Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Smile for the Burd-ie


Had a lot of fun last night at the Junior Statesmen Gene A. Burd Institute on Media and Politics at UCLA.

I ran a campaign simulation with the students on their second night of a week-long look at media and politics in Southern California.

As always, I was impressed with this year's group. Of course, they continue to seem younger and younger each year.

And telling folks you want to post their picture on the internet is a sure fire way to get a lot of smiles.
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With just 30 minutes to prepare, each campaign team had to deliver their campaign's key messages, strategy, tactics, identify spokespeople and funding and perform a 30-second TV ad, 60-second radio ad and present their campaign poster.

I'm always impressed that they can actually do it.
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We've All Had Days Like This

Time for Exercise

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Sunday, July 24, 2011

A Night at the Dollywood Bowl


Had a blast last night seeing Dolly Parton at the Hollywood Bowl.

She puts on quite the show: singing, playing instruments and telling stories about the family and childhood.

When she first started talking about her childhood home in Eastern Tennessee and her Mother a falling star fell over the Hollywood Bowl. I kid you not.
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Singing Bluegrass in front of an old fashioned microphone "just like the Grand Ole Opry."
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Sitting down to play a string instrument in her lap.
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Playing the saxophone.
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Rocking out in shorts and spangles.
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Can you guess which song this was?
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Our view of the Bowl before the sun went down and the show began.
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A heartfelt Grand Finale.
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