Verity Sweeny Purdy

Dancing on Air: My Life with Rai Purdy Verity Sweeny Purdy

It's hard to imagine life without television. It's even harder to remember that the television programming we take for granted was in its infancy a mere fifty years ago. No colour. No videotapes. Just black and white live programs, the work of a small handful of imaginative producers, directors, editors and actors who created shows by adapting radio and stage techniques. Dancing On Air tells the story of one of these pioneers, a Canadian, Horatio "Rai" Purdy who came to television via a stage and radio career. Written by Rai Purdy's widow, this is the third of her memoirs. "I only hope I can write half as well as you when I am in my 80s. Well done and congratulations!" Paul Wild, Comox Valley Record. "The book is a fascinating story of an artist on the cutting edge of television ... and the woman who supported him." Jan DeGrass, Coast Reporter.