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Author: Sal

This is Asa: Fundraising screening

Friday, 30th March, 2007 at 9:00 am, Isle of Wight

On Tuesday night, Simon and I were very lucky to be invited along to a preview screening of Simon Higgin’s new film about Asa Singleton’s life, travels and experiences.

Asa Singleton Diving Down to EarthIt was possibly one of the most powerful and thought provoking films I’ve ever seen and most definitely humbling. I found it very hard to hold back the tears as we saw Asa and his family go through the heartache of operation after operation.

Throughout it all, what really comes through in the film, is Asa’s incredible strength of character, his selflessness and amazing ability to remain positive and infect everyone he meets with that same positivity.

A new web site has just gone up where you can view the trailer to the film, and find out more information about the condition, Neurofibromatosis Type 2 (NF2), that Asa has lived with for all his life. I’d never heard of this condition, but it affects one in 40,000 people.

So, get your tickets for the fundraising event on 20th April at Ryde Theatre and tell your friends and family about it.

Not only will you get to see the full length film, but there’ll also be live music from some of the Island’s best, Paul Armfield, The Chancers and Cozy Flashbak.(all now confirmed).

This is Asa - Film Fundraising Screening

Film, Ryde


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4 Responses to “This is Asa: Fundraising screening”

  1. » Don’t Forget This is Asa Says:
    April 10th, 2007 at 11:23 am

    [...] With just over a week to go until the This is Asa fundraising screening at Ryde Theatre, don’t delay in buying your tickets. [...]

  2. » Friday Night: Ryde Theatre Says:
    April 18th, 2007 at 11:05 pm

    [...] If you haven’t bought your tickets for the fundraising screening of This is Asa yet, shame on you. [...]

  3. This Is Asa: Screening At Ryde High School : Ventnor Blog Says:
    July 11th, 2007 at 10:01 pm

    [...] 11 Jul 2007 This Is Asa: Screening At Ryde High School Posted by Sal under Events , Health , Ryde , Nippers  12, July 20078:00 pmto9:00 pmYou mightremember back at the end of March, I posted a piece about a lad from Ryde called Asa. We’d been to see a film about his life, travels and experiences filmed, directed and edited by Simon Higgins. [...]

  4. Pick Of The VB Week : Ventnor Blog Says:
    October 8th, 2007 at 9:37 am

    [...] The highlight of ours, last week, was catching up with the amazing Asa Singleton. [...]

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