The News Review:
- BAYU BREAK
- YouTube – Television – New York Times
- Wedding planner had plenty of good ideas for her own big day
- Byline: By Jay Price
- Raise a Glass With Class
- Boulder Creek Festival highlights and gallery
- The River to River Festival sails in for fun
BAYU BREAK
Times-Picayune – NLA.com – The Times-Picayune – NLA.com – May 27, 2007
“We’ll get dessert at the next one. ” The Greek Festival is sponsored by the Greek rthodoxCathedral of the Holy Trinity and parishioners arededicated to maintaining the three-day event said GailPsilos a festival organizer. The festival is growing in size this year adding tentsand dance space. The food is what draws many people Psilos said. About7000 showed up for dinner Friday evening and many more areexpected before the event ends tonight. Between bites of stuffed grape leaves Ronnie Webstersaid the food and music keep him coming back each year. Heand his wife Amy watched traditional Greek dancing and atea Greek dinner plate a medley that features a differententree each day… About7000 showed up for dinner Friday evening and many more areexpected before the event ends tonight. Between bites of stuffed grape leaves Ronnie Webstersaid the food and music keep him coming back each year. Heand his wife Amy watched traditional Greek dancing and atea Greek dinner plate a medley that features a differententree each day. “We really want to enrich ourselves on some otherfolks’ culture” Webster said.
YouTube – Television – New York Times
New York Times – May 27, 2007
Since then however its video-response feature which essentially allows users to converse through video has managed to convene partisans of almost every field of human endeavor creating video clusters that begin with an opening video and snowball as fans and detractors are moved to respond with videos of their own. In answer to a lousy stammering video say a real YouTuber doesn’t just comment “You idiot I could do that blindfolded!” He blindfolds himself gets out his video-capable Canon PowerShot and uploads the results. There are music-making videos about music dance videos about dance and architecture videos about architecture. Music people respond to musical performances by filming a musical performance of their own. The same principle holds for dancers athletes pundits pedants comedians film editors poets stunt people propagandists and showoffs of every stripe. What’s more YouTube’s interface allows users to track the history of anything they watch as well as to pursue video responses to it. As a further inducement to stay on the site YouTube proposes a half-dozen works that might interest you whenever you’re streaming a video… Each community is filled with so many small obsessive pursuits colliding and colluding with one another that it’s awfully tempting to skip your lunch break or take the day off and watch them all. What follows then is not a list of the top videos on YouTube. That would be too simple too old-Web. Instead here are five of the most fascinating worlds to get lost in on YouTube. Every single one of them is worth a detour.
Wedding planner had plenty of good ideas for her own big day
San Diego Union Tribune – May 27, 2007
Their ceremony was at Calvary Lutheran Church in Solana Beach. AN ADVANTAGE: Kristi is an elementary school counselor for the San Marcos Unified School District. During summer break and other holiday weeks she's a wedding planner. She is used to planning large weddings for 300 people and more so coordinating her 250-guest wedding came pretty easily to her. She knew exactly which vendors would match the kind of wedding she was coordinating for herself and Scott who works in the commercial real estate finance industry. Among those vendors were Adrianne Smith Floral Design Dreams Do Come True (for the linens) and SoCal Ice Productions. FAVR TREE: The favor tree is an idea Kristi came up with for another wedding she planned… He said he typically will bring out his signature move when he's in the middle of a dance circle. The couple admits to having some friends who don't mind being the center of attention especially when it comes to busting a move. There were quite a few dance contests – one that involved the “running man” – during the reception. At one moment the mood struck him right and Scott dropped down into the splits. Needless to say this elicited a few “ooohs and ahhs!” Kristi performed her signature move which Scott calls “the booty shake. ”THE WEDDING TRAILER: Kristi's sister-in-law's boyfriend Joe Knee makes movie trailers in Los Angeles and also has a business called Holly'wedd. Kristi and Scott asked him to make a wedding trailer for their day.
Byline: By Jay Price
Free with registration – News & bserver – AccessMyLibrary.com – May 27, 2007
she wouldn’t answer. She knew what it meant. They had to come to her to break the news. Not long after that I called Tim Frank the father of another soldier killed in action so courteous even on the worst day of his life. He had to keep putting me on hold to take incoming calls about the arrangements but wouldn’t let me leave the phone and then he made me promise to call his ex-wife because he said her views were important too and she had recently changed phone numbers so no one had called her.
Raise a Glass With Class
Washington Post – May 27, 2007
It’s great if you have a lot to say about the bride and groom but save it for another day. A reception is a party and people want to eat drink and dance — which they can’t do when you’re hogging the mike. McElwain says most toasts should be no more than three minutes. That’s roughly 500 words though it’s best to practice and time yourself. Ideally the toast is short enough for the speaker to remember it cold or with the help of bullet points on index cards. Pages of prepared text will elicit groans from the audience especially from wedding planners who say long toasts are their nightmare… The best man "had just enough humor and just enough relationship stuff" Marino says. "You really felt like you were getting to know the groom through his eyes. "Experts say it’s personal details that make or break a toast not whether your delivery is the most brilliant. Be sure to nod to both the bride and the groom — it’s a toast to their marriage after all. And of course "remember to actually do the toast part" Marino says. "People get so into their little speech they forget to raise a glass or sip the champagne. "So raise that glass! To the happy couple! And to a toast well done! (Now Mom will you please hand me back my vodka tonic?).
Boulder Creek Festival highlights and gallery
Broomfield Enterprise – Broomfield Enterprise (subscription) – May 27, 2007
Daily:Get behind the microphone at the Karaoke Corner near the Boulder Public Library’s main entrance or at the Acoustic Corner near the library’s north parking lot. Kashi is sponsoring a yoga retreat and wellness area in the “Body and Mind” event zone near the library’s main entrance. “The Break: Teen Creek Fest” near the Dushanbe Teahouse will feature its own stage with a battle-of-the-bands competition and skateboarding demos. Carnival rides and games are set up for kids. STRY TLS E-mail storyCommentsiPod friendlyPrinter friendly… Watch the Airborne Dance Team at 2 p. at the Community Dance Stage. Rock out to The Wendy Woo Trio at 6:30 p.
The River to River Festival sails in for fun
New York Daily News – May 27, 2007
Number-crunchers make way for the Martha Graham Dance Company and the Stock Exchange bell competes with “American Idol” Ruben Studdard as the River to River Festival – featuring more than 75 cultural events- starts Friday and runs through mid-September. Since then the fest has evolved into a season-long buffet of diverse events. “After the first year we realized that we were on to something” says Valerie Lewis vice president of marketing and communications for the Downtown Alliance. “This is now a cultural festival that brings prominent local artists and internationally renowned artists to audiences… “This is now a cultural festival that brings prominent local artists and internationally renowned artists to audiences. The Martha Graham Dance Company kicks things off with daily performances at the intersection of Wall and Broad Sts. ; concerts by Animal Collective at South Street Seaport and Roky Erickson and Alejandro Escovedo at Castle Clinton; and the Bang on a Can Marathon at the Winter Garden which looks to break the world record by having the Bang on a Can All-Stars playing 26 hours straight. Hundreds of artists from around the globe will participate. “We can’t wait to see who’ll be there at 3 and 4 a.