Congratulations Gary Avis 
The Ipswich born Ballet Master and Principal Character Dancer at the Royal Ballet has just been awarded Outstanding Male Performance (classical) in the Critics' Circle National Dance Awards.
I worked with Gary when he brought a charity ballet gala to Ipswich Regent last year where £50,000.00 was raised for the Hunger Project. I was delighted to donate my time for two reasons.
Firstly, it was a privilege to be asked to work with such a dedicated group of people and to see so much money raised by the people of Ipswich, which was made possible by a galaxy of stars and technicians from the Royal and National Ballet companies who also gave their time for free.
Secondly, you will know if you have browsed this website that I am a Rock Music fan... go Neil Young.... But, I found the performances of the artists Gary brought to Ipswich breathtaking. The fitness levels, strength, athleticism, poise and elegance of the dancers has to be seen to be fully appreciated.
So, congratulations again Gary, for your award and your work for the Hunger Project.
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What a great night at the Roundhouse for the 2011 Classic Rock Roll of Honour. I photographed, for Monitor Audio, one of my all time guitar heroes, Jeff Beck. His album "Truth" was the first "LP" I ever bought. It was back in 1970 or so and I was a first year art student with no music, so I browsed some second hand store and just loved the cover and I've been buying his albums ever since.
Apart from meeting Jeff backstage along with Joss Stone and Gene Simmons of "Kiss", I also donated pictures for the charity "Childline Rocks", photographing the musicians as they signed memorabilia which will be auctioned to raise money for "Childline". None of the bands refused to sign and were all delighted to do so.
So a good night was had by all... Monitor Audio got pictures for their Facebook page, Childline got some PR shots and I got Jeff Beck's autograph on my very first album...... Hey Ho Silver Lining!!!!!
Cheers
Roger