Spring has proven to be busy, we had an Unvieling of 5 pieces a few weeks ago and it was wonderful we were surprised by Admirals and senators and hundreds of friends. many of whom we were not expecting it was a great night and although the works were all private commissions and will be in homes and offices away from public view they are among my favourite of the last few years… Cory Hill Preformed wonderfully representing the Duke of Edinburgh Awards program.
We are working on a Video that has proven to be an amazing project, we were asked to head up a Video for “THE WEDDING” it involved choirs and a composer we never met it had to be shoot in 3D and 2D high def and we had only a couple weeks to bring it in… We said yes and called our friends; last weekend the composer Barry Peters flew in, the Choir and dignitaries gathered and the team that we have pulled together created magic! Some are multiple award winners some getting their first break for their resume, yet they worked together so well that our jobs as producer /director were unnecessary… they created magic and we get to share it with them… when artists from many disciplines work together and we all share the glory nothing is impossible I’ll post a link here after the end of the month when it airs.
2 plays are in finial draft re writes and then my babies leave, I hope who ever directs them understands the heart behind their words….
We will be working all summer preparing for 5 big touring shows of our work, hopefully we will see you in one of the cities where our shows will unveil new works… so far Toronto,, Washington, New York, London with one and maybe even two more locations to be added… as always we will highlight emerging artists from each of the selected cities as well as our home towns of Halifax and midtown-NYC
on a high note…Brian and I received the Canadian Navy’s Centennial Challenge award in conjunction with the Duke of Edinburgh from Rear Admiral and fleet Commander Atlantic Joint Task Force, David Gardam only 50 were awarded in Canada and we are proud to be a part of the Duke of Edinburgh Awards program.
last month the Landry Gazeley Foundation Sponsored the play “Pride and Prejudice Produced and Directed by John Mackenzie for the SMU drama society , we were proud of the actors and crew all did a great job and played to full houses every night… a sold out success
Lastly many of you have had questions… I am not wearing my Family crest /wedding ring and you have asked why, Brian and I are as always loving life… we met someone we trusted and he claimed to be a Spanish national, he had full access to our home and studio and visited and stayed with us on his travels . the friends who introduced us we learned later really didn’t know him… first my credit cards went missing, then the ring and Ipad ect… by the time the dust cleared we only know he was a Muslim not a Christian his nationality could be anywhere from Pakistan to Saudi Arabia and it was not the first time he did his and disappeared.. yes Canada has to be more diligent on our immigration how dose he have drivers licence in at least 3 names and he is not even a citizen of Canada…I will admit it hurt and the next person I tried to trust was the wrong choice … we thought we had found a new friend who inspired our work , only to discover it was merely a ship passing through the fog…. now I only hope we find a muse to inspire our trust as well as our creativity… some where is calliope and we will really find that muse some day until then each false lead inspires something on the journey and we learn and build…..
