Hollywood or Bust!

“Chasing Rainbows” is off to Hollywood to be screened on August 6 at the West Hollywood International Film Festival in L.A. at the Regency Theatre at 4:55 PM.  www.whiff2008.com  Wow!  Sara gets to go to Hollywood!  She must be smiling over this one.  I am excited to be making our American Film debut in Hollywood.  Not only am I able to meet one more of Sara’s goal for her film, but I can do it in the city where the “stars come out to play!”  Maybe some of them will turn up to see the f ilm.

Other news:  I will be attending the “Go Public-Global Leadership Forum to Control Cancer” in Ottawa  from Sept 23 to 27th.   Then I will be moving on to Hamilton, Ontario to Wellwood and the Jurainski Cancer Centre for two Film Screenings and Presentations on Sept 29/09.   In November 12/13 I plan to attend the LiveStrong Young Adult Alliance conference in Austin, Texas!   All three of these events will allow me to interact with lots of young adult cancer survivors and I always enjoy that aspect of these tours.  SO I am Still, Chasing Rainbows…wherever Sara takes me.

Fall Tour 08/Concert 09 Update

Since Michael and I returned from our Chasing Rainbows Screening and Discussion Tour last April/May we have spent time meeting people who could help us producea young adult cancer awareness concert for Fall 2009 – that we plan to stream live , on-line across Canada and further, if the technology allows it to be so. We plan to make sure there is a website in place for follow -up support. I will keep you posted as we get closer to making our goal a reality.

This past November, Michael and I were invited to screen “Chasing Rainbows” at the Canadian Cancer Society, Ontario Division’s first”Surviving Cancer and Living Well Conference” in Toronto. It was one of the first Screenings at a Plenary Breakfast Session for a Conference of that size for us. Young adult cancer survivors Peter Mazereeuw and Lisa Kramer (from the film) spoke, Michael played and sang and the film brought chuckles and tears to the mixed audience of cancer survivors of all ages and health care professionals.

December 1 to December 2 we  screened the film in Regina and Saskatoon at the Saskatchewan Cancer Agencies. Again, it was early morning sessionsfor the staff of the oncology departments. Again, the film and music moved people to laughter and tears. It feels good to see my daughter Sara’s goal being met. She is still making a difference.

On these past two tours Michael and I also startedvideo taping young adult cancer survivors for an on-line support website and published young adult cancer survivor anthology of short stories. I believe the more support there is out there for young adults the better.

Well, that is it for now. As I prepare for the holidays, I think of all the wonderful people I met on our 2008 Tours. It is truly the highlight of our trips.

Happy Holidays everyone!

More in the New Year!

Pat

Happy Holidays Everyone. More news to come soon.

Chasing Rainbows Tour Update – April 07/08

Wow! Our Chasing Rainbows Screening and Discussion Tour across Canada for Spring 2008 is coming together. We are now adding Halifax to our Calgary, Winnipeg, Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal dates. We’ll also be presenting the film at CAPO (Canadian Association Psychosocial Oncology)’s annual conference on Friday, May 9th at 2:30 PM at the Marriott Waterfront Hotel in Halifax.

I have been busy chatting with all the young adult speakers in each city that will be part of our screening presentations. Each person has a different story to tell. I hope we can collect and publish those stories into a young adults living with cancer anthology, one day.

Thanks to the hard work of our publicist, Melanie Thompson, we are beginning to get some feed back from the media we have been in contact with for the Tour. I am being interviewed on the Noon Show on CTV Calgary on April 22.

More to come soon, I am certain.

A side line: Michael Booth Palmer, our “Chasing Rainbows” co-producer and songwriter, held a video taping of his latest live concert and new band, the Fretbenders, at the St James Community Square last month. I hope to take the video copy of the “Chasing Rainbows” song and upload it onto Youtube when we get back from our Tour. I will keep you posted.

Be sure to say hi to Michael and me at our Screenings, so we know that this blog is getting “hit” on.

Keep “Chasing Rainbows” at www.chasingrainbowsproduction.com

Pat