about Isadora but I chose to
accept Peter Kurth's version as the most plausible. Obviously there will be
some embellishment here and there and the script I adapted from these
readings was as valid as I could make it.
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