The initial airing on SHAW went off with a few hitches of technical nature.
There was antifacting during the end of the piece. I was crushed. SHAW and I worked to
remedy the problem and the PARTING STONE aired beautifully on 19, March 2011. There wasn't a dry eye in the house.
On suggestion of friends, I have initiated contact with MADD to see if they were interested in using the production. This will be done on a no fee basis. I feel that there is a message that needs be heard. People need to think.
Sunday, March 20, 2011
Thursday, March 3, 2011
Show time
12, March 2012, the Parting Stone will debut on SHAW TV Okanagan Today at 10:00am.
This will be the culmination of nearly a year of work. It just doesn't stop there either
at the Monday City of Kelowna council meeting, roadside memorials were going to be addressed.
Were politicians going to legislate the grieving process and enforce conformity? Were they going to deny personal mourning? The clerks had drafted bylaws giving these memorials a 2 year life span and it went to a vote. One councilor painted a picture of memorials ;popping up like dandelions for each and every traffic fatality in the city, over run by crosses, a city transformed into a cemetery. Compassion and common sense won out as the majority had ruled that enough bylaws already exist and council had no place in dictating how people grieved and mourned. I suspect that it ain't over.
We have been making arrangements to screen the Parting Stone at Thompson Rivers University with a directors Q&A session. I had best bone up on my public speaking.
Later this month there will be a session with the Knowledge Network so our fingers are crossed. Maybe we will see the light of day Canada wide but I am happy with local exposure.
It is just about getting people to think.
This will be the culmination of nearly a year of work. It just doesn't stop there either
at the Monday City of Kelowna council meeting, roadside memorials were going to be addressed.
Were politicians going to legislate the grieving process and enforce conformity? Were they going to deny personal mourning? The clerks had drafted bylaws giving these memorials a 2 year life span and it went to a vote. One councilor painted a picture of memorials ;popping up like dandelions for each and every traffic fatality in the city, over run by crosses, a city transformed into a cemetery. Compassion and common sense won out as the majority had ruled that enough bylaws already exist and council had no place in dictating how people grieved and mourned. I suspect that it ain't over.
We have been making arrangements to screen the Parting Stone at Thompson Rivers University with a directors Q&A session. I had best bone up on my public speaking.
Later this month there will be a session with the Knowledge Network so our fingers are crossed. Maybe we will see the light of day Canada wide but I am happy with local exposure.
It is just about getting people to think.
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