Marilyn
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THE EPITOME OF DECORUM
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« Reply #1 on: January 30, 2010, 08:26:33 PM » |
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From the CH:
QUOTE ("Pink Armchair") So...yesterday I went to my station's quarterly pledge meeting, where we screen clips of the upcoming new shows for the next pledge drive and talk about promotional priorities, target audiences, etc. I've been going to these meetings for almost 10 years...so that's a lot of meetings!
We watched all kinds of clips, including a couple from programs that International Media has produced, including a brand new one: Vai DaCapo: Songs of Delight, featuring three dynamite African-American male singers (if you want to get an idea, there's a clip from the special here).
The production values were fantastic -- great camera work, gorgeous lighting, beautiful setting, terrific sound, just crystal clear everything, big audience going bananas. Top notch. Even though I've seen a lot -- and I mean a LOT! -- of this sort of thing over the years, I was very impressed.
Then it struck me: in three months, I'll be sitting in this same meeting watching Clay doing the same thing. After six and a half years of pushing for it. And then I started to get really, really excited for him. I guess it was the first time I really thought about what this could mean for him, how many people it's going to reach, and how finally, finally, Clay is getting the showcase he deserves. And how the rest of the world is at last going to get to see what WE see.
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