AV News 187 - February 2012
Results of The 17th Great Northern Festival
2nd to 4th December 2011
Judges: - Martin Fry, Henk Tulp & Jill K. Bunting
Award
Title
Author
Gold Medal
Special
Howard Bagshaw & Jeff Mansell
Silver Medal
Thomas
Linda & Edgar Gibbs
Bronze Medal
Inspired by the Landscape
Suzanne Walker
Highly Commended Fortress Island
David Pickford
The Magic Touch
Keith Leedham
My Quest
Sheila Davies
Nostalgia
Keith Scott
Some Things Still Remain
Commended
Colin Balls & Peter Coles
In Assynt
Tony Collinson
George & Doreen Pollock Medal
Restricted Winner
Lord Hunt
Ian & Hilary Templeton
Restricted 2nd
Stations of the Cross
Adrian Murphy
Restricted 3rd
Toothbrush
Hilary & Ian Templeton
Audience 1st
Special
Howard Bagshaw & Jeff Mansell
Audience 2nd
Thomas
Linda & Edgar Gibbs
Audience 3rd
Speed painting on the Costa Brava
Ian Bateman
The Full List of Entries is available on www.avnews.org.uk
A Final Great Northern Thought
Howard Gregory
This year we had more entries in the Great Northern than ever before.
Mindful of recent comments about preselection, we squeezed all entries into
a long and intensive day. Unfortunately only half the audience was still there
at the end. Instead of building up to a prize-giving climax, the day rather
fizzled out. As an organiser I felt that I had failed to provide what the
audience wanted.
I'm sure each individual had a good reason to leave when they did. Had
we stopped projecting an hour earlier, they could all have seen the end.
Ought we to have shortened the day to a more acceptable length by
preselecting?
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