Broadcast can be seen online at www.morganhilllife.com
Published in the July 9-23, 2014 issue of Morgan Hill Life
By Staff Report
Anyone who might have missed this year’s Morgan Hill Fourth of July parade can get a second chance and watch it online. Morgan Hill Life will broadcast a YouTube video of the parade coverage recorded by the MHAT-19 crew July 4. An activated link to the video can be found Morgan Hill Life’s homepage after 5 p.m. Wednesday July 9.
Photo by Marty Cheek
Jim Freeze, MHAT volunteer, operates a camera during the parade.
As it has done in several Independence Day celebrations in the recent past, MHAT-19’s (cable channel 19 in Morgan Hill) team of volunteers recorded the entire parade.
Overall, the broadcast went “extremely well,” said MHAT-19 volunteer Bob Snow
“We were streaming it on a Ustream account, and then at MHAT we were watching the stream,” Snow said. “I think that was pretty cool.”
The show featured the talent of Morgan Hill residents Kim Panos and Emily Carrillo announcing on air which parade units were passing by and bits of interesting information about Morgan Hill and American trivia.
Panos came on board as co-host on short notice and she did an excellent job, Snow said.
Carrillo, who starts her Live Oak High School year as a senior this August, helped out as an announcer last July 4 and had so much fun with the broadcast that she came back for a second year.
“I kind of did the hosting and was saying what’s coming up and we were talking to people,” she said. “It was kind of difficult because you have to think on your feet and consider what you’re going to say next and all the different things. And this time I actually interviewed people, too.”
Photo by Marty Cheek
Karen Gill works a videocamera for the July 4, 2014 production of the parade.
The trick to a good interview on the air is to always smile, be cordial and keep asking questions, she said.
“I think it’s excellent experience just to get out there and be a part of the community and see what it’s like,” she said. “It’s builds up confidence in talking to strangers. I encourage other people to do it and just get out there and try something new.”
Emily’s father Jim Carrillo said that this year the MHAT-19 crew went out into the parade and, using a wireless mobile camera, interviewed people on floats and in cars as they cruised on Main Avenue. Although there were a couple of minor hiccups at first, the technology worked relatively well, Carrillo said.
