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Monrovia Weekly May 11, 2016
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Hello and welcome back to KGEM Corner, your home for all things community television in our wonderful city of Monrovia.
This Saturday, May 14, brings us another Monrovia Day, complete with the restored tradition of the Monrovia Day parade. Community Media of the Foothills, our non-profit that operates KGEM channel 3 on Time Warner cable, otherwise known as our community cable TV station, has been shooting the Monrovia Day Parade for over 25 years, and we are happy that this long tradition has been restored and that we will be right there to capture it.
In honor of the coming parade, for the next few weeks we will be digging through our archives to play a vintage Monrovia Day parade we shot back in the 1980s. You can see it exclusively on KGEM and on Giggle Fiber Extra (if you have that and request the KGEM package). Most people do not know that until the ‘90s, the Monrovia Day Parade was held on Foothill Boulevard instead of Myrtle and it was a sight to behold as you can see in our vintage footage.
The KGEM crew will also be covering this year’s parade as well. We use cameras tethered to a director’s monitor that can switch our recording of the parade between the various cameras, so our director will be able to see what all the cameras are doing and talk to the camera operators to make sure they are getting the best shots that work with each other. This year, the director will be Monrovia’s own Anthony Clegg from our staff. Our crew will also feature long-time volunteer Dirk Beecham on the “tree top cam.” Dirk has been volunteering at KGEM for the last eight years and we wanted to thank him for his community efforts.
On field shoots like the parades, concerts, and other things we shoot every year in Monrovia, we use a mixture of volunteers and staff. It is a wonderful opportunity for up-and-coming volunteers to learn in a real production environment. Anyone can come in to interview with our staff to become a volunteer and learn television production skills, regardless of age or experience. Often times volunteers will wrangle cables, help set up or break down, or just observe to see how a shoot comes together. It is always a friendly, fun day.
Our crew sets up cameras right next to the parade announcers, so whether you are in the parade or coming out to see it, be sure to say hi to us. You just may wind up on KGEM, especially if you are in the parade. You can call us at the studio (626) 357-4974 to ask for copies of the parade on DVD, or stop by 847 E. Olive Ave. to request a copy. It takes a week to edit and be available and the parade will run regularly on KGEM channel 3 on Time Warner cable and also be available online on the KGEM Youtube page or at www.foothillsmedia.org.
Happy Monrovia Day!
