Bob Reed's personal blog started on blogger.com in late 2004, migrated to wordpress platform in 2006. Intended for personal sharing with family and friends.
I was looking for an old video edit that was not in my digital records, so I pulled out the old camcorder to check the 8mm tapes. When I plugged the camcorder into our new Windows 7 PC, a Windows Live Gallery dialogue box popped up giving some options for importing the video. One of the options was “make DVD of the entire tape”.
I tried it and it works like a charm. It broke the 60 minutes of video into about 18 chapters and created a menu with preview video. WOOT! I’ve got about 15 hours of 8mm recordings from 1992 – 2005. I’ll be transferring them all to DVD in the next few months.
At this summer’s Barbershop Harmony Society convention and contest, the Missouri-based Ambassadors of Harmony mounted this incredible interpretation of “76 Trombones” and walked away with the contest! As friend Seth described:
The performance includes about 5 key changes, concealed foam rubber
instruments whipped out mid-song, and two on-stage costume changes. The
tag lasts about 16 bars. Fun stuff. Be sure and watch through the
enthusiastic ovation to see the stomp which punctuates the whole thing
nicely. Makes me want to sing in a chorus.
