Follow-up to Warwick TV Footage from University of Warwick 40th Anniversary
Also check out the Warwick TV Website for their entry to the Shootout Film Festival "Run Jon Run"!
Claudie Combelas
20 Jul 2005 16:06
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20 Jul 2005 15:08
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Claudie Combelas
21 Jun 2005 11:09
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Follow-up to 40th Anniversary Open Campus Day Saturday 7th May 2005 from University of Warwick 40th Anniversary
Don't forget to watch the video footage shot live and broadcast on the day at link
Claudie Combelas
17 May 2005 14:04
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Writing about web page http://blogs.warwick.ac.uk/40th_anniversary/gallery/open_campus_day/
Well, finally D-Day (well nearly) came upon us. Lots of students in blue anniversary T-shirts getting ready for the public, a thousand balloons blowing in the very-strong breeze, stands ready, WMG machinery, displays, and exciting "stuff" ready, 40 years of innovation all set up in Maths Building, Brass Band ready, signage up, SU union all ready, Beef shack setting up, Could Quartet arriving and then…..
Dark clouds came up ahead, cold winds howled, rain poured down on the now freezing students, still smiling, bless them…
Not a good start one might say!
However, those who braved the elements, eventually saw the sun shine on them! The street entertainers came up, the Revelation Choir sung, little children with painted faces listened to the music in the Arts Centre and hunted down Lego men.
At the end of the day we were all tired but felt that a good day was had by all and that, indeed, is all that matters!
So, if you were here, let us know how your day went.
Photographs of the event are in the Open Campus Day Gallery.
Claudie Combelas
12 May 2005 10:51
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As part of the University’s 40th Anniversary celebrations, the Retired Staff Association decided to make its annual spring lunch a rather grander affair than usual. On 22 April, almost a hundred members of the Association assembled at Scarman House for a trip down memory lane. Some (e.g. Jean Norman and Alf Webb) had been appointed by the University even before the Charter had been granted and of course Doris Butterworth was there in 1962, at the very beginning. There were squeals of delight and recognition from people who had not seen each other for many years, but most had participated in RSA events on a regular basis since the organisation’s formation in 1997 so it was a matter of catching up with friends as well as former colleagues .
The 40th Anniversary steering group had awarded the RSA a £500 grant towards the cost of the lunch, on condition that memories of Warwick were collected. Some had been submitted prior to 22 April but Doris Butterworth’s talk after lunch inspired others to do so too. Doris referred to the very early days of the University, to the involvement of Lord Rootes and Lord Scarman and so many other lay people, the early professorial appointments, parties for staff children, sit-ins and controversies, triumphs both academic and non-academic (e.g. the Arts Centre) and how very much Jack would have enjoyed the event. He was certainly with us in spirit.
As always, Hospitality Services did us proud, providing a delicious lunch in pleasant surroundings, but it was the company that made the event, all appreciating the opportunity to share in the success of what many referred to as ‘our university’.
Margaret Wallis, Chair, Retired Staff Association
Claudie Combelas
26 Apr 2005 14:42
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How exciting, as part of the University's 40th Anniversary Celebrations,
graduates were offered 2 free tickets to a Concert in the Butterworth Hall on Sunday, 10th April at 7 pm. My email read, "first come, first served" so I was onto the web site immediately. The occasion was the presence of the Institute of Physicists who were holding their annual conference over the Easter vacation and had extended the invitation to Warwick Graduates.
The world-famous pianist John Lill OBE was giving a special piano recital of pieces from Beethoven, Chopin, Brahms, Schubert and Prokofiev. Initially it was to be 50 minutes duration but the enthusiasm from the audience was such that this Award winning pianist extended it to one and a half hours.
John Lill studied at the Royal College of Music under William Kempft and
made his London debut in 1963 at The Royal Festival Hall. In 1970 he won the Moscow Tchaikovsky International Prize. Musicians always seem so well preserved as he looked little older than when I first attended one of his earlier concerts at Aston University shortly after 1966.
Lill thoughtfully explained each piece prior to his performance so that more pleasure was acquired by the musically naive (my category) as well as the proficient in the subject. In addition to the brilliant performance he amused us with the occasional pun such as many Physicists are amateur Musicians, but thankfully, Musicians don't tend turn to the sciences and become amateur Physicist or Doctors.
Technically I lack understanding of the finer points of the piano keyboard despite gaining a good deal of enjoyment from listening to music but I found Lill's mastery of the keyboard quite breathtaking. He had chosen pieces that did full justice to his expertise and I found his brilliance on the keyboard, quite masterful with fingers crossing backwards and forwards from base to treble so rapidly that I hardly drew breath most of the time.
What a good turn out from the Physicists with Warwick Alumni padding out the hall to capacity. One fascinating fact was the number of very young people attending – 7 years of age and upwards, sitting throughout the performance with neither a fidget nor a wriggle.
Irene Tims (English and American Literature 1982-85)
Claudie Combelas
18 Apr 2005 14:56
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06 Apr 2005 09:00
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Colin Touchin who used to be Director of Music here at the University of Warwick, will be conducting a performance by the Warwick Phoenix Singers (a group made up of Warwick alumni and past staff). They would be delighted to see friends from the University attend the performance AND if anyone who was in the Chamber Choir at any time in the past 40 years would like to join the ensemble, even for this performance, please contact claudie.combelas@warwick.ac.uk and I shall pass on your details.
Saturday 16 April at 7.30 pm in Chelmsford Cathedral
Beethoven Symphony No. 9 (Choral), Touchin Lambs and Tygers , Smith Blackwater Suite.
Essex Chamber Orchestra – Warwick Phoenix Singers
Colin Touchin, conductor
Claudie Combelas
29 Mar 2005 13:33
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