Blind light

On Monday, I was fortunate enough to be dissuaded from directly addressing a tiny bit of negativity in project NCH. On Tuesday, I had a serendipitous encounter with the friends of the NCH On Wednesday at the Jazz gig in the great institution I got chatting to a woman whose late husband used to play…

As I often do, I had lunch yesterday in Hugo’s restaurant on Merrion Row. They were busy. It seemed there was a group there who are known as the friends of the national concert Hall. I am now a friend of the NCH.

If we manage to sell out the NCH on October 14, my idea would be to then go on tour. Letterkenny, Galway, Cork. Every now and then it is good to dream.

I have received many excellent suggestions from friends in the course of project NCH to date. Only the other day my friend John suggested emailing the minister for disabilities, the ticket supplement in the Irish times and the letters to the editor page in the Irish times. All great ideas and the emails were duly…

Most of the reaction to project NCH has been extremely positive. However, there has been a little bit of negativity on account of some past grievances held by one or two people. This morning I was considering hitting back. Fortunately, I had a chat with my friend John before I acted and he talked sense…

There are approximately 50 people,between performers and 4 key Fighting Blindness staff members,with a strong attachment to project NCH. 50×25 = 1250. The capacity of the NCH is 1234. Thus far I know I have generated 21 tickets sales. I am confident I will make it to 30. I’m not saying that everyone can or…

Today I found myself dealing with a few issues for project NCH. All would seem to be well, eventually. And then John had the excellent idea of emailing the Minister for disabilities seeking support, Nothing may come of it, but it is still a good idea.

There are three avenues to selling the NCH tickets. Firstly, there is my own WhatsApp group. My guess is that the vast majority of the tickets sold so far, possibly even all of them, are down to the people in that group. The 2nd Avenue is the NCH brochure. For a variety of reasons we…

There are three avenues to selling the NCH tickets. Firstly, there is my own WhatsApp group. My guess is that the vast majority of the tickets sold so far, possibly even all of them, are down to the people in that group. The 2nd Avenue is the NCH brochure. For a variety of reasons we…

One of the things that has emerged in handling the NCH project is the occasional division that shows itself within the vision impaired and blind community in Dublin. Over the years I have been involved in many disagreements myself. Surprise, surprise. My line with regard to the NCH is that all differences should be put…