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G N Freat orthern estivalIncorporating the New Horizons Competition

4th - 6th December 2020

25 Years

Celebration

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IAC Peter Coles International AV Competition

March 6th & 7th 2021

This year the competition will be held on Zoom

Closing Date for Entries: - 1st February 2021

Contact Marion Waine: mewaine@chasingthelight.co.uk

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CHALLENGE 321International Audio Visual Competition

Tell your story in 3 minutes and 21 seconds

The submission period for entries is from

January 15th to March 15th 2021

https://www.challenge321.org

Details of the UK Judging sessions will be published early next year

Jurassic CoastInternational AV Salon

Gala Showing On - LineSaturday 5th June

Date for Entries: 31st January - 30th April 2021

Full Details from Exmouth Photo Group

www.exmouthphotogroup.com

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2014 Jury: Richard Brown, Linda Gibbs & Tony Collinson

1st

2nd

3rd

1st NH

Robert Albright

Charles Hulse

James Hamill

Alan Tyrer

A- Z

Writ in Water

Mountains of the Mind

Connections

2015 Jury: Ron Davies, Marion Waine & John Rowell

1st

2nd

3rd

1st

Graham Sergeant

Malcolm Imhoff

Charles Hulse

Tony Collinson

Beeswing

Queen of the Hills

Hillsborough

Lilla CrossNH

2016 Jury: Keith Brown, Kate Brown & Ashley Franklin

1st

2nd

3rd

1st

James Hamill

Howard & Carole Bagshaw

Ian Bateman

John Harbron

Climb If You Will ….

The Land God Made in Anger

The Fallen

The Wild NorthNH

2017 Jury: Howard Bagshaw, Bryan Stubbs & Andy Polakowski

1st

2nd

3rd

1st NH

Judith Kimber

Richard Brown

Colin Balls

Jean Mills

Matthew Loney’s Miracle

In Search of Christina

One Stroke at a Time

For the Love of Sarah

2018 Jury: Malcolm Imhoff, Suzanne Gregory & Jeff Mansell

1st

2nd

3rd

1st

Howard Bagshaw

Graham Sergeant

Malcolm & Jenny Gee

Brenda Stone

Kelpies

The Dance Goes On

Lifeline

Mrs HeelisNH

2019 Jury: Edgar Gibbs, Alan Tyrer & Bev Tyrer

1st

2nd

3rd

1st

Judith Kimber

Richard Brown

Keith Leedham

Derrick Holliday

Safe

There Was Never Anybody Like Him

Inn on the Pass

ReconciliationNH

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ChairmanHenry Mullarkey

SecretaryJohn Smith

TreasurerJill K Bunting

Front of HouseJean Mullarkey

Venue OrganiserRoy Appleby

WELCOME from Henry Mullarkey Hon LCPU

I was approached by a number of people at an AV Festival some seven years ago following the news that the Great Northern AV day was looking likely to be coming to an end. The suggestion was that I should think about taking it over.

With my experience of having organised events and AV Competitions for my Federation for some years, it was felt I would be a suitable candidate. I knew it was going to be difficult to follow the success of the previous years, but with encouragement from numerous people and with John Smith and Jill K. Bunting on board, we came up with a new formula to make it a weekend event

Finding a new venue was not easy, but with the help of Roy Appleby who had used the Hough End Centre for events, we found this to be suitable - and thus another member was added to the team.

To encourage more authors to take part, New Horizions was created especially for the newer workers who would receive constructive comments from the adjudicators. This has proved to be a success where new workers have gone forward and achieved more awards and distinctions.

Another challenge was to include entertainment on Friday evening and we feel that the last 6 years have been very good with a varied and entertaining programme.

As with all events you need a plan “B”, but this year we faced an unexpected new challenge, (along with everyone else.) Several discussions took place and early on we knew the outcome - things had to change big time.

The friendly meetings and conversations together over a weekend and viewing the sequences on a big screen with a good sound system was just not going to happen.

To celebrate the last 25 years of the Great Northern we have put together a programme (well Jill has) of some of the most successful sequences from those years. Some of these have been converted from slide/ tape (you may have to ask someone what that was) for anyone who has only worked in the recent digital format.

To conclude, I hope you enjoy the weekend and will be entertained by the various stories.

My thanks go to Jill and John for all their efforts in these difficult times.

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ForewordBy Ron Davies FRPS, FIPF, EFIAP, FACI(M)

The origin of the Great Northern Festival 26 years ago may not be known to many but the inspiration came from the following:

Colin Balls, Peter Coles and I travelled extensively to International festivals in Europe, from Brittany in the west to Hungary and Romania in the east.

The French were lucky enough to have a number of festivals at various venues. We, in the UK, had only the RPS International every two years and the Nationals in the intervening years.

The three of us thought that we needed more competitions in order to further the experience of home grown AV'ers.

As a Wilmslow Guild AV Group committee member, I put the suggestion forward to the rest of the committee to have a National event at the Guild. Not everyone was in favour, there were doubts as to what the RPS might say, would the Guild fund it, etc.

Despite this I decided to organise the event and promised that I would make the festival self-sufficient, all expenses would be met by entrance fees. However, advertising was needed, prizes provided, programmes printed and judges' expenses met, etc. This meant approaching numerous companies asking for sponsorship. These were slide/tape times so film and cassette tapes constitut-ed most of the prizes.

PAGB patronage, medals and ribbons were applied for and received. The Guild agreed to having the festival in the main hall which had an excellent sound system. The festival was a goer.

Colin and Peter were fully committed. Colin would provide the ever-reliable Royale projector, Peter, as AV News editor, advertised the event and entries rolled in. I proofed the sequences and Peter then produced the programme.

I enlisted the help of four friends from the Wilmslow Guild AV Group committee. On the day Colin projected, assisted by Reg Royle, Mike Hardcastle was on the lights, Jean Royle, Christine Hardcastle and my wife Linda were the reception team and I did the MC's job.

The festival was a great success and made a profit which was paid into the parent Wilmslow Guild account.

We introduced the idea of giving the entrants feedback in terms of A,B,C grades from each of the 3 judges. Every year we tried to team up two experienced judges with one up and coming judge in order to give them the experience not readily available elsewhere. This also increased the pool of available and competent judges.

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2008 Jury: Colin Balls, Erhard Hobrecker & Bryan Stubbs

1st

2nd

3rd

1st R

Eddie Spence

Keith Brown

Ian Bateman

Maggie Imhoff

Isadora’s Legacy

The Quiet One

The Final Cut

The Kissing Gate

2009 Jury: Eddie Spence, Maureen Albright & Phil Barker

1st

2nd

3rd

1st

Richard Brown & Clive Atkins

Martin Fry

Howard Bagshaw

Jeff Mansell & Phil Gee

….. And Never Cackled

And There grow Flowers

Migrant Mother

A Case for Conan DoyleR

2010 Jury: Ian Bateman, John Rowell & Howard Bagshaw

1st

2nd

3rd

1st R

Martin Fry

Colin Balls

Robert Albright

Keith Storey

The Loves I Have

Tony Bramham

The Legacy

Letters from Wilfred

2011 Jury: Martin Fry, Henk Tulp & Jill K Bunting

1st

2nd

3rd

1st R

Howard Bagshaw & Jeff Mansell

Linda & Edgar Gibbs

Suzanne Gregory

Ian & Hilary Templeton

Special

Thomas

Inspired by the Landscape

Lord Hunt

2012 Jury: Keith Scott, Brian Jeffs & John Smith

1st

2nd

3rd

1st R

Keith Leedham

Robert Albright

Richard Brown

Peter Appleton

For the Sake of Example

Betrayal

The Man Who Saw the Future

The Time Traveller

2013 Jury: Keith Brown, Edgar Gibbs & Kate Brown

1st

2nd

3rd

1st R

Malcolm Imhoff

Malcolm & Jenny Gee

Richard Brown

Ian & Hilary Templeton

Soul Music

Cambridge Remembered

The Power of Memories

Penhryn Lockout

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2002 Jury: Colin Balls, Eddie Spence & Ralph Francis

1st

2nd

3rd

1st R

Ron Davies

Valerie Rawlins

Peter Coles

Margaret Harris & Brian Proctor

The Survivors

The Right Dress

The Temptations

Postcard from the Lakes

2003 Jury: Keith Leedham, Ian Bateman & Kieran O’Loughlin

1st

2nd

3rd

1st

Barbara Mullins & Ron Davies

Sheilah Peel & Peter Coles

Valerie Rawlins

Harry Bosworth

I am Innocent

Sarah

The Pleasures and the Pitfalls

BruléR

2004 Jury: Peter Coles, Linda Gibbs & John Gibbs

1st

2nd

3rd

1st R

Jean-Paul Petit & Colin Balls

Eddie Spence

Ron Davies

Keith Fisher

Mission Number 9

Mine the Ecstasy

Hedd Wyn

One Man’s Dream

2005 Jury: Richard Brown, Valerie Rawlins & Willem van den Berg

1st

2nd

3rd

1st R

Albert Slack & Henk Tulp

Ian Bateman

Colin Balls

Peter Frampton

The Bridge is Safe

Monopolising Oxford

The Land that Time Forgot

Human Endeavour

2006 Jury: Keith Scott, Brian Jeffs & Marion Waine

1st

2nd

3rd

1st R

Colin Balls

Ron Davies & Peter Coles

Dave Wilcox

Bryan Stubbs

The Last Great Steam Show on Earth

Striped Pyjamas

As Long as it Takes

One Man and His Island

2007 Jury: Ron Davies, Ken Biggs & Keith Fisher

1st

2nd

3rd

1st

Keith Scott

Colin Balls

Richard Brown

Howard Bagshaw

The Sound of ……..!

This is a Town

The Picasso of the Pier

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Over the next five or six years the event proved to be consistently popular, successful and profitable.

I then handed over the organisation to Howard and Suzanne Gregory who continued to run it with the Guild financing the event. They did an excellent job during the ensuing years before then deciding that the Great Northern should cease to be.

The members of the current team felt that it was important that the Festival should continue and history somewhat repeated itself.

Using their own funds, they set about searching for a new, suitable venue, negotiating with the venue management, local hotels and caterers, finding printers for the programme, obtaining some sponsorship and applying for PAGB Patronage etc.

Over the past six years they have done sterling work in keeping the traditions going and the festival is in safe hands.

Unfortunately, Covid 19 has dictated that for this year we cannot have a "normal" festival but in its place we are to enjoy a Celebration of 25 glorious years of the Great Northern Festival.

Ron Davies FRPS, FIPF, EFIAP, FACI(M)

Way back in June it seemed such a simple concept.

All that I needed to do was to look through the past records and select a number of memorable sequences from the 1000 plus entries into the Great Northern over the past quarter of a century.

Choosing just what to show was difficult enough, but I then also had to try and ensure that as many authors as possible were represented - oh, and to try and produce a balanced programme that would fit into the available time slots….and to try not to include sequences that were being shown in the RPS ‘Retrospective’.

Once this was eventually done, then all that was left to do was contact the various authors and, if they were agreeable, to sit back and patiently await the arrival of their sequences - simple!!

Our sincere thanks go to all the authors for allowing their work to be shown and especially to those authors who have digitised their slide/tape shows which has enabled us to show at least one sequence from each of the 25 years.

So sit back in your comfy chair, relax and enjoy the Celebration.

Introduction - by Jill K Bunting CPAGB-AV, LACI

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Friday 4th December 2020 - 7:00pm to 10:00pm

7:00pm Welcome and Introductions

Session 1

01 1995 January Days Reg & Jean Royle

02 2013 The Power of Memories Richard Brown

03 1996 School Bill Jordan

04 2017 Dendrochronology Andrew N. Gagg

05 2014 Words, Letters & Symbols Eddie Spence

06 1996 Cariadon Marion Waine and Ron & Linda Davies

07 2017 For the Love of Sarah Jean Mills

08 2006 Go Climb a Rock Phil Barker

09 2008 Mountain Man David & Barbara Pickford

10 2009 The Expert Erhard & Heidy Hobrecker

10 Minute Break

Session 2

11 2014 Lost Reflections Brendan O’Sullivan

12 2007 The Gathering Ian Bateman

13 2012 The Match Alastair Taylor

14 2005 Italian Beds….. Belgian Balls Keith Fisher

15 2017 In Search of the Blues Alan Boothman

16 2014 A Dream in White Malcolm & Jenny Gee

17 1999 Millstone Grit Geoff Holmes

18 2019 Reconciliation Derrick Holliday

19 2014 A Compassionate Man Len Deeley

20 2003 The Pleasures and the Pitfalls Valerie Rawlins

Zoom opens from 6.30pm - be early to get the front row seats

Goodnight - sleep well and hope to see you all tomorrow for a 2pm start

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1996 Jury: Martin Fry, Norman Veale & Allan Green

1st

2nd

3rd

Bill Jordan

Marion Waine, Ron & Linda Davies

Mollie McConaghy

School

Cariadon

Dear Alice

1997 Jury: Glenys Taylor, Mick Harrison & Bill Jordan

1st

2nd

3rd

Colin Balls

Keith Suddaby

Mollie McConaghy

Inferno

Yellowstone

Patrick

1998 Jury: Richard Brown, Jean Royle & John Hickling

1st

2nd

3rd

Iain Lang, Colin Balls & Walter Jones

Keith Brown

Harry Duckmanton

Portrait of the Author

221B

Are Yer ‘Arking

1999 Jury: Peter Coles, Robert Albright & Reg Royle

1st

2nd

3rd

Colin Balls

Doug Mullins

Gordon Clarke

The Light

Realisation

Learn to Live with It

2000 Jury: Keith Brown, Heather Clarke & James Hamill

1st

2nd

3rd

Jean & Reg Royle

Keith Leedham

Tony Hill

Not I Surely

Melani’s Visit

Anne

2001 Jury: Ron Davies, Mollie McConaghy & Malcolm Imhoff

1st

2nd

3rd

1st R

Colin Balls & Peter Coles

Reg & Jean Royle

Howard Gregory

Geoff Babbage

Might have Been

Soul of the Pyrenees

The Baby

The Lowry

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Session 10

78 2019 Safe Judith Kimber

79 2012 The Mousehole cat Martin Fry

80 2018 Mrs Heelis Brenda Stone

81 2010 Postcard from Ireland Kate Brown

82 2019 The Great Adventure Raymond Hughes

83 2001 Cwmorthin Requiem Peter Wylde

84 2019 It’s Good to Talk John Smith

Closing Remarks

We hope that you have enjoyed your weekend watching these memorable sequences and thank you all for ‘virtually’ attending. Have a safe journey home and we hope to see you at the GNF next year.

The Great Northern Festival Records from the Past 25 Years

1995 Jury: Di Burns, Ken Biggs & Brian Jeffs

1st

2nd

3rd

John Hickling

Colin Balls

Jill K Bunting

For the Bet of a Shilling

Back Lane

The Dream

For your interest the following are the records from the very first Great Northern Festival right up to the present day.

The Festival has always been keen to encourage the newcomers to our hobby, be that as an entrant, but also as an introduction for new judges.

If you look closely down the lists of names, it is interesting to note that a number of those who won either the original newcomers ‘Restricted’ section or latterly, the much enlarged ‘New Horizons’ competition have subsequently had deserved success in many more competitions over the recent years!

Some have also gone on to become well known and respected judges.

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2:00pm Welcome and Introductions

Session 3

21 2015 Simply the King John Holt

22 2003 India, Land of Contrasts John Rowell

23 2015 In Love with a Paperboy David & Barbara Pickford

24 2009 The Duel Bryan Stubbs

25 2011 Hot Water Howard Gregory

26 1997 Inferno Colin Balls & Peter Coles

27 2015 Making Progress Ray Grover

28 2017 The Perfect Husband Graham Sergeant & Carole Speight

10 Minute Break

Session 4

29 1999 Silver Giants Tony Hill

30 2012 Grease, Gaskets and Gears Keith & Kate Brown

31 2007 Honda Marion Waine

32 2003 The Secret of Fontenay Willem van den Berg & Peter Coles

33 1995 The Whitechapel Murders Mick Ball

34 2011 Nostalgia Keith Scott

10 Minute Break

Session 5

35 2017 Inverewe Garden Chris Bate

36 1995 And a Dog Rose Martin Fry

37 2002 The Survivors Ron Davies

38 2012 Val’s Story Jeff & Pat Mansell

39 2018 Vanessa’s Story Eric N Davies

40 2010 Colour Wash Peter Coles and Valerie & Chris Elliot

41 2007 The Colour Thief Jill K Bunting

42 2004 Liquid Gold Richard Brown

Saturday 5th December 2020 - 2:00pm to 5:30pmZoom opens from 1:30 pm

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Session 6

43 2011 Inspired by the Landscape Suzanne Gregory

44 2012 It was all so Different Howard Gregory

45 2013 Goodbye AV Workers

46 2018 Kelpies Howard Bagshaw

47 2016 The Invasion Sheila Haycox

48 2016 Life at Twenty Degrees Keith Storey

49 2018 Lifeline Malcolm & Jenny Gee

50 2016 Another Day in Paradise Alastair Taylor

51 2007 The Picasso of the Pier Richard Brown

10 Minute Break

Session 7

52 1998 Portrait of the Author Iain Lang, Walter Jones& Colin Balls

53 2008 The Kissing Gate Maggie Imhoff

54 2001 Lime Tree Farm Heather Clarke

55 2016 The Wild North John Harbron

56 2016 Climb if you Will….. James Hamill

57 2012 A Rich Legacy Linda & Edgar Gibbs

58 2000 Melani’s Visit Keith Leedham

59 2019 The Valiant Soldier Ian Bateman

60 2016 Night Soil or Mind your Language Alan Lyons

Saturday 5th December 2020 - 7:00pm - 9:30pm

Goodnight - sleep well and hope to see you all tomorrow for a 2pm start

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Sunday 6th December 2020 - 2:00pm to 6:00pm

2:00pm Welcome and Introductions

Session 8

61 2018 Chez Laz Ivan Stewart

62 1995 Echoes of a Silent Village Mike Hardcastle

63 2003 I Am Innocent Barbara Mullins & Ron Davies

64 2006 One Man and His Island Bryan Stubbs

65 2006 Alma Robert Albright

66 2015 Lilla Cross Tony Collinson

67 2016 The Land God made in Anger Howard & Carole Bagshaw

68 2019 The Corruption of Innocence Liam Haines

69 2018 To the Editor Keith Leedham

10 Minute Break

Session 9

70 2004 Mission Number 9 Jean-Paul Petit & Colin Balls

71 1998 The Ascent of Mont Blanc Malcolm Imhoff

72 1995 Bodie Geoff Holmes

73 2000 Not I Surely Jean & Reg Royle

74 1999 Learn to Live with It Gordon Clarke

75 2015 I Have But Two Priorities Henk Tulp

76 2014 Connections Alan Tyrer

77 2014 A Chat Lilian Webb

10 Minute Break

Zoom opens from 1:30 pm