Finally finished the Narcissus Archiving

Still dealing with some sort of nerve or muscle irritant. Walking real weird right now. Hopefully I'll be back to normal soon.

Spent almost 20 hours scanning a multitude of Narcissus Souvenir books and who knows how many hours creating the layouts and posters. It was a challenge to get it done in less than a month but hopefully all those who get to see it at the Coronation Ball will have good memories of the years past.

Here's some of the stuff that was done:

1. Court Photos - mostly scanned from the old souvenir books.



2. Contestants Posters - Some posters were still intact but others needed to be recreated such as this one.



Then the Narcissus Souvenir Book Covers - 59 Covers total of which I've photographed a little over half of them.




And lastly, memoribilia posters such as this one which featured sisters who ran in the pageant. There was even a Mother/Daughter combo.



To view the whole set, stop by the Narcissus Coronation Ball at the Hilton Hawaiian Village Coral Ballroom on Saturday, January 26 starting about 6:00 pm.

The Complete Set will also be on line once the Coronation Ball is completed.

Ok, so I haven't blogged in a LONG time

Dealing with a bunch of stuff but that's besides the point.

We now have a new Narcissus Queen and Court and this is my 33rd year (or thereabouts) with the Pageant.

The new Queen is Catherine Wong Jayne. Her Princesses are from left, Theresa Lu (3rd Princess), Jacklyn Ma (1st Princess), Leilani Soon (2nd Princess) and Chantel Ching (4th Princess). The official portraits have been taken and I'm just waiting for them to decide which one they want for next year's souvenir book.

I've also been involved with archiving 59 years of Narcissus Souvenir programs. Had to go down to the Chinese Chamber offices and scan 59 books, 59 Queen portraits, and about half of the contestants (those we didn't have posters for). Then those scans were compiled into posters and display pieces to be exhibited at the Narcissus Coronation Ball at the end of the month. I'll post some of the images after the Ball is over.

I also needed to get off this rock (Oahu) so I went to another rock (Kauai) for a day. Visited a photographer friend there (Herbie's photography) and he and I secured a model and went on a photoshoot.

The model is Gena from Hanalei and we all got wet. I was sitting on the sand doing some low level shots when a gentle wave came in and managed to douse me (camera remained dry).

This is to prove to Herbie's wife that he was working. LOL!

Back to work for me. Hopefully the pinched nerve in my back will resolve itself soon...