#r b parr

[sugdenlovesdingle]

What id find funny as hell is if ross came back with seb (who is robert's absolute double, no r*becca visible in him at all), and seb like immediately is all obsessed with aaron.

Like he goes from 'dad that man says he knows my dad robert, and you never talk about him' to seb actively just seeking aaron out all the time and asking him a million questions. (There's something in the sugden gene that makes them orbit around aaron istg).

And aaron kind of becomes his stepdad again purely because the kid won't leave him alone (and aaron is definitely not encouraging him), and he's amazed at how much like robert seb is, even though they've not met in five years.

John just gets annoyed that aaron is spending so much time with the kid, talking about robert, and their 'relationship' is done . (John is devastated 😐).

LMAO! Oh I want this so bad (apart from Seb calling Ross dad). Didn't they say Seb was the spit of Robert when he was born though? Or did we as a fandom just decide that? I don't remember...

but yes Aaron is a Sugden magnet, and Seb being his father's son is a) obsessed with him, and b) a little smart arse - just making it clear from the get go he doesn't like fauxbert.

And Vic will be obsessed with them getting to know each other because they're FAMILY. Seb *side eyeing her in a way that would make Robert proud*, Fauxbert 😐.

And then Rob gets out early and comes home and Seb plays matchmaker until his dads are back together.

and the best thing would be that mike parr would absolutely HATE it - having to share his limelight with a 7 year old AND Danny lol

[carbonbeef]

Six WE Possible 3 Cover Costume Scenarios

With the latest announcement that Six West End has started rehearsing their alts on their third covers as of this week, here’s my take on what the costume scenario may look like:

A major assumption I have is with the knowledge that Hannah Lowther will be covering Boleyn, I think it’s safe to assume that Gabriella will be covering one of Hannah’s 1st covers and Naomi will be covering one of Gabriella’s (to avoid overlap, but let’s be real it’s Six and sometimes logic is lovingly thrown out the window).

So by this logic, Gabriella would be covering Howard or Parr and Naomi would be covering Aragon or Seymour fr

If they pick up an additional cover, it’s anyone’s guess if they’ll also cover the same alt’s other first cover or not (I.e., Hannah covering B/C, Naomi’s first covers, or A/B or B/S, one of Naomi’s and one of Gabriella’s) as both have happened in the past.

Scenario 1: Alts only ever learn one additional cover and receive principal costumes:

L-R: Hannah Lowther as Boleyn, Gabriella Stylianou as Howard, Gabriella Stylianou as Parr, Naomi Alade as Aragon, Naomi Alade as Seymour

While this is definitely a possibility and aligns with their push for standardization of costumes, I feel like if they’re going to commission 3 new costumes to be made, they may as well bite the bullet and put the effort toward alternate costumes to act as an insurance policy toward any emergency scenario that may arise

Scenario 2: Alts will receive an alternate costume:

Hannah Lowther as Boleyn

Gabriella Stylianou as Howard

Gabriella Stylianou as Parr

Naomi Alade as Aragon

Naomi Alade as Seymour

This feels the most likely scenario to me, but it does go against their recent push for costume standardization. Whether or not they learn any additional roles, providing one additional costume that allows them to potentially go on for a role they don’t cover in an emergency (which we all know Six is famous for)

Scenario 3: Alts will wear band costumes for any role other than their 1st cover

L-R: Hannah Lowther as Boleyn, Gabriella Stylianou as Howard, Gabriella Stylianou as Parr, Naomi Alade as Aragon, Naomi Alade as Seymour

I think we can all agree this is the least-ideal of the options, but it is the most cost-efficient. Like scenario 2, this allows them to go on for a role they don’t cover in an emergency, but let’s be honest this is the less fun version of Scenario 2.

I have a couple other scenarios in my head and will update as further needed, but these are the main three directions I see them going with one additional cover

[medium-observation]

SIX VIDEO RELEASE

Six - Second US National Tour (Boleyn)

November 14, 2023 - Medium Observation

Video

Cast:

Jana Larell Glover (s/b Catherine of Aragon), Zan Berube (Anne Boleyn), Kelly Denice Taylor (s/b Jane Seymour), Terica Marie (Anna of Cleves), Aline Mayagoitia (Katherine Howard), Courtney Mack (t/r Catherine Parr)

Notes:

Near perfect video of this incredible cast!! Some grain at times due to being far from the stage. Very little washout only in extreme wideshots or when lights are adjusting.

NFT Date: November 1st, 2024

Screenshots:https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjB3vws

Video is $20

This video can be purchased through me at mediumobservationtrading@gmail.com

[justarandomsixfan]

Me least Favorite SIX wig variants (Featuring some slight ranting x)

Same rodeo as the last one luvs x A: Not calling any actress ugly or not right for the role B: This is all My opinion, you're allowed to have different ones, we're all friends here On we go x

Aragon: Jade Marvin (Bliss 4.0) /Khaila Wilcoxon, Multiple cruise casts; Aragon Tour/24-25 Broadway

Both these wigs are mostly fine, there's 1 major thing that's bugging me though. Where's the structure??? Aragon's character is meant to represent regality & decorum, not a hair out of place. Here, the wigs are unkempt, loose, and all over the place. I can get behind Khaila's slightly, but Jade deserved a much better wig, or at least a re-styling.

Boleyn: The Boleyn Bob.

I personally don't mind the Boleyn bob, It's not my favorite style, but It works...To a degree. I can understand why some actresses have gotten it, but on others I'm just thinking..Why? Just as an example, Leah & Hannah have naturally long hair. Why bother using money to make a full wig, when the actress could use a hairpiece, or style their own hair? Design wise, i have a few questions too. Again using Hannah as an example. Why did they choose to trim the edges like that, and not use a full clean cut? Length-wise i have some qualms too, I feel like something a little longer, Like Leah's would've worked better for her. (Sorry, went on a wee tangent x)

Seymour: 2021-2023 Australia swings

I only have 1 issue here, and that's styling. For each swalt It's the exact same procedure. Straight hair, small crown, nothing else. No front styling like Braids, front piece etc, No variations in hair type, no creative freedom. Nothing. Just the exact same look for every swing. (I was gonna use the same argument for cleves with the low pony, but then i found a fuckin godworthy weave.)

Cleves: Janice Rijssel, Breakaway 4.0

Right x The side & back? Absolutely Zero issue with (Other than the weird break, but hey it's the cruises), love the cruises allowing a bit more creative freedom with the wigs. Front? Sweet Jesus, the front. The bit people r gonna see the most-

Who gave this the OK? Seriously, Who? Everything's flying at random angles, nothings bunched or grouped, strands are flying over the side-piece. I've looked at different images and trust me, this was not a 1-time thing. If anything, I feel bad for Janice. The wig does her Zero favors, Doesn't work with her face shape, her face sums it up for me. (THANKFULLY we got a glowup on the bliss, but christ almighty.) Ok ranting moment over x

Howard: All pony's since 2023

There's absolutely no issue with any of these, and this is more of a nostalgia thing. I really don't like the full pink pony's, i miss the days of the ombre, fade up's. We've not really had a "Bad" Howard wig, so i just thought I'd have a bit of a moment x

Parr: The side curl variant. Again. Right ok x We've had some stellar variations of this wig over the years, From London-the cruises!

These work for the actress design-wise & physically, and are an all-round 10/10.

Then, there are times where I'm asking if they could've tried out a few different looks. (No 2 is a particular fave x)

I think this is mainly an issue Standardization-wise, with higher ups wanting people to match either previous casts, or the principal. Take Ellie, When she first covered Parr she had the parr pony, which was still relativley new back then. It worked for her, and she looked stunning! Then, when she returned, she was for some reason given the side curls, and it never truly worked. In contrast, Principal Parr (Elna Breschi) was also wearing the side curls. Notice a pattern?

(All photos were found on the SIX wiki, I claim no ownership over any images used in this post) Please don't Kill me I beg

[six-costume-refs]

Why do you think it’s now standard for the teal alt to get pants? It works well for Parr but for the other three typical teal covers (Seymour, Boleyn, Howard) I feel like the shorts would suit better. Seymour is sort of a stretch but teal has actually never played Seymour with pants - it’s either been a skirt (Liz, Bryony, Shannen) or shorts (Jen, CJ, Vicki)

I think it was ultimately a redesign for Paisley Billings as a result of the changing cover/costume system.

Similar to what you pointed out with Seymour, teal didn’t always have a super clear default. It did originate with shorts, with Vicki Caldwell, Jennifer Caldwell, and Cherelle Jay all wearing shorts as either their primary or one of their primary variations. But then Nicole Kyoung-Mi Lambert had shorts but they weren’t a primary variation, and Bryony Duncan, Elizabeth Walker, and Shannen Alyce Quan all never had shorts OR a particularly generic variation in general. (Also, quick note that Jen did wear her H skirt for Seymour).

Compare that to pink alt, orange alt, and redesigned black, which all always had a consistent primary variation even when some had different variations on top of the main:

(L-R: Vicki Manser with shorts, 2019 West End; Nicole Kyoung-Mi with pants as effectively her primary variation, 2019 pre-Bway US Tour; Bryony Duncan with Howard skirt as effectively her primary variation, 2019 NCL/2021 UK universal swing. Cassy Lee A variation, 2019 UK Tour; Hana Stewart, 2019-21 West End; Zara MacIntosh, 2019-21 West End)

So by the time they got to 2021 West End cast change and the changed alt system, orange/pink both had obvious designs to use, but teal didn’t have anything standardized. That’s probably how we got to the spot of there even being something new.

But as far as why they decided to go for pants rather than shorts or a skirt:

(L-R: Danielle Rose and Paisley Billings, 2021 West End; Elizabeth Walker, 2019 NCL; Grace Melville and Leesa Tulley, 2022 UK Tour; Monique Ashe-Palmer, 2022 West End)

A. Danielle and Paisley got switched in their alt costume assignments, with Paisley originally being intended to have orange. This was after at least initial fittings. It may have been even farther into the process. It’s possible that Paisley got pants purely because she had already been fit and patterned (or with construction even started) for pants with orange alt. That may be supported by the style of her pants, which were the front lacing style that orange typically has. This differed from both all previous teal pants and the next variation as worn by Grace Melville, all of which had side lacing, although with Monique Ashe-Palmer they have switched back to front lacing. So…it’s possible that it was a logistical thing with her having just already been fitted for that style of pants. It’s also just more straightforward and easier to consistently fit for future actors.

B. Still might have just felt like pants were the best fit for Paisley and/or her covers. Shorts were mainly just given as a convenience thing to the alts who were also Cleves covers so they’d only need to change the top, which Paisley obviously didn’t need since she wore principal for Cleves. A skirt would have been most in line with the typical design for B/S/H as 3/4 of her 2nd/3rd covers, but they may have felt like it just wasn’t a good fit for any number of reasons (maybe too many skirts between principals and it being the primary variation for Esme/Rachel/Roxanne). The pants with peplum is undeniably a Parr variation, but Parr was one of her second covers and orange alt for Seymour/Parr has always used pants with peplum as well. The peplum shape also really helps to visually distinguish it. Might have just felt like it was ultimately still different and generic enough to work.

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First photoset; all photos directly from each actors’ Instagrams

Second photoset: posted by @/claudiakariuki, @/elizabethswalker, @/gracemelville_, @/leahvassell

[smilebackwards]

spell out your username in song titles meme

thanks to @andrea-lyn for the tag! some faves:

s t. elmos fire (man in motion) - john parr m ichigan - the milk carton kids i love it (feat. charli xcx) - icona pop l ove you like that - dagny e cho - jason walker b ulletproof picasso - train a ll i want is love - a great big world c olorful - jukebox the ghost k ids in the dark - all time low w hite flag - joseph a sk the lonely - journey r ead all about it (part iii) - emeli sande d ark places - the gaslight anthem s keleton key - dessa

tagging anyone that wants to share some music!

[esoterium]

top 100 characters statistical "which character" is similar to yours personality quiz

**picking five characters i know to add to the list while i take a couple!!*

Nomi Marks (Sense8): 83%

Marianne (Portrait of a Lady): 83%

Inej Ghafa (Shadow and Bone): 83%

Salvatore Romano (Mad Men): 82%

F o x M u l d e r  (T h e X - F i l e s): 82%

Torvi (Vikings): 82%

Baby (Baby Driver): 82%

Ally Maine (A Star Is Born): 82%

Marie Kreutz (The Bourne Identity): 81%

Riley Blue (Sense8): 81%

Elisa Esposito (The Shape of Water): 81%

Buck Vu (The OA): 81%

Alice Cullen (Twilight): 80%

Abby Sciuto (NCIS): 80%

Ben Hargreeves (TUA): 80%

Andy Dufresne (The Shawshank Redemption): 80%

Floki (Vikings): 80%

Rogue (X-Men): 80%

Amanita Caplan (Sense8): 80%

Juliana Crain (The Man in the HC): 80%

Ola Nyman (Sex Ed): 80%

Willow Rosenberg (Buffy): 79%

Neo (The Matrix): 79%

Ariadne (Inception): 79%

Guinan (Star Trek: TNG): 79%

W i l l G r a h a m  (H a n n i b a l): 79%

Bonnie Bennett (TVD): 79%

Monica Dutton (Yellowstone): 79%

Sam Button (The Perks): 79%

Frenchie (The Boys): 79%

Robin Buckley (ST): 79%

Marianne Sheridan (Normal People): 79%

W a n d a M a x i m o f f  (WandaVision): 79%

Violet Parr (The Incredibles): 79%

Luna Lovegood (HP): 78%

Nymphadora Tonks (HP): 78%

Trinity (The Matrix): 78%

Jasper Hale (Twilight): 78%

Toni Topaz (Riverdale): 78%

Kalinda Sharma (The Good Wife): 78%

Han Lue (Fast & Furious): 78%

Amélie Poulain (Amélie): 78%

Maeve Wiley (Sex Education): 78%

Cassie Thomas (Promising Young Woman): 78%

River Tam (Firefly): 77%

Omar Little (The Wire): 77%

Morpheus (The Matrix): 77%

William H. 'Shakespeare' Hill (This Is Us): 77%

Jonah Byrde (Ozark): 77%

Chris Washington (Get Out): 77%

Lane Kim (Gilmore Girls): 77%

Céline (Before Sunrise): 77%

Ada Shelby (Peaky Blinders): 77%

Jonathan Byers (ST): 77%

Benjamin Button (TCCBB): 77%

Heloise (Portrait of a Lady): 77%

Lily Iglehart (Sex Ed): 77%

Naomi Nagata (The Expanse): 77%

Hester Prynne (The Scarlet Letter): 77%

Remus Lupin (HP): 76%

Maeve Millay (Westworld): 76%

Daniel Jackson (Stargate SG-1): 76%

Rosalind Walker (CAOS): 76%

Storm (X-Men): 76%

Hernando Fuentes (Sense8): 76%

Dr. Sean Maguire (Good Will Hunting): 76%

Mozzie (White Collar): 76%

Kinsey Locke (Locke & Key): 76%

J o h n W i c k  (John Wick): 76%

Ekko (Arcane): 76%

Albus Dumbledore (HP): 75%

Inara Serra (Firefly): 75%

D'Angelo Barksdale (The Wire): 75%

Janis Ian (Mean Girls): 75%

Damian Leigh (Mean Girls): 75%

Dom Cobb (Inception): 75%

Michael Scofield (Prison Break): 75%

Jughead Jones (Riverdale): 75%

Darlene (Mr. Robot): 75%

Wyldstyle (The Lego Movie): 75%

Nairobi (Money Heist): 75%

Penelope (The Odyssey): 75%

Aunt Polly (Peaky Blinders): 75%

Penelope Garcia (Criminal Minds): 75%

Joyce Byers (ST): 75%

Will Byers (ST): 75%

Angela Montenegro (Bones): 75%

Maleficent (Maleficent): 75%

Kang Sae-byeok (Squid Game): 75%

Jules Vaughn (Euphoria): 75%

Viktor (Arcane): 75%

Suzuha Amane (Steins;Gate): 75%

Natalie (Yellowjackets): 75%

Jyn Erso (Rogue One): 75%

S i r i u s B l a c k  (HP): 74%

Elizabeth Bennet (Pride & Prejudice): 74%

Black Widow (MCU): 74%

Paul Smecker (Boondock Saints): 74%

Ciri (The Witcher): 74%

Kurt Hummel (Glee): 73%

[sixcostumerefs]

Performance Stats: 2022-23 UK Tour

As always: - There are likely some mistakes. I only have limited information from social media. - If you use this information, please credit and tag. sixcostumerefs here, six.costume.refs on Insta. Chlöe Hart: 370 performances - 349 in the UK and Ireland - 21 in South Korea

Jennifer Caldwell: 384 performances - 361 in the UK and Ireland - 21 in South Korea - 2 performances on the West End

Casey Al-Shaqsy: 352 performances - 328 in the UK and Ireland - 21 in South Korea - 3 performances on the West End

Aiesha Naomi Pease: 7 performances - 7 performances

Jessica Niles: 312 performances - 291 in the UK and Ireland - 21 in South Korea

Jaina Brock-Patel: 110 performances - 110 performances

Rebecca Wickes: 168 performances - 147 in the UK and Ireland - 21 in South Korea

Alana M Robinson: 346 performances - 333 in the UK and Ireland - 13 in South Korea Harriet Caplan-Dean: 88 performances - 85 in the UK and Ireland: 11 A, 9 B, 17 S, 8 C, 20 H, 20 P - 1 in South Korea (Parr) - 2 as E/C on the West End (Parr) - Total: 11 A, 9 B, 17 S, 8 C, 20 H, 23 P

Grace Melville: 181 performances - 115 as a regular alternate in the UK and Ireland: 64 A, 4 B, 46 C, 1 P - 4 in South Korea: 2 Aragon, 2 Cleves - 60 performances as T/R (Cleves) - 2 as E/C on the West End (Cleves) - Total: 66 A, 4 B, 110 C, 1 P

Leesa Tulley: 221 performances - 160 as a regular alternate in the UK and Ireland: 2 A, 51 B, 11 S, 1 C, 93 H, 2 P - 4 in South Korea: 2 Boleyn, 2 Howard - 57 Howard performances as T/R - Total: 2 A, 53 B, 11 S, 1 C, 152 H, 2 P

Natalie Pilkington: 174 performances - 157 as a regular alternate in the UK and Ireland: 2 A, 3 B, 72 S, 12 C, 1 H, 67 P - 11 in South Korea: 2 Seymour, 9 Parr - 6 as E/C on the West End (2 A, 1 S, 3 P; this only includes the E/C shows performed during the 22-23 UKT performance period) - Total: 4 A, 3 B, 75 S, 12 C, 1 H, 79 P  Emergency Covers: Elena Gyasi: 5 performances (Parr) Harriet Watson: 3 performances (Cleves) Roxanne Couch was also on standby for 7 performances but did not perform 

[compneuropapers]

Interesting Papers for Week 11, 2023

In the Body’s Eye: The computational anatomy of interoceptive inference. Allen, M., Levy, A., Parr, T., & Friston, K. J. (2022). PLOS Computational Biology, 18(9), e1010490.

Schemas provide a scaffold for neocortical integration of new memories over time. Audrain, S., & McAndrews, M. P. (2022). Nature Communications, 13, 5795.

Anterior cingulate cortex causally supports flexible learning under motivationally challenging and cognitively demanding conditions. Banaie Boroujeni, K., Sigona, M. K., Treuting, R. L., Manuel, T. J., Caskey, C. F., & Womelsdorf, T. (2022). PLOS Biology, 20(9), e3001785.

Neural signature of flexible coding in prefrontal cortex. Bocincova, A., Buschman, T. J., Stokes, M. G., & Manohar, S. G. (2022). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 119(40), e2200400119.

Divisive normalization is an efficient code for multivariate Pareto-distributed environments. Bucher, S. F., & Brandenburger, A. M. (2022). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 119(40), e2120581119.

Prior fear learning enables the rapid assimilation of new fear memories directly into cortical networks. Concina, G., Renna, A., Milano, L., & Sacchetti, B. (2022). PLOS Biology, 20(9), e3001789.

Sleep-promoting neurons remodel their response properties to calibrate sleep drive with environmental demands. Dissel, S., Klose, M. K., van Swinderen, B., Cao, L., Ford, M., Periandri, E. M., … Shaw, P. J. (2022). PLOS Biology, 20(9), e3001797.

Constructing functional models from biophysically-detailed neurons. Duggins, P., & Eliasmith, C. (2022). PLOS Computational Biology, 18(9), e1010461.

A neuronal prospect theory model in the brain reward circuitry. Imaizumi, Y., Tymula, A., Tsubo, Y., Matsumoto, M., & Yamada, H. (2022). Nature Communications, 13, 5855.

Data-driven emergence of convolutional structure in neural networks. Ingrosso, A., & Goldt, S. (2022). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 119(40), e2201854119.

Excitatory and inhibitory effects of HCN channel modulation on excitability of layer V pyramidal cells. Mäki-Marttunen, T., & Mäki-Marttunen, V. (2022). PLOS Computational Biology, 18(9), e1010506.

Recurrent neural networks with explicit representation of dynamic latent variables can mimic behavioral patterns in a physical inference task. Rajalingham, R., Piccato, A., & Jazayeri, M. (2022). Nature Communications, 13, 5865.

Hippocampal ripples signal contextually mediated episodic recall. Sakon, J. J., & Kahana, M. J. (2022). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 119(40), e2201657119.

Dynamic and stable population coding of attentional instructions coexist in the prefrontal cortex. Sapountzis, P., Paneri, S., Papadopoulos, S., & Gregoriou, G. G. (2022). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 119(40), e2202564119.

Connectivity concepts in neuronal network modeling. Senk, J., Kriener, B., Djurfeldt, M., Voges, N., Jiang, H.-J., Schüttler, L., … van Albada, S. J. (2022). PLOS Computational Biology, 18(9), e1010086.

Synaptic balancing: A biologically plausible local learning rule that provably increases neural network noise robustness without sacrificing task performance. Stock, C. H., Harvey, S. E., Ocko, S. A., & Ganguli, S. (2022). PLOS Computational Biology, 18(9), e1010418.

A normative model of peripersonal space encoding as performing impact prediction. Straka, Z., Noel, J.-P., & Hoffmann, M. (2022). PLOS Computational Biology, 18(9), e1010464.

Putting perception into action with inverse optimal control for continuous psychophysics. Straub, D., & Rothkopf, C. A. (2022). eLife, 11, e76635.

Time encoding migrates from prefrontal cortex to dorsal striatum during learning of a self-timed response duration task. Tunes, G. C., Fermino de Oliveira, E., Vieira, E. U., Caetano, M. S., Cravo, A. M., & Bussotti Reyes, M. (2022). eLife, 11, e65495.

Interactions between attributions and beliefs at trial-by-trial level: Evidence from a novel computer game task. Zamfir, E., & Dayan, P. (2022). PLOS Computational Biology, 18(9), e1009920.

[thmagdalene]

alice seymour, nee parr. viscountess beauchamp / the avenging magdalene - shunned for her licentious mouth, upon her bed lies a house for scandal & rumour, she returns to court seeking fury

penned by velvet for @bloodydayshq

BULLETPOINTS: 

name: alice seymour nee parr age/dob: thirty-eight / february 20th 1521 status/rank: viscountess beauchamp country of origin: england place of birth: blackfriars, london birth order: third youngest mother & father: marquess thomas parr of northampton & lady maud parr nee green✟ siblings: utp parr, marquess of northampton (41), utp parr, lady parr (39) sexuality: bisexual horoscope: pisces  virtues: leaderly, cunning, independent vices: irritable, coquettish, hostile marital status: married to viscount beauchamp (m. 1545) issue: arthur seymour (b. 1549), catherine seymour (b. 1553) alliance(s): the greys (by marital bonds-politics), the seymours (marriage, tense), the spanairds (maternal bonds) adversaries: the boleyn family, the tudor crown (ish), the court (fully)

TIMELINE:

1521 Birth in Blackfrairs, London to Maud & William Parr, Marquess of Northampton & Lady-in-Waiting to Catherine of Aragon 1525 Death of William Parr, her brother inherits, Alice & her sister become wards to the crown at Bridewell Palace, Blackfriars 1526 Is moved to her Uncle Sir William Parr ‘s Rye House, Hertfordshire for her education whilst her mother remains at court 1531 Her mother dies from the sweating sickness, her will is in place and Alice inherits many portraits, jewels and enough for a dowry of her own 1532 Marriage of Anne Boleyn & Henry VIII 1536 Death of Catherine of Aragon, this is where her hatred for the Tudors/Boleyns begins 1538 Moves to London, where she becomes Lady in Waiting to Anne Boleyn by the arrangement of her Uncle, she detests it and begins a series of secret missives between herself and Mary Tudor, & Anti-Reformist parties 1545 Marries Viscount Beauchamp by the arrangement of her Uncle, she misses the arrest warrant for Anne, and returns to court whilst she detesting her husband for not supporting his brothers 1549 Leaves court to give birth to Arthur Seymour, returns with a fighting vigour and swears her fidelity to her husband despite rumours that she has been licentious and promiscuous with both the young Prince William & many other men at court 1550 Remains at court as part of Anne Boleyn’s circles, probably flirts with henry Tudor whilst she can to get stuff? Begins an absent re-construction of Wulfhall to benefit her son's inheritance, but its an uphill battle since Seymour is hardly a name honoured by the people 1553 Gives birth to Catherine Seymour 1557 Henry VIII dies, attends the coronation of William III with the Grey & Seymour clans 1559 Attends the marriage of Anne Boleyn & Thomas Wyatt

BIOGRAPHY:

Kendal Castle was crumbling, or rather, it had crumbled. As the ancestral House of Parr, one would've thought someone would have paid greater attention to the wellbeing of a home that could've last a thousand years, for instead of being brought into the world beneath the roof of a seat that had long been held by their family since the time of the Caput baroniae, Alice was born amongst the city of London, Blackfrairs to be exact. The youngest of three, the only thing stammered between uneasy lips was the fact that shes was then owed a dowry by the behest of a father who had grown all too comfortable with cards at the Palaces of the English court. So, when wrapped in lavender scented linens, she was pushed into the arms of a wet nurse so both parents could return to their habits and pleasures.

Thomas Parr was a fine, intelligent mind - he had once been the principle to Lady Margaret Beaufort's school at Collyweston and had long since taken grand advantage of his intellect to pursue mathematics and theology before being risen to the role of Master of the Wards, Master of the Guards and Comptroller to the King. Maud Green was met on a similar playing field as a trusted member of the revolving ladies who waited upon Catherine of Aragon, with her own rooms to enjoy and great luxuries passed upon her by the kindness of the Queen. Their marriage was one of fine dining, riveting conversation and kind looks passed over the heads of their peers. First came their son, then a daughter, and then finally Alice.

Brought up to relish the mind and what could come from nourishing cunning, Alice had been wise from the start. For though their father died when, their mother used her connections to have herself and her children established in the rooms of Bridewell Palace, Blackfriars, so she could keep her proximity to the Queen and her offspring could continue their wellbeing beneath her quick gaze. Though, they only remained a year, for Alice at only five years of age, was found in the arms of her father's brother, William Parr, escorted alongside her sister towards Rye House, Hertfordshire, for their education and happiness.

Of course, it would've been foolish to live such a youthful childhood amongst the humdrum of an English Court, thereafter became the hotbed of fury concerning the dissolution of the marriage between the King and Queen. And though their mother, the ever faithful Lady Maud, remained by her Mistress' side in an act of complete loyalty to both the Pope and the safety of Catherine, Maud soon caught the sweating illness. Alice, who had grown to enjoy the great expanse of land nurtured by her Uncle, running alongside her siblings whilst cultivate a strong, unbreakable friendship with them both, soon learnt that they were no longer as safe as before, but rather orphans put to the mercy of their paternal Uncle.

Though, they were indeed luckier than most. With her brother the present Marquess of Northampton, the daughters of the late Thomas & Maud inherited their fair share of rare portraits, jewels and a fine dowry to secure a good match - but since their brother was still too young to understand what was needed for two young girls, they remained under the house of their Uncle, forever seemingly waiting to be returned to the brother, as was often foretold by their mother when sent stories though fine ink.

When Alice is called to court by the behest and control of her Uncle, she is seventeen. Pale, a fair-height and with the favourable red-hair worn by the King himself, she is quickly anointed as a beauty of Court to serve beneath Queen Anne Boleyn as a Lady in Waiting. Though, unlike perhaps many of her peers, the memory of her mother burns into her mind like a red-hot-poker, for too often it was declared that Boleyn was but a concubine, a woman unworthy of the place once warmed by a royal Princess of Aragon. With a stubborn nature, her unruliness once matched with a sincere need to get what she wanted, turns her beauty into something to be scorned - for whether it was the Queen, the other jealous ladies or deterred male courtiers, rumours well around her seventeen year old self that declare her a coquette, a liar and indeed a Pope sympathiser.

Of course, they weren't wrong.

Shunned, yet kept beneath the stern eye of the Queen and her court, by the late age of twenty-four, Alice is matched to the Viscount Beauchamp, the youngest brother to the late Seymours who had swiftly been executed for treason against the crown - a family whom Alice had kept at arm's length for both her own survival and in the hope of side-stepping their eventual demise. It was by the puppeteer hand of her Uncle, that the marriage was made, and though Alice found herself rather repelled with a marriage to a man who had not saved his own family, she is forced to go along with it - mostly, in some hope to save her reputation and head, which lingers upon the chopping block for her constant letters sent to the Lady Mary, a friendship nourished by her mother's own to Mary's mother.

But what else is there to say? For that is the biography of Alice Parr, and this is now the re-telling of Alice Seymour. Still, shunned by the noble ladies in fear of catching her reputation (which, though muted by her marriage is still questioned by the flicker of her eyelashes), Alice becomes a mother. Arthur is born, and beloved. But a maternal devotion does little to a boy meant to become his father's son, and before she returns to court there are already rumours that he is not of his father's loins but of some other courtier who had fallen for her lustful woes - even, by the gossip of chambermaids, the Prince William has found it hard to look yonder.

In an effort to secure her son's wellbeing, she begins to evoke her parents' intellect and spirit by renewing the works set upon the Seymour home of Wulfhall, which had fallen into disrepair after the fall of the late Edward, Thomas and Jane Seymour, before becoming a mother once more to a daughter, little Catherine, named after the Queen in a coy act of subterfuge.

Now, she returns to court again as a Viscountess. And, hey, if she survives this season, then there's no end to her appetite.

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LBJ, ’48 election & 'Box 13’

AP WAS THERE:

Uncovering Lyndon B Johnson’s stolen election

ALICE, Texas (AP) — In 1977, Associated Press reporter James W. Mangan’s exclusive interview with a South Texas election judge who detailed certifying false votes for Lyndon B. Johnson nearly three decades earlier made headlines across the country.

With the win by an 87-vote margin in the 1948 Democratic primary runoff, Johnson, then a congressman, easily defeated his Republican opponent to take a seat in the U.S. Senate, and he eventually ascended to the presidency.

Mangan spent three years pursuing the story, which pulled back the curtain on the victory that had drawn suspicions ever since election officials in rural Jim Wells County announced the discovery of uncounted votes in ballot box known as Box 13.

Headlines across the U.S. that accompanied the story included:

“Polling Official: Phony Votes Stole ’48 Runoff for LBJ”;

“LBJ’s election to Senate ‘stolen’”;

“Texan Claims Fix in LBJ Election.”

Here’s the story that ran July 31, 1977:

A former Texas voting official seeking “peace of mind” says he certified enough fictitious ballots to steal an election 29 years ago and launch Lyndon B. Johnson on a path that led to the presidency.

The statement comes from Luis Salas, who was the election judge for Jim Wells County’s notorious Box 13, which produced just enough votes in the 1948 Texas Democratic primary runoff to give Johnson the nomination, then tantamount to election, to the U.S. Senate.

“Johnson did not win the election; It was stolen for him. And I know exactly how it was done,” said Salas, now a lean, white-haired 76; then a swarthy 210-pound political henchman with absolute say over vote counts in his Mexican-American, South Texas, precinct.

The controversy over that runoff election has been a subject of tantalizing conjecture for nearly three decades, ever since U.S. Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black abruptly halted an investigation, but the principals have been silent.

George B. Parr, the South Texas political boss whom Salas served for a decade, shot himself to death in June 1975.

Johnson is dead and so is his opponent.

Salas, retired from his railroad telegrapher’s job, is among the few living persons with direct knowledge of the election.

Johnson’s widow, Lady Bird, was informed of Salas’ statements and said through a spokeswoman that she “knows no more about the details of the 1948 election other than that charges were made at the time, carried through several courts and finally to a justice at the Supreme Court.”

The Associated Press interviewed Salas frequently during the past three years, seeking answers to questions that, save for rumors, were left unanswered.

Only recently did Salas agree to tell his full version of what happened.

In his soft Spanish accent, Salas said that he decided to break his silence in quest of “peace of mind and to reveal to the people the corruption of politics.”

Salas says now that he lied during an aborted investigation of the election in 1948, when he testified that the vote count was proper and above board.

“I was just going along with my party,” he says.

He told the AP that Parr ordered that 200-odd votes be added to Johnson’s total from Box 13.

Salas said he saw the fraudulent votes added in alphabetical order and then certified them as authentic on orders from Parr.

The final statewide count, including Box 13 votes, gave Johnson an 87-vote margin in a total tally approaching 1 million and earned him the tongue-in-cheek nickname: “Landslide Lyndon.”

Texas Democrats were split in 1948.

Johnson, then 39, a congressman, represented “new” Democrats in his bid for the U.S. Senate.

His primary opponent was Coke R. Stevenson — 60 years old, three times Texas governor, never beaten and the candidate of the “old” wing of the party.

They called him “Calculating Coke.”

The vote in the July primary was

Stevenson 477,077,

Johnson 405,617.

But a third candidate, George Petty, siphoned off enough votes to deny Stevenson a majority, forcing a runoff between Stevenson and Johnson, set for Aug. 28, 1948.

In the interim, Johnson intensified his campaign.

One of the places he went stumping was the hot, flat, brush country of South Texas, George B. Parr country, where the Mexican-American vote seemed always to come, favoring Parr’s candidate, in a bloc.

The power had passed to Parr from his father, Archie, a state senator who had sided with Mexican-Americans in a 1912 battle with Anglos over political control in Duval County.

The younger Parr was known as the “Duke of Duval.”

Salas said he was Parr’s right-hand man in Jim Wells County from 1940 to 1950, but quit over Parr’s failure to support a fellow Mexican-American who had been charged with murder.

“We had the law to ourselves there,” Salas said.

“It was a lawless son-of-a-bitch. We had iron control. If a man was opposed to us, we’d put him out of business. Parr was the godfather. He had life or death control.

“We could tell any election judge: ‘Give us 80 per cent of the vote, the other guy 20 per cent.’ We had it made in every election.”

The night of the runoff, Jim Wells County’s vote was wired to the Texas Election Bureau, the unofficial tabulating agency:

Johnson 1,786,

Stevenson 769.

Three days after the runoff, with Stevenson narrowly leading and the seesaw count nearly complete, Salas said, a meeting was called in Parr’s office 10 miles from Alice.

Salas said he met with George B. Parr; Lyndon Johnson; Ed Lloyd, a Jim Wells County Democratic Executive Committee member; and Bruce Ainsworth, an Alice city commissioner.

Lloyd and Ainsworth like Johnson and Parr, now are dead.

Salas told the AP:

“Lyndon Johnson said: ‘If I can get 200 more votes, I’ve got it won.’

“Parr said to me in Spanish: ‘We need to win this election. I want you to add those 200 votes.’ I had already turned in my poll and tally sheets to Givens Parr, George’s brother.

“I told Parr in Spanish: ‘I don’t give a damn if Johnson wins.’”

“Parr then said: ‘Well, for sure you’re going to certify what we do.”

“I told him I would, because I didn’t want anybody to think I’m not backing up my party. I said I would be with the party to the end. After Parr I and I talked in Spanish, Parr told Johnson 200 votes would be added. When I left, Johnson knew we were going to take care of the situation.”

Salas said he saw two men add the names to the list of voters, about 9 o’clock at night, in the Adams Building in Alice.

He said the two were just following orders and he would not identify them.

The AP interview then produced this exchange:

Q. When you told Parr you would certify the votes, he said he would get someone else to actually add the names?

A. Yeah. And I actually saw them do it. I was right there when they added the names.

Q. Were all 200 names in the same handwriting?

A. Oh, yeah. They all came from the poll taxes, I mean, from the poll tax sheet.

Q. But some were dead?

A. No one was dead. They just didn’t vote.

Q. So you voted them?

A. They voted them.

Q. You certified?

A. I certified. So did the Democratic County chairman. I kept my word to be loyal to my party.

Q. Had some of those names already voted?

A. No, they didn’t vote in that election. They added ‘em. They made a mistake of doing it alphabetically.

Q. They added them alphabetically, as though they had walked in to vote alphabetically?

A. Yeah, that’s what I told George B., and he wouldn’t listen to me. I said: ‘Look at the A, you add 10 or 12 names on that letter. Why don’t you change it to the other, C or D or X, mix ‘em up?’ George said, ‘That’s all right.’ George was stubborn. He would not listen to anybody. But it was stupid. They went to the poll tax list and got those names. For instance, on the A they got 10 or 12 names.

Q. People who had not voted?

A. That’s right. they went on the B the same way, until they complete 200, and I told George, ‘That’s wrong.’

Q. While they were doing it you told him?

A. Yeah, and he said: ‘It’s OK.’

Q. They should have changed the handwriting?

A. How? Only two guys? How they going to change it? The lawyers spotted it right away, they sure did.

Six days after the runoff, with Stevenson still holding a narrow lead in the statewide count, a second telegram was sent, changing Jim Wells County’s vote to: Johnson 1,988, Stevenson, 770.

Johnson gained 202 votes;

Stevenson 1.

They came from Box 13.

The next day, the official statewide vote canvass gave

Johnson 494,191 and

Stevenson 494,104.

Stevenson protested.

Johnson said that if Stevenson had evidence, it was his duty to go to a grand jury.

“I know that I did not buy anybody’s vote,” Johnson said.

Stevenson went to federal court in Fort Worth and, on Sept. 14, Judge T. Whitfield Davidson signed a temporary restraining order forbidding certification of Johnson as the Democratic nominee.

The judge ordered an on-the-spot probe of voting in Jim Wells County.

When that inquiry began, on Sept. 27, reporters from around the country showed up in Alice.

By then it was national news.

The same day, in Washington, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Black agreed to hear Johnson’s petition to lift the injection.

Johnson’s attorney was Abe Fortas, in later years a Johnson appointee to the high court.

Stevenson was in Alice that day;

Johnson was on President Harry S. Truman’s campaign train.

During a campaign stop in Temple, Tex., Truman brought Johnson to his side and publicly endorsed him as the next senator from Texas.

Also on the train at San Antonio that day, according to Salas, were Parr, who had received a presidential pardon from Truman in 1946 after serving nine months on an income tax conviction, and Lloyd, the Jim Wells County executive committeeman.

Salas told the AP he was summoned the next day by Lloyd and told:

“Luis, everything is all right. We talked to Truman on the train. Don’t worry about the investigation.”

Two days later, Justice Black, in an order he dated himself in longhand, voided the temporary injunction against putting Johnson’s name on the ballot and ended the investigation.

Black said, “It would be a serious break with the past” for a federal court to determine an election contest.

Stevenson had lost; Johnson had won.

That ended Stevenson’s political career.

He retired to his Hill Country ranch, insisting until he died in 1975 that the election had been stolen from him.

Johnson became a power in Congress, and 15 years later he was president.

What happened to the ballot box that saved Lyndon Johnson’s career?

AT FIRST GLANCE, THE SOUTH TEXAS TOWN OF ALICE hardly looks like the sort of place that changed the course of history.

Other than the decaying grandeur of the Rialto movie theater and the carved limestone facade of the Texas State Bank Building—now bearing a For Sale sign—there are few clues that Alice has a story to tell.

But even if historical markers and the local museum make no mention of the town’s claim to infamy, the facts are undeniable:

In September 1948 Alice saved Lyndon Johnson’s political career from near ruin, providing him—by hook or by crook—with an 87-vote victory in a U.S. Senate runoff against Texas governor Coke Stevenson.

Without Alice, LBJ would have lost a Senate bid for the second time, making his eventual ascendancy to the vice presidency, and then the presidency, practically impossible.

Fifty years after the fact, interest in Texas’ most notoriously corrupt election shows no signs of waning, in part because Box 13—the tin ballot box that was stuffed with votes for Johnson—remains at large, although it’s widely believed to be in the hands of an unidentified local.

Visitors periodically nose around Alice inquiring about the box, and there is good reason for wanting to find it:

If it holds the original paper ballots and tally sheets, its reappearance could settle any lingering doubts about the integrity of the 1948 election results.

But locating it has proved difficult;

the scandal cast a shadow on the town for decades, and many Alice residents still greet inquiries about Box 13 with uncomfortable silence.

But a few will talk, and each has a theory:

It was stashed in a meat locker; it was thrown into the Rio Grande; it was auctioned off by the sheriff years ago. “I received an anonymous letter this summer saying that it was in the Texas State Bank vault,” says Jim Wells county judge L. Arnoldo Saenz, “but there wasn’t anything to it.”

The origins of the Box 13 scandal lie in a painful lesson Johnson learned in the 1941 Senate primary, which was stolen from him by Governor W. Lee “Pappy” O’Daniel.

One day after the election, Johnson was proclaimed the unofficial winner;

campaign workers hoisted the jubilant candidate onto their shoulders, and John Connally—then Johnson’s campaign manager—sent a telegram that read “Unless miracle happens . . . looks like we’re in.”

But an overconfident Johnson made a crucial mistake:

He had instructed his key districts to report back their results promptly on primary day, but that alerted O’Daniel’s men to precisely how many votes they needed to “discover” in unreported districts to guarantee a win.

Indeed, three days after the election, O’Daniel was declared the victor by 1,311 votes.

It was the only electoral defeat Johnson ever suffered, and he would call the following few years the “most miserable period” of his life.

Johnson did not contest the 1941 election results, most likely because he did not want to invite scrutiny:

His campaign had engaged in questionable voting practices with the help of men like political boss George Parr.

Known as “the Duke” of Duval County, Parr ruled much of South Texas through patronage and force, regularly fixing elections.

He proved invaluable in 1948 when Johnson decided to run for the Senate again, this time against Stevenson.

Three days after the election, Stevenson was the unofficial winner, but votes continued to trickle in from far-flung precincts.

Three days after that, officials made a startling discovery in Alice: Precinct 13’s tally sheet, which had reported 765 votes for Johnson on primary day, now listed 965 in his favor.

(One of Parr’s men, it was later revealed, had extended the lip of the “7” downward into a “9.”)

The votes for Johnson were written in the same handwriting, signed in the same ink, and cast in alphabetical order. Nevertheless, Johnson was pronounced the victor, earning the tongue-in-cheek sobriquet Landslide Lyndon for winning by less than one hundredth of one percent of the total vote.

Ever since, Alice residents have heard their fair share of stories.

“For years afterward, the whole country down here was rife with rumor,” recalls eighty-year-old Homer Dean, a former Jim Wells county attorney who observed the first of several unsuccessful investigations into the Box 13 scandal.

Dean remembers the late September day in 1948 when Stevenson and Frank Hamer—the Texas Ranger who led the ambush against Bonnie and Clyde—came to Alice looking for answers.

“They were hot to prove the election had been stolen, but they didn’t get very far,” he says.

“Tom Donald at the Texas State Bank let them look at the tally sheet, but he took it away when they started copying down names.”

Stevenson later contested the election, but Johnson’s attorneys successfully argued that the federal courts had no jurisdiction in a state election.

Since Dean was one of the attorneys who helped present the investigation in 1948 to a local grand jury—which handed down no indictments—he has his own ideas about what happened to Box 13 and its contents.

But he’s saying little, at least for now; an interview he gave to a researcher at the LBJ presidential library will be made public, as per his request, only after his death.

This summer, despite the obvious impediments of reluctant witnesses and a fifty-year-old case, Duval County sheriff Santiago Barrera, Jr.—whose own quarter horses are descended from one of Parr’s prize-winning mares—began an investigation into Box 13’s whereabouts.

He successfully tracked down Juan M. Escobar, the great-nephew of the late Ignacio “Nachito” Escobar, the deputy sheriff said to have added Johnson votes to the tally sheet on orders from one of Parr’s followers; the younger Escobar confirmed the story.

But what about the missing piece of evidence?

Barrera has thus far found only a fake: a tall, rusted box emblazoned with “13” that is proudly displayed on the counter at the Branding Iron Bar-B-Que House in Alice.

Duval County Historical Commission chair Lydia O. Canales is eager for Barrera to find the real ballot box since the Duval County Museum’s collection of George Parr memorabilia—including his Stetson, alligator-skin billfold, and last will and testament—seems sorely lacking without it.

Visitors to the tiny museum, which is in the neighboring town of San Diego, often inquire about Box 13, but must settle for an archival photograph.

“It would be such a draw,” Canales sighs.

She may never get her wish; according to one longtime observer of Alice politics, the search for Box 13 is certain to be fruitless.

“The ballots were burned that night in the Ranch Motel, and the tally sheet was taken across the border by some of George Parr’s men,” the source claims.

“Box 13 was probably burned along with everything else.”

And how did the source come by this bit of information? “

You can hear it from the horse’s mouth.”

Which horse?

Whose mouth?

The source won’t say, preferring—like just about everyone in Alice—to savor the secret of Box 13 just a little bit longer.

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Week 3: 20 Sources

For this week's SDL, I collected 20 sources based on these topics.

Articles & Journals / Magazines

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Feast, L. Vogels, C. (2021). “Opening the door”: An authentic approach to decolonizing arts education in Aotearoa/New Zealand. Art, Design & Communication in Higher Education, 20(1), 65–82. https://doi-org.ezproxy.aut.ac.nz/10.1386/adch_00030_1

Horrocks, R. (2016). The arts in New Zealand: A changing field of forces. New Zealand Sociology, 31. 132-145. librarysearch.aut.ac.nz/vufind/EdsRecord/sih,120836618

Pankl, L. Blake, K. (2012). Made in Her Image: Frida Kahlo as Material Culture. Material Culture, 44(2), 1–20. http://www.jstor.org/stable/24396670

Turkheimer, F.E. Fagerholm, E.D. Bettelheim, E. Liu, J. Dazzan, P. Loggia, M.L. (2022). The art of pain: A quantitative color analysis of the self-portraits of Frida Kahlo. In: Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 16. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2022.1000656

Parr, E. (2021). Toi Tū Toi Ora: Contemporary Māori Art. ArtAsiaPacific, 122, 76. https://librarysearch.aut.ac.nz/vufind/EdsRecord/vth,148897036

Lu, Y. Yang, G. (2008). Decorative rejuvenation — Aesthetic analysis of “Memphis” design. 2008 9th International Conference on Computer-Aided Industrial Design and Conceptual Design. https://doi.org/10.1109/CAIDCD.2008.4730740

Fornari, D. Lzicar, R. Owens, S. Renner, M. Scheuermann, A. Schneemann, P.J. (2021). Introduction: New Perspectives on Swiss Graphic Design. Design Issues. Winter 2021, 37, 4-9. 10.1162/desi_e_00620

Page, C. (2019). In Praise of Drop Shadows. BOMB, 150, 149–159. https://www.jstor.org/stable/26876387

Hayes, C. (2023). Curating Art in Challenging Times. Art Monthly, 467, 39-40. https://search-ebscohost-com.ezproxy.aut.ac.nz/login.aspx?direct=true&db=vth&AN=163994903&site=ehost-live&scope=site

Droitcour, B. (2021). Living With, Dying From. Art in America, 109(5), 70–75. https://search-ebscohost-com.ezproxy.aut.ac.nz/login.aspx?direct=true&db=vth&AN=151869132&site=ehost-live&scope=site.

Theo, K. (2021). Journey into Colour. Aesthetica, 104, 64–75. https://search-ebscohost-com.ezproxy.aut.ac.nz/login.aspx?direct=true&db=vth&AN=153889539&site=ehost-live&scope=site.

Crawford, A. (1997). Ideas and Objects: The Arts and Crafts Movement in Britain. Design Issues, 13(1), 15–26. https://doi.org/10.2307/1511584

Parkinson, G. (2006). Surrealism and Politics: Interpretation, Determinism and Art History [Review of Surrealist Art and Thought in the 1930s: Art, Politics, and the Psyche; Obscure Objects of Desire: Surrealism, Fetishism, and Politics; Surrealism, Politics and Culture, by S. Harris, J. Malt, R. Spiteri, & D. LaCoss]. Oxford Art Journal, 29(2), 306–312. http://www.jstor.org/stable/3841021

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FridaKahlo.org. (n.d). Henry Ford Hospital, 1932. https://www.fridakahlo.org/henry-ford-hospital.jsp

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DECEMBER RELEASE

Boop! The Musical - Chicago Tryout

December 3, 2023 - Medium Observation

Video | Matinée

Cast:

Jasmine Rogers (Betty Boop), Faith Prince (Valentina), Ainsley Anthony Melham (Dwayne), Erich Bergen (Raymond), Stephen DeRosa (Grampy), Angelica Hale (Trisha), Phillip Huber (Pudgy), Anastacia McCleskey (Carol), Lawrence Alexander (Ensemble), Colin Bradbury (Ensemble), Tristen Buettel (Ensemble), Joshua Michael Burrage (Ensemble), Gabi Campo (Ensemble), Daniel Castiglione (Ensemble), Rebecca Corrigan (Ensemble), Josh Drake (Ensemble), RJ Higton (Ensemble), Nina Lafarga (Ensemble), Morgan McGhee (Ensemble), Aubie Merrylees (Ensemble), Ryah Nixon (Ensemble), Christian Probst (Ensemble), Ricky Schroeder (Ensemble), Gabriella Sorrentino (Ensemble), Brooke Taylor (Ensemble)

Notes: Nice video from the second week of previews and Version 3.0. Some scenes are majorly wideshot due to the nature of the show, along with usher activity. Some washout can be seen at times but it's not too bad.

NFT DATE: June 6th, 2024

Screenshots: https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjB5Cro

Video is $20

Six - Second US National Tour (Boleyn)

November 19, 2023 - Medium Observation

Video | Matinée

Cast:

Cassie Silva (s/b Catherine of Aragon), Zan Berube (Anne Boleyn), Aryn Bohannon (s/b Jane Seymour), Terica Marie (Anna of Cleves), Taylor Pearlstein (s/b Katherine Howard), Courtney Mack (t/r Catherine Parr)

Notes:

Excellent video of a fantastic group of alternates and Courtney's unexpected final performance as Parr!

NFT DATE: December 1st, 2024

Screenshots: https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjB3Ye3

Video is $20

Mrs. Doubtfire - First US National Tour

November 16, 2023 - Medium Observation

Video

Cast:

Rob McClure (Daniel Hillard), Maggie Lakis (Miranda Hillard), Giselle Gutierrez (Lydia Hillard), Cody Braverman (Christoher Hillard), Emerson Mae Chan (Natalie Hillard), Aaron Kaburick (Frank Hillard), Nik Alexander (Andre Mayem), Romelda Teron Benjamin (Wanda Sellner), Leo Roberts (Stuart Dunmire), David Hibbard (Mr. Jolly/Ensemble), Jodi Kimura (Janet Lundy/Ensemble), Alex Branton (Ensemble), Jonathan Hoover (Ensemble), Sheila Jones (Ensemble), Julia Kavanagh (Ensemble), Marquez Linder (Ensemble), Alex Ringler (Ensemble), Lannie Rubio (Ensemble), Ian Liberto (s/w Ensemble), Lauryn Withnell (Ensemble), Julia Yameen (Ensemble)

Notes:

Near perfect capture of the tour! Some washout is seen in wideshots due to primary robs doubtfire outfit being so Bright.

NFT DATE: June 6th, 2024

Screenshots: https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjB3Z7Y

Video is $20

Frozen - First US National Tour

November 29, 2023 - Medium Observation

Video

Cast:

Caroline Bowman (Elsa), Lauren Nicole Chapman (Anna), Erin Choi (Young Elsa), Annie Piper Braverman (Young Anna), Jeremy Davis (Olaf), Dominic Dorset (Kristoff), Collin Baja (Sven), Preston Perez (Hans), Jack Brewer (Oaken), Evan Duff (Weselton), Tyler Jimenez (Pabbie), Renée Reid (Bulda), Kyle Lamar Mitchell (King Agnarr), Katie Mariko Murray (Queen Iduna), Natalie Wisdom (s/w Head Handmaiden), Jack Brewer (Bishop), Kate Bailey (Ensemble), Kristen Smith Davis (Ensemble), Jason Goldston (Ensemble), Natalie Goodin (Ensemble), Zach Hess (Ensemble), Adrianna Rose Lyons (Ensemble), Alexander Mendoza (Ensemble), Nick Silverio (Ensemble), Daniel Switzer (Ensemble), Peli Naomi Woods (Ensemble), Michael Allan Haggerty (s/w Ensemble), Jessie Peltier (s/w Ensemble)

Notes:

Absolutely gorgeous video of this tour! Lots of wideshots and close ups.

NFT DATE: June 6th, 2024

Screenshots: https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjB5mqB

Video is $20

Videos can be purchased through me at mediumobservationtrading@gmail.com

[old-transport]

Leeds 'Austerity' tram No. 275 @ Bramley Station in colour by Frederick McLean Via Flickr: My hand *colourised (if you want to use it please credit me and link to this description) version of an old photograph taken in Stanningley Road (Ashdown Street on the left) near Bramley Station, of Leeds City Tramways (LCT) 'Austerity' car No. 275 showing a 'Corn Exchange' destination blind. The original BnW photo is here:- flic.kr/p/2nCrULK Modern day google maps street view (location from 'Paul Haywood'):- www.google.com/maps/@53.8062989,-1.6354014,3a,75y,84.68h,... Old/new side by side overhead map view:- maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/side-by-side/#zoom=17&lat=53.... The photo reverse is stamped with the photographer and/or negative owner name R. B. Parr, and the date 22 Aug 1952. No 275 is interesting as it started off as car No. 104 and was the first of the 'Austerity cars'. The number 104 was originally on a Chamberlain car which was destroyed by fire in Jul 1942, a 'new' tram was built by LCT using recondition parts (traction motors, gears, wheels & axles) from the remains, and stock or scrap wood, metalwork, fittings, parts, seats, etc., being built in war time materials shortages were common. The new 104 seated 26/40, ran on a second hand Brush P35 truck, and was based in Bramley Depot where it first ran in service Dec 1943. It was renumbered 275 in Aug 1948, moved to Swinegate when Bramley closed in 1949, was withdrawn from service Sep 1957, and the following month was burnt at Lowfields Road Permanent Way Yard. The parts of the Leeds tramways systems that had not already been withdrawn or transferred to bus operation closed in Nov 1959. * My coloured images are more sketch or watercolour like than colour transparency or print like. They are an impression of that subject and period, rather than an accurate representation of how the image/subject actually looked when the photo was taken. If there are any errors in the above description please let me know. Thanks. 📷 Any photograph I post on Flickr is an original in my possession, nothing is ever copied/downloaded from another location. 📷 -------------------------------------------------

[siiiixfan]

okay so I’m doing it with alts Aragon: Collette G.

Bolyen: Danielle R.

Seymour: Loren H.

Cleves: Cecilia S.

Howard: Holli C.

Parr: Megan L.

Alt A/B (T) : Meg B.

Alt S/H (O): Abigail S.

Alt C/P (P): Bethany M.

Superswing (B): Shannen Q.

Superswing (S): Kelly T.

Universal Swing (O): Lois E.

also this not to call anyone better or worse I have more with more people part 2 will be up soon.

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