| Atlantic Crossroads Newfoundland 2005 |
| Yesterday and today I noticed all these big trailers and movie-making trucks in and around St. John�s. I found out they are here to film a mini-series about the bombers sent from Gander to England during World War 2. Newfoundland is certainly becoming a film mecca these days! When I got back to Jim's house, I had the job to send out the press releases by email. There were about 800 to send out. It was a challenge trying to do it without the ISP accusing me of spamming. *sigh* Something that should have taken an hour at the most ended up taking 6 or 7 hours because I had to wait between mass mailings. Jim ahd everything organized very well though and I was grateful for that. Then we picked up Lillian and wound our way to the Arts and Culture Centre at MUN. It was the first of many trips I would take to the Centre this week. The performers were scheduled to come over a two-day period to rehearse with the band so everyone could figure out what things would sound best for the Gala. It's a beautiful venue! I had never been there before and was awed by the inside. It was also the first time I had been backstage anywhere but a high school auditorium. I felt pretty privileged to be there at that point. I had brought my camera but was reluctant to take photos. I didn't know if it would be considered an invasion of privacy. I've been trying to only take photos of people in public places, saving the private moments and conversations for my memory or personal album, not the Net. I'm sure there will be some exceptions along the way, but I used that as my guideline for publishing photos. |
| The ceiling was full of white "Christmas" lights and it looked like stars in the night sky. I could not believe the sound of some of the songs when a band was behind them, not just an acoustic guitar. The band was the Accessories, made up of Boomer Stamp on drums, Glenn Simmons on guitar, Paul Kinsman on keyboard and Billy Sutton on bass. they were joined by Graham Wells on accordion and whistle. They are an incredible group of musicians, able to improvise at the drop of a hat. Niall, Martin and Mark were due to rehearse this afternoon. At 5 PM we were all going over to Hugh Scott's house for a barbecue. If everything went well at the rehearsal hall, that is. I wasn't sure what I was supposed to be doing, so I sat off to the side in the audience Jim and Lillian sat in the middle of the second row of seats, making suggestions for the lights, the sound and mic assignments. I went out in search of a way to send some more of those email press releases. I worked at that while Lillian took photos of the rehearsal! |
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| Me - awed by the performances at rehearsal |
| Billy Sutton - bassist extraordinaire |
| Boomer Stamp, king of the jokesters, behind the plastic wall |
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| Clare O'Mahony and Glenn Simmons |
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