3rd Annual TexasB-roll.com Shindig!
You Are Invited!
"Celebrating Improvisation in Comedy and the Blues"
April 14, 2007
What started as an appreciation party for our clients at Trace Productions and TexasB-roll is now expanding to become a unique, public event in support of the local freelance film, video and media communities. Admission $10 at the door on the night of the show or FREE with your printed ticket. Click here to view the main event page and access your FREE ticket.
- Featuring:
Actor/Author/Comic Les McGehee from Austin and Live Music by Trace Elements - Plus!
Music, Film, Video and Media Industry guests - One night only!
Saturday, April 14, 2007 – 7PM - 1AM - Where?
Mardi Gras
2720 North Stemmons Freeway
Suite #100
Dallas, Texas 75207
Look for the Flashing Strobe Light at our Front Door
(Bottom floor of Stemmons Tower buildings, on access road near Motor St.) - Admission:
$10 at the door on the night of the show or FREE with your printed ticket.
Print your ticket to get in free!
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Party Update!
This weekend’s TexasB-roll Shindig is shaping up to be quite a night in Dallas. Here’s the latest:
Special guests from area organizations including Texas Motion Picture Alliance, Media Communications Association – International and the Texas Association of Film and Tape Professionals have been invited to give brief updates on their respective activities.
Mardi Gras is an excellent venue for the event, with delicious cajun food (come for dinner!), plenty of well lit parking and friendly staff. It’s a New Orleans style bar and restaurant at the base of the Stemmons Tower buildings on the north bound access road of I-35 between Motor Street and Inwood. This place is a hidden treasure in Dallas, easy to get to, but with little signage. Once you’ve been there, you’ll never forget, and wonder how you didn’t know about it before! This club is supportive of live music in Dallas, and a nice intimate place to see a band.
TexasB-roll in HD
The latest TexasB-roll stock footage in HD will be on display, courtesy of Videotex Systems. Will Frome from Videotex will be there to showcase the latest toys for HD acquisition, post production and delivery.
Our TexasB-roll HD demo is being edited in the skilled hands of David Henson, Distilled Images. A big thank you goes to David for his services in making this project happen!
TexasB-roll.com website
The TexasB-roll.com website has been undergoing a complete redesign by our good friend, and web maestro extraordinaire Clay Meyers, CDM Grafx, San Antonio. Thanks, Clay! It is a huge step into the future for us and we hope you’ll take a look soon. The new site will be unveiled and on display at the party. This site marks our transition to HD and also to a cooperative agreement with the fine people at motionzonehd.com – Our entire back catalogue of stock footage (more than 200 SD clips!) as well as our new additions in 1080i/24P HD (over 65 clips and growing!) are now available on motionzonehd.com and will all be available as individual clip purchases through the new texasb-roll.com.
Our tradition of including Texas travel information and music news as well as other fun stuff about Texas will continue on the new site. As always we welcome your comments and appreciate your support!
Just Way Too Much Excitement !
ALL of this activity will be going on in addition to the big show, featuring:
Les McGehee and National Comedy Theatre bring their hilarious improv show based on Les’ new book on Dalton Publishing “Plays Well With Others” to the Dallas stage! This is a not to be missed show folks! More info at www.lesmcgehee.com
Plus!
TRACE ELEMENTS – Texas Rock and Blues …with a Groove.”
It’s two sets by some of the Dallas area’s finest freelance musicians fronted by Director of Photography and vocalist Tracy Ready.
Plus – Joe “Sparky” Montoya - keyboards, Bobby Joe Worley – guitar, vocals, John Echols – bass, and Mike Beall – drums.
See www.texasb-roll.com/trace-elements for more about the music. In this show we will be featuring material recorded by some famous Texas and Dallas native musical legends including T-Bone Walker, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Delbert McClinton, Doug Sahm and much more.
Capping it all off will be a 3rd set late night jam session where anything could happen! Many special guests will be in attendance! If you sing or play an instrument, bring your axe and sign the list at the door to sit in at the jam. All styles welcome.
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Thanks for listening, we’ll see you at the show!
Labor of love
This newsletter is a labor of love, and is produced quarterly (well, we try, anyway) at the sole discretion of our crack editorial staff* (me). Your suggestions for content are always appreciated!
Send to: newsletter@texasb-roll.com. Thanks! - Trace
*If you despise us now and really want off the list, simply follow the remove link at the bottom of this email, and you’re "outta here", no questions asked.
Until next time, as they say in East Texas - We ‘preciate cha!
Enjoy Texas!
-TR
More Industry News
Here’s an update from our friends at MCA-I. To have your organization’s news included in upcoming newsletters, please send info to newsletter@texasb-roll.com
In January 2007, WFAA-TV became the first station in the Dallas/Fort Worth market to make the switch all of it’s local broadcasts to High-Definition. On April 24, MCA-I members will get a chance to meet one of the men who helped make that transition, Director Jerry Cadigan.
Jerry will tour us through the Channel 8 studios, then will answer your questions about the perils of making the hi-def transition on such a remarkable scale.
Join us at 6:30 at Channel 8 at Young & Record Streets downtown. We’ll meet in the front lobby for networking, then Jerry will start our tour.
See you then!
3rd Annual Texas Production Roundup
Don’t miss the third annual Texas Production Roundup. FREE ADMISSION to the equipment show and seminars. Talk with experts from Adobe, Apple, AVID, Lowel, Cartoni, Panasonic and Sony (all confirmed). Open all day May 8th, 8 am to 6 pm at the Richardson Civic Center (see address above). Seminars at 9 am, 12 noon and 3 pm in five rooms.
Pre-registration and Attendance qualifies you to win a copy of Adobe® Creative Suite® 3 Production Premium software valued at $1,699 (Mac or Windows). Other door prizes like Rangesr Tickets will be announced as they come in.
Mark your calendar NOW! May 8, 2007.
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