Robert Capazzo, the senior photographer for Greenwich magazine, was finishing a session with David Spaeth, a window and set designer known for his elaborate holiday creations in shopping malls.
But all of those appearances pale in comparison to this interactive holiday lights creation.
Teams of 40 on-site artisans turn more than 2 million pounds of colorful ice blocks into two-story ice slides and other holiday-themed creations.
To each holiday her special creation and All Souls' Day, The Day of the Dead, is no different.
The U.S. Department of Labor's page on the history of Labor Day notes the holiday "is a creation of the labor movement and is dedicated to the social and economic achievements of American workers".
The U.S. Department of Labor's page on the history of Labor Day notes the holiday "is a creation of the labor movement and is dedicated to the social and economic achievements of American workers". It doesn't mention the Pullman strike or labor strife in general.
Evaluation / Assessment: Students will be evaluated based on initial journal responses, participation in class discussions, thoughtful individual completion of research on secular holidays, and thoughtful creation and presentation of quilt pieces.
Rosh Hashanah, perhaps the most universalist of the Jewish holidays, celebrates the creation of Adam and Eve, and inaugurates a period of deep introspection, reflection and personal accountability (heshbon ha-nefesh), leading to Yom Kippur, a day of at-one-ment with one's God and one's fellow human beings.
It's a meta-biography, about the creation of Holiday's public image in media of all sorts: print, television, movies, and, of course, her recordings, but with special attention to the composition of her autobiography, "Lady Sings the Blues," which was published in 1956.
RCA staff producer Ron Fair smiles when asked if the atmosphere is appropriate for the creation of holiday music.
