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The Money raised for the Pink Floyd Tsunami Raffle has now been handed over to World Vision. A total of GBP £3,491.17 (USD $6,605.09) was raised by the event! Thank you to all who bought a ticket and congratulations to all those who won some amazing prizes! Pictured left is World Vision’s Mike Fawsitt & raffle coordinator Col Turner. Mike said he was delighted to receive the cheque, and thanked Floyd fans for their generosity. Source: [ Col Turner ]
Storm Thorgerson, who designed many of Pink Floyd’s highly creative album covers, is to tour his work as part of his Taken By Storm exhibition in the USA. Chicago and LA are 2 places already lined up! Robin Headlee of Media Contemporary Arts said, “The first stop for the exhibition is Chicago where it will run May 6th – June 5th. We have four special events planned including press pre-view on 5th, opening night on 12th, Experience the Storm on Friday the 13th, and fan club night on 20th. The exhibition will then travel to Los Angeles (actually Glendale) where it will be part of the larger “Art in Music” exhibition. The exhibition will run 31st July – 9th October.” To remain informed about future developments, make sure you are receiving the free Neptune Pink Floyd newsletter. Press Release (download Word Doc) FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 8th April 2005...
The Pink Floyd Tsunami raffle has now been drawn and the winners contacted by email. If you were successful in winning something then well done! If you were unsuccessful, many thanks for taking part and rest assured your contribution will be felt by those affected by the Tsunami disaster. The money is due to be donated to the charity organisation “World Vision” on 14th April. You can view the full list of winners here. Source: [ Col Turner ]