When we first arrived, my wife had me hauling up the air conditioning unit from the basement in short order. It had gotten hot quickly. After several days, however, things cooled back down, and have more or less stayed that way since. Not as of yesterday. The thermometers were hitting 90 degrees all over Northern Michigan. We, of course, chose that day to spend outside, in our first attempt at being movie extras.
The Traverse City Film Festival, occasionally mentioned in these pages, decided to create a Lip Dub event in Traverse City. I believe, although I do not know, that it was inspired by a recent event in Grand Rapids, MI (see youtube-Grand Rapids Lip Dub for details). As we walked down Front Street towards the area where extras were gathering, we could see that the streets had been closed down for filming, and clusters of folks were either ready to participate or watch. Extras were directed to assemble on an open area on Grand Traverse Bay called, appropriately enough, The Open Space. We dutifully walked there and stationed ourselves in the most reasonable looking shady area.
For the next several hours, my wife and I, our friend Ann and her daughter Nikki alternated between hot shade and hotter sunshine when it was time to do another take. We were reasonably well provisioned with juicy nectarines and water, so we kept reasonably well hydrated. Several takes were shot, and we were waiting for one last go-around, when word came that it was all going to be done. I suspect that time for the street closings had expired, or something of that nature.
It was good silly fun, and we are now awaiting the final results of the filming, which should be available in the next day or two. Details about viewing will be forthcoming...
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