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OCEAN EXPO 2005 FT. LAUDERDALE, FL Sonia and Ken Smith, FSDA’s representatives, arrived in Ft. Lauderdale Beach Friday afternoon 4/15/05. (This was a month earlier than last year.) The car was loaded up with the posters, display boards, fans, ladder, tools, computer program, step stool and all the supplies but the kitchen sink. Lift that panel, pound it in, where’s the staple gun?, is this straight?, artfully arranging posters, a little more to the left - higher, more stapling, the sponsor posters go here, is the FSDA table cover centered?, someone turn on the fans PLEASE, WHEW, we got the display up! Ed Grubicy, photographer, represented BTS (Beneath The Sea – Ocean Pals’ parent organization) and also took turns to help man the booth. Special thanks go to Neal Watson Productions for donating the booth! The popular show-mural was a main attraction again this year. We invited show-going students to have fun adding their special, talented marine life drawings to the mural paper lying across the table. Special Show Certificates of Participation were presented to each of them. New this year was a handout for the students to take home with educational information about this year’s theme. There were pictures to color of different marine animals that were illustrating the "Hard Shells and Soft Bodies." We also had two of the artists who were at the show stop by and add their pictures to the mural – Guy Harvey, marine artist and underwater photographer and Dr. Patrick Chevailler, artist. (Guy Harvey was photographing the sharks at Walker’s Cay at the same time as the Rowdies who were there.) I have T-shirts with illustrations from both artists. The show continues to hold it’s own in battling the Weather Gods. This year it there was a little rain but on the whole the weather was much better. Thankfully, we were spared the heavy rain of past years. Being flexible though, Neal always has some alternate programs to save the day and keep show-goers busy and entertained. Join us next year to see Florida’s biggest dive show – mark mid April on your calendar! Sonia & Ken Smith, Director South East Region Ocean Pals Poster Contest Sponsor: FSDA
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Ken and Sonia Smith asssembled this impressive display booth. |
Guy Harvey visits with us. |
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Ken Smith managing the booth. |
Ken Smith with renowned artist Guy Harvey drawing a shark --> |
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Ryan Alexander, up and coming artist
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Shannon Jeffers, emerging artist |
Julia Caruso designing a work of art |
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Artist Patrick Chevallier drawing a masterpiece for us-->
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THE FUTURE IS IN OUR STUDENTS! OCEAN PALS 2005 ”HARD SHELLS AND SOFT BODIES” POSTER CONTEST THEME 2005 The Florida Regional Ocean Pal’s Poster Contest Winners won 6 places in the 2004-2005 National Contest held in New York by Beneath The Sea, the parent organization. By sponsoring Ocean Pals, FSDA is reaching out to students. Below are the national and regional winners. The students are divided into four age groups so the younger students do not compete against the older students: Kindergarten – 2, 3rd – 5th grade, 6th – 8th grade and 9th – 12th grade. The 1st place eighth grade winner, Adriane Page Hill was chosen for the grand prize of a Cayman Islands trip for four, two adults and two students, including air fare, courtesy of Villas of the Galleon, a luxury condominium on Grand Cayman’s famous 7 mile beach and Cayman Airways. National winners receive: (other) 1st place – a $200 savings bond and the 3rd place – a $75 savings bond. Regional winners receive: 1st place – a $100 savings bond, 2nd place – a $75 savings bond, 3rd place – a $50 savings bond, HM – a $15 gift certificate to a book store. There may be other recognition as the director chooses. The teachers of the three national first place students received a 4 day, 3 night vacation (land only) to Windham Sunshine Suits on Grand Cayman. Teachers are: Bridget Geiger – Melbourne, FL, for the grade 2 winner, and Betsy Bains – Clermont, FL, for both 5th and 8th grade winners.Congratulations to All !
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| Since 1991 FSDA-WCC has reached out to Florida’s students. We accepted the invitation to join Beneath The Sea's Ocean Pals™ National Poster Contest and have directed and helped sponsor the Southeastern Region’s contest. This contest is a national environmental education-through-art program. Awareness is urgent! The students are encouraged to expand their knowledge by researching the environment concern for the marine environment with a different yearly theme and to express this in their poster art. The winners of each of the different regions are then entered in the national contest. Their messages are then brought to the widest possible audience to create a stronger commitment to protect the environment on which all life on this planet depends. Click here to visit the Beneath The Sea - Ocean Pals Website |
