Dee
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http://www.alcon2009.org/
I will be in New York at Hofstra University for ALCON 2009 see link above.
Here below are the details of the talks I am doing for ALCON , if you would like to come along and say hi :-)
I arrive on August 3rd leave on August 9th
Thursday, August 6, 2 PM - Deadly Moons Children's Art/Astronomy Workshop, room to be determined.
Friday, August 7, 2 PM - Astronomical Sketching taking it to the wider community . Room 141.
Saturday, August 8, 9 AM - Galileo ? Galileo? who on Earth was Galileo ? Plaza Room West.
Dee
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frank5817
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Dee,
This looks to be a real learning event. I know this will be a great time for you. Those attending are in for a wonderful treat with your presentations. 
Frank 
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CarlosEH
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Dee,
ALCON is very fortunate to have an observer/lecturer such as yourself. Have fun with your lectures.
Carlos
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That's wonderful, Dee! Have a great time and best wishes for the events!
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Wish I lived a little closer. Be safe and have fun.
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kraterkid
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Dee, I'm so delighted to hear of your presentations at ALCON!  Have a wonderful time!
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Rich
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Great news, Dee!
You'll have a great time over there.
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Dee
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http://www.alcon2009.org/speakers.html
Thanks everyone, I hope some of you CN'ers that may be in the NY area will pop over for my talks. 
I am looking forward to the visit and to presenting what I have to offer to ALCON .
Dee
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Dee
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zl8VbgdG0Q
Over 30 children and 10 adults attended my Astronomy / Art workshop "Deadly Moons" at ALCON 2009.
ALCON is The Astronomical Leagues annual convention. http://www.astroleague.org/
Above link shows some of the moons sketched by some very young children at the workshop .
Deadly is a street word meaning really cool , and is an expression used by children when they view our moon in my telescope " that's deadly " is a very commonly used by children here in Ireland and caught on in New York as well.
Deadly Moons teaches a little bit about our moon , and the other exotic moons in our solar system.
We learn about moon phases, busy moons , quite moons , Galilean moons, moon exploration and moon terminology . We have fun with moons and create our choices on black paper with soft pastels in vivid colors.
The workshop was organised by the Amateur Observers Society of New York http://www.aosny.org/
at Hofstra University Long Island NY. Some children came from the Science Camp at the university
and some came from AOS members Linda Prince's Young Astronomers Group.
Dee
Edited by Dee (08/14/09 01:14 PM)
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kraterkid
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Dee that was just wonderful!  I wish I could have been there just to see the smiles of delight from the kids and and the twinkles of pride in the eyes of their parents! Looks like a fun and educational time for all involved! 
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frank5817
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Dee,
Congratulations to you one a job superbly done. The kids must have loved it. The sketches were wonderful.
As these kids get older they will never say that they can't sketch thanks to you Dee.  
Frank
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JayinUT
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Dee,
The digital video on youtube was enjoyable and I loved seeing the kids creations! What a tremendous service you gave to them, one they'll remember. Well done.
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RLTYS
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Dee
Was at your talk at ALcon (8/7, 2:00 PM) on astronomical sketching and it was great. Loved your solar sketches and your lunar sketches were particularly impressive. I was extremely interested in your sketches of Comet Holmes. Once again for those not at ALcon an excellent talk.
Clear Skies and Keep Sketching.
Rich (RLTYS)
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Dee
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Thanks guys, it was great fun and very interesting to try the workshop in an other country.:-)
Rich ( RTLYS) I hope we said hello ???
I shook so many hands during that day :-)
Thanks for all the positive comments , I had a wonderful time at ALCON and really enjoyed taking part.
Dee
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RLTYS
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Quote:
Thanks guys, it was great fun and very interesting to try the workshop in an other country.:-)
Rich ( RTLYS) I hope we said hello ???
I shook so many hands during that day :-)
Thanks for all the positive comments , I had a wonderful time at ALCON and really enjoyed taking part.
Dee
Dee
You did. Thanks
Rich (RLTYS)
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Dee
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Oh brill , thanks for coming along Rich (RLTYS)
I had posted some Comet Holmes sketches on CN at the time .
Here are some
linky
Lets hope for a another wonderful winter comet
Dee
Edited by cildarith (08/20/09 03:26 PM)
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Dee,
Congratulations on your successful talk and workshop. I know that it is a lot of work but also very satisfying for both the presenter and the participants.
It was a great idea to include the moons of other bodies in the solar system, not just Luna. I enjoyed seeing all the different sketches in the video--the children were very creative!
Another comet like Holmes would be excellent.
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Dee,
Congratulations on a successful lecture and workshop in New York City at ALCON 2009. The participants appeared to enjoy themselves greatly as you made it very interesting for all. I hope that you had a great experience as well.
Carlos
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Dee
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Thank you Michael and Carlos
I had an excellent experience at ALCON , enjoyed every second . I was very pleased to be part of it all and was warmly delighted with the reactions to the talks and the workshop.
Dee
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