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Videoblogging 206
Follow independent multi-media journalist and videographer Jack Olmsted through the Seattle area's festivals, parades and public events working with Korean journalism student Hyun-Jung Jang.
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July 20, 2008
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Last year at the Bite Of Seattle, I interviewed the 16-year old blues musican from Portland, OR, Mac Potts and his father.

Today, I've got an on-camera interview lined up with Carson and Tess Henley. Stop me and say hi if you see me at the Bite. The yelliow Videoblogging 206 mic flag will be dangling around my neck.

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July 19, 2008
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Volunteer Rina Thi talks to Amalia Gonzalez-Kahn, Acting Youth Program Manager for the Wilderness Inner-city Leadership Development (WILD), and Carmen Cruz, Environmental Educator, at the 2008 Seattle International District Summer Festival.

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July 18, 2008
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Beatrice Pang, Vice President China Tomorrow Education Foundation (CTEF), talks with Dennis Su, President CTEF, at the 2008 Seattle International District Chinatown Summer Festival.

Based on Mercer Island (WA) CTEF is a non-profit 501(c)(3) charity organization, whose mission is to build schools and libraries to improve China's rural education.


The 2007 CTEF Progress Report Powerpoint Presentation

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July 17, 2008
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The 27th Bite of Seattle begins tomorrow at the Seattle Center. The weekend event will feature fine foods, a variety of musical venues on five stages, a comedy club, a kids zone, wine and beer gardens and cooking demonstrations.

I discovered Kent, WA soulful singers/songwriters Carson and Tess Henley, brother and sister, a couple of weeks ago by searching videos on YouTube tagged - Seattle. The dual will be performing at the Bite on Sunday at 2pm on the Kiss106.1 stage.

To learn more about the happy-go-lucky, 20-something, Rock / Soul / Pop / R&B musicians, check out the above 23 minute interview. The MP3 file can be heard by clicking on the Pink Odeo Player Play button or downloaded on your iPod or MP3 player.


Carson and Tess perform at the 2008 Taste of Tacoma

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July 10, 2008
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I talk with Maribeth Ellis, Executive Director Chinatown International District, about the upcoming 34th annual Seattle Chinatown-International District Summer Festival. Maribeth is joined on the show by Diem Ly, International Examiner Editor, Vanessa Wong, BIA, and Joyce Tseng, International District Housing Alliance.


A bunch of boys do their best to belt out a tune on the Toyota Karoake Stage at the Seattle Chinatown-International District Summer Festival 2007.

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July 9, 2008
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Seattle's Chinatown-International District Summer Festival is this weekend. Today, at 1pm, I will interview Maribeth Ellis, Executive Directior Chinatown International District, and other festival participants during the live talk VB206 radio show. You can listen to the broadcast on this blog.

Read the Letter that Maribeth Ellis wrote regarding the 2008 Summer Festival that is published on the International Examiner website.


Hyun-Jung Jang, a Korean journalism student visiting Seattle to learn English, interviews Maribeth Ellis, Executive Director Chinatown International District, at the Seattle Chinatown-International District Summer Festival 2007.


Hyun-Jung talks to Paul Wu, VP Historic Chinatown Gate Foundation, at the Seattle Chinatown-International District Summer Festival 2007.

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July 8, 2008
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An excellent video report from Joe Barrentine, Visual Media Producer for the Tacoma News Tribune. News editors should take note.

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At 7pm, I'll be talking with Carson & Tess Henley, brother and sister singer/songwriters from Kent, WA, live on the VB206 talk radio show. You can listen to the live discussion right here or ask questions here via phone or the text chat board.

Carson & Tess are next scheduled to perform on Sunday, July 20 from 2-2:40pm at the Bite of Seattle on the Lincoln Mercury/106.1 KISS FM Stage.

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Since our Fremont Fair video interview was cut short, we decided to pick up our discussion on the Videoblogging 206 live online talk radio show.

Artist Statement: Batik on cotton fabric-using traditional methods/experimental approaches dyed/waxed up to 30 times.



This is not chaos

Interview Link List

Lisa Telling Kattenbraker
Scott Kattenbraker
Dreama Kattenbraker
Joachim Knill
What is Batik Art?
VB 206: Fremont Fair Video Interview on YouTube



Nice Creatures Like (heart) Birds

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July 7, 2008
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Saturday, Kent Couch, 48, floated from a pasture in Bend, Ore., in a green lawn chair attached to 150 party balloons, 235 miles to Idaho. Oregonian Story


This video was made by Kent Couch in his failed attempt in 2006.


ABC News Report

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