Flying Focus Video Collective

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Jump to information on our Celebration Event on Sat. Nov. 11 at Portland Community Media!

Flying Focus Celebrates 15 Years

It's amazing: This year Flying Focus Video Collective turns 15.
• Our founding members actually hooked up during the "Gulf War" in January, 1991.
• In August of 1991, we formally incorporated as Flying Focus.
• November 18, 2006 marks exactly 15 years since our weekly half-hour showcase, the Flying Focus Video Bus premiered.

We will be celebrating our anniversary in two ways:

• First, we will be showing back-to-back reruns of our retrospective anniversary shows, (the "Busiversary") in the weeks leading up to November 18.

Portland Comcast subscribers will be able to see all 14 past "Busiversaries" over three weeks this fall.

Busiversary Retrospective – 15 Years of Shows

#1-3 (1991-1994) on Mondays October 23 (6 AM-Channel 23),
   October 30 (3 AM-Channel 22), and
   November 6 (Midnight-Ch. 11, Cable Access Network)

#4-6 (1994-1997) Tuesdays (10/24, 10/31, 11/7)
   same times/channels (6 AM/23, 3 AM/22, Midnight/11)

#7-9 (1997-2000) Wednesdays (10/25, 11/1, 11/8)

#10-12 (2000-2003) Thursdays (10/26, 11/2, 11/9)

#13 & 14 (2003- 2005) on Fridays  (10/27, 11/3, 11/10)

(A full schedule is listed in the table at the bottom of the page).

On Saturday, November 11 all the retrospectives will show in a 14.5 hour marathon back-to-back starting at 7:30 AM on Channel 22, culminating in the world premiere of this year's "Fifteenth Busiversary.".

• The second celebration will be connected to that all-day marathon: We will be holding a public screening and celebration event for the last four hours (6-10 PM) on Saturday, November 11 at Portland Community Media (PCM) at 2766 NE Martin Luther King Jr Blvd (enter on Graham St) in NE Portland.

The event will include a screening area to view the 12th-15th Busiversaries, as well as an area to share food and dialogue with past and present participants of Flying Focus. Think of why Flying Focus makes a difference in your life!

Food for this event has generously been donated by:
• Alberta Street Cooperative Grocery
• People's Food Coop
• Noah's Bagels
• Proper Eats Market & Cafe; and
• Shelly's Garden Honkin' Huge Burritos.

While the event will be free and open to the public we are seeing this as a fund-raising event, which means we hope you can consider bringing as a party gift:
New D-9 tapes, DVD-R/DVD-RAM blanks, or Monetary donations of any size, check/money order or bags of cash gratefully accepted. For our full

wish list, click here. Special thanks to PCM staff for helping support our celebration--even as they commemorate their own 25th anniversary (see www.pcmtv.org for details).

You can read a similar, slightly longer article in our August, 2006 newsletter.

For more information, or particularly if you want to get involved or donate anything for the Fifteenth Anniversary (food, videotapes, DVD-RAMs, or other items from the wish list) please get in touch with us at 503-239-7456 or ffvc@flyingfocus.org.

We hope to see you on November 11!!


12
   (2000-2003)
13-
14
   (2003-2005)
12
   (2000-2003)
13-14
   (2003-2005)
12
   (2000-2003)
13-14
   (2003-2005)

Busiversary

Retrospective

15 Years of

Flying Focus

Remembered

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

October 23
  6 AM-Channel 23    Busiversaries #1-3
   (1991-1994)

October 24
  6 AM-Channel 23    Busiversaries #4-6
   (1994-1997)

October 25
  6 AM-Channel 23    Busiversaries #7-9
   (1997-2000)

October 26
  6 AM-Channel 23    Busiversaries #10-
October 27
  6 AM-Channel 23    Busiversaries #
October 30
  3 AM-Channel 22    Busiversaries #1-3
   (1991-1994)

October 31
  3 AM-Channel 22    Busiversaries #4-6
   (1994-1997)

November 1
  3 AM-Channel 22    Busiversaries #7-9
   (1997-2000)

November 2
  3 AM-Channel 22    Busiversaries #10-
November 3
  3 AM-Channel 22    Busiversaries #
November 6
  Midnight (Su/Mo)-Ch. 11    Busiversaries #1-3
   (1991-1994)

November 7
  Midnight (Mo/Tu)-Ch. 11    Busiversaries #4-6
   (1994-1997)

November 8
  Midnight (Tu/We)-Ch. 11    Busiversaries #7-9
   (1997-2000)

November 9
 Midnight (We/Th)-Ch. 11    Busiversaries #10-
November 10
  Midnight (Th/Fr)-Ch. 11    Busiversaries #
 

Schedule for Saturday, November 11:

7:30 AM First Busiversary (1991-92)
8:00 AM Second Busiversary (1992-93)
9:00 AM Third Busiversary (1993-94)
10:00 AM Fourth Busiversary (1994-95)
11:00 AM Fifth Busiversary (1995-96)
12:00 Noon Sixth Busiversary (1996-97)
1:00 PM Seventh Busiversary (1997-98)
2:00 PM Eighth Busiversary (1998-99)
3:00 PM Ninth Busiversary (1999-2000)
4:00 PM Tenth Busiversary (2000-01)
5:00 PM Eleventh Busiversary (2001-02)

Anniversary event begins at PCM!

6:00 PM

Twelfth Busiversary (2002-03)
7:00 PM Thirteenth Busiversary (2003-04)
8:00 PM Fourteenth Busiversary (2004-05)
9:00 PM Fifteenth Busiversary (2005-06)- Premiere!


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