Still here in Gator country, just watched an Andy Griffith Show with ASIFA`s own Margaret Kerry (Tinker Bell) Artist and actor careers are always strange. Next week I will be back in California where I have a meeting of the Afternoon of Remembrance Committee. This is my first year as a member of this committee, but I never miss one of these events. You shouldn`t either.

I have been thinking a bit about some of the strange twists that my career has gone through. That is because I drove past the High Spring Women`s Club today.




the blocks on the left are 1899 and the blocks on the right are from my mold

This building was put up in 1899 out of a custom cast block. When it came time to add an extension to this community landmark there was no way to match the block until I came to town to visit my family. I use to do special effects for slasher flicks, made casts of people`s heads so that they could then seem to be removed with lots of fake blood in front of the camera. It was nothing for me to make a mold of the 1899 blocks so that they could be cast to match.

One of the things I really appreciate about Afternoon of Remembrance is the depth of information we get about these strange career path twists taken by animation people we all think that we know. Many of them have done things that we would never suspect. This year, among others, we are remembering the man who created the first mechanical heart, but this is not what you know him for.

Make plans now to attend this memorable event, find out about the people you think you know.

Saturday January 28, 2006 - 12 noon - all day! (normally to about 5 or 6)
AN AFTERNOON OF REMEMBRANCE

Hollywood Heritage Museum
2100 N. Highland (across from the Hollywood Bowl)
Hollywood  ¶ 5:09 PM