Another year has gone by quickly. It seems as if it was only yesterday when the 2nd annual Paws Movie Night event took place. I’m proud to announce the third annual Paws Movie Night that took place on May 3, 2007 has been a success! The Social Hall, in which the event occurred, was literally packed!
In fact, some people had to watch from outside by peering inside the door. It was amazing to see how many people wanted to see the movies that had been produced by the high school students of CSDR. In the Social Hall there was about a total of 320 people inside and about 50 standing outside.
The evening opened with the Star Spangle Banner in ASL by our three Master of Ceremonies; Ellen Auman, Melinda Murphy, and Liz Escandon. Afterwards, our superintendent Mal Grossinger gave a welcome speech. Students of Yoon Lee, a T.V. production teacher here at CSDR, worked very hard on trying to make movies to give an important message to their peers and to others as well. They slaved over their movies for about four months. Hours of script writing, filming, and editing has graciously been captured on film. It was truly an enjoyable experience to see students, parents, teachers, siblings, and people who are currently learning ASL come from different locations to see the movies.
I want to say thank you to Yoon Lee for being a fantastic teacher by helping us and guiding us through it all. He was the key to the success of Paws Movie Night. He put all of his time and energy into it. He would deprive himself of sleep to make sure everything was done. I know during those months it was pretty difficult for him. His effort in the event is greatly appreciated.
There was a total of five movies, four from CSDR and one from University High School. The following movies that were displayed were, “One Look, One Mistake.”, “The Beautiful Promise”, “Lost Soul”, “The Bet”, and last but not least “Secret Soul”.
The following are the awards that were handed out.
Best Movie
1st place - “Secret Soul”
2nd place - “The Beautiful Promise”
3rd place - “One Look, One Mistake”
Best Actor
Louie Barrios
Best Actress
Brianna Matthews
Best Supporting Actor
Josue Andrade
Best Supporting Actress
Liz Escandon
Best Poster
1st place - “One Look, One Mistake”
2nd Place - “Secret Soul”
3rd place - “The Beautiful Promise”
I want to say thank you to the judges that gave up their time voluntarily. They were CJ Jones, Terrylene, Tyrone Giroando, Richard Hall, Julie Rems, and Joe Dannis. I also want to say thank you to Deaf Hope, Sprint Relay, Sorenson Communications, Hands on VRS, and Dawn Sign Press for supporting us. In addition, 20 pages of the colorful program book, two banners, and the movie posters were paid for by Sprint Relay, printed from Kinkos. And, beautiful photos took by Hon Siu, Deaf professional photographer, www.pahline.com.
Judging by this year, next year is another year to look forward to! There will be new students and new stories. Yoon Lee will still be teaching and will be making sure that the Paws Movie Event stays alive.
By Brianna Matthews, Class of 2007
