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But there was no hurrying the Boggans of Haxey, Humberside. Deep in the sway, amid the hairy forearms and bulging calves, was the symbolic hood; and it was an unvarying law that no one drank until it was wrestled to one of the local pubs. On the men heaved and pushed, crab-like, across the frosty winter field.
It had all started so well. Twelfth night had dawned sunny and crisp and the bells of Haxey church had rung out to welcome the Hood procession as it marched up the village street.
Spirits had risen further when the unfortunate Fool was smoked over the fire as he - rapidly - chanted the rules: 'Hoose agin' hoose, toon agin' toon/ If tha' meets a man, knock 'im doon/ But don't 'urt 'im.' And then the Lord of the Hood had led the way to Haxey field where the Chief Boggan and his 12 subsidiary Boggans lined up for battle and former Boggans, ancient and fragile, cheered and recalled how they had, in their salad days, fought gallantly in its honour.
For the Haxey Hood Game has gone on in much the same way for at least a century and a half, although the Fool was at one time 'smoked' by being tied to a rope and swung backwards and forwards over the fire rather than standing above it (a practice which ceased after a near fatality), and the sway was, within living memory, a very dangerous proceeding indeed (the Fool's injunction 'don't 'urt 'im' having been introduced only during the First World War).
The idea is to wrestle the Hood to one of four pubs in the villages of Haxey and Westwoodside, providing they all participate - there have been disputes about muddy carpets - where drinks are on the house.
Tradition has it that the game originates from an accident which befell a certain Lady Mowbray in the 13th century.
Galloping across the high land between Haxey and Westwoodside on Christmas Day, a strong wind caught her hood and blew it away, at which point 13 smallholders - or Boggans - gave chase. The one who picked it up was too shy to give it back and named the Fool; but the others did and in return she granted them land with the proviso that the chase must be annually re-enacted.
Detractors have said it is really a ploughing custom, with the Boggans substituted for the bullocks - a suggestion indignantly denied - or a pagan fertility rite.
But these are not, on the whole, worries that dismay the Boggans. On Thursday the manful fighters of the King's Arms won a victory to wrestle the precious hood there by 5.30pm, a pace which quickened as opening time approached. The landlady, Susan Dobing, was waiting with open arms. 'Well done, my boys,' she told them.
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tell me what wattage speakers i need for my amplifierTECHNICS STEREO AMPLIFIER (SU-Z450)
tell me what wattage speakers i need for my amplifierTECHNICS STEREO AMPLIFIER (SU-Z450)
yes you told is right .
but i dont have any information on net also about my amplifier(technics SU-Z450).
even no answer from www.panasonic.com
pls help for how many watt loudspeaker can be install with amplifier.
look on the back of the amplifier. there will be a sticker that lists the voltage, amps and tada! watts. the wattage of the amp should be higher than the wattage of the speakers. that being said, DO NOT TURN UP THE VOLUME TOO HIGH!!! you WILL blow your speakers!!! also, make sure the wattage of the speakers are not too low, 50watts difference is the most you want to go, any higher and it will not be worth it. good luck! cheers!
Unfortunately the technics site is in chinese or japanese and has absolutely no products on it at all. but, judging from the model #, i would say that it is probably a 450 watt amp. this is fairly typical for amp names/model#s, however, logitech does not use this, they seem to use the number of channels as the first number in the series, then use the wattage. some others use other different naming schemes. but this is generally correct.
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A recent study by Hotwire PR has identified several upcoming trends for marketing & communications in 2016. Targeting based on interest rather than age, pursuing native advertising in the age of ad-blockers and exploring opportunities in virtual reality are just a few of these trends. Read the full report and try some fresh ideas in 2016!
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Meet the New Girl-Sara Nadalin
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We are so excited to welcome the amazing and talented Sara Nadalin to our Barefoot team (yes, we do wear shoes to the office, no, it is not a requirement that they be removed upon working here.) Enough about us, I'll let Sara introduce herself:
Born and raised on a hobby farm in Cambridge, Ontario, I first started messing around with HTML at the age of 12 when I was looking for a fun way to practice my typing skills. It didn't take me long to realize that I was more interested in designing the website than programming it. Not having a clue where to start, I begged my parents for Jasc Paint Shop Pro—I clearly had not yet discovered the glory of the Adobe suite.
Fast forward 15 years: I am a graduate of Conestoga College's Graphic Design program, a self-proclaimed "typography junkie", and I couldn't be more excited to start this new chapter of my design career at Barefoot Creative!
When I'm not designing or doodling I enjoy singing, going for hikes, exploring, and practicing yoga.
Non-profits as leaders in innovation…
POSTED BY: Gayle
"Innovation" and "non-profit" in the same sentence?
First of all, let's dispel the notion that Non-Profits are, well, not-for-profit. Unlike the For-Profit sector, Non-Profits' role is to make as much profit as possible and then distribute that profit to their owners – society. As a societal shareholder, I want to see my Non-Profits contribute with professionalism and effectiveness. It's a misnomer to believe that Non-Profits should work on shoestring budgets with low paid staff working on hand-me-down computers and sitting on mismatched slightly malfunctioning chairs.
Those working for social good should be industry leaders, using strategies of communication, marketing and testing that meet stated goals. The role of the Non-Profit is to generate greater good. To generate greater good there needs to be an underlying source of funding. Believing that is done by happenstance and benevolence is naïve.
We often dream about doing a truly innovative campaign – like the "Share a Coke Tour" (custom product kiosks), Dove "You are Beautiful Campaign (unlimited appeal), and the infamous Apple/PC ad. But Non-Profits have been leaders: Movember, Dumb ways to Die and UNICEF's Tap project have all won awards for innovation alongside For-Profit campaigns.
Non-Profits too often lament the lack of budget, rather than focus on what really matters: communication that truly connects with the audience.
It's more difficult than expected. Too many times Non-Profits chase "what works" for other organizations. Putting five greeting cards, a pen and stickers into a label package is not innovative or brand centric. While the response of that package may make sense in the short term, the donors are neither loyalty driven or sustainable for the long term. I wonder if the package is done again and again and again because it is cost-effective and driven by a direct response method unconcerned about brand or, for that matter, long term loyalty.
While many Non-Profits wish for a quick, cash-rich campaign like Movember or the Ice Bucket Challenge, truly innovative Non-Profits must put their imaginations to work to develop campaigns and products that build long-term loyalty among donors.
Simple Makes Sense
POSTED BY: Gayle
Innovation is always a result of an expressed need. Often the innovation, upon reflection, seems simple – like the Dove's beauty campaign. It just makes sense.
Donor's Choose, a US web portal, invites teachers to request items they need from the general public. The site celebrates crowdfunding. Donors can choose to provide a classroom tickets to the local museum, an art program, books for the library – the requests are broad and often inventive. The site was launched in 2003. To date, it has raised almost $370 million dollars for over 640,000 projects.
The theory behind the site is simple – teachers (the direct beneficiary) tell the public (the donor) what they need and why. The transaction takes place online, taking advantage of a huge reach. Donors can give a few dollars or provide the funds for the whole project. This kind of crowdfunding is raising eyebrows from coast to coast.
The idea is inspired by KickStarter, a funding site for entrepreneurs. Amanda Palmer, a musician who uses crowdfunding in a big way, uses extremely creative social media, events and web tactics to increase her ability to fund through crowds. She does not simply post and rely on the public to find her.
Her insights for raising funds are inspiring. She says:
But with busking, as with crowdfunding: asking is the relationship. The trust and humility created by the artist with their hat out on the street, and the generosity of the person tossing in their coin, is all part of the art form.
One of her most insightful observations was that she noticed that there were thousands of people who were just waiting to become a part of something that was much bigger than they were. Joining her on her journey to produce art resonated with them.
Amanda Palmer stood out. She did things no other artist had ever considered. She dared to change the paradigm.
Mustaches Make Money: Non-Profits Inspiring Innovation
POSTED BY: Gayle
Non-profits are rarely seen as leaders in marketing innovation. But the environment in which Non-Profits find themselves is ripe for innovation: tight budgets, great talent and inspiring need.
Truly innovative marketing has little to do with budget. A tight budget may, in fact, develop a stronger and more compelling campaign. Innovative marketing starts with a problem and uses imagination within the confines of the resources available to develop a solution. Seth Godin, in Purple Cow: Transform Your Business By Being Remarkable urges companies to resist boring mass marketing that is repetitive and begin to separate from the herd and be "Remarkable".
Shouldn't a non-profit be remarkable? After all, they are doing heroic, courageous things within our world. And they have the power to invite ordinary people to come alongside and join them.
There are innovative campaigns that are working.
Movember is one of them. Last year Movember raised $24 million for prostate cancer in Canada alone. Over the past 11 years the campaign has raised almost $700 million dollars world-wide.
What can we learn?
There is immense power in a movement that captures the imagination of men and women around the world. It started with a good cause; a cause that was a little uncomfortable to talk about. A simple fundraising model was added to the good cause. The idea was simple, attractive and caught the attention of people world-wide. But it didn't start at millions of dollars. It started small and grew strategically, taking advantage of web, social media and playfulness.
Aldous Huxley wrote: "The vast majority of human beings dislike and even actually dread all notions with which they are not familiar… Hence it comes about that at their first appearance innovators have generally been persecuted and always derided as fools and madmen."
So let's cause a little trouble… what do you think defines innovation?
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What an opportunity! We love being able to experience our clients' work first-hand as we gather photo and story resources to use in their fundraising and communication pieces. Last month two of our staff traveled to India to spend time with children, women and men affected by leprosy and Lymphatic Filariasis.
Happy Birthday CASL
POSTED BY: Gayle
If you don't know what CASL is, you haven't been listening. Canada's Anti-Spam Law celebrated its first birthday on July 1. And it's been a busy year for the legislative bodies: the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) and the Competition Bureau. More than $31.2 million in fines have been handed to those who refused to listen.
Our take-away?
They're serious! Canadians are interested as well and over 326,000 people have taken time out of their busy days to complain.
From a recent publication of the Canadian Marketing Association (July 2, 2015), here are the three requirements that must be met:
1. Consent must exist (either implied or express) to send the CEM.
2. The CEM in question must contain prescribed identification information.
3. The CEM must contain a functioning unsubscribe link.
Here's a quick look at some things you may not know:
1. Implied and express consent continues to be a slippery slope. Implied consent means that your customer engages in a transaction with you every two years. Express consent is when a customer signs a form that gives you permission to contact them through email. You decide what you need to do.
2. The jury's still out on when to sneak the little paper under the digital signature of your customer. Some say – just do it and get it over with. Others argue that you may miss your initial sale, so hold off a bit. Your marketing and communications team needs to make sure they are on top of customer performance.
3. Know that in any case you can email someone you have done business with for two years UNLESS (and this is significant) your customer has told you they do not want to hear from you. Which, of course, means that you have to give them an easy way to unsubscribe.
4. You can email someone for two years from the time of the most recent transaction. If they did not buy from you, you can email them for six months from the time they asked you about their business.
5. The actual word "relationship" is undefined – so it's pretty open.
There are many websites, including the CRTC, that give more information. The bottom line? Take care to protect the privacy of business partners and customers. It matters.
Marketing 2020
POSTED BY: Gayle
Hard to develop a 5-year plan when Google and Apple are changing our lives in increments of seconds… but Fast Company gathered several astute marketers and asked them what they thought. As I read the article, I thought about the many ways we need to be cognizant of change as we begin to market – but it's a slippery slope.
Take web design.
Five years ago left side navigation, resistance to scrolling, glow in the dark click buttons were not only pervasive, but requested. Today navigation is subtle, embedded into the design. Navigating a site becomes an experience. Scrolling is everything because mobile devices are everywhere – the smart phone is anchored in our little fists. Click buttons are a part of the design and designed as a function that carries the brand and campaign.
How do we keep up?
Two core things:
1. Understand your goals. When you know where you're going it's much easier to choose the route, the equipment needed, supplies and clothing.
2. Understand the trends. Today is Google's day. All day long tweet masters are shooting out innovations proposed by Google. Know what's happening and use what makes sense.
When you understand where you're going and the trends, you can focus, choosing the marketing strategies right for your company or non-profit (I prefer social-profit… so you'll see that crop up). And you can stop chasing shiny objects that catch your eye in the distance.
I believe there are three core components to the future of marketing and communications:
1. Technology
2. Data
3. Brand
Technology is tough. I still find it hard to believe that people read books with paper pages. But I have been reading on a screen for years. You can laugh, but I read Stephen King's Under the Dome on my Blackberry Torch (OK, now I'm laughing too). I should have known I could have just binge-watched it on TV. I won a Kobo e-Reader before it was wireless (2010 – but it seems longer!)
As you're reading this you're saying, "Hey, I still read paper books…. And print magazines too." Yeah – and so do millions of people.
Trends in technology have to be adopted in sync with your audience. I was chatting with a print magazine this week. My mind was crazy popping with ideas of what they could do if they tossed print. The bi-monthly publication could publish every day. News could be news when it's news. Videos could replace written interviews (a little edgy to record the interview instead of writing it up, but hey…). Social media and sharing could transform its reach.
But here's the clincher… they don't know if their reading audience reads on a screen, is interested in reading on a screen or even has a screen. Yeah, the board and many staff members are – but they really need to understand the audience.
You may find this hard to believe, but there are real people out there who own a smart phone and use it only to talk on the phone and text their children who don't understand the theory of live conversation. Many of them have never used a QR code (phew…. ).
I would argue a web site is a critical tool for all companies in today's economy. But our attitudes are changing about technology. Bells and whistles (fire shooting from the corner of our nav bar?) are a thing of the past – today our audiences want the web site to work without hesitation, be intuitive (read: think like I think) and contain the content I'm looking for.
Content is king.
Data is AMAZING. I still can't figure out why Shopper's Drug Mart sends me the identical eblast EVERY day (twice today). They know what I buy. The hay day of personalization is just beginning, but right now most companies are not really smart enough to use it well. It's just so big.
Google and Facebook are data geniuses. But data is still a problem. First of all, the laws and perceptions about privacy are poorly articulated and misunderstood. We still don't fully understand the play between "metadata" and personal data. Metadata identifies trends and allows us to identify shifting trends and collective behaviour.
Metadata also ushers in the age of the masses. There is an ironic interplay between metadata and true personalization. We are nowhere near understanding what that means. We do know that finite personalization in some cases backfires, as it scares the consumer. In other cases, companies shooting you coupons as you walk by the store is awesome!
Data also means a data base. Our experience is that data base expertise is essential in a data base that performs. You've all heard "garbage in garbage out" too many times for it to even be meaningful at this point. But you need to understand a few basic pieces.
A data base is not intuitive. Each cell needs to represent one piece of data. When you have set it up properly, understanding what information you are tracking and what comparisons you are doing – the data becomes a powerful tool in developing your annual marketing strategies. But if it's inaccurate, undocumented and tries to do too much in one little cell – you'll just give up. The data base does not analyze – the professional uses the data to draw out trends.
We are swimming in oceans of polluted data. That needs to change for data to truly be useful.
Brand is more than a name, an icon or a colour. Brand is an experience. Today's savvy marketers understand that the core brand doesn't change at the whim of the campaign strategist, writer or designer. BUT the core brand is positioned for audiences.
And understanding audience today is tricky. We are just catching the cusp of a really revolutionary thought: generation groups do not all have the same characteristics. We have fallen into a bit of a habit of putting Builders, Boomers, Gen Xers, Millennials (and, and, and) into neat little boxes. We're seeing 20 year olds with extremely traditional values and 80 years tapping away on their tablet looking for innovative ideas.
I honestly don't really think that's new but segmentation has made us lazy. We have shoved age groups into cultural groups, defining them by age not by performance, issue or interest. Brands need to shrug out of the idea that they are a "young" brand or an "old" brand.
Brand managers and marketers need to be savvy in applying the brand values to specific audiences – not to an age group. I think we will all be surprised at how diverse the interest groups actually are. You are going to need your data to understand your unique audience.
The biggest challenge I see is the growth of complexity as multiple channels, more sophisticated technology and multiple audiences emerge. We have been talking integration for decades. We still find it challenging to do. There are so many opportunities, but today's marketers need to pick and choose. They need to identify their marketing goal before they even write their brief. They need to establish consistent outcomes to evaluate performance.
Inspired by Jeff Beer, Fast Company
Are you encouraging a Deletist Culture?
POSTED BY: Gayle
Marketing professionals have stupendous skills in creating jargon. In this case we may want to pay some attention. The "Deletist Consumer", a term coined by Aimia, refers to our penchant for mindlessly swiping irrelevant emails from brands. A new study from the Aimia Institute (the research arm of Aimia) reports that 72% of Canadians say they receive useless junk email every day. Frankly, that seems a little low to me. Perhaps Canadians are generous to brands that over mail and under engage.
What's more 53% opt out of the "the majority" of email communications they receive from brands. 71% have unfollowed/unliked brands on social channels and 73% have closed accounts and subscriptions because they don't like the communications they received.
Increased use of smart phones makes it a quick swipe to lose the message. Don't get the research wrong. Canadians love e-mail or updates from brands they love AND send relevant information. In fact, 74% are generally happy receive marketing offers and 55% share personal details to receive relevant offers. So here's my beef… I already did a whole blog on Shoppers… but here's a company that has copious amounts of data – from how often I purchased Reactin to my favourite brand of mascara. Now, as my eyes drip and my nose runs in the spring mold and I really need that waterproof mascara, I get the exact same offer as everyone – more loyalty points. The teaser line "A personal offer for Gayle" is a train wreck. The only part of "personal" that comes from their excellent data is "Gayle". Even the least savvy data can do that.
OK – rant done.
So here's some advice:
1. If you're messages are not personal – don't say they are. Authentic brands don't sell snake oil.
2. Find the perfect match between frequency and relevancy. This is an art, not a science. Good friends chat daily. Long distant relatives – not so much.
3. Understand the psycho-social trends of your audience. I know – it's old school marketing – but understanding your audience is still relevant.
4. Whisper. There is a lot more power in a whisper than a shout. If you have a secret – share it to your best customers, it's human nature to love to be the first to hear.
5. Use social as a conversation not a soap box – conversation means a dialogue between two or more people. Make sure you respond to people who are talking to you. The more personal the better.
Enough advice for a Friday… marketing is an amazing opportunity to share good news with the people who care about your brand. Have fun with it!
Barefoot News
POSTED BY: Gayle
I have ignored the blog for weeks, the discipline of writing slipping out of my hands as I balance clients, strategic growth and moving. This fall Kevin and I were day dreaming about the next phase of Barefoot. We had seen tremendous growth in the first ten years of the business. It was exciting, invigorating and, well, just a little daunting. As the economy slipped into recession, we re-evaluated our business model. We decided to down-size to reduce management and administrative tasks, building a team that was much more agile and responsive to client needs and, most of all, free to create not manage.
As we changed things internally, we realized our current office space really didn't work for us.
Partitions, boring walls (even though we painted them bright blue and green), file cabinets (paperless???). Then the train rushed through our office rattling windows, startling Dan's Gnomes into a tremulous dance and fluttering papers across the desk. I no longer even heard the train — after more than 10 years I had become numb to its movement — but most of our team had not. Underneath the new plaster and carpet the building was over a hundred years old and the train was about 14 feet from our back windows. The whole building trembled when the train would pass. Clients would stop mid-sentence, wondering if they should run for cover.
Then when the UPS man was held hostage to the failing mechanics of our only elevator for an hour or so, we thought…."Hmmmm, maybe it's time to move."
So we started the search.
We looked at strip malls…. nope, that wasn't really going to work for us. Wrong feel totally.
We looked at high rise office buildings…. yeah, yeah — same old, same old.
The, by happenstance, we noticed a little stone cottage in the village of Breslau. Kevin and I had looked at the building more than 5 years ago. It was just a little quirky, but we both were intrigued by the possibilities.
We looked at it again…
We brought our team to look at it….
We met the landlords…
We shook hands…
And then we filled all sorts of green boxes with stuff and moved into this lovely cottage..
The myth we heard about this lovely 19th century cottage is that is housed the first corporate head office of Zellers Canada. While that would be a lovely story to tell… I did a little digging and I don't think it is anything but a myth. But it may be (and I haven't been able to unearth any actual facts), that this was the farm house that Walter Phillip Zellers ( who started Zellers in 1931) grew up in, one mile from Breslau (That pretty much works out).
What we did discover was that it is PERFECT for Barefoot.
The cottage's stone walls are two feet thick and the window ledges are crying for beautiful plants (our challenge is to keep them alive, not proven to be a strong point in the past). There are windows (that open — which is always a bonus) throughout the offices, even the new addition built on to the back is chalked full of windows. And it is quirky — perfect for a creative agency. The addition was trimmed in Knotty Pine — which may have been a fashion statement, but I can't think when. So we painted over it. Thank you Laird — now the offices are bright and efficient while retaining the history of the cottage.
We are so excited.
Located right in the hub of Kitchener, Waterloo, Guelph and Cambridge, the office is so close to all of our local clients. Toronto, Canadian and international clients can skip the KW traffic jams and come through the corn fields … it's a beautiful drive and so easy to do. We are right by the International Airport — so Ken you can just walk to our office when you fly in!
We have more space than we had on Victoria Street and the space is awesome. Our board room, the full 2nd floor, is a great space to dream, plan and build creative strategies to help companies, organizations and non-profits reach their goals.
Our formal Open House is on June 19, 2015 from 12 pm to 6 pm…. but you can drop in any time.
Join us in celebrating a new season for Barefoot — a season of increased creativity, imagination and focus on doing good for our local community, our province, our nation and our world. Great communication impacts change.


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The Lucky Swines are a very special group of people.
In June each year the Lucky Swines are invited to attend the official release of the next vintage of Piggs Peake wines.
2017 New Release Night dates:
17th & 24th June, 2017
22nd & 29th July, 2017
Theme - Motown
"Please RSVP with your membership details and we will ensure there is a space available for you"
All the wines from the range are opened and the Swines spend the evening feasting on King Prawns, Oysters, Duck Sausages, Marinated Beef, Spitroast Rumps, whole Spitroast Pigs, Chocolate Cakes and Cheese all matched to the wines on pour.
Entertainment is provided by Dr Goodvibe (a band of local legends who often have special guests join the band on the evening. You will find samples of their work on you tube).
The event is complimentary to Lucky Swines and their guests.
During the evening the Swines will take note of which wines are their favourites and by the end of the event will have compiled a list of the wines which they would like to have sent out to them through the year.
This ability to "Cherry Pick" the range that the Swines have means that a lot of the higher end Piggs Peake Wines are becoming, simply by default, available to the Swines only.
So, if you want to try the best Piggs Peake has to offer, the Swines is the way to go to ensure your supply of your favourite tipple.
The event is complimentary to club members. The wines they purchase as club members have special pricing. Freight is free Australia wide on case sale and all case purchases from our premium range (mixed or straight dozens) attract 13 to the dozen.
In addition, dinners are held for club members to enjoy in some of the top restaurants in NSW, QLD and VIC with venues such as Aria Brisbane, Pendolino, Manta, Hugos and Websters just to name a few.
Club members are also welcome to discuss having their own events for family and friends at the winery such as birthday parties, engagement parties etc etc
So, if you like the wines, become a Swine and enjoy being involved with Piggs Peake Winery.
Please contact Linda on (02) 6574 7000 for any queries.
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LOCASH - They're chart-topping. High energy. And two of the most thrilling performers in country music. See them right here at the Lake County Fair on Friday, July 28!
Hot off their smash number one hit "I Know Somebody", and as seen on Jimmy Kimmel Live, the TODAY Show and singing the National Anthem for the 2016 World Series, the ACM-nominated hot country duo LOCASH includes Baltimore native Chris Lucas and Indianapolis, Indiana's Preston Brust. Their smash No. 1 hit "I Know Somebody" topped Billboard Country Airplay and Country Aircheck after their RIAA Gold-Certified "I Love This Life" single ascended to the top of the charts. Both hits are included on their new album THE FIGHTERS, their first full-length project with Reviver Records. The nonstop duo continues their North American tour to promote THE FIGHTERS, which includes additional dates part of Live Nation's 'Ones To Watch' headlining tour. LOCASH is also featured in Comcast Built Ford Tough® dealer advertising campaigns and in Pennzoil® Garage sessions. Visit LOCASHmusic.com to hear and see more about their high-energy show!
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GI Joe Cobra Viper
I opened a couple of figures the other day and they happened to be The PoC Rock Viper and PoC Cobra Viper. Right away I was not impressed with Rock Viper at all, and then wondered what the arms would look like attached to the Viper. This is the end result, and I think this look is much improved over the basic Viper figure.
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Styling embroidered pieces is an easy way to wear a simple piece but have it look so much more interesting. My Alexis dress is traditionally cut, but since it has embroidered flowers it definitely gives it a more expensive look and feel. See #MaiTips below for how I like to style embroidered dresses.
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Pakistani authorities have arrested nine terrorists and have filed an FIR has been filed against Azam Amir Kasav in connection with the Mumbai terror attacks, claimed Interior Ministry Chief, Rehman Malik last week.
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I'm looking at oriental rugs for color ideas for the next rag rug. I have two full spools of cotton rug warp in red and deep purple and two smaller amounts of the eggplant and chartreuse from the first rag rug.
Here's what looks to me like the traditional grouping of reds, blues and greens. I have dark blue, dark green, light blue, and some print sheets in shades of lavender, grey, and light blue for the rag wefts, and these are the colors I had in mind.
This one is beautiful, though more orange in the center than red. And this one might be the best model - lots of red, with touches of gold and blue.
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Monday, December 28, 2009
A Sweater that Fits
The photographs are not much to show, but I have finally managed to knit a sweater that fits me. Sigh of relief and happiness. I owe credit to Ann Budd's The Handy Book of Sweater Patterns. And to my knitting teacher, who suggested the book.
Perhaps for most knitters, but especially for me, who knit very loosely, struggle to get gauge without going down to the tiniest of needles, and wear a smaller size, this book was a savior. I could start with wherever my gauge was - and then figure out from there details such as the length of the sweater, how long to make the sleeves, and what kind of neckline or button band I wanted. My goal was for this sweater to be a tutorial: a chance to see how the basic pattern worked up, whether it fit or not, and from that information, be better able to make the adjustments needed to get to from the sweater in my imagination to the finished object.
Perhaps for most knitters, but especially for me, who knit very loosely, struggle to get gauge without going down to the tiniest of needles, and wear a smaller size, this book was a savior. I could start with wherever my gauge was - and then figure out from there details such as the length of the sweater, how long to make the sleeves, and what kind of neckline or button band I wanted. My goal was for this sweater to be a tutorial: a chance to see how the basic pattern worked up, whether it fit or not, and from that information, be better able to make the adjustments needed to get to from the sweater in my imagination to the finished object.
I worked from the master pattern for the Set-in Sleeve Cardigan. I tried to stick with the program, but did end up using a few details from the Cropped Cardigan, such as a longer ribbed border, bracelet-length sleeves, and a black edging against the heathered brown yarn of the main parts of the sweater. The buttons are black, also, to pick up the edging detail.
It's warm, comfortable, and best of all, I'll be able to wear it (in fact, I have it on as I write this). Next up, I'm thinking of trying a V-neck with lace edging on a bell sleeve or perhaps a colorwork effect of doing the sleeves in orange and the body in pink. Here are the details on this sweater:
Pattern: Set-in Sleeve Cardigan
Yarn: Cascade 220 Heather, 5 skeins of heather brown; 1 skein of black (of which I only needed about 25% of the skein)
Needles: size 4 and size 5 Addi Natura
Notions: 6 buttons
Size: 36 (allows some ease, for a comfortable but not oversized fit)
The only other thing to mention is that this is a full sleeve, especially at the cap. If you like a slimmer look, you may want to figure out how to leave out a few increases and still have the sleeve fit the armhole. (I'm not there, yet.)
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Thursday, December 24, 2009
Prasantavahita: a great peace flows.
Happy holidays to all. Eat something good, laugh, enjoy whatever celebration you make for yourself, whether it's dinner with 30 of your relatives or take-out Chinese and a video. Light a candle and relax for a day!
Happy holidays to all. Eat something good, laugh, enjoy whatever celebration you make for yourself, whether it's dinner with 30 of your relatives or take-out Chinese and a video. Light a candle and relax for a day!
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For the next rug, I've been thinking about the quiet tones of the Japanese saki-ori style rug, made of recycled kimono fabric.
And the appeal of the muted browns and blacks of the Japanese textiles versus the happier colors of a Kaffe Fassett piece. Oh, the choices. How can one person have such diametrically-opposed tastes?
But I do love this site - Sri Threads - a Brooklyn gallery that sells Japanese and Indian textiles. And the blog: one beautiful textile after another (especially this Ralli quilt).
And the appeal of the muted browns and blacks of the Japanese textiles versus the happier colors of a Kaffe Fassett piece. Oh, the choices. How can one person have such diametrically-opposed tastes?
But I do love this site - Sri Threads - a Brooklyn gallery that sells Japanese and Indian textiles. And the blog: one beautiful textile after another (especially this Ralli quilt).
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Monday, December 21, 2009
Rag Rug
A rag rug for the front hallway.
Pattern: Finnish Bird's Eye, variation #2
Source: Davison, Handweaver's Pattern Book (the classic stitch dictionary for weavers)
Warp: Maysville 8/4 Cotton Rug warp in a deep purple and a chartreuse, warped in stripes based on the Fibonacci series: 3" chartreuse, 1" eggplant, 2" char., 17" egg., 2" char., 1" egg, and ending with 3" char.
Number of warp threads: 216 (this includes a doubled floating selvage on each edge, to keep the borders straight)
Weft: one set of full size sheets from the resale shop (may be a cotton/poly blend, I'm not sure); ripped into 1" strips and sewn end to end on the sewing machine before use
EPI: 8 (ends per inch for you non-weavers - this is the number of warp ends, or lengthwise threads, that go onto the loom and capture the weft, or horizontal threads)
Width on loom: 27"
Finished size: 25" x 45"
Source: Davison, Handweaver's Pattern Book (the classic stitch dictionary for weavers)
Warp: Maysville 8/4 Cotton Rug warp in a deep purple and a chartreuse, warped in stripes based on the Fibonacci series: 3" chartreuse, 1" eggplant, 2" char., 17" egg., 2" char., 1" egg, and ending with 3" char.
Number of warp threads: 216 (this includes a doubled floating selvage on each edge, to keep the borders straight)
Weft: one set of full size sheets from the resale shop (may be a cotton/poly blend, I'm not sure); ripped into 1" strips and sewn end to end on the sewing machine before use
EPI: 8 (ends per inch for you non-weavers - this is the number of warp ends, or lengthwise threads, that go onto the loom and capture the weft, or horizontal threads)
Width on loom: 27"
Finished size: 25" x 45"
I decided to hem the ends, which use the carpet warp rather than rags, for a cleaner edge. I zigzagged the raw, cut edges once I'd removed the rug from the loom, turned the ends under, and machine-stitched the hem. One pattern from Handwoven suggested hand stitching the hem, but I'm all for practicality and this rug is to be used in the winter and then thrown in the washing machine and dryer for cleaning.The next time, I'll use more warp ends per inch so that the rug has a sturdier feel; this one is a little too drapey, but still, not bad for a first effort. I'm thinking of something that emulates an Oriental rug for the next one: deep blues and scarlets and greens in the warp, and something wider to have more presence in the little front hallway to our house.
In the meantime, I'm trying so hard to Make Do and Mend...I have 4 oddball amounts of 10/2 pearl cotton, which I threw onto the kitchen scale to ballpark the amount of yardage left. I'm trying to talk myself into experimenting with a scarf in the Finnish's Bird's Eye, with stripes in the weft so that there is some colorwork interest.
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Saturday, December 19, 2009
I'm weaving a rag rug, while listening to an audio version of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus, read by Simon Vance. It's a perfect novel to listen to: a crazy combination of romance, Gothic horror, and psychological thriller. I've tried to read it several times, but hearing Vance do the slightly crazed, somewhat Transylvanian accent of Victor Frankenstein, seemingly the creator of a man-shaped monsters from bits and pieces from the cemetery and the morgue. I say seemingly, because I began to doubt his reliability pretty quickly - he does that eighteenth-century thing of being ill for several months at a time, overwhelmed emotionally and psychologically, only to rally and then see the monster in incredible places, such as suddenly showing up in the Alps as Frankenstein is taking a tour of the sublime, overcome, yet again, by guilt, passion, fear, and beauty. Oh, those eighteenth-century Romantics.
But about the weaving: the great thing about this rag rug is how quickly it is weaving up. Two and half discs of the book and I'm ready to cut it from the loom, knot the warp ends for fringe, and take a look at it close-up. Below, a view showing the interaction of the warp colors and the pattern, though the colors are more accurate in the photos above.
I'm enjoying putting a short warp (about 100-125") on the loom, weaving something, and then starting a new project. I'd get more accomplished, in the long run, if I put a much longer warp on and I would waste less yarn (you lose at least 35" from each warp end to the mechanics of attaching to the back beam and front beam of the loom). But it's nice, for a change, to see something different coming off the loom at periods closer together than one year, my previous average for weaving a project.
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Thursday, December 17, 2009
Happy Hanukah
Indian oil lamps.
These are brass, though you can find less intricate shapes in lesser metals. The wick is a cunning device: a round, cotton-ball center that sits in the oil, with a short wick that lays in a small, funnel-shaped tip. You pour a small amount of oil into the base (in this case, extra-virgin olive oil, which my husband advocates as the Only Oil to Use, including for oil lamps), light the wick with a match, and it slowly burns until the oil is used up.
During Diwali, the Indian festival of lights commemorating Rama's rescue of Sita from captivity, you see these little oil lamps placed along the top of walls, clustered in front of open doorways, and along the road. (The word Diwali is an abbreviation of the Sanskrit term for "row of lights.")
While we celebrate Hanukkah, I liked the idea of adding to the menorah lighting something more ancient than candles to commemorate the Jewish festival of lights.
While we celebrate Hanukkah, I liked the idea of adding to the menorah lighting something more ancient than candles to commemorate the Jewish festival of lights.
As I watched them burn, I wondered what it would have been like to try to accomplish anything after dark in the world before electricity. How did the colonials get anything done? And what does whale oil look like when it burns? The things that we will never know.
One thing that I will know, however, is how to start a fire with flint and steel! Below, my Hanukkah present from my husband:
I'm looking forward to weather warm enough to test it out. First, I have to create some charred cloth by burning the fabric in an empty soup can. Even if I never achieve my hope of going on Survivor (at this point, I believe I would be voted off first for falling into the category of too old and female), I'm going to learn to start a fire. No idea why this appeals to me, but I am now the owner of both a rugged knife from one daughter and a fire starting kit from my husband.
And something very different: Pretty Thing, designed by Stephanie Pearl-McPhee. Brooks Farm Solo Silk - the perfect combination of wool and silk.
Unfortunately, knit without swatching and much too big, even without blocking, and lace opens up a lot. May decide to rip it out and use it instead for a scarf. With Chicago winter in full force, I'm craving something long to wrap around my neck and nose when I walk the dog.
Unfortunately, knit without swatching and much too big, even without blocking, and lace opens up a lot. May decide to rip it out and use it instead for a scarf. With Chicago winter in full force, I'm craving something long to wrap around my neck and nose when I walk the dog.
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Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Hawaiian Greenery
Protea from a plant shop at the base of Haleakala.
Below, a silvery shrub growing on Mount Haleakala, the site of the (currently) extinct volcano. Silver plants, in this very clear light, literally glow with a very white-silver light. The difference between the look of this plant - a little twiggy, misshapen - and the feel of the leaves - velvety, soft - is intriguing.
Another silver plant: this one is called Silversword. I believe that it is extinct in most regions of the world, and is being carefully cultivated at this high-altitude elevation in raised beds or planting areas carefully restricted from people's footsteps.
Because Hawaii is geographically separated from most other land masses on the planet, it has a restricted number of biological and botanical species. For example, there are only two butterflies indigenous to Maui, and there are a vast number of species - according to the information at Haleakala - that become extinct because they are unable to present sufficient numbers as well as prolong their existence until some sort of diversity develops. Very interesting: this barrenness in the midst of all of this plenty.
The summit, with a few visitors looking at a sign about the Science area that is closed to the public. How often do you see a picture like this: no buildings, no power lines, no streets, no crowds - just land and sky and a few human beings?
While the plants look green and lush as you hike the lower trails, many of the growing things- to the touch - have the fleshy feel of desert plants holding onto to water.
Ferns, brown and dry, along the trail.
For contrast, a view of a trail off the road to Hana. At sea level, many mountain streams and waterfalls, next to the ocean, and a more temperate climate. Here, lots of beautiful carpet-soft moss.
And sun. Oh, sun and sky, where have you gone in Chicago? Today there is a tiny glimmer of blueness, but otherwise, it is winter in the Midwest: overcast, sodden, grey skies; no sign of sun; no mountains or oceans; and the rapidly accelerating slide toward the winter holidays.
My plan is to try to counterbalance the rest by dosing myself a bit, each day, with something enjoyable - photos from Maui, some knitting, some cooking, some reading (The Invention of Air - about philosophers/scientists/politicians in the 18th century, including the redoubtable Ben Franklin and Joseph Priestley - and Dorothy Sayers' mysteries, especially anything with Harriet Vane and Peter Wimsey), some watching of good, sitcom television (Third Rock and The Office and Scrubs), some old movies (Arsenic and Old Lace) and the lighting of lots of candles. Here's wishing you some light and some laughter this season. Without a sense of humor, how would we bear it all?
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Friday, December 11, 2009
Haleakala. The summit at 10,023 feet above sea level. Land of the Sun in the native language. The fourth-clearest air in the world (there is a Science area not open to the public, where Dept. of Defense and academics can view an object as small as a basketball 20,000 miles into space.) Also, the drive up to the summit: one of the two quickest rises in vertical elevation within the shortest amount of time, also in the world. At this level, the air is thin, and you are warned to walk slowly up flights of stairs to the viewing platform. There are no guard rails, and I had a sense that one could walk slowly off the edge, into the clouds, which are below you because you have driven above their level to get here. The ground looks brown and gravel-like: the lava is very lightweight and crumbles when you rub it between thumb and finger.To get here, you drive up. And up. And up. We decided to take a pass on the sunrise viewing, which brings many tourists to the park. And I was glad for several reasons: no 3:30 am rising on my vacation, no lines of cars inching along as everyone stressed about reaching the summit before the sun, and that we wanted to do some hiking while in the park. Currently, the park has discontinued the practice of allowing tourists to ride down from the summit en-masse: too man accidents. Still, we passed several bikers going up on their own steam, including a woman from Utah and her companion, who were having absolutely no trouble peddling up the mountain. No puffing. No straining. No visible exertion as they rode up, and up, and up, and these are steep inclines and a gradual decrease in altitude, and thus, available oxygen. I once rode my bike in Switzerland, through the mountains, and that was nothing compared to the steepness and twisting of the road. We saw them again at the summit, and still, not even winded. Unbelievable.
I did all of the driving, except for a short span when I asked my husband to take over. I immediately saw that without the distraction of focusing on the road and the speed and the bikers, I was not a happy passenger. Car sickness and a sudden sense of being afraid of heights can come on very quickly when you are ascending an extinct volcano by automobile. Nor were reassurances such as a reminder that the driver had never before sent us off the edge of the road and over a cliff, or that it looked like even if one did go over, accidentally, that it was not a sheer drop but more of a gentle descent, of any consolation. Next turnoff, I was back to driving.
We stopped partway up to hike the Halemau'u Trail. Here's the path.
Very rocky, but nice big rounded rocks that you could step from one to the next on. I had sturdy running shoes on, but could see why wearing hiking boots and carrying trekking poles was a more common approach. At this point, you are at 8000 feet above sea level and weather conditions can change rapidly. We hiked with a pack full of water, rain gear, camera, extra batteries, and I wore my fleece, which came on and off depending upon where we were walking.
The plan was to hike down for about 30 minutes, then turn around and head back up, which the tour book warned would take twice as long. We went a little further, just to be able to see the crater, which has been used to train astronauts for doing moon walks, I read somewhere.
The foliage reminded me of Arizona. Lots of succulent-type plants with thick, fleshy leaves or sharp, spiky branches. And the ferns are much thicker than those in Illinois. Must be drier here than I'd expected; we speculated that the rain in the 'Iao Valley gets stopped by mountains in the way between there and Haleakala.
A view of the crater, from this trail. You can go all the way down to the cinder trails and then back up. We met a couple back at the trailhead who'd done the whole path in about 4 hours, and if I'd had boots and more time in Hawaii, I'd definitely do it.
Back up to the summit, in the next pictures. To the left, in the picture below, is the gap where lava poured and broke through the edge of the crater.
Another view. Toward the right, not quite visible, is a second gap where lava broke through. One of the gaps occurred only 200-400 years ago, which is nothing, compared to, say, the writing of the Declaration of Independence. Hawaii is over one million years old.
And the clouds. To the right, a view of the Big Island as well as a second island, over 100 miles away. Up this high, it is silent. No birds. A bit of wind, but no trees to rustle. Tourists speak quietly, and there is a sense of having made an effort and seen something not quite of this world.
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Tuesday, December 08, 2009
Maui, Day Three
Even the underside of the flowers are beautiful here.
Today, we got up and out by 6:30 am to go kayaking and snorkeling. A quick cup of coffee and a bagel, and then in the car with lots and lots of gear. Someday I hope to learn to travel light, but I'm so far away from that goal.
We had our snorkeling gear - flippers, wet-suit booties to wear inside the flippers, masks, snorkels - in a duffle bag. The booties are quite the fashion look: ankle high, black, with industrial zippers - and just at that height where you look like an old man wearing socks to the beach. We also had a knapsack with water bottles, sunblock, hats, tour book, map, and a Balance Bar (because you never know when you might get hungry.) Another bag with dry clothes to change into after the trip. A fleece, because even though it stays in the high 70s to low 80s year-round, I am a Midwesterner and you never know when a cold snap might strike. And when I say "we," I really should say "I," because of the two of us, I am the one wanting to be able to micro-adjust to each and every change in climate. I keep thinking: Amazing Race...what would they do? One small rucksack for weeks on end, and no backsies.
More to the point, the trip was great. We kayaked off of a beach near Maaleaea Harbor ( does the Hawaiian version of Scrabble have extra A's and M's?) for about 45 minutes. You use a double-ended paddle and do sort of a dip of the end, with a slight twist of the upper body, and one hand pushing away as the other pulls toward you. Then you immediately switch to the opposite side of the craft and do the same movement. I was in the front, thus had less responsibility than my husband, who was in charge of steering us as well as this complicated maneuver with the paddle. At first, it felt very foreign and I was using my arms much more than my upper body. But by midway through the trip, it started to feel smoother, and we could glide pretty quickly across the water,
After heading into the wind and making our way up the shore, the guide lowered an anchor. We all connected to the main boat, and then dropped off the left side of the kayak and into the water. So clear, you could see down from the surface to the bottom about 15 feet away. We saw a large sea turtle sunning himself, lots of yellow and blue and black fish, and could hear a male whale sounding when we dove down under the water. An eerie and beautiful sound, very melodic. We didn't see the whale, but hearing it alone was almost more mystical.
My favorite fish of the day was the Spotted Pufferfish: football-shaped and sized, white dots all over a black body, and so docile. He let me swim right up next to him a few times as he patiently looked at me. A very stuffed animal kind of fish. Also the Yellow Trumpfish: long, narrow, with a platypus-kind of nose - apparently a member of the Seahorse family, as if you took a seahorse's nose and gently straightened it out.
More kayaking, and then back into the water. Molokini Crater is often the snorkeling spot of choice for the big tour boats, and today, we found our site home to a few boats, as the weather has been rough on the north side of the island and too choppy for good visibility. We toured past the big boats in our little kayaks and felt very virtuous for being under our own power. The second time into the water, I managed to dive down several feet and see the coral reef and fish up close. No underwater camera, so no pictures, but honestly, you have to see this stuff yourself to appreciate how unusual and beautiful even the tiniest underwater creature is.
The rest of the day, I napped and read and knit, then went for a long walk on the beach. We watched the Maui Canoe Club at practice - cross-country, aquatics version, including several of the kids walking instead of running to warm up, until they turned around and got close enough to the boat house and their coach for him to notice, and then they started jogging again. And a very happy Golden Retriever fetching his tennis ball in the ocean. I bet Parker would love it here.
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Monday, December 07, 2009
Maui, Day Two
Maui is reminding us, in a good way, of India.
Scenes of beauty. Scenes of things falling apart. That sense, when you come off the airplane and get to the baggage area, of heavy humid air, warmth when you're accustomed to feeling cold, people suddenly wearing flowers and shorts and sandals and seeming both ready to tackle challenges (one mom pushing a GIANT pile of luggage on a cart with one hand and a stroller with a toddler with the other, back and forth, a little forward with the luggage, then a little forward with the baby) and people happy to just hang out. High-end living. Places where the houses are tiny.
Yesterday we drove west from our condominium to check out some of the beaches and snorkeling areas. This is Secret Cove: a tiny, lava-rock beach where many come for weddings or pictures. I saw a young woman in a beautiful, long white hippie-style dress having her photo taken. And the water and the rocks, just beautiful, too.
Yesterday we drove west from our condominium to check out some of the beaches and snorkeling areas. This is Secret Cove: a tiny, lava-rock beach where many come for weddings or pictures. I saw a young woman in a beautiful, long white hippie-style dress having her photo taken. And the water and the rocks, just beautiful, too.
It' is amusing me to see houseplants from Chicago living at full force in this climate. Below, philodendron. A LOT of it. Leaves, very, very big. Perhaps the kudzu grass of Maui?
And the colors of the flowers. You could spend years just photographing the flowers. I definitely saw orchids today, but they are very shy, and no matter how I tried, it seemed that the blooms were turning away from the camera. Also, re the philodendron and the flowers and what looked like the pencil cactus that my aunt grows (even though she has a very green thumb, hers are nothing on these tree-sized specimens.) My favorite: a giant, peach colored, trumpet-shaped blossom hanging with the opening facing toward the ground on a tree-sized plant. No idea why it would have developed that way: perhaps birds flying upward from a nest on the ground?
A banyan tree. Another friend from India.
Other people seek out gardens. Or shopping. Or eco-tourism. We seem to find ourselves, over and over, in collections of indigenous houses. Williamsburg-Around-the-World. This place is called Kepaniwai Park and Heritage Gardens: a collection of structures that pay tribute to the many different ethnic groups that came to the Islands over the last two centuries. Below, a shrine decorated with tributes, part of the Portuguese area.
There was an incredible, wood-burning beehive oven in this section, which made me wonder if the Portuguese helped give Hawaii its sweet, egg bread or if it was the other way around?
But before this, our destination was the 'Iao Valley and the 'Iao Needle. Created, according to myth, when Maui forbade his daughter 'Iao, who he had sheltered away in a beautiful, mountainous valley, to become involved with a half-man, half-merman. When 'Iao swore that she could not live without her love, Maui consented to turn him into a needle of stone so that she might always have him with her. This is the Lonely Planets version. At the park itself, it notes that the Needle is a phallic form - which is, again, reminiscent of India, where lingam, or phallic forms, commemorate the various gods. (The Needle is the first picture in my post.)
It was misting and raining as we walked the steep path, almost up into the fog. And then, a rainbow came out. Not just your average rainbow, but one with very distinct ribbons of color. And, unlike most rainbows that you see at home, with this rainbow, we could see both the beginning AND the end of the rainbow.
And the day started with snorkeling at Ulua Beach. No pictures of that, but definitely on the top of my list of Things to Do. You can put on your flippers and mask and snorkel and walk right into the water (backwards, so that your big, clown-feet flippers don't trip you onto your nose), and immediately, you are over a coral reef and seeing black, spiny sea urchins and very long, very thin, blue needlefish with a neon stripe and bandtailed goatfish (my favorite, wide stripes of green, blue and orange), and raccoon butterfly fish and an eel and lots more. You lay on your belly, breathe through the snorkel, and just stare down into this beautiful ocean. I even dove down a few times to get closer, because I had a hard time convincing my mind that I was actually a hand's distance away from all of this.
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Wednesday, 20 October 2010
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Nigel is a professional sound engineer specialising in audio archiving and restoration as well as a jobbing photographer. (Available for weddings and bar mitzvahs). He has been DJ-ing since 1972, when he started playing records on folk nights at The Penthouse, a night club (now long gone) in his home town of Scarborough in North Yorkshire. He was bitten by Zydeco music in 1986 when hanging around the offices and studios of Island Records he met Buckwheat Zydeco, the label's new signing. In 1995, Nigel was asked by a dance club promoter what his 'stage name' was when booked as a DJ for a series of 1940s style swing nights. Put on the spot, he came up with Flying Home in reference to a tune written by percussionist Lionel Hampton. Nigel, aka Flying Home, has a huge record collection of many different styles and when DJ-ing likes nothing better to make people dance to tunes he loves - whether it's a boogalooing Buckwheat or a swinging Hampton. Laissez les bons temps roulez - vous avez raison!
Carole has always been a passionate fan of music and dance, growing up in a household filled with Jazz and Ballroom dancing. As a child, she learnt ballroom, ice dancing and folkdance, and in later years, enjoyed Swing , Rock 'n Roll and Latin.
In 1988, on her first visit to New Orleans, she discovered the exciting rhythms of Cajun and Zydeco music and dance. Since then, she has learnt to dance, built up a large collection of discs, and attended numerous Cajun and Zydeco festivals, gigs and cruises in the UK, Europe and the USA. She has also taught Cajun and Zydeco dance workshops.
In 2004, together with Neil Papworth, she started London's Swamp Rock Club, putting on regular dances with live Zydeco bands, and also DJing with her husband, Nigel Bewley (Aka Flying Home). Together, they have run stages at The Thames Festival, promoted gigs at The 100 Club and other London venues, and DJd at numerous dances and private parties. Carole also plays Zydeco rubboard and has jammed with numerous Cajun and Zydeco bands in the UK and abroad. She also performs in Israeli Dance Troupe 'Alonim'.
As a dancer, she knows what music to play to get that dancefloor jumping!
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