Reminder: Teams are to post 2 100 word minimum blogs per day.

Busy Week Coming Up:
On Monday, at 10AM the Harlem Arts Alliance monthly meeting is held. This is a great networking oportunity for any "easy to schedule" stories. At least 50 or so organizations and artists are represented (whom go to various PLACES of WORSHIP, have various BUSINESSES, Non Profit Organizations, etc ....

During the week, each team will be taping their 1/2 Hour TV shows. Joc will tape Monday. We were going to give Joc more time for Presentation Monday but realized we'd have to get the same judges to return on the other day. So Joc, after your hectic Monday is done you can spend the rest of the week finishing the mandatory topics to get those bonus points. Another option would be to postpone Monday's presentation for all teams to Tuesday.

The other two teams tape their shows on Friday and Saturday.

Also next week is the 500 Flier contest where teams will compete to see who can pass out the number of fliers fastest. Coupled with this competition will be the 'funniest video' competition, a HarlemLIVE tradition. Each team will be video taped by another team and edit the video to create the funniest video to be played at the ceremony. This video is due by Wednesday before the ceremony and is worth 2,500 pts.

Teams will also be preparing for their Grand Presentations next Tuesday, the 15th.

Next week, students will prepare for their presentations on Tuesday at Columbia, Complete their resume's on Wednesday (including HL roles/tasks/skills) turn in any college essays due from all rising seniors and submit any names of dignataries they've invited and expect to attend the ceremony at ABC STudios at 6:45 PM on August 17th. We must start promptly at 7:05 so don't be late!

Friday's Blog of the Day by Rhonesha

..... so that was yesterday...as far as today, I reallt feel like I got a lot done. Yes I know it is supposed to be a team effort but they had done their part already and it was up to me to make it all take form. So, on monday we have a show to tape and no one knew anything about what we were doing and what was going into it, the order the time, the clips NOTHING. so miraCULOUSLY, my friend from the NYU workshop came in and we went to work. first i assigned her a story to be due next monday. then i finished some last minute touches on my EBc housing story and sent it out to a couple of editors. Then me an tekisha looked at what we had to work with for the show, the criteria, etc. We put everything in order picked the clips and photos to go with it, timed every segment out to the LAST SECOND!! amazingly it came out perfectly after the first estimates. We broke it up into different sections and basically we organized the whole show. the only thing left to do is actually write it out which is the easiest part, so we broke it up between us and will be emailing each other back and forth with what we have. I am trying to get out the office right now to get some footage of the COLORS restaurant for a story i did and also some b-roll footage of chinatown.....it shouldnt take long but of course its taking long to get people to move. then kamall just wwalked up to me in the middle of me typing this because he wants me to introduce myself to someone who came in who is working on a website....kamall never knows the full story....but thats another thing,. well there are so many typos because i am trying to rush out of here but i will edit them later. ummmm ....people COMMENT ON MY POSTSSSSS. and Rich I am writing you a letter, joc is missing a lot of earned points--like points for creating the new creative section we established for the HL site called HarlemLIVe celebs. well im going to try and look for a tape now because there are supposedly no more, lol....i have to find mine, it's some where. wow all this and i havent slept for 2 days, literally....i was at bryant park at 4 in the morning to see kanye and pharrell in concert....so i am really about to crash......

Editor's note: WOW RHONESHA!!

Another Friday Blog of the day by Imani

"After all you put me through you'd think I'd depise you. But in the end, I want to thank you, because you made me that much stronger..."-Christina Aguilera.

Hey everybody its Nani again, How are you guys doing today? I think there are some things in life that you'd prefer no to remember. There are somethings in your life that you'd prefer not to talk about. The way you react to events in your life show your character. You could sensitive, angry, or hold grudges. I think the best thing to do is remember the horrible memories in your life. Don't talk about it but, remember it. Because it shows your a fighter. It shows that you get stronger ever time your hurt and you come back at what hurt not in a vengeful way but in a spiritual way. And spiritually defeating it.

Yet ANOHTER Friday Blog of the Day by Evelyn

Hey everybody its ya girl Evelyn hittin up Shuffle Alliance my new team message board. Today im not feeling too good. I really don't know why but it seems like the day is going on and some how Im not in it, kinda like Im alone on my own planet. At Harlem Live its very quiet and very creepy. There's not toomany people here today in the team and in general. Today I wanted to do my P.O.S. ( a person on the street) on Beyonce's "Deja Vu" video. My P.O.S is on the video and people thoughts about the video. Some people think that the video doen't make any since and it has no story or theme to it. Me personally I love the song its a very good song but the video in my own words isn't really good. I think the clothing inthe video is over dramatic and the choragrapohy is very bad

Thursday's Blog of the day by "Gabby' Ella"

O MY...when is this heat weave going to end! This heat wave is really bad. I mean walking is really tiring now and most of all its putting a stop to going out on POS's. But ever since Monday our team has gotten motivated and other than our planned POS's we have been doing a lot better. Rhonesha is back and shes been hard at work n stories. Curtis finished a video!! The video is really hot and I liked it. Aleah got a GREAT interview comming! She booked it today and it should be nice! I left a message for one of my contacts and if I'm able to get that story, I will be passed happy. Overall the team has been working on presentation monday which IS going to be much better than this weeks. Everyone had a say on different ideas and things like that. In all I think TEAM JOC YES TEAM JOC can win again. Im gonna keep faith in my team. I dont care who thinks that dumb because I think sticking by your team members is important! SO Team J0C! Continue doin yall thing!

posted by Rich @ 8/04/2006 10:18:00 PM