Well it looks like Menomonee Falls is going to enjoy a beautiful Holiday weekend. After some needed rain on Wednesday, Thursday should be beautiful for the parade and fireworks. The Cable Access mobile trailer will once again be on the parade route to record all the festivities and then will proceed to the high school to bring live coverage of the fireworks. Now I know sometimes it makes sense to avoid the crowd in downtown Milwaukee and watch the lakefront fireworks on TV, but Menomonee Falls fireworks? It is a little hectic leaving the area after the show, but the real reason to bring them live is for the shut-ins. Not only those residents who won't venture out late ( can't go to bed with the sound of fireworks going on) but those who find themselves in the hospitals or local care giving facilities. The fireworks all look the same on TV, but they seem bigger and brighter when you share them with your neighbors and friends who are there. So if you can, join us on the parade route, stop in and say hi if you see the black Channel 14 trailer on Appleton Ave, or if you can't tune us in and turn up the sound. Maybe by next year we can bring the parade to you live.
On a sour note, REEL MOVIE TALK with MATT & PAUL taped their show last week from John Harbors Main St. Café in front of a LIVE audience of fans and well wishers. I use the term taped loosely as there was no tape backup, due to the configuration, and when the computer crashed at the end of the show, 3 hours of work went bye bye. My main fear of using digital media and hard drives to capture live footage was realized just when I started to trust it. The boys are bouncing back with a new live version that will hit the air ways next week.
Studio update. Well the power is still out in the high school and rummaging around in the dark to get shows on is becoming dangerous. I have a flashlight and hard hat in the car with me at all times. The hole in the wall to the new section in the studio is getting bigger so I am guessing they are about to start pouring the concrete flooring. Once the wall is down we will have some major cleaning to do before we can be up and ruining. I'm told all is on schedule.
THIS WEEK ON CHANNEL 14
Reel Movie Talk...The boys are re-shooting the last show, adding two more summer movies to the lineup and roaming around the Falls to bring you their reviews. They do have energy.
MEDIA STUDIES WEEKEND The high school media studies class will be highlighted on Saturday and Sunday July 5th and 6th. All the videos produced by Tom Shannon's Media I & II classes from 2006 -2008 will be shown back to back to back. That includes documentaries, music videos, movies and Video Yearbooks. There is some real talent coming out of the high school and this weekend will showcase it.
Optimist Club Independence Day Parade....taped on the 3rd the parade will play all day on the 4th and then will be repeated the following week. A must see if you were in the parade. And thanks for being in the parade by the way.
I Remember Menomonee Falls..Jim Jeskewitz along with his ace camera operator Sue Jeskewitz joined the reunion party of the 1958 high school basketball team and interviewed the squad. Very entertaining insights into the coaches, staff and high school life in general were presented. Too good not to bring to our channel 14 viewers.
AS ALWAYS....STAY TUNED!
