Artistes of the Month
Also featured: Martin Cook, Bill RelyeaBrian Jones
In
March 1999 Brian Jones and his fellow pilot Bertrand Piccard became the
first men to circumnavigate the world by balloon. This final great aviation
first which had eluded so many, perhaps most notably Sir Richard Branson,
was accomplished by making the longest and furthest flight in history
- in any form of flying machine within the earth`s atmosphere. Seven world
records were established.
He is currently working on a project with fellow balloonist and round the world contender Andy Elson, as Flight Director on a project to fly a balloon to the edge of space - more than 40km high
Brian has a fascinating story to tell, delivering an inspirational and motivational speech.
Mark Cook
A
soldier for over 30 years, culminating in his role as Commander of the
British UN Contingent in the former Yugoslavia, Mark Cook was nearing
retirement when in 1993 a destroyed Croatian orphanage changed his life.
With its walls and children lying in ruins as war ravaged the country,
Mark committed there and then to rebuild the orphanage and rescue the
60 children from their living hell, spent cowering in the flooded cellars
Seven years on, 40 paid and volunteer staff work in conjunction with overseas partners to provide small family homes for 2,000 orphaned and abandoned children in 14 European and African countries, including Romania, Rwanda and Sierra Leone
Mark is an accomplished keynote speaker and broadcaster. His incredible achievements are backed by a charismatic nature which, despite having seen the tragedies of war and its destitute children at first hand, contains an incredible joie de vivre
Bill Relyea
Bill
has been involved in comedy for 20 years, with the ability to tailor scripts
to suit differing audiences. He has vast experience in large and small
venues, equally comfortable in any company having shared the stage with
celebrities such as Pop Group Heatwave and Football`s Jimmy Hill and Trevor
Brooking. Also T.V`s Carl Harman (Brushstrokes) and June Brown (Dot Cotton
of Eastenders) to name but a few.
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