This story bids farewell to fall and greets winter, along with hats, double gloves, and double drawers.
This youth produced piece is a collage of drill team drumming, rain, crunching leaves, and teenage laughter mixed with short stories of fall and winter, all through the lens of teenagedom. One kid remembers Halloween as freeloading day; another recalls the "greatest day ever": getting bitten by a turkey. One teenager reflects on the pleasure of having Thanksgiving with both her mom and her dad, even though they're separated now. The piece closes as another teenager prepares for winter.
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This story bids farewell to fall and greets winter, along with hats, double gloves, and double drawers. This youth produced piece is a collage of drill team drumming, rain, crunching leaves, and teenage laughter mixed with short stories of fall and winter, all through the lens of teenagedom. One kid remembers Halloween as freeloading day; another recalls the "greatest day ever": getting bitten by a turkey. One teenager reflects on the pleasure of having Thanksgiving with both her mom and her dad, even though they're separated now. The piece closes as another teenager prepares for winter.
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Review of Sixty Second Season: Teenagers' Memories of Fall and WinterI liked the mix of fall stories and that everyone had their own bit to add. It made me smile and remember my own memories of the fall. The sound clips of the rain were beautiful! I could listen to those for hours. It would be interesting if other clips could be gathered. For example, one person talked about coming across Native Americans chanting, so a sound clip of that could be helpful in really placing the listener in that scene. I liked how the end of the piece signaled an end to the fall by having the speaker simply list his winter clothing. That was nice and well done. This piece left me feeling happy and warm inside. |
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Review of Sixty Second Season: Teenagers' Memories of Fall and WinterThis was a nice little piece, and so I have written for it a nice little review! I like what they're trying to do, which is create a sound collage mainly about fall, but I hate to say it... falls... a little short. First off, it's short! I would have sorta liked it to be a little longer. Second, the first guy's story just trails off before he's not even done setting the scene! And the sound clips gathered for the football story are really nice, but there isn't anthing like it for the rest of the piece. It's pretty much solid talking for the rest of the time. But it was a pretty neat listen. |
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Football games... Halloween freeloading ...divorced parents coming together for Thanksgiving...Chicago teenagers say farewell to fall... and hello to winter.
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Review of Sixty Second Season: Teenagers' Memories of Fall and Winter
This is a montage piece - all sound and voices, teenagers talking about their memories/ associations with fall and winter. It starts with a boy talking about memories of the football season, and then some halloween memories from a couple of teens, and some Thanksgiving and more halloween/ fall memories. The piece has a nice rhythm, high quality mix. My favorite moment is the end, where a young man is talking about dressing for winter - and his language plays off the sound musically. Would have loved to have that continue - a kind of rap, sound poem, about the seasons.