Congratulations! Capt.Rie (For A Job Well Done!!)
The On-Shore Crew (London Metropolitan University) Of The Vessel "Untitled" Led By: Capt. Rie Hale. (designer&maker of the "Untitled")
On-Shore Crew Members:
Amy Jowlett (2nd.year Fine Art)
Julia Tester (2nd.year Fine Art)
Claudia Stenhouse (2nd.year Fine Art)
Christina Moreno (Royal Academy Of Music)
Fiona Hunter-Boyd (2nd year Fine Art)
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Film/Video Director: Dr. Judith Franco ( University Lecturer, Belgium )
Reportage Of Events Of Afternoon :
It was all "hands on deck", at least, on shore, this afternoon for a group of fellow students,et al who asssisted Capt. Rie Hale in the completion of her maiden voyage the "Unititled" to
the London Metropolitan University. We met Capt. Hale at the Lime Street Basin and manually lifted the vessel out of the water and carried it shoulder high along Commercial Road, in the East End of London, to the main entrance of the University and, thereafter, straight up to the studio on the 3rd. Floor.
It was a victorious and glorious afternoon and the weather...just perfect!! With some stops along the way,notably the Marinner's Pub in Commercial Road, where we stopped for some light refreshments...wine and lagers all round,!! We resumed our journey singing loudly as many "sea-shantes" as we could remember..."Row,Row,RowThe Boat" perhaps being sung the most!!
It was really quite difficult to take the strain of the vessel's weight and to give justice and full-throated resonance to our singing renderings...but we managed in heroic-triumphant-style to crack-out a few songs with the greatest of gusto! Along the Commercial Road we caused quite a stir...and to the great delight of especially the few chaps we met along the way who yelled encouragements (usually from their car windows)..."you are going the wrong way to the canal" ..."where's the water darling?"..." and "go on love! the canal is just down the road",etc. (I pleaded with my fellow-students to make a quick sign and find a bucket in which to advertise our journey and "collect some money" for the good student cause along the way...but alas! this enterprising idea fell on deaf ears.)
With the vessel safely delivered to the London Metropolitan University "Fine Art Studio: Floor 3"...the crew retired to the local...the "Buck's Eyes"...or whatever it was called, and had a celebratory drink or two!!
The intrepid Capt. Hale set off this morning with her vessel tucked into a van. Capt. Hale was accompanied by her film director Dr. Franco. The vessel was taken to the canal nearest to Capt. Hale's home in Woodford Green,London.
After a strenuous 12 miles row by Capt. Hale she was met by her On-Shore-Crew at Lime Street Basin and together the vessel was carried to the University, successfully!! Hip-Hip-Hoorah!!
Thank-You! Capt. Hale for having me as a member of your On Shore Crew...it has been a pleasure!!
Some Photographs Of The Memorable Afternoon:
2 comments:
And so say all of us!
Who would have thought boating on Commercial Road could be so much fun.
Hi! Amy,
An experience not to be missed!!
By the by, have you got any bruises on your shoulders? I discovered some of us have a few...Well, what's the point if we don't suffer for Art's Sake...Yuk!
Did not know it was supposed to be painful...only kidding!!
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