Photos of Andrea
as speaker (and a little inside
info)
If the arches and pillars
above look familiar, rent a copy of the film
Five Easy Pieces with Jack Nicholson and
you'll see them. (Remember the famous chicken sandwich
scene in the restaurant where Nicholson gets irritated with
the waitress?) This veranda on the Cormie Estate, near
Victoria B.C., was one of the locations for the film. I was
a speaker at a function hosted by the Principle Group,
circa 1980. Above: a much younger Andrea with audience
member Philip Chan who later sent me a lovely packaged set
of
The Richest Man in Babylon booklets, which I still
have.
Here is an inside view of
the same home. That plaid box was a last minute invention.
There was no podium and I needed something in front of me
higher than the stand provided. So with 5 minutes to spare
I wrapped my shawl around a cardboard box and, voila!,
instant lectern.
Above is my first
professional head shot. Circa 1978. At the time I had a
temperature of 104 degrees; I was so sick but the photos
turned out well. This shot was completely rigged. (I used
to be a photographer's stylist.) The photographer sneaked
us into the empty auditorium of one of her clients, a
government ministry for the province of Ontario. And the
microphone was actually the mic to my cassette tape
recorder. I didn't own a real microphone, but I did own the
slide projector.
I weighed about 105 pounds back then (sigh). Notice the big
head compared to my body size? I'd like to think it's
because I have a big brain. I've never found a hat big
enough for my head so I've always gone without even in the
coldest winter weather. Merv Griffin had a theory that
big-headed people make the best TV hosts (Pat Sajak, Dave
Letterman, etc.) I don't know if that follows for women
with big heads. The only woman talk show host I can think
of with a large head is Rosie O'Donnell.
Circa 1985
This is the photo I used
to use. I'm no longer naturally red-haired, and no longer
105 lbs.
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