Bruce

Here's an interesting Galliott Studios fact for you: Jennifer loves Bruce Springsteen.

Whilst tidying the ceramics area at Galliott Studios, we discovered a casette of Bruce's Born in the USA. Jenn's dad had given us a new CD player just days before, and it included a casette deck. Coincidence? We thought not!

So now our casette is all burnt out from overplay, the guys at Open Mic with Mike had a beautiful rendition of 'I'm on Fire' and still the love is strong. (Open Mic at the Cat Stop http://www.bontours.ca/catstop/)

Enjoy it here. We also like seeing Bruce in his overalls! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrpXArn3hII

If anyone wanted to drop in a copy of Born in the USA in a more durable format, we'd like that. Jenn needs cheering up, she fell off a ladder today.

Marks, set, ROW!!!

Yesterday the dory races for the Bonne Bay Regatta took place here in Woody Point. The Galliott Studios girls got their best captains outfits on and set off to race!

And we won!!!!! Check out Jenn's face when we got the trophy. It now has pride of place in the shop, proudly displayed for all to see. We took Jenn's degree down to fit it in!

Olympics

Last night was the opening of the London Olympics. We tried to watch the ceremony, but only managed to catch highlights. It was still enough for Liv to get all misty eyed and patriotic. But also completely baffled. Maybe it would have made more sense if we'd seen the whole ceremony!

Here's an image from our friends at Laikingland (http://www.laikingland.co.uk/) They're an incredible company that makes automata and kinetic sculpture. And they have a special olympics image of their applause machines that echos the olympics rings. Perfect for cheering on your national team!

We'll definitely be watching the full ceremony on the internet. If you wanted to give Team GB and all the Canadian athletes a little cheer, we'd like that!

Superstar DJs

You may not know this, but we Galliott Studios girls have a radio show. And it's pretty great! We think so anyway.

Every Thursday we hop on the boat over to Norris Point and do our show on Voice of Bonne Bay radio. It's a community radio station, but you can listen online too. We've had listeners from as far the UK and Australia!

Last night we had a chat, played some music and interviewed Jacqueline Bradley, the new artist in residence here in Gros Morne National Park. Her work's amazing (we have a little bit of art envy) have a look at her website here http://www.jacquelinebradley.com.au/

Here's a photo of Jenn interviewing Jack on air!

Why not listen in next week? Thursdays 6-8pm. VOBB is 95.9FM if you're in the Bonne Bay area, otherwise listen through the website http://www.vobb.org/ 

So tune in guys! As long as you don't mind the odd gap. We're still beginners!

Shark bike!

We've just had the pleasure of watching the Woody Point bike parade! As part of the Bonne Bay Regatta all the kids decorate their bikes and ride through town. There were lots of balloons, a Hawaiian paradise, a princess in a carriage and even a shark! All on bikes! Check out the pictures.

Planes

Today's regatta events included a kid's craft workshop at Galliott Studios. We were mobbed by a host of kids wanting to paint wind chimes, yoyos and toy planes. After a little rearranging of furniture, we were good to go! Here's a photo of them painting away:

Just a quick post today - there's lots of cleaning up to be done!

Basque whalers!

Our friend Phil Lichti is a videographer. He's working on a very interesting project at the moment and asked the Galliott Studios girls to help out with some sound bites. We happily agreed. So Jenn spent a hilarious time splashing around in a dory and making Basque Whaler sounds. Intrigued? You should be! We have a sneak preview for you right here And here's a photo of action Phil on a hike with Liv

We'll let you know when Phil finishes the project so you can have a look!