The Class of ’67 is spearheading a video project to capture Woodrow’s 80th anniversary celebration this Saturday, April 25th. Mike Barnes (’67) is coordinating the project, I am spreading the word to as many as possible, and Charlie Taylor (’67) is handling the donations through his Pinpoint Productions credit card and PayPal accounts. (We have handled both our 35th and 40th class reunions this way, and it has worked very efficiently.) The only problem – we came up with this idea only a few days ago, and we need $4,000 in donations to make this happen……and within the next four days! I sincerely hope you will join us in capturing Woodrow’s 80th anniversary celebration for posterity. This is your chance to preserve forever this important milestone in the history of Woodrow Wilson High School.

 

Those of you familiar with the Class of ‘67s web site, www.www1967.com ,know that our class gets things done. We realize all too well, however, that times are tough for everyone and all of us are asked for donations at every turn; but we also know there will be no second chance to do preserve this historic event.

Kyle Rains (’76), Steve Cargile (’82), Christy Gay (’67) and I have been exchanging historical bits and pieces this past week – recordings and photos that exist only because someone invested the time and the money years ago so that we could have these treasures today. The extraordinary Woodrow network is a unique phenomenon; this is our chance. Even if you will not be able to attend Saturday, you can still make a donation via the internet. If you will be at Eddie Deen’s Sat. night, you can make a donation there as you are being treated to both the band action on the stage as well as big screen projections of events at the morning parade and the school taped earlier in the day. As an added bonus, films of past reunions/events will be shown between band sets. When the final DVD is completed, you will own your personal copy/copies!

 

I have pasted below notes of explanation from both Jay Ballou and Mike Barnes. Please contact me by email if you have questions or call Mike Barnes 214-679-9359.

 

Donations so far –

$100 - Jay Ballou ’67

$100 – Mike Barnes ’67

$100 – Paul Brown ’67

$ 50 – Cynthia Cannon ’67

$ 50 – Elaine Gogswell ’67

$100 – Dave Connell ‘67

$100 –Paul Dalton ‘68

$100 – Jacques Ebbo’67

$100 – Dee Anne Egan ’67

$300 – Ricky Ferguson (In memory of Stacy Ferguson)

$ 25 – Alexis Fink Mavridis ’67

$100 – George Foster ’67

$100 – Carol Fuess Garrett ’67

$100 – Karen Grubbs Mayes’67

$200 –David Hamilton ’67

$100 – Dan Hatzenbuehler ‘67

$100 – Gregg Hill ’67

$100 – Rob & Christy Kilmer ’70

$100 – Darlene Hogan Kruse ’67

$100 – Mike Looneyl ’67

$100 – Kathy Kilmer Moak ’67

$100 –Mike Managan ’67

$100 –Bill Oates ’67

$200 – Steve Parrott ‘66

$100 – Kyle Rains ‘76

$100 – Bill Rogers ’67

$100 – Judy Smith ’68

$100 –Ruth Allison Smith Reaves ’67

$100 – Joy Stevenson ’67

$100 – Charlie Taylor ’67

$ 50 – Kathy Thomas ‘67

$100 – Sonny Thompson ’67

$150 – WW Wildcat ’66

$100 –Paul Wood ’67

 

To make a donation, click here. (The donation page is on the ’67 web site, but the credit card/PayPal options are handled through Charlie’s Pinpoint Productions.)

 

Thank you very much for your help with this important and timely project! Forward this message to all Wildcats!!!

 

~Kathy Kilmer Moak

WWW ‘67

 

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Kathy,

 

As you know, I met with the WWW 80th Reunion Committee last week regarding doing a video of the Saturday night’s events. Jay Ballou had asked me what I thought about doing something primarily focused on the various bands for the evening. What started out as a small project has ballooned into something quite large. What the committee really would like is to document the entire day; from an early morning breakfast, the parade, award ceremony, roaming the halls and classrooms at Woodrow etc. etc.

 

To do this is no small undertaking. There are a number of obstacles to overcome and I would probably say no to taking on this kind of job, but I think there will be “history” and special moments that should be captured and shared.

 

Here’s the real challenge: I’ve made contact with a professional production company: (http://www.nvisiondigital.net/) and have a quote for filming everything except the award ceremony (Someone has already been hired) with a film/camera crew of 4-5 people who will put in a 12 hour day. To film, edit and produce a 30-40 minute final piece will cost $4000.00 + -. Final production time will exceed 40 hours.

 

I’ve already gotten commitments from several of our classmates to help fund the project, but we need much more help. The company requires a 50% deposit before Saturday and the balance can be paid in 30-45 days. Do you think you can coordinate an effort with our ’67 classmates and perhaps extend it to other classes?

 

Mike

 

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Kathy:

 

I just left a meeting with Mike, the guy from Nvision Digital and the audio visual engineer at Eddie Deen’s where they discussed the logistics of putting the video of the event together. Let me preface this message by saying that I have no skin in this game, other than the $100 I am going to provide as a part of the up front costs required to fund the production, so I am not “selling.” But the potential of this production for the benefit of Woodrow and this 80th Birthday event, and the sale of the resulting DVD as a fund raiser are HUGE. Mike has gone way out on a limb because of his passion for stuff like this, and we need an APB for our class and all Woodrow supporters to help the initial funding of the production. We need $2,000 to pay on Saturday – he has less than $1,000 in contributions today. The total production cost will be around $4,000 – that’s the sale of 160 videos at an average of $25. The bands alone will probably buy 50 of them. Here is what the video will have:

 

Documentation of the parade and Hall of Fame ceremonies

 

2 to 3 songs from each of the 8 participating bands

 

Interviews (much like we did on our 20th reunion video) of people attending the Eddie Deen’s event
Other scenes of interest

 

Any amount over the production cost goes to the Woodrow Wilson Alumni Association. No one is making money on this endeavor – the video guy is charging about ½ of his normal cost, and it will be a VERY professionally done video, with the sound of the bands being recorded through the Eddie Deen’s sound system. [Note from Kathy – Check samples of nvision’s work here - http://www.nvisiondigital.net/ ) Mike has proposed that a booth be set up at Eddie Deen’s to pre-sell the video - $19.95 that night and $29.95 if they order it later. I am going to order at least 3 of them myself – maybe 5. But time is of the essence, and Mike needs a viral fund raising campaign TODAY!!! Other than that, it’s starting from scratch.

 

Jay