Angie Guillette and Pat McLellan of Lighthouse Jubilees were back in our studio during the beginning of June to record yet another holiday special for the 4th of July. Donning matching red, white, and blue outfits, they sang with gusto many popular patriotic and gospel tunes from back in the day.
For the oldies portion of the show, they covered such American classics like Over There, Yankee Doodle, and You’re a Grand Old Flag. The ladies also kept up their enthusiastic beat with some Andrew Sister’s songs like Chattanooga Choo Choo, Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy, and Don’t Sit Under the Apple Tree (With Anyone Else But Me). Angie ended the oldies set with a nice and informative tribute to our American flag.
On the gospel side of things, they sang with fervor and did not disappoint with spiritual and religious tunes such as Swing Low Sweet Chariot, We’ve Got to Get America Back to God, Jesus Now More Than Ever, Excuses, and Will the Circle Be Unbroken. Angie also shared her sentiments on the importance of attending church, finding God, and interpreting Biblical scripture. With fun songs like these, you may find yourself in the spirit!
So come celebrate your 4th with a bang and sing along with Angie and Pat at the following links!…
A BIG HELLO to everyone out there who have been supporting and watching us on TV and the internet! My name is Cindy C. and I program what you see on Spectrum Channel 5 and our website https://portlandmedia.org. If you’ve been watching us on TV or the web these past months, you might have noticed that I’ve rounded out our own locally-produced programs with some other good quality shows and movies from away. I have been fortunate to find a few collections of high quality, classic movies which I’ve been showing on Saturday and Sunday afternoons and some Sunday evenings. These movies range from old horror classics like Night of the Living Dead (1968), early Bela Lugosi films, and film noir to colorized movies like Captain Calamity (1936) and Royal Wedding (1951) featuring Fred Astaire and Jane Powell. I also recently played the Marx Brother’s films Animal Crackers (1930) and Coconauts (1929) and not only love watching them for their zany comedic entertainment value, but I’m also fascinated by the sets and style of dress from that era. They are a nice escape into the past when life seemed more idealized, carefree, and fun. In the coming months, I’ll see what other interesting flicks I can find for your viewing enjoyment. We also have a bevy of new show episodes that will be airing through July from the producers of B*Riffs, Friday PM, Heart of Maine, Lighthouse Jubilees, Limitless Wrestling, Maine Pageant Place, New American, Pachios On the News, Recover Loud, and Rundlett & Baldacci!
From The Desk of the director
From the Desk of the Director in July
Well, a very wise man wrote in a song that ‘strangers talk only about the weather.’ If you know who that wise man is, please drop by the Portland Media Center and introduce yourself. It’s nice and cool in here and we are getting on with our media for the masses movement.
This month we will welcome Opportunity Alliance G20 and their youth worker program. In association with a Davis Family Foundation Grant for the Civic IQ Initiative we have attracted some youth workers into the media center for an eight week intensive. They will be brought through the process of learning the studio broadcasting system, the podcasting system, the field cameras and in the field production. I told you it was intensive. So much so that we have hired a new member to our staff.
Natalie Conn has recently joined our ranks as our Education Coordinator. She has a background in workshop development and visual storytelling as well as being an avid documentarian. She will lead the workshops in July and also help implement the workshops and seminar programming mentioned in last month’s newsletter. It is really exciting to have her join us. Please come in and introduce yourself.
Slowly but surely, we are building on the foundation of the Portland Media Center.
Come in and rest in the lounge, watch what’s on Channel 5.
Take a workshop, create a show, make a podcast, this is the place to start.
What are you waiting for?
Cut, print, that’s a review.
On the latest couple episodes of “Cut, Print, That’s a Review!”, Brendon covers The Shrouds, the newest David Cronenberg Sci-Fi drama about death and conspiracy, Havoc, the latest chaotic crime action film by world action talent Gareth Evans, Misericordia, a French drama about deception and the contradictions of conscience, and Viet and Nam, a Vietnamese movie concerning two lovers who experience stagnance when faced with an inevitable direction in life!
In the second episode, Brendon covers Ethan Hunt’s latest misadventures trying to save the world in Mission Impossible – The Final Reckoning, Tim Robinson attempting to make a new friend in rookie weatherman Paul Rudd in Friendship, singer Abel Tesfaye undergoing an odyssey of paranoia and self-destruction in Hurry Up Tomorrow, and Sally Hawkins adopting two foster kids for the more nefarious purposes in Bring Her Back!
Rundlett & Baldacci
This month the Rundlett & Baldacci duo return with an octogenarian magician who still has the chops. Dean Stern not only does he impress both Derry & Rob with card tricks and coin flips, he also spins yarns about John Lennon and David Copperfield and Uncle Milty. He knew them all. He even caught the great Lucille Ball looking with his skilled magic.
He’s not just full of magic, he’s full of stories and brings it all to you on Rundlett & Baldacci.
