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<DIV>To our Oregon Archaeology colleagues:</DIV>
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<DIV>The oldest Egyptian pyramid! The real mines of Solomon! Ancient
cities in the desert! All this and more will thrill the audience as the
top films in the world compete during <STRONG><EM>The Archaeology
Channel</EM></STRONG> International Film and Video Festival, opening May 24th at
The Shedd in Eugene, Oregon. </DIV>
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<DIV>TAC Festival is the only juried competition for cultural heritage films in
the Western Hemisphere. The five-day event celebrates the wonders of human
diversity with award-winning films from around the world. Topics that
range from archaeology and ancient cultures to indigenous peoples and their
environments will come alive with historic reenactments, powerful storytelling
and amazing digital effects. </DIV>
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<DIV>Producers from 20 countries submitted 69 entries for this year’s eighth
season. The top 18 films, from leading film producers worldwide, will be
shown on the big screen in the Recital Hall at The Shedd in downtown Eugene,
from May 24 through May 28. These films will cover topics such as
Stonehenge, the world’s oldest portable sculpture, a young girl who fell in love
with the moon, a mysterious sea cave on the south coast of Chile, vanishing
traces of old Beijing, and more. Three of the competing films already have
won awards at international film festivals.</DIV>
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<DIV>The Keynote Speaker this year will be Dr. Tom King, the principal
archaeologist in the longstanding effort to learn what happened to famed
aviatrix Amelia Earhart. This research effort, focusing on a small Pacific
island, was featured in December 2010 by Discovery in a two-hour TV
special. Dr. King, an outstanding presenter, will describe his work, which
has yielded solid evidence that may lead to a resolution of the Amelia Earhart
mystery.</DIV>
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<DIV>Tickets now are on sale directly by Archaeological Legacy Institute (ALI),
with special pricing before May 1. So save money and reserve them
now! The Recital Hall seats only 200. To reserve your tickets, call
ALI at 541-345-5538, fax to 541-338-3109 or e-mail <A title=mailto:filmfest@archaeologychannel.org href="mailto:filmfest@archaeologychannel.org">filmfest@archaeologychannel.org</A>.
Reserved tickets may be picked up at our will-call table at The Shedd during
Festival Week.</DIV>
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<DIV>For a complete list of films, ticket prices (reduced from last year), the
schedule, and more information, log on to <BR><A title=http://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/TACfestival.shtml href="http://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/TACfestival.shtml">http://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/TACfestival.shtml</A>.</DIV>
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<DIV>Respond by e-mail here if you have questions.</DIV>
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<DIV>One more thing. Please participate in this event and share this
information throughout your networks with everyone who likes film and has
imagination about distant cultures and times long past. The best form of
promotion is word of mouth, so if you feel that this event is worth keeping in
our community and in our state, tell people about it and ask them to do the
same. We do newspaper ads, flyers, and so forth, but by themselves they
won’t do the job. And we will have no TV ads this year.</DIV>
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<DIV><BR>We hope to see you there! Thanks very much.</DIV>
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<DIV>Rick Pettigrew<BR>Archaeological Legacy Institute<BR><A title=http://www.archaeologychannel.org/ href="http://www.archaeologychannel.org/">www.archaeologychannel.org</A><BR><A title=mailto:rick@archaeologychannel.org href="mailto:rick@archaeologychannel.org">rick@archaeologychannel.org</A><BR>(541)
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