Monday, July 12, 2010

Community Links: ParadeGround 21st Century

We support community building. These links are being added to our blog:

The virtual "town square," for Wallingford at AmericanTowns.

The people's stories organized & distributed by People's Press.

And the Record-Journals Forum for Opinion sharing about Wallingford.(registration required to participate).

Monday, July 5, 2010

Our Volunteer Team and the WPAA-TV Board...

The 28 So. Orchard location for WPAA-TV needs to have occupancy approval for the 2nd floor before OnTheParadeGround can resume with our Monday programming. Our Team has been part of the volunteer crew designing, renovating, cleaning, and moving all things television.

In June the WPAA-TV Board did adopt a policy for VOD that we qualify for~~Locally produced at WPAA-TV; so our original 6 programs will be available as Video On Demand as soon as the technology is deployed. The will include the Special Memorial Edition of the Relay For Life Program and the non-profit PSAs completed June 10.

Remember we are a volunteer crew trying to help the Wallingford Community tell their stories. You can join the Team. Josiah will host again for a brief time when we resume as Paul has Theater commitments in August. So consider being a host, running a camera, collecting images, editing....

Tuesday, May 18, 2010

The series is over but the tasks are not

Our first Make a Difference in the Service of Others Series has concluded.

One post-edit remains to be done (went out in the rain at lunch time to get a B-roll image). A few small PSAs
still to be designed. And then there is the coordination of web viewable downloads with wpaa.tv once their is a policy adopted.

Each 30 minute program had a pre-production investment averaging 15 hours, 3 -4 community crew members doing set up Sunday for one to two hours depending on what condition we found the studio in, the shoot 4-5 crew with 1 to 2 hours, then playback support & scheduling another concluding at 9:30 pm. Post production of the final replay copy another 3-5 hours. So not counting the investment in the product made by the guest the investment is at least 1 hour per minute. The web prep is even more investment.

Saturday, May 15, 2010

Scheduling - additional times next week

Relay for Life is happening next weekend (may 21-22) so we reran their show last week and have added 3 showings to the schedule: Tuesday at 7:30, Thursday at 8:30 and Friday at 4:00. For More information on the event: go here.

Some of the OnTheParadeGround crew will be stopping by the evening of May 21st after the Fireworks Dinner and before more renovation work Saturday morning at 28 So. Orchard on the new home for www.wpaa.tv.

Last weeks program featuring the facilitators of the Stroke Support Group at Gaylord is scheduled to play Wednesday at 1:30 and Saturday at 5:30. More showings will be planned for June and throughout the year to let folks know that Gaylord Hospital does provide support groups for the community, at no charge.

This week we learn about what it means to be a Rotarian. The pictures suggest team work in the service of others. Join us live May 17th at 7:30 On The Parade Ground. Join us by phone at 203-265-6310.

Wednesday, April 28, 2010

More Making A Difference Shows

The On The Parade Ground Volunteer Team producing Community TV has 3 more shows in development. Informing conversations will begin Live Mondays with host Paul Braccioforte at 7:30 PM. Viewer call-ins begin at 7:45 PM (203) 265-6310. Participate.

May 3rd our four guest will share the latest about Relay for Life - how Wallingford participates in an international movement to end cancer. Surviving is making a difference for others.

May 10th representatives of the Gaylord Stroke Survivor Support Group will share how education on stroke prevention is part of what they do as they extend a helping hand to each other.

May 17th local Rotarians, members of the International Service Organization, are preparing to golf to raise funds for local causes. We caught up with some members at the Master's Manna Grand Opening and will hear about what makes a Rotarian tick.

On The Parade Ground is on Comcast Cable 18, U-verse 99 WPAA Community Building TV and internet streaming on www.wpaa.tv

Replays Schedule-
Monday 9:30-10:00 PM
Tuesday: 7:30-8PM
Wednesday: 1:30-2PM
Friday: 4:30-5PM
Saturday: 5-5:30PM
Sunday: 11-11:30AM


We are looking forward to doing stories about Wallingford farms in August. In pursuit of these stories, we already met some 4-H members at the Williams Farm. We captured some pic. B - O- V- I - N- E (yes they were filling out forms)

Contact us at ontheparadeground@gmail.com with story ideas or comments.
Keep informed at http://ontheparadeground.blogspot.com/

Thursday, April 22, 2010

Local Publicity for our show - more importantly our stories

Article in today's (4.22.2010) Local & State Section of Record Journal with 2 pics. Online version can be viewed here.

Samaia and David did nice job catching the essence of story and feel of the production process.

Coming Soon: podcast-downloads of the re-edit versions (which are graphic updates or fixes of live shows) and PSAs for play on WPAA Community Building TV.

Monday, April 5, 2010

Replay Schedule - OnTheParadeGround

Replays Schedule-
Monday 9:30-10:00 PM
Tuesday: 7:30-8PM
Wednesday: 1:30-2PM
Friday: 4:30-5PM
Saturday: 5-5:30PM
Sunday: 11-11:30AM

Where to watch -
COMCAST 18 - Wallingford only
U-verse 99 - WPAA Community Building TV
Internet - www.wpaa.tv

Thursday, April 1, 2010

We make TV on Monday...

April 5th our guests are Thomas Jastermsky and avid supporters of a local initiative with a global reach that got its start on our Parade Ground: Holy Joe's Cafe. Join us to discover how sharing a cup of coffee can bring a sense of peace in places of war.
More info: http://www.holyjoescafe.blogspot.com/

April 12th our guest is one of the communities spiritual mothers, Nancy Freyberg of Parents & Kids Foundation. A candid conversation about making connections in the service of others. So many of you have broken bread with her...community meals and generational stories.

April 19th our guests, Sally Smith and Betty Berger, have stories of about making dreams come true and the inspiration that now create everlasting smiles for Seniors by making fresh memories.
More info: www.seniorshavedreams.org

May 3rd our guest will share the latest about Relay for Life - how Wallingford participates in an international movement to end cancer.

Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Six Mondays starting April 5th - Community Connections

The volunteer team is finalizing plans for a 6 week series to begin April 5.
The theme for this mini-series: Making Connection in the Service of Others

The conversations will reveal local stories about non-profit or community organizations connecting & serving people and using new technologies to get the word out. The discussion will make global connections to these local stories (i.e.outreach, one of many, research).


The idea for this series came from a review of the Community Bulletin Board which has included slides about Support Group for more than a decade. Two were for Gaylord: Cancer Survivors and Sleep Apnea. In addition to Gaylord we have reached out to Parents Kids Foundation, Seniors Have Dreams too, Holy Joe's Cafe, Mid-State, Regency House, Al-anon, Mental Health Association of CT, Relay for Life and CT Celiac Support.

So we are asking and hope to have the schedule confirmed soon.

Wednesday, March 3, 2010

In March - Remix Scheduled and PSA

The original March 2008 program has been updated with story details. Some stories do not end.

The show Remix 2010 is scheduled Mondays in March at 7:30 PM which means it can be seen on Comcast Channel 18, WPAA Community Building TV on U-verse and Internet Streaming at www.wpaa.tv

The PSA for the program is also playing and can be seen at the link below. This link will take you out of blog. Thanks for stopping by.

2010 Return PSA

Friday, January 29, 2010

Wallingford stories

literally and figuratively working on Community Building


The volunteers at WPAA Community Building TV are now both literally and figuratively working on Community Building.

Here is a thought ... if every truck you see delivering Internet purchases were purchased through iGive hundreds of dollars a day would be coming back into your community to help with Community Building.

Sunday, January 17, 2010

2010 - kickstart being planned

I have continued the search for a replacement host and may have succeeded.

I am optimistic that Wallingford will soon have a green spot with a predictable schedule and a gifted facilitator of civic conversation.