[NFBF-L] It's Time for Our November Sunrise and Shine - Audio Describing Live Events isTomorrow's Featured Topic, See Inside for details About Our Special Guests

Wed Nov 4 16:56:00 UTC 2026

Hello Sunrise, and Shine Family,

With our new meeting dates, we believe that it will be easy to remember that
on the first Thursday of each month Sunrise and Shine will take place at
9:00 AM ET. With this new meting schedule, we also are dedicated to bringing
you exciting and meaningful content. Your time is valuable and we certainly
hope that you will choose to spend a couple of hours with us each month in
the company of other members of our Sunrise and Shine family.

Tomorrow, November 5th, beginning at 9:00 AM ET we will have a truly
exciting discussion about audio description, not necessarily the AD that
occurs in movies or TV shows, but the type of thrilling audio description
that takes place during live events. Attending a theatrical performance, a
comedy show, a sporting event or another live event will never be the same
for you after you've experienced the benefits of live audio description.

Sunrise and Shine will welcome some very special guests tomorrow morning.
Stasha Boyd and Brian Smith from The Audio Description Initiative will help
to lead our discussion. Stasha co-founded ADI in 2022 and Brian joined her
shortly thereafter to help bring audio descriptive services to live events
in the central Florida area for those who are blind or low vision. The
company has grown tremendously since its founding and has described over 275
events over the past four years and is helping to shape the landscape of
live AD on a grand scale. My friends Brian and Stasha are very excited about
joining us tomorrow morning and I know you will really enjoy spending time
with them.

As many of you know,  I, along with more than three dozen other blind and
low vision vacationers,  recently took a cruise to the Caribbean on the
Norwegian Prima.  I was honored to spend some time with Sandee Pinkstaff,
the founder of Creative Descriptions, Inc. Sandee provided incredible audio
description for numerous live events taking place onboard throughout  the
seven day cruise. The fabulous service provided by Sandee allowed those of
us attending the live performances to get as much enjoyment out of them as
any sighted attendee. We hope to have Sandee with us in the morning but
certainly I know that we will have 'Rise and Shine participants who sailed
with us and had the pleasure of meeting Sandee and enjoyed the benefits of
her talented AD work.

Tomorrow we will also cover some other critical topics, such as how
yesterday's election results will impact our efforts to advocate for issues
that are important within our community.

As promised, we will cover some interesting technology news during our time
together as well. Certainly, we have a lot to talk about, and I am very
hopeful that you will be able to kick back with a cup of coffee or tea and
join us. 

Our get-togethers are always full of warm and welcoming attendees, we've had
over six years of incredible Zoom gatherings, and I don't expect anything
different moving forward! If you have not made it into a Sunrise and Shine
or haven't been with us in a while, please take the time and join us.We'd be
thrilled to offer you a big smile and a hardy say hello.

The Zoom information is shown at the bottom of this email, (it was included
in the previous email I had sent last week.included that one for your
review).

Feel free to reach out to me if you need anything at all, including
assistance with NFB-NEWSLINER 

Warmly,

Russ Davis,

Ph. 904-993-8433

Email: russell at radiorusty.com <mailto:russell at radiorusty.com> 

From: russell at radiorusty.com <mailto:russell at radiorusty.com>
<russell at radiorusty.com <mailto:russell at radiorusty.com> > 
Sent: Wednesday, September 23, 2026 1:42 PM
Subject: Exciting Changes Coming to Sunrise and Shine - Our Next Meeting
will be Thursday, October 1st at 9:00 AM ET, see inside for details...

Hello Sunrise, and Shine Family!

After more than six years and more than 120 gatherings, Sunrise and Shine
will be undergoing a bit of a makeover. For the remainder of 2026, we will
be holding gatherings on a monthly basis and will be shifting our meeting
dates to the first Thursday of each month. For your calendars, this will
drop the meetings on October 1st, November 5th and December 3rd. Go ahead
and mark your calendars with those dates now. When we began 'Sunrise and
Shine with NFB-NEWSLINE way back on April 16th, 2020, many of us were
sitting at home with a strong desire to join with others, but in a safe
virtual environment. Now that the pandemic is far behind us, we have come to
realize that most of us are out of the house a lot more and that our
available time for meetings is limited, (certainly, we know that your time
is extremely valuable). We want to show respect to you and let you know that
we appreciate your limited time.

Yes, there will be fewer "Rise and Shine gatherings each month, but we hope
that the content of the meetings will be better than ever. We will be able
to take time for more preparation and when guest speakers come to visit, we
will endeavor to have the highest quality presentations. The gatherings will
still be full of fun and friendship but will also have a bit more structure.
I am grateful to our regular attendees who have been spending time with us
for over six years and to the countless others who have stopped by when
their schedules allowed. Please feel free to reach out to me with your ideas
about future meetings and about how to make our calls even better than they
have been.

Please watch for the announcement of our next meeting, again taking place
next week on October 1st, at 9:00 AM ET. We look forward to having you with
us.

I'll go ahead and post the Zoom link for the meeting below, so you can have
it handy next wweek if you need it.

Warmly,

Russ Davis, Host

Sunrise and Shine

Ph. 904-993-8433

Email: russell at radiorusty.com <mailto:russell at radiorusty.com> 

The National Federation of the Blind of Florida is inviting you to a
scheduled Zoom meeting.

Topic: Sunrise and Shine

Date/Time: Thursday, November 5th, 2026, 9:00 AM Eastern Time (US and
Canada)

Join Zoom Meeting

https://nfb-org.zoom.us/j/96184895393?pwd=l1Z6sPtbFUZbi73IUDAZb9nJ8KBSg1.1

Meeting ID: 961 8489 5393

Passcode: 629464

One tap mobile

+16468769923,,96184895393# US (Chicago)

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