Projects

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Here are some current projects I am or have taken part in:

I, along with some of my industry friends, am embarking on a new adventure in hopes of getting a corner of the market in producing
Flash® videos/video brochures. With rapidly expanding broadband access and the advent of streaming video, short and informative web videos
can tell the story of resorts, ecolodge, spa, adventure, or boutique hotels, through an inclusive journey focused on the highlights of a clients destination.
The videos take potential clients to the heart of the resort through beautiful moving images, music, and narration.....videos that will leave the viewers wanting to
experience the magic of the resort on their next trip. Visit the web site:

DREAM DESTINATION VIDEO

PASS THE TORCH, UNITE THE WORLD
The summer of 2004, I again joined my friends The Texas Crew for another Olympic Torch Relay . Unlike the last relay, the 2002 Salt Lake City
Winter Olympics (see other projects below), this was a world wide relay--34 cities, 27 countries. Traveling by plane between countries and
using modes of transportation that reflect the sporting, cultural and historical aspects of each country, the Olympic flame passed through all
corners of the world, commencing its international journey in Sydney, previous host of the 2000 Summer Games. The flame moved on to Melbourne,
Tokyo, Seoul and Beijing, the bustling streets of Delhi, Cairo, and its first entrance on African soil, Cape Town. Crossing the Atlantic Ocean, the
flame landed in colourful Rio de Janeiro, journeyed to Mexico City, and onward to the cities of Los Angeles, St. Louis, Atlanta and New York City.
After visiting Montreal, the Olympic flame crossed back, over the Atlantic, and navigated European cities, including Antwerp, Brussels, Amsterdam,
Geneva, Lausanne, Paris, London, Barcelona, Rome, Munich, Berlin, Stockholm and Helsinki. The last leg of the journey went to Moscow, Kiev,
Istanbul, Sofia and Cypus. After Nicosia, Cyprus, the flame travelled to Greece. At that point our journey ended. The Flame then was taken by the
Greeks throughout all the islands of their country which took about a month before finally arriving in the Olympic stadium in Athens on August 13th
for the beginning of the The Athens 2004 Summer Olympics. My portion of the route took me starting in Tokyo, then moving on to Cairo, Los Angeles,
Montreal, Paris, Berlin, Stockholm, Helsinki, Moscow, Kiev, Istanbul, Sofia, Nicosia and ending in Athens. Again, I am thankful to have been a part of
this once in a life time event!
Not too long ago I worked with my long time friend, Pat Fries of Arrowhead Film and Video on an emotional documentary which he and his wife
Cheryl are producing. A labor of love for both of them, titled In The Shadow Of The Blade, is a feature-length documentary film capturing the human
stories of people affected by Vietnam through the conflict's most ubiquitous machine-the Huey helicopter. It is the story of journey-the journey of soldiers
through and after the war, the journey of their loved ones to cope with grief and loss, the journey of a restored Huey to fly to them once again.
We traveled throughout the country documenting various Landing Zones (LZ). Each Landing Zone captured a representative picture of the Huey
experience in Vietnam, from the aviators who flew Hueys to the men and women they carried. Beginning and ending with landings at memorials built
to remember the dead, the film pays tribute to Vietnam Veterans with an accurate, dignified story told in their own words. It premiered in Austin, TX.
on November 8th 2003 to amazing reviews. It will air nationally on the Military Channel February 10th 2005.
During the Winter of 2001, 2002, I had taken part in a very exciting project along side my friends The Texas Crew, documenting the Olympic Torch Relay
for the XIX Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah. The Olympic Flame was flown from Greece and brought to Atlanta (the cite of the last Olympics)
where the Relay began on December 4th. The Olympic Flame traveled more than 13,500 miles and passed through 46 U.S. states (including for the first
time, Alaska), 80 cities and hundreds of hometowns. More than 11,500 torchbearers (each torchbearer carried the Flame .2 of a mile) assisted with
carrying the flame during the 65-day Relay. In addition to torchbearers, the Olympic Flame was transported by automobile, airplane, train, ship, dog sled,
skier, horse-drawn sleigh, snowmobile, ice skaters, prairie schooner and other unique modes before it came to its final stop in Olympic Stadium in
Salt Lake City, Utah on February 8th, 2002. I am very honored to have been a part of this team!
............................................................................................................... I was also fortunate and honored to have been One of the Torchbearers.