Come Watch Some Flying on a Boat
Just a heads up about a couple of performances tonight and on Thursday, the 25th that may be of interest to you if you are looking for something fun for the kids. And, it's free (but donations welcome).
From the Seattle Times:
Long-distance sailors typically are driven by a desire to explore new horizons, a passion for being at sea or some combination of both.
But Delphine Lechifflart and Franck Rabilier may be the only ones driven by their love of performing acrobatic shows while suspended from the mast of their sailboat.
The French couple, who will perform two shows at Elliott Bay Marina in Seattle on Saturday and Thursday, use the mast, boom, rigging and other parts of their sailboat to perform aerial acrobatics. Since leaving their home in northwestern France in 2004, they have performed in Europe, the Caribbean and South America before heading for British Columbia and Washington for a series of shows this summer.
Delphine Lechifflart and Franck Rabilier will perform "The Navigators" at 5:30 p.m. and "Between Wing and Island" at 7:30 p.m. Saturday and Thursday at Elliott Bay Marina, 2601 W. Marina Place, west of Pier 91 in Magnolia.
The shows are open to the public, and the couple's boat will likely be docked on G or H dock.
More information: www.voilierspectacle.com
From the Seattle Times:
Long-distance sailors typically are driven by a desire to explore new horizons, a passion for being at sea or some combination of both.
But Delphine Lechifflart and Franck Rabilier may be the only ones driven by their love of performing acrobatic shows while suspended from the mast of their sailboat.
The French couple, who will perform two shows at Elliott Bay Marina in Seattle on Saturday and Thursday, use the mast, boom, rigging and other parts of their sailboat to perform aerial acrobatics. Since leaving their home in northwestern France in 2004, they have performed in Europe, the Caribbean and South America before heading for British Columbia and Washington for a series of shows this summer.
Delphine Lechifflart and Franck Rabilier will perform "The Navigators" at 5:30 p.m. and "Between Wing and Island" at 7:30 p.m. Saturday and Thursday at Elliott Bay Marina, 2601 W. Marina Place, west of Pier 91 in Magnolia.
The shows are open to the public, and the couple's boat will likely be docked on G or H dock.
More information: www.voilierspectacle.com
Comments
(true story, actually)
The antennae jammed the track...THAT figures, it can't just fall off, it has to fall into the track...but of course!
==sans Betty Patu, who is grounded
Robert Manry, a "lower-middle-class" guy, once bought thirteen foot boat for a few hundred dollars, built a tiny cabin up front, and sailed 3000 miles to England in it. I guess that makes him "out of touch with the poor."
Africans crossed the Atlantic hundreds of years ago in pre-Columbian times, as evidenced by art in South America that is similar to art in Africa. I guess they were the "rich" Africans, out of touch with their poor.
Polynesian sailors routinely sailed the Pacific in small boats...abandoning THEIR poor.
Sailing = "out of touch" elite wealthy people? Ridiculous. I hope that if you ever find a little money, Waiting, you buy yourself a sailboat and join the "wealthy elites" in their "cruises." You might just learn a little more about the world, about self-determination, about reliance on others, about the leveling effects on people and class of a hurricane at sea...
Oh, and Waiting, how's your "vaca" going? I'm wondering if your vacation (that you spend money on) is rendering you "out of touch"? Are you feeling a bit more decadent, a bit pampered...a bit like you're spending money on yourself instead of on alleviating all the suffering in the world? Better check yourself, eh, or you're liable to become one of those elitists, sipping martinis on the salon deck as your crew dutifully polishes the winches with toothbrushes...
There are achievement gaps because teachers are so well paid they are out of touch with the poor.
Great insight. Phooey.
Want proof .. look at the results over the last 10 years.
The quality of Ed Research is extremely poor. The UW and others in the "know" are failing to produce positive results; yet because their recommendations align with an ideology deemed correct .... the SPS fumbles on by following those in "the know".
One reason for the lack of effective teaching is because teachers are discouraged from using effective instructional materials and practices. This is particularly apparent when examining results from low income students and other educationally disadvantaged subgroups.
My thought for "Waiting out Irene on vaca" is
please be specific as to the charges you make.
What are the practices that the "regulars on this blog" advocate for that are not in the best interests of "the low-income kids?"
One of this blogs major strengths is as a forum for discussion of ideas and evidence. Care to join us?
Actually, our sailboat was our only home for 20 years and we lived and travelled (sailed) all over the world all year long for probably less than you are spending on your vacation waiting out Irene.
Your "out-of-touch" assumptions might be better directed as this one is all wet.
Also, some of us here may be doing better in our lives than when we were children but you never forget your own childhood. I want better for all these kids and I want them to have the opportunity to achieve it.