On the 26th May 2016 the Royal Artillery will celebrate its 300th Anniversary. As part of the celebration of this significant milestone, the Royal Artillery will conduct a west to east circumnavigation of the globe, which commenced at their birth place in Woolwich on Friday May15th, 2015, and finishing at their Regimental home in Larkhill.
A baton, designed to represent the Regiment’s 300 years, will be carried around the globe, before being presented to the Regiment’s Captain General when she reviews the Regiment at Larkhill on the date of the Regiment’s Foundation.
The circumnavigation will provide an exciting and unrivalled opportunity for all corners of the Regimental family: Regular, Reserve, Veterans (through the RAA) and RA capbadged UOTC, CCF and ACF units, to play their part in an incredible journey. The Regiment will also seek the support and engagement of Commonwealth Artillery nations and Britain’s close Allies, alongside Industry Partners.
On Friday, 10 July, 2015 at 1100 hrs, the Armed Forces of Malta (AFM) in collaboration with the 105th Regiment, Royal Artillery will be celebrating this Anniversary, as in all Commonwealth countries and various other places around the world.
A series of commemorative gun salutes for the anniversary will take place at the Saluting Battery, Barakka Gardens.
Guests will also include the British High Commissioner, who has been invited by the British side.
The U.S. Embassy is cordially inviting the general public to a presentation on American photographer and photojournalist Margaret Bourke-White on Thursday, June 25 at 19:00hrs at the U.S. Embassy (Ta’Qali).
Those wishing to attend are to book their seat via an RSVP email, with names and ID card numbers of all guests, on email address usembmalta@state.gov .
Margaret Bourke-White was the first woman photographer to be hired by major American publications Fortune and Life magazines.
Due to recent issues being raised by MIPP members when they have gone to the Chinese Garden in Santa Lucia, the MIPP President Mr. Kevin Casha has requested the exact charges and regulations being imposed by the Local Council of Santa Lucia.
Below is relative extract from the Local Council concerning the official bylaws granted to the Local Council by the Central Government in 2010. That way any photographers are forewarned of what payments and situations to expect.
Mr. Casha has also sent an email enquiring if there is a contact person or an official form for applying but, to date, no reply has been forthcoming from the Sta. Lucia Local Council.
That is the idea of Local Councils which are supposed to be for the service of the citizen.
Fondazzjoni Wirt Artna – the Malta Heritage Trust proudly presents a two-day renaissance jousting festival at Fort Rinella, Kalkara. The event will focus on depicting the glorious knight’s life against the backdrop of a violent and warlike world as commonly lived in many parts of the European continent in the 17th century.
The event will feature a typical jousting extravaganza inspired from the time when this was used as a popular way of entertainment for visiting political or military dignitaries on their tours of war. A typical jousting scene will see two Knights charging one another with couched lances with the aim of unhorsing their opponent. The festival will be a competitive one and will actively involve the attending public who will also be offered to support a horse and knight. Besides the jousting display itself there will also be numerous other displays all featuring given aspects of the prevalent fighting skills and soldier life of the period.
On both days there will also be an open-air renaissance market where one can find anything from apparel, food and crafts.
The festival and market will take place in the open arena outside but the fort and the gun will also be open for regular visiting. Food and drink will be available throughout the day.
Entrance fees: Adults: €10, Children u/16yrs: €2 . FWA members enter free.
Würth’s French group celebrates success in Malta by rewarding top performers with incentive
Client: Würth Event: Incentive Agency: Marbet Date: 7 May 2015 Venue: Radisson Blue Resort, St. Julians, Malta
German manufacturing giant Würth runs a success club for top sales performers across all divisions of its business. This features an annual five-day incentive trip in Europe, organised by Würth’s in-house events agency Marbet.
The Würth Group (Würth-Gruppe in German) is a worldwide wholesaler of fasteners, screws and screw accessories, dowels, chemicals, electronic and electromechanical components, furniture and construction fittings, tools, machines, installation material, automotive hardware, inventory management, storage and retrieval systems. Würth was founded in 1945.
Marbet often chooses Malta as a destination for its warmth and sunny weather, and also since Malta is somewhere where many people hadn’t been before, besides offering good value for money.
When Marbet organises such a trip, its involves two key challenges – getting the group to Malta, as flight access is limited and delegates were coming from all over the Würth France’s group territory, and finding activities and restaurants on the island that could cater for a large group of delegates. With the Maltese weather in Malta being usually fine and sunny in May, the large part of the delegates itinerary was based around al fresco dining and activities.
Marbet hired the MPE destinations management company to put together a programme of activities and find dinner venues with capacity for the group. Contingency plans for dinners to be moved inside in case of inclement weather saw a flexibility built into the delegates programme.
Al fresco dinning was the norm in the programme for the next few days, which included a mix of relaxation and group activities including sports, a guided country walk, a sightseeing tour of Malta, a 4×4 vehicle tour with photo treasure hunt and an excursion to a vineyard combined with a sightseeing tour of Malta’s old medieval capital, Mdina. During the evenings, there were several meals hosted at the hotel, a dine-around at several restaurants in St Julian’s and a gala dinner at a small castle on the final night.
Kevin Casha,a professional photographer and consultant, as well as a tutor for the Higher National Diploma in Photography, is currently researching “The History of Maltese Photography”. Kevin would appreciate if anyone has images or relevant documents from before 1900.
He is particularly interested in Dunlop, A.J. Davison, Felice Beato, George Bridges, Ardoino photographers. He would only need to view, so would not need originals.
The Cons's Nook: www.ivanmconsiglio.com 