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Teaching an SSD Class
Joni Micals (c3bdancer@gmail.com)
Joni Micals is a newer caller who decided to use the Sustainable Square Dance (SSD) framework to teach a new group of seniors. Click on the button below to see her report of how it worked out. The second button shows a report by a dancer from Australia who happened to be visiting one of the lesson nights. It shows a third-party perspective on what was going on.
Joni Micals Report (click to view)
My First Attempt at Teaching a Class, by Joni Micals
I attended two GCA sponsored caller schools, my first with Betsy Gotta in St. Louis, 2015, and my second with Randy Dougherty in Palm Springs, 2017. The first time my goal was to just do one-night stands at RV parks across the USA as I was living in my RV and each park had empty recreational halls just waiting for someone to do something in them. The second time my goal was to take eight non-square dancers and teach them to square dance while I learned how to use my equipment, acquire stage presence, figure out how to actually use my words to teach the calls, and most importantly, make it fun while trying to get everyone home.
I had moved into a 55+ gated community with a very large auditorium and many club rooms. I immediately petitioned to start a new club—square dancing. It took over six months of attending the recreational board meetings, writing requests, and explaining myself during open forum before two board members decided they would join a class if offered. They finally convinced the board to give me the auditorium, starting January 2018. I had six months now to recruit.
This community has a bi-monthly newsletter and a Facebook group of which I took total advantage. I posted blurbs about how square dancing was good as physical and mental exercise, wards off dementia, get to know your fellow community members, have fun, and learn something new. I posted pictures and videos of dancers smiling, memes of square dance sayings and images, and each time I left my name, number, and email, encouraging those that wanted inclusion to contact me. Without knowing the actual day and time (the Rec Board would let me know late in December!), my list of new dancers grew to 48.
Then our local area club, which did not have a class that year, started telling people that I was starting a class in January, and handed them my contact info. Dancers from that club, wanting to be angels, also contacted me. My numbers grew again.
I started to feel panicky. A group of eight to play with was now approaching five squares. I reached out to callers and dancers who all told me I would be fine, I could do this, I was a teacher for 38 years before retirement and this would be a piece of cake.
End of December and I was given a room (auditorium), a day (Tuesdays), and a time (10-12). I called back everyone to give them this info personally. Three squares could do it at that time and day. The rest had other obligations but wanted on my list for the next class if offered any day but Tuesday, in the afternoon, in the early evening, etc.
Class #1
Three squares of dancers age range 70-94. Everyone was given a name badge (Hobby Lobby, 12 plastic pin-on buttons for $4.99). Everyone initialing by their name on a sign-in page. Following the SSD (Sustainable Square Dance) 12 Week Program they learned 20 calls (parsing out the Circle Left and Circle Right as two different calls). In the first tip we learned most of the calls in a big circle. Here they could dosado, allemande left, right arm turn, promenade, and do a really grand Right and Left Grand until they got back to their partner again. In the second tip we reviewed all that we learned and then did a scatter promenade. Two became a circle of four, four became a circle of eight, and bingo! Three squares. Now they learned their new labels, Heads and Sides, and numbers, evens and odds. As they now saw the calls in the context of these squares, with each additional call (2 and 4 Ladies Chain) I realized I could get them back to their partners, and if they got out of order, I told them to grab their original partners and go home.
Class #2 and #3
Since the first three weeks were open to anyone else wanting to join, the first lesson was repeated. Some people came down with the flu, some dropped out because they had obligations (but please put me on your next list) and new people joined, so my number of squares hovered around two. At one point someone had to leave early for a doctor's appointment, leaving one square with a hole. I put down the mic, took up the boy's position, and called from the square. I called this "Trial by Fire."
I should mention here that I have everyone's email and phone numbers. For the first three classes I called everyone each week to encourage them to come, warning others that if they missed three lessons in a row they would have to discontinue their lessons and reenroll the next class offered.
On to Lesson 2 in the SSD Program. The class learned four new calls, but were having problems with the patter that I was using from the SSD manual. Nobody was getting home. There were a few calls incorporated that they hadn't learned yet. The sequences were too long for some dancers. I was getting frustrated. When class was over I complained on the Facebook site "Newbie Callers" only to find out I had an original copy, not the latest up-to-date version (look for the XX on the bottom of the page). I copied off the latest version (looks like they fixed Lesson 2), and I was a happy camper again.
No new lessons. All we did was dance all of the calls we had learned. They were reacting quicker to the calls, dancing smoother, and really looked like square dancers. They were smiling, laughing, and told me how much fun this is. Only one sour puss in the group—an angel. Having been president for many years of the local club, he commented on how slow this class was moving through the calls. I said that I did not have a club over me demanding I reach Plus in 36 weeks, that I could take two years, if I wanted to, to just get them through Mainstream. Even though the SSD Program is a 12 Lesson program, it does not necessarily have to be done in 12 weeks. I wanted to make sure my class could dance, that everyone could execute the calls properly, that nobody felt stressed, and that everyone was having fun. That was my purpose.
The weekend before Class #6 I emailed everyone a copy of all the calls learned and encouraged them to print them out, highlight the ones they could do automatically, and mark the ones they wanted me to review more. Since I was being dropped off very early for the next class, I offered extra help to anyone showing up early.
Class #6 Six class members showed up early. We reviewed Star Thru and Slide Thru. Those women acting as men put their name badges on their left side, and by touching that badge they knew which way to turn on a Slide Thru. I answered questions, such as hand holds, and practiced swinging your partner. They also got a preview of one of the new calls, California Twirl.
A new lesson, four calls. Two squares (and another square's worth absent with colds, coughs, doctor appointments) dancing everything. Bend the Line was a challenge for some. California Twirl, not so much. But when we learned Dive Thru, I introduced it as a swimming pool. Do you dive into or out of a pool? Who are my outside people? You are going to dive into the pool. You are going to dive under the arch that the people in the pool are now going to make with their inside hands raised. When those on the inside go to the outside of the pool, use that raised hand to do a California Twirl. Oh my! They actually had to remember to do something more on the outside that was different from the inside people! They felt very accomplished.
All too soon I decided to do a singing call that I planned to do at my next caller school (teaching us how to do one-night stands with Rick Hampton). I realized that the song had two calls not yet learned so they were taught Right and Left Thru and Grand Square. Then we attempted the singer several times. It was decided that no matter how slow I played the music, they hesitated too much to execute the moves in the amount of time allotted. I should mention that up to this point in the lessons I have not sung a song, just did patter. I am not a singer, having been told all of my life that I cannot sing (my parents switched me from piano to violin so that I would not sing with the tune!). In any case, I turned off the music and sang the song with the calls and slowed down for them to catch up, left song words out so they could catch up without being confused, and lo and behold! They got through the singer! Even better, I got through the singer feeling pretty good about my singing voice.
This is all I have for now. By the time this goes to publication I will have the rest of February through April under my belt. Who knows, we might have even finished the SSD 12 Week Program!
Australian Dancer Report (click to view)
Doona Young, Australian guest
I attended one 2 hour session of Friendly Valley Twirlers in late Nov., 2018. The caller and teacher was Joni Micals. The class was a mixture of two experienced angels, two elderly retreads, one lady taking classes both here and elsewhere (totally new a few months ago), one lady who had tried square dancing in the past, but not graduated, and two ladies who were totally new to square dancing this year. On the sign in sheet there were eight more dancers who couldn't attend this lesson for all the usual reasons.
The class starts again from scratch (Circle Left) every 3-4 months, to allow beginners to join and others to review. They are all elderly dancers – some with memory or movement problems. Some were quite tired after the two hours. All enjoyed square dancing for its exercise/movement benefits and fun. One mentioned the mental benefits. The class started with only seven dancers, so Joni called while dancing for half a tip, when the eighth dancer arrived. Dancers tended to stayed paired with the same partner and same position in the square for the class duration. Dancers and caller benefitted from this consistency of home, partner, corner and opposite.
Joni turned the music down and her voice up when she was calling AND dancing. Otherwise, she used a microphone clearly. She had previously tested music and microphone levels before the class started. There were two men and two ladies who immediately volunteered to be left side dancers. The ladies wore wrist bands for identification. The other four ladies were right side dancers.
We spent about 45 mins reviewing previously learnt calls, which were displayed on a whiteboard prominently. The calls were colour coded:
Black for calls already taught and reviewed.
Green for calls taught last week.
Red for the five calls to be taught in this lesson.
I was impressed with the review tips where many moves were taught and practised from both normal and half sashay positions. These moves included Flutterwheel, all 8 circulates and Grand Square. Joni moved the dancers quickly and easily to new positions.
At no stage were circulates taught as "Follow someone else." The first circulate for the session was from ends facing out – "Ends Circulate". – ie a facing circulate!
The most interesting was Grand Square. With a simple command "All join hands, circle left a quarter" "Sides face, grand square" can now be repeated with new sides. "Everybody half sashay" – and a warning to "be careful, this will feel different" – and we were all doing grand square half sashayed. And this is week 8 of a beginner class.
After the review tips, we spent about 45 minutes teaching the new moves. All of the tips in this 90 min period were used with hoedown music. Joni constantly praised the dancers as they achieved new calls, remembered old calls, danced from new positions. She fixed muddles quietly. She asked the square to move close to her and microphone lead, so she could help people.
The last 30 minutes were used practicing and dancing two singing calls. For one record, Joni knew how and when to leave out or shorten some calls, so we could complete the choreo in the required 64 beats. Joni knew how to add extra words for clarity, if needed. "full turn, all the way around" or "swing your NEW corner".
The class also had a visitor – a gentleman from a neighbouring retirement village – interested in the suitability of square dance for himself and friends. Joni invited him to try – he declined – but watched with interest – and videoed our dance, and teaching, for his friends. I hope he joins the class when the next class commences in February. Maybe, if invited, he will join the class for the Christmas party in two weeks.
Effect of my presence –
"Are the calls the same in Australia?" = discussion about international hobby and use of English.
"Where are you staying?" = discussion about friends and travel.
"I'm coming to Melbourne next October"= email addresses exchanged; chance for this lady to dance in Australia; square dance hospitality demonstrated.
Another experienced dancer in square = group achieved so much.
I was the one who chatted to the visitor and prospective new dancer (as well as Joni, of course).
Continuing fitness and health are always continuing problems for elderly groups. Health, family and travel means many absences. Continual intake and frequent new classes mean that new dancers are welcomed and included quickly. Old dancers, who miss too many classes, can re-join in a few months. This class has no time constraint for completion – no need to meet anyone's expectation. They meet for fun and exercise. Well done, Joni.
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Under The Tree Of Talking | Congo: The Unpopular Struggle
As the crisis in Congo creeps into the headlines, JJ Bola provides an account of the recent developments, international involvement and the immense suffering the world continues to ignore.
Columns, New in Ceasefire, Under the Tree of Talking - Posted on Thursday, December 27, 2012 14:35 - 2 Comments
By JJ Bola
On the 20th of November Goma, the provincial capital of North Kivu, in the eastern Congo, fell under the occupation of the recently formed M23 rebel group – who stated that they will march on until they reach the capital city Kinshasa – with little resistance from MONUSCO (United Nations Organisation Stabilisation Mission in Congo) or the FARDC (Armed Forces of Democratic Republic of Congo).
'M23' is an abbreviation of March 23rd, the day in 2009 when a peace treaty was signed between the DRC government and the CNDP – the militia group fighting against the DRC (Democratic Republic of Congo) government at the time – stating that soldiers from CNDP (National Congress for the Defence of the People) were to be integrated into the FARDC. M23 was formed on 4th April 2012, when hundreds of soldiers from the CNDP defected and formed the faction, with claims that the Congolese government were not honouring their part of the peace treaty. They were led by Bosco Ntaganda, popularly known as "The Terminator", who is now wanted by the International Criminal Court for war crimes.
According to Human Rights Watch, M23 are being funded by Rwandan President Paul Kagame, whose involvement in the region has been known for a number of years, with further accusations that the leader has been attempting to create a proxy military rule. The UN Group of Experts report published on 15th November 2012, states that:
"the government of Rwanda has continued to support M23 and other armed groups in all categories of arms embargo violations…officials have provided military support to M23 through troops reinforcement and clandestine support through special units of the armed forces…recruitment for M23 has continued in Rwandan villages, and Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) members have collected funds for the movement". The complicity of neighbouring countries Uganda and Burundi, led by Presidents Yoweri Museveni and Pierre Nkuruziza respectively, have also been named in the looting and exploitation of Congolese resources. These parties, however, have denied their involvement vehemently, with President Kagame – who is active on social networking site Twitter – saying on 3rd December "the actual truth will always prevail. People need to support on-going efforts by ICGLR and stop blame game #E.DRC".
On Nov 26th the International Conference of Great Lakes Region (ICGLR), which is comprised of 10 countries including DRC, Rwanda and Uganda, met to discuss the security situation in Eastern Congo. There were twelve objectives concluded at the meeting, which essentially urged the DRC government to listen to the "grievances" of M23 rebels. On the 1st December, M23 withdrew from Goma – allegedly stealing arms, cars and $3 million from the Goma Central Bank. However, analysts have argued that this is simply a tactical decision as a result of the increased international pressure on President Paul Kagame.
The Congolese government and M23 recently sat down in talks and begun the negotiation process, to which M23 have openly demanded that President Kabila resign from his post. In his recent state of the nation address, President Kabila – who is not without faults of his own –publicly stated, for the first time ever, the Rwandan governments complicity in the balkanisation of the Congo. However, there was little mentioned in regards to a plan of action on the situation. What was important, he asserted, is that the sovereignty of DRC must be decided by the people. This remains to be seen.
The UK is the biggest bilateral aid donor to Rwanda; DFID (Department for International Aid and Development) planned to spend £75 million in total on aid this year. Approximately 40% of the Rwandan economy is dependent on donors. The United Kingdom first withheld an aid instalment of £21 million in November, and later decided to cut aid to Rwanda citing involvement with M23 rebels as the cause. However, many have criticised this move saying that it is the poor who will suffer most. The United States have also decided to cut military aid to Rwanda for the same reason.
However, the US Government has rejected imposing sanctions on Rwanda, even though President Obama, in an official call to President Kagame on the 18th December, stressed "the importance of permanently ending all support to armed groups". This shows a discrepancy in the course of action. If Kagame has given support to the rebels, as identified in the UN report, then the leader must held accountable for crimes indictable by the International Criminal Court. This remains to be seen. Nonetheless, one thing is for certain: Paul Kagame'a reputation – once deemed "a visionary leader" by Tony Blair – is changing, as the truth about his involvement in the Congo conflict is revealed.
To reduce the conflict in Congo to mere nationalism, tribalism or ethnic rivalries – a false narrative all too familiar in African conflicts – would be an oversimplification, and in fact, a false argument. This conflict is economically profitable for many actors domestically and internationally.
Congo is rich in mineral resources, it contains more than 80% of the world's Coltan – used in modern technology such as mobile phones, computers, laptops and televisions – 30% of the world's cobalt, not to mention gold, silver, copper, diamond, tin, cassiterite, which, despite being traded on the global stock market for approximately $400 per 50kg bag, earns Congolese miners only $5 dollars a day. The African Business Magazine estimates that Congo has a total mineral wealth of $24 trillion dollars, larger than the GDPs of the United States, United Kingdom and China combined, however, its people are amongst the poorest in the world and continue to suffer needlessly.
The conflict in Congo is not a recent phenomenon, this has been a 16-year-long struggle in which over 6 million people have been killed, and over 500,000 women have been raped by militia men as a weapon of war. And yet, the conflict has received very little global attention. It is this disorder which creates the conditions for the exploitation and extraction of the aforementioned resources by the Rwandan and Ugandan governments. According to the United Nations Rwanda and Uganda then sell these products on to multinational corporations from Europe and North America, with the help of the military aid provided by wealthy nations such as Britain and the United States. This is the greatest humanitarian crisis since World War II. It would take a 9/11 every day for five years to equal the number of lives lost in this conflict, and yet, there is relative silence.
This global consensus of silence on the roots of the problem is perplexing; perhaps because the suffering is too heavy for the human conscience to bear, or perhaps because the suffering is so normalised. We only pay attention during the extreme moments that images are flashed on our screen. Congo is the unpopular struggle; however, it is the human struggle. One that we must all wake up to, in order to reclaim our humanity, as the roots of Africa's first world war leave little doubt that we are all responsible.
JJ Bola performs his poem "I Cry"
JJ Bola is a Congo born, London raised writer & poet. He tweets at @JJ_Bola
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It sounds to me like this is the "restive youth problem" rearing its head again. Armed groups (political, ethnic, "criminal") flourish on mass unemployment among young people, who can be recruited to get a stab at resources, status and power. The neoliberal peace model – demobilise, integrate, power-share – brings elite fractions out of the cold, but leaves the underlying unemployment/poverty issue unsolved. So-called DDR initiatives tend to be precursors to downsizing army and rebel forces, and only provide short-term relief for ex-combatants, assuming the market will do the rest. This usually leads to a return to armed conflict or failing that, a proliferation of armed banditry by disarmed former combatants.
Since the lack of a job or income, and the possibility to obtain an income by taking up arms, are key drivers of ongoing conflict, the simple solutions in terms of sustained peace, seem to me to be either: basic income with dignity for all; full employment; maintenance of an oversized army to provide an income; or pensioning out ex-combatants to keep them quiet. The successful model here would be Somaliland post-(de facto) independence, which basically used state payouts to ex-combatants to end the war. The other key aspect of the Somaliland peace process was an emphasis on resolving grassroots "root causes" such as land scarcity and land conflicts. Of course all of this runs strongly against the neoliberal "consensus", and would require some kind of sustained input of resources from somewhere.
There's also a strange continuity of African civil wars like the Congo war, with Guevara's foco strategy (create a million Vietnams through small armed rebel groups made up of dissatisfied youths)… basically, it looks like foco strategy without the politics – and with a corresponding plundering of the civilian population. It's surprisingly effective at forcing centralised power either out of marginal reasons, or into dirty deals with local actors to keep resources flowing (example: MEND in the Niger Delta), but it seems to be ruined by the lack of radical politics, and the resultant emphasis on hypermasculinity and ultraviolence (according to Paul Richards, some of these armed groups are actually imitating Rambo!) I daresay the missing link is the role of elite fractions in channelling the grievances of the excluded into what are basically power-grabbing machines (with the result that neither the grassroots soldier, nor the alleged civilian constituency gains much from the eventual resolution of the conflict). Though I also wonder if Guevara exaggerated the revolutionary potential of militarised youths – he didn't seem to foresee how hypermasculinity and dominatory power arise as byproducts of militarisation, even in a "good cause".
I wonder how/whether it would be possible to politicise the grievances behind these struggles. A Chiapas the size of Congo would be a great boon to the people of Congo, and to the world.
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Democrats launch new digital ads blasting Trump's coronavirus response ahead of Pence visit
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Democrats launched new digital ads Wednesday blasting President Donald Trump's response to the coronavirus pandemic as his vice president heads to Wisconsin on the third day of the Democratic National Convention.
Vice President Mike Pence is scheduled to visit Darien in Walworth County on Wednesday as Trump's campaign seeks to differentiate itself from the Democrats' virtual convention in a key swing state. The digital banner ads ads will target voters around Darien with the message, "This administration failed us."
"Trump's failed coronavirus response has left Wisconsin with an economy in turmoil and cost too many lives and too many jobs." DNC spokesperson Maddie McComb said in a statement. "Nothing about Pence's visit on Wednesday changes the reality that it didn't need to be this bad."
► Find full coverage of the 2020 Democratic National Convention in our special section.
The ads released Wednesday are the latest in a war of words centered around this week's convention and Democrats' decision to hold a virtual event amid concerns over COVID-19. The move was a blow to the host city of Milwaukee, which had expected an economic boon from up to 50,000 visitors.
Democrats say a virtual convention is the safer plan during a pandemic that's killed nearly 170,000 people in the United States. Republicans contend it's reminiscent of Hillary Clinton's decision in 2016 not to visit Wisconsin, which she narrowly lost to Trump.
Trump's campaign has also used the occasion to barnstorm Wisconsin, with visits from Eric Trump and the president preceding Pence's stop on Wednesday.
"I won't forget you — just like you didn't forget me in 2016," Trump said during a rally Monday in Oshkosh.
Earlier this week, Democrats launched a cable TV ad in the Green Bay media market classifying Trump's visit as a political stunt that would put lives at risk. The president's campaign countered with digital billboards in Milwaukee asking, "Where's Joe?"
Contact Haley BeMiller at hbemiller@gannett.com. Follow her on Twitter at @haleybemiller.


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Дебют Kia Avella відбувся в 1993 році, тоді автомобіль був представлений тільки з кузовами 3 - і 5-дверний хетчбек, трохи пізніше в 1995 році з'явився седан, що отримав назву Avella Delta. Єдина принципова різниця між версіями - довжина кузова. В іншому автомобілі повністю ідентичні.

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У технічному плані Avella компанії Kio ідентична Mazda 121 зразка 1990 року. Вона успадкувала від цієї моделі коробку передач, підвіску і навіть двигун, а саме рядний 4-циліндровий 1,3-літровий силовий агрегат потужністю 73 к.с.

Хоча найчастіше зустрічаються потужніші версії Avella з 1,5 л двигунами потужністю 105 к.с. або 92 к.с.

На вибір покупця три типи коробок передач: 3 - і 4-ступінчаті автоматичні і 5-ступінчата механічна.

Передня підвіска - типу McPherson зі стабілізатором поперечної стійкості, задня - поперечна балка.

Продовжуючи порівняння між Mazda 121 і Avella, варто відзначити: нове торпедо, збільшений в розмірах багажник і помітно вищий салон у автомобіля Kio. Він вийшов просторим, а високий дах залишає великий простір між стелею і головою.

Кузов обтічної форми був самостійно розроблений корейськими дизайнерами.

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Широкий діапазон регулювань сидіння водія і спеціальний профіль подушок з бічною підтримкою дозволяють водієві відчувати себе комфортно навіть після тривалої напруженої поїздки.

Окремо варто сказати про систему безпеки на Kia Avella.

Передня частина автомобіля, аж до сидіння водія, посилена сталевими панелями високої міцності, встановлюючи нові стандарти у забезпеченні безпеки для малогабаритних автомобілів. У поєднанні з ременями безпеки з трьома точками фіксації створює водієві надійний захист при фронтальному зіткненні.

Для поглинання бічного удару варто брус посилення дверей з високоміцного металу. Він надійно захищає водія і пасажирів.

У 1997 році Kia Avella піддали рестайлінгу. Оновлена версія відрізняється від попередньої формою передка і наявністю великих літер DELTA на зрізі кришки багажника (седан).

У 2000 році на зміну їй прийшла нова малолітражна модель - Kia Rio.

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Homecultural mindsetWould You Give Your Staff Your Revenue For a Day?
Would You Give Your Staff Your Revenue For a Day?
Since you've been reading my posts for quite a while, you'll most likely remember that one of the things that we talk about often is how well you treat your teams.
Treat your internal teams as well as you'd like them to treat your paying customers, if not even better.
Now, there are many examples of this premise from companies large and small. This example is from a couple that owns three restaurant bars in Grand Rapids, Michigan. I'll link the article here, but to summarize….
The couple that owns Hop Cat, McFadden's, and Stella's want to give something back to their staff. It's been a busy time in each of these establishments with the recent Art Prize events that drew in record crowds. Their teams pulled their weight and delivered good food and good experiences for everyone.
Today, Tuesday, October 23, they will take every penny of revenue in all three restaurants, put it in a pot, and divide it up equally among the entire staff.
Now, it's not just the profits, but every penny taken in. The owner realizes this may be a day that could cost him, but he sincerely believes it will pay off in the end.
Here's the ultimate gift given back to the owners – – the cook in one of the restaurants is so touched by their generosity that she said it makes her want to work harder for them.
That right there is the reward for investing in your teams. It's pretty much that "Pay It Forward" mentality.
Consider this example and explore ways in which you may be able to do something similar in your business. It doesn't have to be as grand a gesture as this. Ask your teams what their favorite snack food is and go out and get it for them. What is there favorite bowling alley? Take them there after work sometime and let them enjoy some time together with you not in "Work Mode." The possibilities are endless.
Have you done this with your teams in the past? How well did it work? Please share your thoughts and comments below.
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"Illusions – like Swan Lake"
Bavarian State Ballet
Melancholy pervaded Munich's National Theater on Sunday. For the last time the company performed John Neumeier's "Illusions – like Swan Lake". With Igor Zelensky taking over as the company's director, this production will be stored in mothballs for the time being. Also, twelve dancers had their last evening on stage. Twenty-nine members — around forty percent of the ensemble – are leaving. Being part of the audience made me sigh deeply, as did looking at the front curtain's golden embroidery on a blue-white ground decorated with swans and lilies. Then there were Jürgen Rose's superb decors and marvelous costumes. What a pity that so much of this will disappear from view.
"Illusions – like Swan Lake" is a 1976 collaboration of choreographer Neumeier and designer Rose. Although steeped in Bavarian history, this version of "Swan Lake" premiered in Munich only in 2011. Neumeier linked the swan story and the fate of Bavaria's King Ludwig II (1845 – 1886), who had become known as the Fairy Tale Monarch or Swan King.
Parallels between Ludwig II and the ballet's Prince Siegfried and also with composer Tchaikovsky are striking. Ludwig II struggled with being homosexual, as did Tchaikovsky. (more…)
Fundamental Changes at the Bavarian State Ballet
Ivan Liška and many dancers bid their farewell
After eighteen years, Ivan Liška, artistic director of the Bavarian State Ballet, is handing over the reigns to Igor Zelensky at the end of this season. During the last months it had already became apparent that from then on things would not stay as they were.
This week the news became official. Of the ensemble's seventy dancers twenty-nine will be leaving this summer. Among those are six of the total nine principals: Lucia Lacarra, Ekaterina Petina, Daria Sukhoukova, Marlon Dino, Cyril Pierre and Lukáš Slavicky. Ivy Amista, Javier Amo and Tigran Mikayelyan stay with the company. (more…)
Balanchine, Robbins and a Teddy Bear
"Symphony in C / In the Night / Adam is"
Juxtaposing established choreography and contemporary work can be intriguing. Yet comparing and contrasting a new piece with those of the masters also carries risks. The Bavarian State Ballet's new evening of ballet dares to do this. It combines George Balanchine's "Symphony in C" and Jerome Robbins's "In the Night" with "Adam is" – a fresh dance by Canada's Azure Barton. Did the assemblage work? (more…)
The Seeming and the Real
"Artifact II / The Exiles / Zugvögel"
Munich's National Theater was packed to the roof for the last performance of "Artifact II / The Exiles / Zugvögel". The triple bill combines two older pieces – "Artifact II" by William Forsythe and "Zugvögel" by Jiří Kylián – with "The Exiles", a newly acquired work by José Limón. It is the fourth work by Limón in the company's repertory. Forsythe's "Artifact II" is the second part of the full-evening, quadripartite "Artifact" which has been in the company's repertory since 2009. "Zugvögel" ("Migrating Birds") is a creation by Kylían which opened Munich's ballet festival week in 2009. Performance rights of "Zugvögel" are reserved for the Bavarian State Ballet. (more…)


We have owned Standard Schnauzers since 1985 and have been breeding under the registered name of Schattentier since 1989. We are a fairly small kennel operation with dogs that are kept in-house. Our dogs are part of our family and although they do spend a part of each day in their crates for rest periods, the dogs all participate in their share of family life with us. They love to 'help' while we work, play, read, watch TV, etc. They all spend their nights in someone's room. They love car rides and are thrilled to go visiting or have visitors come here. We live on nearly 6 acres, so besides the exercise they get in our sizeable runs, the dogs also get a chance to enjoy walks with us or just go for a romp on the lawn with the kids.
Presently, we have a number of dogs here ranging in age from several months old to 6 years. All are Canadian Champions or are currently working on their Championships. Some of our dogs have retired from showing and breeding and now live with friends and family. We also co-own several dogs that live with their other families. We are very pleased to say that the pups we have produced all bring great joy and love to their families. Over the last few years, several of our pups have become the second Schattentier Standard Schnauzer in the household.
Although we are a fully licensed kennel and a registered business in Ontario, we are not open to the public and will only take dogs from our own breeding in for boarding or for grooming. We feel this is important for the health and well-being of our own dogs and allows us to give our 'guests' knowledgeable and loving attention because they are really still 'part of our family'.
Our puppies are whelped and raised in our kitchen. We find that this works out very well and pups are always at the center of our attention. They get used to the hustle and bustle of our busy household and have little trouble fitting into their new homes. Pups are nearly house trained by the time they go home, and we feel this is because pups get more attention being so close to family living. We breed selectively as we believe strongly in producing quality puppies with excellent temperaments. We will not breed just to produce pups for sale. This season will be devoted to another new generation of Schattentier babies many of which will go to homes like yours. We make every effort to insure that they will be wonderful companions. We begin that task here and are always available to assist our families once the pup goes home. We consider our purchasers to be part of our extended family and expect them to stay in touch.
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The data which is being searched is stored in an array. I have a few ways I can provide this functionality by chopping the search string up but I'm wondering if anyone knows of any modules which I could utilize before is start coding something from scratch?
I should also mention that I'm aware of security issues surrounding techniques but I'm not worried about SQL injections etc. as this tool isn't going to be on a public facing server.

A: Look into using a proper Lexer or PEG, such as php-peg or PHP_LexerGenerator, which allows you to generate code that parses and validates a grammar for such uses.
You might also want to look at tools like ANTLRWorks, helping debugging and creating grammars.

A: Your question is a little vague but I think that eval() could be used to easily solve your problem, if you don't know it executes code that you give it as a string.

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Delivery. At least as far as rapport is concerned, the critical elements of delivery are 1) rhythm (in particular, the way that your team's delivery syncs with the overall rhythm on your newscasts), 2) the particular ways that each anchor coordinates gesture with voice, and 3) how well one anchor's delivery meshes with another's. This last can be as complex as the way Anchor A's gestures flow into and out of the gestures of Anchor B, and as simple as their respective posture. Multiple studies have shown that "people who assume like postures are judged to have a higher rapport with each other than do those whose posture are not similar," writes one researcher.
Does this mean that anchors should be mirror image of each other? Absolutely not. But you should be aware that the research into the effects of roughly mirrored posture — and other forms of communicative mimicry — are thought provoking, to say the least. Rapport, it seems, may depend on it.
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Attentional focus. The importance of this begs a couple of questions: Do your anchors really pay attention to each other? Do they really pay attention to other things – stories, reporters, the weather guy — together? If it bugs you when an anchor starts to shuffle papers about half a sentence before a coanchor finishes her tease, it should. The action is distracting, and it can signal that the anchor is not really dialed in. This is also why scripted questions can be such chemistry-killers. They make it easy for anchors to say the words (often someone else's words!) without really owning them mentally or physically.
Chances are, if the chemistry on your newscasts is not as good as it could be, your numbers aren't as good as they could be, either — and some attention to performance in one or all of these areas is in order. And here's an important bonus thought: Chances are you pay the highest price with female demos, because women's brains are hard wired to be so much more sensitive to relational and emotional stimuli than men's brains are.
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Misinformation spreads as M-A is locked down
Sarah Orttung April 4, 2018 January 13th, 2019
Editor's Note: Check this article for updates in the next 24 hours as we gain more information.
An Atherton policeman securing the front of the school. Credit: Ryan Moran / FOXTV.
A photo posted on Facebook of a former M-A student holding a gun in a bathroom with maroon tile that looked like it was at M-A sparked panic. The student posted the picture shortly before the lockdown, but it has since become clear that the student was not on campus at any point during the lockdown, and that the picture was taken weeks ago in a Redwood City restaurant bathroom, not on M-A campus.
M-A went into lockdown at around 11:40 a.m. today. The school was officially released at 1:42 p.m., allowing students to resume lunch and class. Laurel Elementary School's lower campus also sheltered in place.
#BREAKING School in lockdown, Atherton police confirmed no current threat to students. Lockdown in response to a photo posted by an M-A student on social media in possession of a firearm.
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Rumors quickly began making their way through campus via social media and messages between students, parents, and staff. A picture of a student suspect, sent to staff members asking if he had been seen in classrooms, quickly circulated among students.
Students huddled under desks and communicated with parents and other students during the lockdown. Credit: Sarah Orttung / M-A Chronicle.
Soon after, students identified the student and found a Facebook post featuring him holding a gun. The post included the caption "La vida es un riesgo y hay que tomarlo," which translates to "Life is a risk and you have to take it."
Some parents informed students that the lockdown was in response to a threat in the district. Another rumor quickly circulated that a man had committed a crime in Atherton and subsequently walked onto M-A campus with a gun.
After the lockdown was lifted, an announcement of the public address system said, "There is no threat on the campus. We will go into a 20-minute lunch until 2:05 p.m. when we will ring a bell for fifth period. Again, the lockdown is over."
Atherton Police in the process of clearing classrooms. Credit: Ava Rose.
"I was really impressed with how quickly and efficiently our class mobilized. Our teacher immediately went over and locked the door, turned off the lights. People got the shades down and barricaded the door and went under their desks, and I think that, while we were all really scared, the class worked together really fast and got quiet quickly and got under the tables," said M-A senior Emily Young.
Junior Julia Thyfault said, "I'm more relieved now, but I just hate how this can happen, and it was really freaky the first ten minutes of this because no one was saying anything and I think that just causes more fear amongst students."
A second announcement said that students could either stay at school or go home if they were signed out by a parent at the front office. Chael Banks, the father of M-A student Molly Banks, said, "We got emails from the school, automated messages from the school. The information flowing from the school was fantastic."
When asked for any other thoughts, he replied, "No, it's just sad."
Correction: This article originally stated that at 1:30 p.m., M-A Athletic Director Paul Snow sent an email stating that all M-A sports have been canceled for the day, but the M-A track meet will still take place as scheduled. Snow did not send this email, but emailed coaches of spring sports stating that the Athletic Directors had received no directions to cancel any games or practices. Co-Athletic Director Steve Kryger sent another email soon after instructing coaches to decide whether or not to hold practices and games depending on how their teams felt. Additionally, Thyfault was stated as a sophomore when she is actually a junior.
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Vintage Ads: The Lost Art Of Painted Automobile Ads
Brendan Saur
(1948 Kaiser-Frazer)
The automobile industry has historically been among the most prestigious and powerful industries for advertising firms to serve. To this day, "landing a car company" is a pretty big deal for most firms, as it brings a large amount of business and revenue. Today, most car companies divide their advertising among multiple firms, allowing for specialization across the various mediums, including print, TV, mobile, and social media. But that isn't all that has changed over the years. As photography and digital techniques became more advanced, the once popular technique of painted automobile ads all but went away.
(1948 Dodge)
As a recent scholar of marketing and advertising, I've spent countless hours learning about what goes into a successful marketing strategy. Although print media is still an important component of many campaigns, it is increasingly becoming less integral, as its effectiveness pales in comparison to the interactiveness and sheer number of impressions that social and mobile media generate.
(1950 Plymouth)
With respect to that, looking at these vintage ads not only takes us back to a simpler time by way of their content, but by their mere existence as painted print ads. Unlike modern-day advertisements of any medium for any product, there's a distinctive human quality about them. These earlier ones from the late-1940s and 1950s have a Norman Rockwell-esque look to them, literally painting a picture of nostalgic and simplistic post-WWII America, where peace, prosperity, and optimism are the best-remembered traits.
Rightfully so, Cadillac ads typically conveyed an aura of power, prestige, and affluence. This 1951 Cadillac has always been one of my favorites.
It's best to view these ads in the context of their time. Some may exhibit a level of political incorrectness by today's standards, but just like the what was acceptable in terms of design and safety features then, what was socially acceptable in past eras is significantly different from the present day.
Advertising is all about influencing the consumer, and there's no denying that stretching of the truth sometimes occurs. In this case, it literally meant stretching the car to exaggerated proportions, which is exactly what the artists did to create the distinctive looks in many of these images. The team of Art Fitzpatrick and Van Kaufman were responsible for many of these gouache painted General Motors ads of the 1960s, owing to their familiar looks.
Fitzpatrick was responsible for the cars, tracing individual sections at a time to create his signature "wide" look. Kaufman would handle the background and people, often using foreign locations and extravagant scenery to enhance to overall attention-grabbing quality of the ads.
In an interview with Motor Trend, Fitzpatrick stated, "I've always maintained that a picture of a car moving doesn't mean a thing. They all move. You have to convey something about the car psychologically. It's all about image. That's the reason people buy cars."
This 1964 Chrysler ad would appear to have been done by a different artist, due to its angle and slightly more abstract look.
Here's another Fitzpatrick/Kaufman work, with their signature wide, exaggerated car look and exotic scenery. It seems like Pontiac used these gouache paintings more than any other brand, appearing the majority of their ads and brochures in the 1960s and early 1970s.
This 1973 Dodge ad stands out in that it depicts the subject car traveling at high speeds. It could be due to the quality of scan, but this advertisement appears to have a canvas-like quality to it, which also sets it apart from the other ads here.
As color photography improved, painted automobile ads began to quickly disappear in the 1970s. By the 1980s, they were virtually nonexistent. There were a few exceptions, like this series of 1988 Buick ads.
They certainly have a different, more modern look to them than the paintings of preceding decades, but these ads are still interesting, with their scenic backdrops and bright color schemes.
It is pointless to say that there haven't been very many painted car advertisements in recent years, and I doubt we will every see them become popular again. Interactive ads, aimed at social media and mobile smart phones is in vogue, and print ads are taking a back seat, looking duller than ever in most respects. As someone currently looking for a job in advertising, it would be a dream of mine to work on a car account someday. I don't think painted ads are the most effective way to go in this modern era, but at the very least, we can always look back at this golden age of automobile advertising.
The majority of these painted advertisements I found on the Vintage-Ad-Orama shop on Etsy, where they can be purchased. There's quite a few more to check out.
Ed Stembridge
I wonder if design schools are teaching these techniques any more (anyone at Art Center care to confirm?). Most of the illustration work I did in the Industrial Design program at Georgia Tech in the mid-1980s were marker renderings, usually using gauche (which we referred to as 'guano') only for highlights ('farkles'). We'd also use prisma-color on colored paper.
I'm just finishing up my advertising degree, and despite not being an art director, I can say that they still make us creatives learn these analog techniques for our marker roughs. We generally don't turn to Photoshop and illustrator until we're ready to produce the work.
I definitely have to agree though, these vintage illustrated ads are beautiful. Very symbolic of the period's style. Nice to see some copy in an ad for once!
A lost at, indeed.
If that brown Bonneville is painted with gouache I would love to know how he did it. In my experience, it's a very unforgiving medium to work in, meaning, if you make a mistake corrections are difficult.
I'm thinking he must have airbrushed those glossy reflections on the hood. Gouache is quite difficult to blend as it dries quickly.
I don't remember the name of the artist but the most stunningly beautiful manufacturer artwork has to be that for Mercedes in the 1950s – exotic cars like the 300 sedans, coupes, roadsters and of course the gullwing. Like Pontiac elegant settings and like Cadillac elegant people were also depicted. Mercedes had a history of fine illustrations in ads and brochures for automobiles going back to pre-war '20s and '30s fine cars.
occam24
The text of the Dodge ad misses the audience. Dodge buyers did NOT want excitement. But the artist made the correct point without words. Fluid Drive got you through snow.
The text compositor made the text even worse by putting "Dodge breaks down" at the top of the right side!
jpcavanaugh
I am surprised that Lincoln never resurrected "smoothest car afloat" slogan for the final Town Cars. 🙂
I saw this one on Ebay UK. Looks like one of the last painting of VanKaufman and Fitzpatrick, showing a 1974 Opel Rekord.
Staxman
Ironic that you lead with that "Production schedules doubled" Kaiser-Frazer ad. Once some of the postwar demand for new cars was sated, Henry Kaiser's projections proved to be very over-optimistic.
Oh boy…close to my heart, Brendan. I own many of the ads you picture, in addition to at least a thousand more. I love collecting antique car ads almost as much as I like collecting the cars themselves. It's been mentioned here before that Pontiac's were usually the best, but by the 1960s, painted ads were on the way out anyway.
I rescued a couple of art brochures recently slightly moth eaten a friend was throwing them out, one for the new Volkswagen type 2 van pickup and the other for the new MK VII Hillman Minx I gave the VW one to a Kombi owning friend and kept the Hillman one, I was informed the VW brochure is rare and sought after world wide,bugga shoulda put it on trademe.
nlpnt
The '57 Ford ad strikes me as odd with it's stereotype-Injun imagery, since wasn't that traditionally Pontiac's thing?
Other ads are exactly on point for their brand, not just the '51 Caddy from their multi-year series showing the Cadillac owners' wife (or other consort…) in evening finery but also the '80s Buick ads attempting to put a fresh spin on a traditional medium left for dead fifteen years before on its' way to becoming the "traditional American luxury" division, and the Fitz and Van Pontiac ads that are synonymous with the brand's glory days.
Stéphane's Rekord is an odd one, a rare Fitz misstep in that he makes the car look flat-sided and dowdy. Opel should share the blame for commissioning a base two-door sedan with plain hubcaps though.
Indian villages used to be a big tourist trap "thing" in the '60s when I was a kid – remember stopping at one in North Georgia on more than one family vacation trip.
Cowboys and Indians was hot in the 1950s.
Gem Whitman
I remember seeing a DeSoto wagon ad with an Indian theme for the last wagons.A lost art,now digital photography and photoshop is here
emjayay
Clearly, the Ford ad was before political correctness. Or should we just go with it no longer being acceptable to stereotype and demean minority groups. Except of course the Redskins.
Yes, not a person of color in the whole bunch, except, of course for the lawn jockey in the Kaiser ad.
I was stunned that they included "Dodge breaks down". Pretty brave. I also enjoyed the boast about the Challenger having leaf springs. Wow, leaf springs!
I've seen a lot of 50s BMC and British Ford ads which always seemed to make the car look wider and lower. And generally better.
XR7Matt
Well even though it's marketing fluff there's some truth to it. Leaf springs are good at axle location, laterally, not so much under acceleration or braking(although Mopars did offset the axle forward to reduce acceleration windup) but that can be accounted for through stiffness and other tricks. If one can put up with the stiffness necessary for a performance setup with them, they do do a decent job, especially in this era where coil setups were often soft and axle location techniques with them were, err not great, not on US cars anyway. GM's F and 75+ X bodies for example were just about the best handling domestic cars built at the time, despite being the only GM platforms still using parallel leaf springs.
I too have noticed that the paintings make the cars look longer. I have one for a 38 Cadillac and one for a 36 Studebaker and both look longer in the paintings.
These are mostly pretty accurate except the 60's GM's which were clearly stretched horizontally. But yes, they often took advantage of painting to stretch the cars. Longer, lower, and wider! Before photoshop it would be tricky to stretch anything without making the wheels oval and the details misshapen.
Sometimes when I look thought oldcarbrochures for a nice vintage picture all I find is longer lower wider depictions.
Charles Coombs
Always enjoyed the painted ads……Also enjoyed sketched automobile covers and car ads…..Sports Car Graphic[ circa early 60's] and those 60's Shelby advertisements….come to mind.
Wonderful collection of ads! Another element of "context of their time" involves the snow scenes. Four of the ads here involve cars driving in snow, yet none of text directly mentions traction or other cold weather ability. Today, meanwhile, there is nothing subtle about winter scenes in car ads. Maybe snow wasn't as slippery 50 years ago, or maybe people were generally more nonchalant about winter driving.
Both advertisements and people's attitudes have changed a lot since the age of painted car ads – snow represents yet one more aspect of that.
Big wide cars driven by tiny people. But that '51 Cadillac ad is superb!
BigOldChryslers
Strangely, I don't see the '51 Cadillac ad. I was going to comment that Brendan must've forgotten to link it in, but I see others have commented on it so something else is going on….
A long-gone medium, but one that gave you choices that we don't really see anymore. I especially like that '64 Chrysler ad – the abstract quality reminds me of some of the great abstract paintings, and how they showed up in some interesting places (like the cover art for Dave Brubeck Quartet's "Time Out".)
By 1965, Chrysler brochures were still drawn/painted, but most of their magazine ads were photographs unfortunately.
Another aspect of these painted ads is that sometimes they were the only way to give a car decent proportions. Some of Studebaker-Packard's later ads used artwork to widen and lengthen cars that were not very competitive. In contrast, the Loewy-designed 1953 Starliner featured photographs in many ads, a break from the artwork commonly used then.
The real thing had proportions nothing like those in the ad.
Kinda like an automotive version of an internet dating site…
The ad makes the car look like Sophia Loren… but the actual car looks like Phyllis Diller. lol
Jp, the real car looks more like a Checker Marathon. Eww.
The real car was pretty much a stretched 53 Studebaker with a different roof and fiberglass fins. Pretty terrible in real life.
Don Andreina
Nice article Brendan.
Not quite the same thing but along similar lines:
I have been buying and reading the British car magazine CAR for nearly 45 years. In the early 70s when the magazine changed from Mini & Small Car to just CAR, the covers were painted. It would be nearly 1973 or 74 before photographed covers supplanted painted covers.
Photographs that accompanied the car tests were excellent, certainly worth the price of a good frame to hang them on the wall.
As for car companies splitting their advertising among various companies to take advantage of that company's experience with a particular medium….isn't it also possible this "split up" is to better target certain groups of buyers?
Zackman
Ironically, I got to strongly dislike these type of realistic painting ads, especially in the late 1960s when color printing really began to take off and the reproduction was excellent.
Now, for many years I miss it greatly, for it is indeed an almost lost art. True talent is indeed required!
Brendan, fine article on a subject dear to my heart. I grew up enjoying those ads in the late '50's through the early '70's, inspired me to learn how to paint that type of rendering, though long after it was no longer advertising vogue. The painted automotive advertising art conveyed the romance of car ownership in a period when that was still part of the motivation to purchase.
geozinger
I graduated with a BFA in Studio Art with a concentration in Graphic Designin 1985. My class was one of the last ones that didn't include the personal computer in the curriculum. Previous to that, I had been majoring in Industrial Design and in both of those programs we studied illustration techniques extensively. Who would have known those cute little PCs and Macs would take over and revolutionize our world? Many times when speaking with my younger co-workers, I feel like an old sailor recounting battles that were fought long before these people were born…
As a kid, I remember seeing old magazines with these ads and thinking how old-fashioned they were. Why wouldn't you use a photograph? It would be much better… Of course after I grew up and started in the world of advertising, I realized the appeal of those illustrations. I gained a greater appreciation of them, especially after having learned the techniques. All that said in my working life, I've hardly used those techniques. The advent of the micro computer in our business has been a magnitude not measured in other industries.
When it comes to the Buick ads at the bottom of the post, I have to wonder if those were done on computer. Adobe released Illustrator in the late 1980's (I still have the install disks and video cassette somewhere in my junk collection) and these could have been done that way. I use the Adobe software as something of a milestone as there were other competing software releases at that time, too.
Many of the modern day "photos" we see these days are renderings. Even 20+ years ago, one could render all kinds of beautiful photo realistic artwork in something like Illustrator and FreeHand. Imagine what you can do with today's hardware/software and dedicated 3-D render software…
+1 on a lot of modern images being renders. One tell for me – in commercials at least – is when the glass is so dark you can't see the driver.
I'd say those 80s Buick backgrounds are the real deal, though. I entered the game in the mid nineties and even though computers were in the agencies (mostly for compositing work), stuff as sophisticated as those backgrounds was more likely being commissioned from 'analogue' illustrators.
Not just print ads, it's surprising how much even in TV ads is actually rendered CGI today. If the movie Christine had been made today, they could've done it without wrecking any '58 Plymouths, and almost nobody would be able to tell the difference.
Phil b
Maybe I`m old fashioned,but these old painted car ads did manage to create a style that is sadly lacking in today`s social media. I`ll take that Cadillac magazine ad over any of today`s Cadillac ads that feature unshaven hipster -yuppie types anyday.Like the man said "its all about image".
I agree with you on the painted cars ads, but I wouldn't go so far to say that Cadillac uses "unshaven hipster-yuppie types" in their modern ads. The majority of their ads don't use people, and those that do tend to use middle-age professional types. Either way, let's just be thankful Cadillac doesn't use people in Uggs and yoga pants or in baggy track suits with gold chains – the most common types of Cadillac drivers today.
http://www.ispot.tv/ad/75or/2014-cadillac-srx-mom-song-by-fountains-of-wayne
Worst ad ever. Buy a Cadillac and be like this insufferable ugly douchebag who cares about nothing but making big money and spending it on himself and lives in a faceless super modern house with no meaning.
I don't mind the house, but that ad is pretty terrible overall. I know it's supposed to project a kind of upper-class "America f*ck yeah" sentiment but it really does come across as "this is the car for self-important dbags with superiority complexes".
Yea, pretty LAME commercial… If he really wanted to be "King Shyt"… He would be owning and driving a Tesla… If he wanted a cool electric vehicle.
For one, it would have SEXY styling… Unlike, the fugly Cadillac, that looks like a wedge of cheese on wheels.
Yo, Cadillac… ENOUGH already with the "geometric-shapes" way of designing your cars, it's getting boring and annoying.
Whose your lead designer, Bizarro Superman?
Larry Huffman
Nostalgia strikes! I remember many of these very well. The slick way the artists elongated or widened the cars was a real art. Eric 703 is, in my estimation, correct in that drivers in those days just put on some Town & Country tractor-like tires on the rear and headed on out. No big deal.
Seville-76
If you enjoyed this article, as I did, perhaps one of the best sources to view older ads is Alden Jewell's Flickr account [here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/autohistorian ].
But if you really want to study the art, go back to Lincoln ads throughout the 20s and 30s. Each year featured an art theme: the 1927 ads features had an ornithology theme (see the this and the next post) -another year featured Lincolns and city architecture. They are simply unparalleled.
Another from 1927
Here are the 'Lincoln & city architecture' ads
Four passenger, 2-window Berline
Custom bodied by Judkins
Just perfect. Thank you for showing us.
Dave B
Wonderful write up as others have noted. I can't say I recall the Buick '88 retro look at this advertising form.
I don't know if there is a good CC write up of the whole Kaiser-Frazer thing about building very similar cars with different names, but I look forward to finding it!
I would be responsive to this ad form, and honestly, it makes even the '88 Buicks that I didn't find very good looking look better. I detested that LeSabre front end, that body color bar over the grill bothered me to no end. Hard to imagine, but I was tooling around in a 1987 Mercury Grand Marquis, as were so very many others.
I don't like the ad for the blue LeSabre. The windshield looks too upright and the entire greenhouse looks too tall.
Judging from how you can see all four wheels and the interior of the roof, the viewer's eyes would be situated at about bumper height, and indeed that may actually be an accurate depiction of the car from down there. In this case they could've used a bit of Fitzpatrick-style artistic license to improve it.
The Regal painting is quite flattering, I don't recall the stance being that low and the track being so (very attractively) wide. 😛
True… maybe if Chip Foose got a hold of one. lol
You probably never looked at one of these while lying on the ground either. 🙂 They've also drawn the car as it was about to crest a hill, making it look lower to the ground.
Great article, and yes it is a lost art… always loved seeing the Cadillac ads of the 60's-80's, which come to mind, when you speak of auto artwork.
Good news, Brendan, Paul and my fellow enthusiasts… Alfa Romeo also appreciates the lost art, here is a newer one for their new Duetto concept…
Some old school Alfa art for the Alfistis…
Alfa art 80's style…
Pity the real car looked so ugly.
Marky Mark
Wonderful article! I wish car advertising would bring back some true hand-created illustration! Here is another example from 1977: a special version of the Buick Skyhawk called the "Nighthawk". I am unsure if these were available in Canada as well as the U.S.
Kookie
Interesting that so many cars are depicted as climbing a hill toward the viewer. Moreover, the hills appear to be about a 50% grade. I guess this is to demonstrate the huge reserves of power.
I was a fan of the early 60s Pontiacs, and these ads really worked for me.
Robert Swartz
Great write up, Brendan. Advertising is my field, and this is the perfect combination of three things I love – vintage ads, illustration, and cars.
One of the reasons illustration persisted as long as it did was that photographing cars wasn't as easy as it seemed, especially after they started lathering on chrome, which caused all kinds of unfortunate reflections.
In the 50s, the guys at Boulevard photographic figured out how to use a white seamless stage and light tents to realistically capture chrome. The also developed a curved film back that would stretch the car, but you could only go so far before the wheels started looking like an early 60s Chrysler steering wheel.
Photography was seen as more "honest", but even in a pre-digital world, images were manipulated. Take a look at many of the DDB VW Beetle ads. Far from straight photography, they usually shot the car from an unusually low angle – for a more heroic image.
Bernard Taylor
Here's one no-one would have seen before – part of my Uncle's work when he was an art student in the late 1930s:
Great article. I also love old painted ads. I don't like most of current ads using photographs with heavily manipulated backgrounds that look unrealistic, and clearly show that the car was just pasted over them.
Some of the painted ads that despict cars realistically, make me wonder if they might have been drawn over photographs. The same feeling comes when I see those old photos that have been retouched by artists, sometimes I'm not sure what am I looking at there
1973Wagonmaster
International had beautifully illustrated brochures. Came across one in an antique mall and a year later I bought the truck.
Christina Anderson
I have lots of illustrated vintage car ads up for sale on eBay. Best offer takes the ad. Just click my name to go to my eBay page.
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