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MISCELLANEOUS FEEDBACK

December, 2006

Dear Michael:

I wanted to thank you again for your time and assistance with our tours. We greatly enjoyed our stay in Pasadena and you made my job easy, which allowed me to have fun with my group!

- Christine Mousseau, Marketing Services Specialist, Nora Rubber Flooring.

May, 2006

Michael, I can't thank you enough for doing such a great job on filming the wheelchair tap dancers. You caught the feelings and expressions of the dancers, and the joyful mood of the group. I am impressed with your patience and the amount of time you took filming as well as editing. You have all the skills and are creative, too. A winning combination.

Jane Evans, Producer, "Encore Cafe" television show by and for Seniors at the Pasadena Senior Center

Cherry Blossom Festival Photographs, Rose Bowl, April 1 & 2, 2006

These are wonderful pictures. Thanks for taking these beautiful shots of our event. - Dorothy

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WOW!

- Wendy Anderson, Event Producer, Cherry Blossom Festival

Sisters of Bubik Coffee House, Old Pasadena, February 19, 2005

Hi Michael,

Thanks you so much for playing the piano tonight. So many people told me how impressed they were with your playing.

- Rookie, http://www.supersinglemixers.com/

February 17, 2006

Michael, Just now I finished looking at your Maui pictures. I am a bit stunned. Ok...sure it is your talent that produces those results. But still, the material you had to work with says a lot: I am amazed that Maui is so breath-taking. I had no idea. Sure I've heard it's gorgeous. But those pictures just took my breath away. And made me think "Man, ho man, what am I missing? What am I doing being here?"

And so, my mind begins scrambling and thinking and well, I guess it's getting time to do some more travelling. I'm not getting any younger, time is passing, and there's a lot out there for me to see. And to experience. Thank you dear friend for the wake-up call.

- Rissa. Crete, Greece

December 10, 2005

Dear Michael,

On behalf of the Board of Directors of the Pasadena Senior Center I would like to extend my gratitude to you for your participation in the 2005 Pasadena Follies. All the reviews we have received to date rate this event as the best in our 4 year history.

- Beth Calleton, President, Board of Directors, Pasadena Senior Center

December 5, 2005.

Your pictures at the Pacific Asia Museum were inspired!! Really beautiful! - Conchita

November 22, 2005

Re: Doo Dah Parade Photographs: Michael, awesome!! It was great to see you there! We always, ALWAYS love your photos!!!! - Tom Coston, Light Bringer Project

November 19, 2005

From the Producers of "Pasadena MoveOn Looks at the Issues"

Hi everyone:

We’d like to thank everyone for their help on last night’s “Saving Public Access Show.” We had a number of firsts last night which were incredibly well done!

1) Gloria directed Michael Durand’s spot

2) Louise used the teleprompter

3) Michael Durand did a testimonial for our show

4) Janice ran the teleprompter

5) Stevi worked as a camera operator

6) Kate worked as our make-up artist

7) Gerald and Kevin worked on our team

8) Conchita and Gloria are going to learn Final Cut Pro so that we can edit the show

Everyone of our team helped so much!

In addition to the above, thanks to Michael Durand for a great job directing, Bozana who kept us on track as stage manager, Jenny who helped out ironing and Rich who repaired parts of the set that were damaged.

- Conchita and Gloria

October 18, 2005

Michael:

First of all, many, many thanks for the time you gave us both as a director and as an editor. You are such a professional that it was wonderful working with you.

Now hopefully we'll be able to get the show on Channel 56 quickly so that we can get the information out to people.

Again, thank you so much for your guidance along this public access journey.

Conchita and Gloria, Pasadena MoveOn

SAVE THE RAYMOND THEATRE

June 29, 2005:

Dear Michael,

I want to thank you for your support in helping us work to save Pasadena's Historic Raymond Theatre. I appreciate your attendance at the hearings. I thank you for talking great photo's of the hearings. I hope to work with you further in archiving the history of the fight to save the Raymond Theatre.

Sincerely,
- Gina Zamparelli

Executive Director
Friends of the Raymond Theatre
RaymondTheatre@aol.com
http://www.raymondtheatre.com/

Dear Michael,

The program is great, and I am deeply honored to be the subject of such a carefully done production.

- Bill Bogaard, Mayor, City of Pasadena

Great pictures last night! It all looks great. Very still, nice tight shots and the interviews were framed and lit great. Good job, thank you very much.

- Tami Kimball, Producer, Crown City News

Hey, you do great work!! - Ann Erdman, Public Information Officer, City of Pasadena

Well, the team that wins first prize: The Video Guys! I honestly don't know what we would have done without all of you. The end result was professional and significant. My profound thank you to the team.

- Jane Wetzel, Leadership Pasadena

(Michael Durand was the Director of the "Imagine" video for the inaugural fund raiser for Leadership Pasadena at the Castle Green, Pasadena.)

Dear Michael,

Thank you for creating the atmosphere for the "Field of Dreams" feeling. It was so much fun to have a live person playing the keyboard right on our field. And a talented one at that! You were FABULOUS! Best Opener I have ever seen! From the sound of it, it was the best in Pasadena Southwest Little League history. From the bottom of my heart - THANKS!

- Donna DeFazio, President, Pasadena Southwest Little League

2005 CHALK FESTIVAL PHOTOS FEEDBACK

Photograph by Michael Durand

Those chalk fest photos are amazing! - Emilia, Pasadena

Your photos look great! Thanks for sharing the link. - Karie, Pasadena

Michael, I looked at those shots AGAIN and they're so great! You're the best. - Tom Coston, Producer, Absolute Chalk Festival Director, Light Bringer Project. http://www.absolutchalk.com/

Beautiful photos of beautiful artwork! Thanks for sharing! - Theresa, Pasadena

Great photos !!! - Roy, Pasadena

Thanks for forwarding the photos, they turned out great!! - Maureen, Los Angeles

Michael,

We weren't able to cover this. If we give you credit, would it be alright for us to use these photos for future stories? They're really great!

- Tami Kimball, News Director/Anchor, CCN - Crown City News

www.crowncitynews.com

2005 CHALK FESTIVAL PHOTOS

2006 LUNAR NEW YEAR PHOTOS FEEDBACK

Photograph by Michael Durand

Michael, you DO take great photos! Makes me wish I had been there! - Roy (Pasadena)

Thanks for keeping contact. I like all the photos. super.... always you do a good job, i'am happy for you, good business.
sunny regards from me and morocco. - Khadija, (Marrakesh)

Great pics! Thanks for sharing. What a beautiful downtown. Pasadena has a lot more charm than I was aware of. Neat old

buildings, really lovely. Looks like they went all out for Chinese New Year! Cool parade. - Janet (Los Altos)

Great photos. - Wendy, (Pasadena)

Michael -- your pictures of the lunar new year parade, etc., are wonderful. I love the really saturated reds in one dragon and in the antherium flowers. Also, a truly beautiful photo of the queen of the parade (orange dress, tiara) and friend -- both women are so alive and vibrant. You do a great job in documenting the goings on in Pasadena. - Gloria (Pasadena)

Thanks, Michael, for the great photos! We do have some lovely, colorful events here in Pasadena! - Starla (Pasadena)

Loved your photos. - Bonnie (Pasadena)

2006 LUNAR NEW YEAR PHOTOS

JOHN REINER

From my college journalist years. One of my earliest and still one of my favorite letters.

- Michael Durand

Dear Mike,

Just a personal note to let you know how much I enjoyed working with you on the April Fools issue. Never have I had more fun than working at the paper. This experience will remain a fond memory with me for many years to come and possibly be the most outstanding in my Stony Brook career.

I had always looked forward to working with you in some capacity and I want you to know I was not let down. Even during the ungodly hours of the morning I refused to leave as I was having too much fun. The final product was excellent and much of the credit goes to you. I hope to work with you again and invite you to create some cartoons so we both take credit.

- John Reiner, 1976

John Reiner has been a world-famous cartoonist for over 30 years. He draws "The Lockhorns," Parade magazine's "The Laugh Parade" and many other internationally syndicated comic strips. Here is a link to some of his work: http://www.lambiek.net/reiner_john.htm

The parents of a friend were like most couples in America - huge fans of "The Lockhorns" comics. In the late 1990's, when Diane's father, Bob was in ill health, John was kind enough to draw a Get Well note:

Back in the mid 1970's at Stony Brook, I was the Feature/Arts Director for Statesman, the student newspaper of the State University of New York at Stony Brook. I was responsible for the Feature and Arts departments as well as a four-page weekly magazine section called "Take Two." John Reiner was a contributing artist who took on an assignment to draw a graphic demonstrating the new pull-out calendar page. The instructions were a little complicated: Get two newspapers. Open to the centerfold and remove. Get a second newspaper. Take out the second centerfol. On one side of each centerfold is the top of a wall poster, the other side the bottom.

John Reiner drew the cover and featured me getting wrapped up in my own arms and legs trying to manipulate the wall poster. That year, hundreds of dorm room walls were decorated with the wall poster of campus photos plus important phone numbers and dates.