There's a rare and outstanding video posted out there, on Facebook and YouTube/Vimeo and now on this blog, put together by Kirsten of "KirstenStudio." She's a documentary video producer.
Barb (Sheppard) Lang writes: "Even though this video was produced by the leaders of the recent All 50's VC Reunion most of the video is about growing up in Valley City in the 1950's, which of course, our class also did! You will spot photos of some of our own classmates, see a good many pictures of the Teen Canteen, our favorite teachers, and stories about some escapades by some of the high schoolers during the 1950's that you may recognize as things we did together or a story you would have heard your parents talk about (that story from Hib Hill, Jeannie's older brother)! It's an excellent video, worth taking the time to watch and remember our carefree and special times growing up in the Valley City area. Enjoy!"
I wrote to Kirsten, the producer, asking permission to post the link to her video here on the blog and received this message in response:
"It’s nice to hear from you and thank you for the kind words about the video. I’m not from Valley City but have family who are All ‘50s alumni so it’s a place dear to my heart.
"Through visits to North Dakota and family friendships I met Mike Morrissey (St. Catherine's ’58). During a recent trip out there, he talked about filming the reunion and that conversation grew into the idea of making a community video chronicling first person recollections of Valley City in the ‘50s. Mike pitched it to the All '50s Reunion committee. Everything was recorded last summer during their reunion festivities, which was a lot of fun.
"I didn’t really dig into the project again until late November, and worked on it intermittently (weekends and evenings) until recently when we decided it was fit to share. I edited the video together with Mike’s input and feedback throughout. For historical imagery, we mined personal memorabilia and enlisted Allison Veselka and Wes Anderson of the Barnes County Historical Society who provided a lot material and subjects (all participants are listed at the end of the video).
"It was a pleasure to work on this and get to know the All '50s folks a bit more. Donna Jantzen and the other committee members do a lot to keep their community together. I was honored to be part of documenting it. Valley City is a special place. You're welcome to link the video to your blog. Thank you again for your interest." - Kirsten - KirstenStudio.com
Thank you, KirstenStudio and Mike Morrisey, Wes Anderson, Allison Veselka and others for your work on this - a job well done and will be appreciated by all of us for many years. - Larry Gauper, Hiliners61 blogmeister
The video runs 55 minutes and can be viewed by clicking on this link: https://vimeo.com/kirstenstudio/all50sreunion
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