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CLARE FANNING - BUTCHER
CURRICULUM VITAE
EDUCATION:
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| Communication Arts: |
Conservatory of Nice, France. Classical
Composition, 1977-1978
Dr. Jean Etienne Marie. Private study of Electro-Acoustical
Composition and Sound Engineering 1976-1978.
Maestro Kurt Wronke-Marion. Private study of Voice, 1975-1978
Denver University, Communication Arts Institute,
Theatre 1965.
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| Journalism: |
Colorado State College, Press Photography, 1967.
Seattle University , Fine Arts/ Journalism,
1966-1968. |
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| Languages: |
Ruwi, Sultana of Oman. Arabic, 1979-1981.
Auroville , India. Tamil, 1970- 1975/, 1997/
2008
University of Bordeaux, France. French, 1970.
University of Seattle, Washington. French,
1966-1968.
University of Washington, Washington. Sanskrit,
1969. |
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| Anthropology: |
University of Washington, Seattle, Washington.
Major in Anthropology and Archaeology, 1969 – 1970 - interrupted
for India trip and ultimately stay to research and live in the International
Township of Auroville, India (Not-for profit township for 50,000 people under the guidance of
its Charter), 1970 and have lived about 15 years there over 39 years. |
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| Yoga: |
Auroville, India. Integral
Yoga, 1970-75 / 79 /81-82 /96-97 / 2001-2 /2006-2011 -study and practice this
harmonization discipline of our physical, mental, emotional, vital and psychic with guidance
from Mira Alfassa, aka the Mother in Pondicherry, India. This discipline was developed by
India's great visionary, Sri Aurobindo. It is a personal lifetime practice.
Mysore, India. Raja Yoga, 2008 - study and practice for certification under
Sri Jayakumar, Pravana Yogadhama Trust for comprehensive yoga
methods. And for finding the best way to integrate the Bel Canto Technology into asanas for
strengthening the body to hold sound correctly, Vocal Yoga
VY®. Received Yoga Alliance Certification .
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| Internet Marketing |
Web Mastering Design: Attend the Annual 5 Days in July Conference for
learning to be your own web master and internet marketing to make websites independantly. Very
important decsion.
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| PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: |
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1965 -1966
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Denver, CO. Writer.
Activities:
First editorials published at 16yr. Denver Post. (Voice of Youth program)
Acting & Stage Managing, 1966;Barter Theatre
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| 1970 - 1975 |
Auroville, India. Founder of “For All/Pour Tous”.
Activities:
Initiated the creation of “For All/Pour Tous” Auroville’s financial and
distribution service. Developing Auroville’s 'proper channel' for monies and goods, first
supervising construction of its initial building (1972-1974);
Developed and coordinated a nutrition/health program for 90 children of the
village of Kuliyapalayam (1970-1972) – interrupted.
Taught Acting at Last School. Students were youth of
six nationalities.
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| 1975 – 1978 |
Nice, France.
Private vocal studies with the master Kurt Wronke-Marion: A three year study, six days a week, two
hours daily. He implored me to teach and pass on this knowledge to others.
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| 1977 - 1978 |
Nice, France. Conference Assistant.
Activities:
Assisted Dr. Jean Etienne Marie, President of the International Center
for Musical Research, in organizing contemporary electro-acoustical music presentations.
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| 1978 - 1979 |
Auroville, India.
Supervisor.
Activities:
Supervision of a children’s experimental community called “Auro-Ami”.
First adult the children voted to live with them (had my daughter 5yr.) so could
help without interfering. This was a very amusing and busy time, like when the 17 girls wrote the
rules ex: ..#7 (out of 18) “You must go home at least once every two weeks to see your
parents.”
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| 1979 - 1981 |
Ruwi, Sultanate of Oman. Journalist, UPI, AFP,
L'Express and the Times of Oman. English Teacher, Al Najal School
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Activities:
Full-time Correspondent and Journalist. Had the double page for
photographic and in-depth weekly story. Independent stories for UPI, AFP and Express Part-time
English Teacher for first grade mix of Bedouin and palace children – interrupted.
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| 1981 - 1983 |
Auroville, India. Director, Communication Service, Community
Management, Journalism, Financial Board Member
AV
Activities:
Full responsibility for the Communication Service of Auroville, India, connecting
approximately 60 communities in a twenty-square-mile area; full responsibility for the internal
maintenance, information, visas, etc. for the artisan community called “Fraternity”; wrote journal
articles for UPI and AFP; member of Auroville’s Financial Board advising direction of Auroville’s
fiscal development.
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| 1983 - 1989 |
Paris and Strasbourg, France: Professor of Voice and Drama
Activities:
Taught Voice privately ( bel canto or “vocal focusing” and “vocal yoga” technique) with
singers, actors, business executives and individuals.
Taught Acting and Voice workshops at the school of Performing Arts le
Colimacon.
Strasbourg , France: Journalist, UPI (United Press International), AFP (Agence France
Press), Voice of America, Deutsche Welle.
Activities:
Covered stories at the Council of Europe for
UPI, Voice of America, and Deutsche Welle; began preparing the interactive documentary series, “The
European Odyssey” and stopped teaching from 36 hr/wkly to 6hr/wkly in 1988, in order to give full
time attention to the development of the Aquarium program developed in
1986-87 for the Public Broadcasting Servie, PBS. First
web-site in 1987 at the World Trade Center in Paris to demo new interactive world
coming.
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| 1986 - 1993 |
France:1988-1990, Washington DC: 1990-1993.
President, Aquarium
Corp.; Exec.Producer of the Aquarium Program; Foreign
Correspondent, authorized by French Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Position Responsibilities:
Full responsibility for the conduct and operations of the Aquarium Corp. and the Aquarium programs; coordination of
meetings with production teams and consultants preparing the program in Europe and the USA;
creation and supervision of the pilot films and program services and products; preparation of the
budget for the first studios; preparation of proposals; organization of the advisory board and
research & development consortium; completion of all forms, attachments and responses for
attaining IRS tax-exemption 501 (c ) (3 ) status for AQUARIUM Corp.; coordination
of fund-raising activities; establishment of working and resource relationships with numerous
institution, government administrations, individuals, companies and organizations.
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| 1990 -1993 |
Washington DC: Worked for the American City
Business Journal,
ACBJ Washington Business
Journal’s circulation department p/t while developing an American team with
University’s, Institutions & businesses in Washington DC.
The interactive savvy heads of PBS’s Education department and PBS, who wanted the
Aquarium program from France, leave that department and PBS, 1990! New director does not know what
interactivity is.Interactive programming at PBS is still too soon for the public access. Aquarium goes
dormant.
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| 1993-1997 |
Allentown,PA. 1993-1997
Marry and managed the Hamilton House home B&B in Allentown while returning annually to India
for research on Auroville requested by Leigh High Valley, PA, PBS.
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| 1998 - 2003 |
Salt Works Ranch in South Park, CO
1997-2003
Columnist, created weekly column for the Fairplay Flume ‘Park County Echos’ and supplies news, features
and photographs.South Park
South Park, CO, 1999-2001, Help develop Bison Healthy Pet, with
my husband, Richard Butcher (ex-ALPO exec.) After three years we had a complete line of Bison
petfood and products and were just coming out in the Hyvee stores in the Mid-West when the
financial partners had to pull the plug (bad RE investments). A jaw dropper.
Begin outlining the book to communicate the knowledge given by my Master.
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| 2003 – 2007 |
Watertown & Clark, South Dakota; Auroville
India, 2005-2007,
Denver , Colorado 2003-2005:
South Dakota - Reanimate Aquarium Corps,
2006-Present: Get a first sponsor March 2006. Traveled to Auroville, India twice for five
months “06/”07 get the web-sire layout done for later;
Denver & SD & Auroville - Write and Illustrate Book on the
Voice , Vocal Yoga VY® . This book is a guide to the instruction of
the ‘Bel Canto Technique' to train the body silently to hold sound. It is the quiet
preparation of exercises that prepare the body to hold sound correctly "pre-speech".
Develop 1st teaching Vocal Focusing Web-site 2004-5 (but
decide to concentrate on guidebook first as had 3 different ‘webmaster issue’);
Receive USA Trademarks for Vocal Yoga VY & Vocal Focusing VF.
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2007 – 2012
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Auroville, India, establish offices for Aquarium Corp.
and Voice Corps. at Auroelec in order to advance the publishing, site building and
complete the Vocal Yoga VY® guidebook, website and begin teacher training.
2008-2010
Mysore, India, Complete three month study with the Pranava Yoga
Dhama trust, a Yoga Alliance school for designing best exercises for Vocal Yoga VY®. 2008. Receive
Yoga Alliance certification.
Auroville, India, Complete the first Vocal Yoga Hall in Auroville
at Acceptance. Certified first VY™ Teachers and establish the Vocal Yoga Institute
Pvt. Ltd. 2010. Prepare first research poster for USA, international Symposium on
Yoga Research at the Himalayan Institute - Accepted.
Colorado, USA, Prepare
VoicesCorps.com site for the Virtual Classroom and present the company and
VocalYogaVY.com's site for the Yoga Journal Conference in Estes Park CO Sept. 24th-27 2009.
Auroville, India, 2010 Begin to submit Vocal
Yoga VY research abstracts from training of first VY teachers. Three selected for Poster
presentations Himalayan Institute, USA; Patanjali University, India and the Voice Foundation,
USA. Faculty of "Care of the Professional Voice"
Developing the interactive 3D virtual roomsite ForAll-PourTous.org for Auroville. Offer free websites for Services
between 4-5pm: AV Health Service, AV Travel Safe, AurovilleOmTravels, AV Performing Arts
(UC)etc.
Created Aquarium Productions Private Limited for initiating Aquarium Corp.'  Four studies to layout 2012
Submit requested article article to Sri Aurobindo's action journal.
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INVITED PARTICIPATION:
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The Voice Foundation's 40th Annual Symposium: Care of the Professional Voice,
June 1-5, 2011 Phildelphia, PA. USA Poster presentation: Physical and psychological benefits
of Vocal Yoga VY therapy and training on first VY student-teachers.
Yoga for Health & Social Transformation : First International
Conference January 2-5,2011, Hardwar, India. Prize poster presentation.
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Vocal Yoga VY® abstract research selected for
participation in the first Symposium on Yoga Research by the International
Association of Yoga Therapists at the Himalayan Institute, Pennsylvania,
USA, Oct. 1-3, 2010.
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Invited by the International Conference "Spirituality Beyond
Religion", to present Vocal Yoga under the category of Theory and Experience of
Transformative Practices. - January 10, 2010, SAWCHU, International Township of
Auroville.
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Invited by the Dr. Anil Sangli's Medical Music
Reverberation Therapy – MMRT to present Vocal Yoga
VY® under the title of “Vasantha-Santasa” -
on Sunday, 29th March 2009, Mysore.
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Invited by the All India Institute of Speech and
Hearing, Mysore to present Vocal Yoga VY® on Bel
Canto Techonology. see poster
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Invited to be on the Board of Advisors of Stop Diabetes that is
actively researching yoga’s positive effect on Diabetes. Mysore, India. 2008
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Invited on Board of Judges for the Scholastic Video
Festival to judge videos done by student groups submitted by schools of Alsace, France,
1990, 1989, 1988.
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Invited to take Direction of the second largest Contemporary
Music Festival in France at Nice, by Dr. Jean Etienne Marie who asked me to replace him.
Graciously declined 1982
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Invited by the President of the Free University of Manila,
Philippines, Dr. Benito Reyes, to Organize the student conference paralleling the
University Presidents on Universal Curriculum for July 1971; Initiated organization for this
conference in Manila September - October 1970 before leaving for India but withdrew as I felt his
students didn’t need ‘outside’ help.
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Invited to be the US Delegate to the World Union Youth
Conference in Pondicherry, India, Dec. 1970 - found Auroville and wanted participate actively
in research for these 'new' cities of the future. |
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HONORS AND AWARDS:
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Strasbourg, France: 1990, Aquarium Interactive Program was
selected for the best video project of the Bas Rhine, approximately
$250,000 prize. Had to decline. (Had private contracts for the program that would
not necessarily be honored...big litigation against me possible.)
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Paris, France: 1983 Outstanding Acclaim and
Runner-up, International Competition for Interactive Scenario Writers for first
interactive movie in the world (it took three years to engineer it) France Telecom, L’INA, others.
(did an interactive fiction where you learn about the work in singing and speeking). |
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Colorado State College: 1966 Best Delegate Award, Student
UN,.(represented Nigeria and USA) |
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‘Outstanding Leadership’ 1966 Award, St. Scholastica’s Academy, Canon City,
CO. (first time school made such an award - nice feeling).
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Junior-Senior Class President 1964-1966.
St. Scholastica’s Academy, Canon City, CO. Sophomore Vice-President.
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Tennis Doubles Champions 1964, Pueblo, Colorado. |
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| BLEMISHES : |
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Fired by the owner of the Al Najal School in Oman after vehemently scolding her for
her physical abuse of the children in front of a mother from the Palace. (Good)
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Fired by the Doctor in charge of the Kuliyapalium Health Center after
having admonished one of the doctors’ wives for not bringing the food for the 92 waiting children.
(No regrets)
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Probation at Seattle University for rounding up a good group of girls from
our freshman dorm to go sing to the boy’s dorm.I had been asked by one of the boys to organize
something as there was nothing going on that weekend on campus and that seemed nice to me.
(Backfired) It caused a riot after I was thrown into the Champion Towers fountain and the
boys ran out for a campus 'panty raid' (a USA college 'tradition') on all the
girl dorms nearby. The Dean was very upset & I had to pay for all new briefs!
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Probation at St. Scholastica’s Academy in
freshman year for smoking in the shower (cloth on..no water). (Dumb)
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Suspended St. Scholastica's Academy. Sent home for
one week. Little tolerance for faking a 'visitation' of the Blessed Mother on the holiest girl in
our dorm (whose early morning prep. for Mass dailey always woke us up). A Senior had a glow in the
dark, very large statue of Mary. With a string around the neck and feet looped over the light above
her desk at the foot of her bed Mary rose at 3am...calling. Once our classmate was aware of 'Mary'
Mary told her she had been chosen to help the world and was to go to chapel daily, at lunchtime,
and instead of lunch she was to 'pray for Peace on Earth'. Then Mary told her to close her eyes so
she could go back to heaven. Our classmate confided her vision to the Superior..the head nun had
her doubts...
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Jailed at 12yrs. Was sent (my mothers orders to the highway patrol
officer who 'found' me) to wait in a cell at the Pueblo, sherrifs office, while they went out
to dinner. Had run away from home (with my transitor radio) after upset with mother who had dared
ridicule, Elvis...(what can I say?)
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Expelled from first grade, Stephen School in Denver, for one too
many times of raising my hand to be excused to go to the bathroom. I would then get my jacket on
the hook in the hall and leave the school to go for a nice long walk exploring after stopping at
the local drugstore soda fountain for a cherry coke... (Spent the rest of the school year in a
guest room at home with my food served on a tray…three months…learning ‘reflection’..taught me
meditation instead!) |
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