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Celebrate World Sight Day with Sound for Sight
Charlotte Kelly (photo by Warren Millar)
Produced by TALENTBANQ in support of Sightsavers
Thursday October 11th, 2018
Doors 6:30pm. Music from 7pm.
St Paul’s Church, Bedford St
Covent Garden
London
WC2E 9ED
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Sound for Sight 2018 Line-up:-
Charlotte Kelly (Soul II Soul)
Mo Pleasure (Earth, Wind & Fire)
Dave Swift (Jools Holland)
Georgia and the Vintage Youth
Joe Slater
Professor Dan Reinstein
Denise Leigh
Sound for Sight is raising funds and awareness towards Sightsavers’ work eliminating the World’s leading cause of preventable blindness, trachoma.
Trachoma is a bacterial infection linked to inadequate water and sanitation and passed on by flies. It is referred to as ‘neglected tropical diseases’ and can be prevented and ultimately eliminated entirely.
The Sound for Sight audience will be taken on a spectacular sensory experience during the show that has been carefully curated by Sound for Sight Founder, Laura Westcott and ‘Mo Pleasure’ the former Music Director of Earth, Wind & Fire.
Charlotte Kelly, Soul II Soul
Charlotte rose to fame in the mid 1990s as one of the lead singers of British R&B group Soul II Soul, with hit songs “Back to Life” and “Keep on Movin”.
Charlotte was born blind at birth with no sight at all in her left eye and virtually none in her right eye.
“I am very excited and delighted to perform at Sound for Sight because being blind from birth, sound is one of the most important tools we possess as blind and visually impaired people. So, treatment and eradication of blindness is a blessing for the growth on the human experience.” – Charlotte Kelly
Denise Leigh
Denise made her operatic debut in 2003 by winning Channel 4’s Operatunity and playing the role of Gilda in Verdi’s Rigoletto at the London Coliseum.
Since then, Denise has sung all over the world and was honoured to headline the London 2012 Paralympic opening ceremony.
Both Denise and her husband Stefan (who will accompany Denise on piano) are visually impaired with a visually impaired son.
“The treatment and eradication of blindness, in all it’s forms, is a cause very close to our hearts and we are delighted to be performing at Sound for Sight to help fund research and treatment.” Denise and Stefan
Mo Pleasure
Mo is a renowned multi-instrumentalist, songwriter and producer. Mo began his professional music career playing bass guitar with Ray Charles. In 1993, Mo became a member of the legendary group Earth, Wind & Fire, and ascended to become the band’s musical director from 1994-2001.
Mo has performed with Stevie Wonder, Nile Rogers, Bette Midler, Roberta Flack, Amy Winehouse to name a few… He also played keys for Michael Jackson on his final comeback tour at the O2.
Dave Swift
Dave joined Jools Holland’s Rhythm and Blues Orchestra in 1991 as his resident bass player, and has played with him ever since! He is one of the UK’s finest, high-profile bass players and boasts a musician’s portfolio that is second to none, having played for an array of renowned artists, from George Benson and Chaka Khan to Eric Clapton and Paul Simon.
Professor Dan Reinstein
Dan is a pioneer in laser eye surgery and Founded the London Vision Clinic. He is also a very talented saxophonist and often accompanies Mo Pleasure at London’s iconic 606 Club.
Georgia & The Vintage Youth
A 22 year old Essex Girl with big blonde hair, a spine-tingling voice and a master of the retro jazz/swing style of music that is both vintage and fresh (hence the name of the band).
Georgia’s sound is contagious and subconsciously gets you tapping your feet, whilst her ballads are stripped back allowing Georgia’s strong and iconic vocal to make the hairs on the back of your neck stand on end.
Joe Slater
A 22-year-old lad from Liverpool who blurs the lines between Blues, Soul and Rock ‘n’ Roll whilst taking inspiration from The Beatles, Bruce Springsteen and Oasis.
“With his raspy voice, perfect pitch and soulful delivery, Slater is unquestionably destined for stardom….” London Hollywood
Don’t miss what promises to be an extraordinary night for a very worthy cause on World Sight Day.
The weekend.
The sun shone.
The wind dropped.
It felt warm.
Heck, it was warm.
And there was a whole day to play with, off orchiding or maybe churchcrawling or even both.
The plan was to go to Marden Meadows first, then Stockbury and finally back to Yocklett's, and then see how we felt.
Marden Meadows is a speacial reserve, a freshwater meadow, and filled with Green Winged Orchids and many other rare plants and flowers all through the year. Orchids just at the end of April and into May though. And it is a hike, or a drive.
After coffee, we load the car with cameras, a bottle of squash and two slices of cornbread, and off we set, leaving home at half seven. The drive took us through Dover, to Folkestone, then up the M20, and once past Ashford, we could see the Brexit lorry park which now takes up all of the coastbound side of the motorway. There were no queues, and it seemed to be working well. Indeed, driving through Dover coincided with the disgorging of a ferry, and there were dozens of lorries we passed as we drove along, so some kind of normal has retuend, though some 15% down year on year.
Anyway, less about Brexit.
We turn off at Leeds, not that one, but the Kent one, along the main road that threads its way through the village, past the church and up the down, parked cars on either side making travel both ways impossible, we have to wait until there were gaps before moving off again. There is talk of a relief road, but some places were just not designed for the modern world, and maybe it would be better if we just travelled less? I know I am writing about two people driving across the county in a five seater car to look at some flowers. If there was an alternative, we would use it.
Along the B road that doubles as a main road/rat run, to Linton, then down the long steep hill onto the expanse of the Kent Weald, one fnal leap over the railway, a sharp turn to the left and along for a mile, and there is the reserve.
It is early in the season, but I had seen shots from the day before saying there were a few dozen spikes partly in flower, the remaining thens of thousands would follow in a week or so. We parked up, paid for parking by phone, I got the camera out and we walked into the first meadow, though that was empty, so far, of any orchids.
Into the main meadow, and although I see now spikes showing, I know that a few small ones were there. So I set off on one of the paths across the meadow, and sure enough here and there were splashes of purple, showing were orchid spikes were emerging.
I bend down to take shots of a few, though we are here really in pilgrimage to one of the finest sights in Kent, though it won't be in full effect for about ten days or so. I remember that it is nearly two years since we were last here, as in 2020, travel, like so much, was frounded upon during the early season, but if that was the worse we had to suffer, then we got off light.
Above us was a clear blue sky, the winds were light, and it was warm enough to go without a jacket, which was rather nice.
I emt up with Jools on the other side, we walk back to the gate into the first meadow, and then back to the car. I guess we had been there half an hour, but that was enough, and we will be back.
We get in the car and munch on cold cornbread, which is better cold as it turned out.
Then drive to Staplehurst, then back up to Linton and to Leeds to get back to the motorway so to avoid the one way system around and through Maidstone.
Across the motoway and up Bluebell Hill across Pilgrims Way, turning off down a narrow lane, leaving the thick traffic behnd.
We park at the bottom of the hill, and walk carrying three cameras up the lane to the reserve at the top, limboing under the gate and into a seas of blue.
Truth is, peak bluebell isn't quite here yet, but the sight is so impressive. We take the path through the tickest part of the bluebells, stopping every few steps to take snaps.
A little further on are a few scattered Early Purple Orchids, looking majestic among the bluebells, and mostly fully in flower.
At the top of where the path tumbles down the down, two spikes of pure white bluebells nod in the breeze, perfect to take a load of shots.
Down into the meadow, I find three rosettes of Lesser Butterfly, looking very healthy, and signs that the population is thriving from the single plant there three years ago.
Further along are a host of Lady, but not yet in flower, none even have the top of their spikes emerging from the sheathing leaves.
Soon, my friends, very soon.
Back to the car, and we detour to Faversham as Jools wanted to buy some plants from a place there, so we find it along the A2, I wait in the car while she shops, I would have bought so much more.
Our final run is to Yocklett's, back to the A2 and to the other side of Canterbury, through Bridge and then to Stone Street, down to Stelling, and along the quiet lane, only to find MY parking space occupied, but then it was after lunch, the latest we had ever been to the reserve.
We park at the bottom, which is good, as the bank of what counts as the main road, is a nursary of wonderful wild and escaped cultivars, all on a sun-kissed bank: green alkanet, Yellow Archangle (though the varigated variety), White deadnettle, Greater Stitchwort among others.
Up the Gogway to the reserve entrance, heading forst to the right to the lower meadow, in the hope of seeing Green Hairstreak on the wing, but none seen. And no Fly Orchid in flower either, though some were close, but not lose enough. I do see a few Brimstones and Orange Tips, though none settle to be able to photograph.
We walk back down the hill, over the Gogway to the other side, and up the bank, checking on the Herb Paris, Lady, Greater Butterfly and Townhall Clock Plants. All there, but none in flower. Yet.
At the top of the bank, the air filled with the scent of wild garlic which fills the floor of the woodland just a bit further on.
This is spring.
Butterflies are everywhere, but none settle where I can find them, only for, finally, a female Brimstone lands, only for me to have my camera on the wrong setting, f3.5, so the shots are overexposed and cannot be saved.
Sigh.
We walk through the bluebell wood, down past the badger set, to the cleared area where the Lady are well advanced, but not that far. One Lady had the red top of her spike exposed, but nont in flower. Yet.
We walk back to the road, then down the hill to the car, to drive back to Petham, then to Bridge and onto the A2 to home, arriving home at two, an hour before the football was due to start.
I had managed to jarr my toe whilst chasing a butterfly, so it throbbed, too much like gout for my liking, so I rested up.
Norwich were playing away at QPR, and if Watford didn't win, and we did, we would be champions. City won 3-1, but Watford won by a penalty, so the quest goes on to next week.
Oh well.
That meant Watford are also promoted with us.
So it goes.
I watch some football, can't remember who, so can't have been good. We have caprese and the remainder of the cornbread for supper, and I have a red wine spritzer, to see what happened. What happened is that I didn't finish it, sipping it through the evening.
But I had no ill effects, so all good.
Jools beats me at Scrabble, while I try to watch the Sheffield Utd game, but give up shortly after half time.
Tokyo International Exhibition Center. This is an only convention center that can accept 500,000 people for Comiket.
Date: September 10, 2010
Camera: Pana. DMC-G1
Lens: LUMIX G VARIO 14-45mm
The idea of not having my sight is very scary to me, as I am a very visually based person. Luckily besides some short-sightedness for which I wear glasses or contacts I shouldn't be worrying.
Peace comes and goes
Oh but lately, Your peace flows
And when I focus on You
Your love comes into view
There is nothing between us as far as I can see
There's hope in sight, hope in sight
If seeing is believing, then call me a believer
Hope in sight, there's hope in sight
Now that I can see you through the eyes of faith
Good night my Flickr friends...sleep tight...awaken with the hope of tomorrow!
I don't know if you realized it but this was used by El_Mattia in his newest built as a special request until now. I think this will be really useful for everyone since nobody has ever made it! Code: pastebin.com/eMErrTD8 No white shapes, fully recolorable after one ungroup and about the size......uhmm.....187kb......because lettering..... ;_;
Oh and credit to Davidman for his letters and Benjoo for magic shapes(damn it I keep saying them like that)
~Yeehaw~
Top Hills ~ Situated 2,000 feet above sea level on the cool hills of Busay, it is an excellent sight seeing spot which offers breathtaking views of Metro Cebu and the islands of Mactan and Olango. Open kiosks are available for daytime picnics at the summit of this viewpoint. The City of Cebu is the capital city of Cebu and is the second city in the Philippines with the second most significant metropolitan centre and known as the oldest Spanish settlement in the country. The city is located on the eastern shore of Cebu and was the first Spanish settlement in the Philippines. Cebu is the Philippines' main domestic shipping port and is home to about 80% of the country's domestic shipping companies. Cebu also holds the second largest international flights in the Philippines and is a significant centre of commerce, trade and industry in the Visayas and Mindanao regions. Cebu City is the centre of a metropolitan area called Metro Cebu, which includes the cities of Carcar, Danao, Lapu-lapu, Mandaue, Naga, Talisay. Metro Cebu has a total population of about two million people. The Mactan-Cebu International Airport, located in Lapu-Lapu City is only a 20 minute drive away from Cebu City. To the northeast of the city is Mandaue City and the town of Consolacion, to the west is Toledo City, the towns of Balamban and Asturias, to the south is Talisay City and the town of Minglanilla. Across Mactan Strait to the east is Mactan Island where Lapu-Lapu City and an aquarium attraction are located.
The Cebu Provincial Capitol is dramatically positioned at the end of a grand perspective of a new avenue ( Osmeña Boulevard ) as conceived by William E. Parsons in his 1912 plan of Cebu, in the lines of the City Beautiful Movement. The building follows an H-shaped plan, one side opening to the terminus of Osmeña Boulevard. The main block or corps de logis, three stories high, is flanked by two secondary wings, symmetrically advancing to embrace a rectangular, elevated cour d'honneur that serves as an entrance podium. The elevation of the corps de logis is of typical neoclassical formula: a rusticated ground floor, containing minor rooms and offices, the piano nobile above, with the most important spaces, and finally the attic story. A heavy cornice and parapet caps the façade, with allegorical statues standing by its corners. The most distinctive part of the façade is the central concave pavilion, which creates the semi-circular main balcony and pulls together the entire mass, finally crowned by an austere dome upon an octagonal drum.
The piano nobile is reached by two staircases from the ground floor foyer. The first space, the art deco rotunda below the cupola, opens to the south the main balcony that faces Osmeña Boulevard, and to its north the ballroom (social hall). Two-stories high with full-length windows, the ballroom, also in art deco style, is reminiscent of a fairytale setting. Two enormous chandeliers fashioned in crystal and local capiz shells ( placuna placenta ) light the grand space
Cebu City is a significant cultural centre in the Philippines. The imprint of Spanish and Roman Catholic culture is evident. The city's most famous landmark is Magellan's Cross. A few steps away from the Magellan's Cross is the Basilica Minore del Santo Nino (Church of the Holy Child). This is a Augustinian church elevated to the rank of Basilica in 1965 during the 400th year celebrations of Christianity in the Philippines, held in Cebu. The church, which was the first to be established in the islands, is built of hewn stone and features the country's oldest relic, the figure of the Santo Niño de Cebú ( Holy Child of Cebu ). This religious event is celebrated during the island's cultural festivities known as the Sinulog festival. Held every third Sunday of January, it celebrates the festival of the Santo Nino, who was formerly considered to be the patron saint of Cebu. (This patronage was later changed to that of Our Lady of Guadalupe after it was realised that the St. Niño could not be a patron saint because he was an image of the Christ and not a saint.) The Sinulog is a dance ritual of pre-Hispanic indigenous origin. The dancer moves two steps forward and one step backward to the rhythmic sound of drums. This movement resembles somewhat the current (sulog) of the river. Thus, the Cebuanos called it Sinulog.
When the Spaniards arrived in Cebu, the Italian chronicler, Antonio Pigafetta, sailing under convoy with the Magellan expedition, offered a baptismal gift to Hara Amihan, wife of Rajah Humabon. She was later named Juana, the figure of the Santo Nino. The natives also honoured the Santo Niño de Cebu in their indigenous Sinulog ritual[citation needed]. The Sinulog ritual was preserved but limited to honouring the Santo Nino. Once the Santo Niño church was built in the 16th century, the Christian Malay people started performing the Sinulog ritual in front of the church, the devotees offering candles and indigenous dancers shouting ~ Viva Pit Senor!
Magellan's Cross is a Christian cross planted by Portuguese, and Spanish explorers as ordered by Ferdinand Magellan on arriving in Cebu in the Philippines around April 14 or 21, 1521. This cross is housed in a chapel next to the Basilica Minore del Santo Niño on Magallanes Street ( Magallanes being the Spanish name of Magellan ), just in front of the city centre of Cebu City. A sign below the cross describes the original cross is encased inside the wooden cross that is found in the centre of the chapel. This is to protect the original cross from people who chipped away parts of the cross for souvenir purposes or in the belief that the cross possesses miraculous powers. Some people, however, believe that the original cross had been destroyed or had disappeared after Magellan's death, and the cross is a replica that was planted there by the Spaniards after they successfully colonized the Philippines.
The history is that when Ferdinand Magellan first arrived in Cebu on 21 April 1521 he erected a cross in Cebu. The cross there today is not the original. Magellan's Cross is one symbol of Cebu. This chapel's image can be found in Cebu city seal. It is also seen as the symbol of Roman Catholicism in the Philippines. Magellan and his crew were the first Europeans to arrive in the Philippines. They made the first conversions to Catholicism when they converted Rajah Humabon, the local chief, his wife and hundreds of his Cebuano villagers to accept Christianity and be consequently baptized. At the same time Magellan left in Cebu the Santo Nino de Cebu [ holy child of Cebu ] a doll figure made in Europe in the 16th Century representing Jesus Christ as a child. This doll was rediscovered some 45 years later the return to Cebu of Miguel Lopez de Legazpi who came back to Cebu on the order of King Phillip of Spain to make Cebu the first centre of the new Spanish Colony in Asia, called Las Islas Filipinas. This doll also plays an important function in the religious life of millions of people as explained here.
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Organized chaos watching the little ones play football. #29 plays Center and Defensive Nose Guard with some moxie.
we'd been at sea for 186 days without sighting land...my men where eating sawdust when out of the blue we sighted an island - it was a beautiful green tropical island - the year was 1797....thanks for looking - best bigger
Gov Earl Ray Tomblin and 1st Lady Joanne Jaeger Tomblin lit the Christmas tree at the Capitol on Tuesday, Dec 6, 2016, during Joyful Night.
Welcome to Joyful Night!
As your Governor and First Lady we welcome you to the State Capitol to kick off our final 2017 Joyful Night celebration. We have cherished each holiday season we have spent with you, celebrating our state, our students and the arts!
This is a wonderful time of year, so while you are here we hope you will enjoy the sounds and sights of the season. Again this year we welcome the talents of West Virginia vocalists, instrumentalists and artisans whose commitment to the arts make the Mountain State a truly special place.
As you enjoy the evening and make your way from the tree lighting ceremony on the south side of the Capitol to the Governor’s Reception Room, please pay tribute to our first responders and military men and women who have sacrificed so much for our state and country. Many of these individuals are spending the holiday season away from their families, so we want to make sure we say “thank you” to those who serve, and for those who made the ultimate sacrifice. We hold you especially close to our hearts this holiday season.
Remember that this is a season of giving, friendship, family and camaraderie. These are the values that all West Virginians hold dear. Tonight is a joyful night, a night to reflect on our many blessings and extending goodwill to all.
We thank you for the privilege of serving the Great State of West Virginia as your Governor and First Lady for the past six years. May your holidays be filled with joy, laughter and love, and may you have a joyous New Year.
Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2016
Holiday Trees
South - Lincoln Plaza - Norway Spruce
donated by Brenda and David Hanson,
Winfield, W.Va.
North Plaza Fountain Circle - Spruce donated by Ike Smith (Kanawha Roxalana Company), Charleston, W.Va.
Governor’s Mansion Foyer - Frasier Fir donated by Al and Louise Toliver of Crickmer Farms, Danese, W.Va. (West Virginia
Christmas Tree Growers Assoc.)
State Capitol Rotunda
6:30 p.m. – Concert Performance and First Lady’s Ornament Competition
Governor’s Reception Room
7 p.m. – Gold Star, Military and First Responder Recognition
• Governor and First Lady Tomblin salute military tree
• Sign holiday cards for military
Culture Center
7:25 p.m. – Concert and Refreshments
• Martin Luther King Jr. Male Chorus
• Visit Santa and Mrs. Claus
Governor’s Mansion
8 p.m. – Concert Performances and Reading
• Appalachian Children’s Chorus
• Artistree presentation
• Governor and First Lady Tomblin read • Governor’s School for the Arts:
Fr
om Nicholas County High School
Jordan Harper, piano
Jacob Martin, violin
• Christ Church United Methodist Chancel Ringers
First Lady Introduces Ornament Winners
Grades K–2: Mountain View Elementary Kindergarten Class, Hurricane
Grades 3–5: West Teays Elementary Fourth Grade, Hurricane
Grades 6–8: Baileysville Elementary & Middle School, Seventh Grade, Oceana
Grades 9–12: Notre Dame High School Art I Class, Clarksburg
• Toys for Tots holiday donations program
South Plaza Fountain
5:30 p.m. - Concert Performance
• Cabell Midland High School
• Hurricane Middle School
• Hurricane High School
• Poca High School
• Spring Valley High School
• Appalachian Children’s Chorus
6 p.m. – Tree Lighting Ceremony
Posting of the Colors
Mountaineer ChalleNGe Academy
National Anthem
Pledge of Allegiance
Mountaineer Challenge Academy
Musical Performance
Appalachian Children’s Choir
Tree Lighting
Governor and First Lady Tomblin
Musical Performance - All Bands
Retirement of the Colors
Night
Joyful
Happy Holidays
Photos available for media use. All photos should be attributed “Photo courtesy of Office of the Governor.”
About 8 hours later, Jan fired one shot and put the bear on the ground. He's now a nice rug by our front door.
my whippets jay and bailey having a run about a feild with bonnie,bonnie is a irish racing greyhound rescue dog
Greater Kudu (Tragelaphus strepsiceros) female. One good thing about the dry season in Africa is that you can see 1000s of beasts. You also get the feeling that these animals just 'stand out' against the background, but in may cases it is not until these animals move that you see them, especially when the leaves come back. For the animals that are prey - it is pretty clear that sight and sound are important such as this kudu.