Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Episode 3 Scripts
Hello and welcome to another exciting edition of AMP. I’m Jimmy. AMP stands for Arlington Middle-School Producers. Middle school students come to the Arlington Studio to learn all the steps of producing a TV show: camerawork, hosting, directing, editing, and more. After students learn all the different positions, they use their knowledge to make their own news magazine program, with a new show each week.
On December 13th, the Regent Theatre will be presenting the first annual Rock ‘n Soul Holiday concert. This concert will feature many great musicians and performers and will help raise funds to support the Music Museum of New England’s mission of preserving New England music history. The Music Museum of New England is a non-profit organization based in Massachusetts, and is currently involved with the Bostonian Society to place markers for a Boston Music Trail of musically important historic locations funded in part by a grant from Ernie Bock Jr’s “Music Drives Us” Foundation. The diverse lineup taking the stage will include punk legend Willie Alexander, rock star Charlie Farren, blues great James Montgomery, rockers Ernie & The Automatics featuring Sib Hassian and Barry Goudreau (formerly of Boston), ‘60s-style “girl group” Jenny Dee and the Deelinquents, R&B/soul/garage-rock Andrea Gillis Band, singer-songwriters John Powhida and Ramona Silver, guitar stylist Mike Gent, and pop musician Brian Charles. Other surprise guests are expected to drop by and join in the revelry as two generations combine for a fun concert.
Black Friday this year was similar to years past, though the stock market didn’t fare as well. However, a new item hit the shelves and was snapped up by Christmas shoppers as fast as they could get it. This item was the Zhu Zhu, a children’s toy that resembles a robotic hamster. The majority of shoppers at Toys-R-Us came to buy them. The management had to set up a separate line into the store for these Zhu Zhu fanatics, who’d lined up around the block to get in. The store also handed out red tickets to these rodent-buyers, assuring that they’d get one before the stock ran out. The recession hasn’t suppressed the rampant consumers in the least. They seem almost to be buying more than ever. Apparently the holidays are always this way.
Soccer is a very popular sport for kids in Arlington. Kids can play soccer for the Arlington Soccer Club, or ASC from kindergarten all the way up to the 12th grade. There are many leagues within the ASC, too. Each league is for kids under a certain age. For instance, 8 year olds and some 9 year olds can play for the Under 9 age group, or U9 league. Also, as the age groups get older, there are travel teams. The leagues for older kids get split up between boys and girls, too. For information about fees, the league, or anything else about the ASC, go to arlingtonsoccerclub.com.
Before we wrap up sports for this week we would just like to congratulate Arlington Catholic on their win over Arlington High in this years Thanksgiving day football game. The final score of that game was AC 22, AHS 13. Good luck to the cougars in the upcoming playoffs.
Now it’s time for app review where we will tell you about the newest coolest apps for the iPod touch and iPhone. Today we are going to talk about asphalt 5 from gameloft. Asphalt 5 is one of the best-selling racing games in the app store. It has some of the most advanced and incredible graphics. It takes racing games to a whole new level with 8 different ways to race including "time attack", "cop chases", "last man standing", and more. The car lineup is amazing and has some of the best cars available from companies like Audi, Lamborghini, Ferrari, BMW and more. You can also access you car stereo while racing and load some tunes from your iPod onto it. This game sells for $6.99. I have found only one flaw in this game... the price. Other than that it is outstanding. I give this game a rating of 4 and 1/2 stars.
On December 12, Hammer of the Gods is performing a recreation of a Led Zeppelin concert. Led Zeppelin's music has spanned generations and now you can experience it all live. Hammer of the Gods recreates the sights, sounds, and mystical aura of the real Zeppelin concert. Imagine stepping back in time. It's 1973 and you are seated at New York's Madison Square Garden; 100,000 watts of sonic brilliance and a spectacular array of lights explode as the band performs flawless renditions of all your favorite songs including "Kashmir," "Dazed and Confused," "Stairway to Heaven," and the thunderous assault of the classic "Moby Dick."
And now it's time for the top five, where we interview a group of Ottoson students about their favorite and least favorite things. This week's topic is favorite candies. In number five is a Take 5 bar. Number four is Milky Way. There's a tie for third place with Kit-Kat bars and Twix. The runner up is snickers, and our top candy is...Reese’s cups! And, not surprisingly, all of the top sweets have chocolate in them.
Well that’s all we have for you today. All of us here at AMP would like to thank you for watching. I’m Jimmy. Make sure you join us again next week to get tuned in and amped up.
Episode 2 Script
Hello and welcome to another exciting season of AMP. I’m Jeffrey. AMP stands for Arlington Middle-School Producers. Middle school students come to the Arlington Studio to learn all the steps of producing a TV show: camerawork, hosting, directing, editing, and more. After students learn all the different positions, they use their knowledge to make their own news magazine program, with a new show each week.
At the Regent Theater from the 18th to the 20th of December The ULTRASONIC ROCK ORCHESTRA will be holding a series of concerts the group, consisting of 20 incredible musicians and singers will be presenting three evenings of songs from the most decadent and glitter-crazed era of rock 'n' roll. The ULTRASONIC ROCK ORCHESTRA brings the often heard but rarely performed crown jewels of classic rock to vivid life: Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody" & "Somebody To Love," The Who's "Won't Get Fooled Again," David Bowie’s "Ziggy Stardust," The Beatles’ "Abbey Road" - and many more, so don’t miss this great event!
In news in technology this week, Nokia has recalled 14 million cell phone chargers produced by third-party companies. They have stated it’s for a safety issue, although nobody has been injured yet. Supposedly the covers on the chargers are loose and could potentially give someone a nasty electric shot if they slipped and revealed the internal components. Nokia is holding an exchange program for the recalled chargers, AC -3U, AC-3E and AC-4U. If you have one of these, you can visit chargerexchange.nokia.com for a safer replacement.
And now it’s time for the iPhone app review. Today we are going to take a close look at the music based game Tap Tap Revenge 3. Tap Tap 3 has a completely redesigned inter face. When you first open the game there’s a rounded menu (Bring up pic #1) with selections like 1 player, 2 player, online, and more. Tap Tap 3 comes with 3 or 4 tracks. If you want more you can always go to the Tap Tap store (bring up pic #2.) In the Tap Tap store you can go to the avatar store and buy clothes for your avatar or you can go to the Tap Track Store. In the Tap Track Store you can buy track packs of 2 tracks for $1 or a 6 pack bundle or “mini album” for $2.99. The paid tracks are always themed meaning they don’t look like the classic Tap Tap. There are also free tracks, some of them themed, others not. When you tap the 1 player button it will come up with a list of your tracks. Tap on one of the track titles and start taping every ball that comes toward you. Tap Revenge 3 costs the low $1 plus tracks so enjoy and tap reasonably.
The baseball playoffs are always exciting, and the 2009 postseason was no different. The American League teams that made it were the New York Yankees, the Minnesota Twins, the Los Angeles Angels, and the Boston Red Sox. The National League teams that made the cut were the Los Angeles Dodgers, the St. Louis Cardinals, the Philadelphia Phillies, and the Colorado Rockies. In the American League Division Series, the Angels swept the Red Sox in three games, and the Twins fell in three straight games to the Yankees. In the National League Division Series, the Dodgers completed a three game sweep of the Cardinalsand the Phillies beat the Rockies 3 games to 1. In the American League Championship Series, the Yankees played the Angels. It was a six game battle, but the Yankees emerged victorious. In the National League Championship Series, the Phillies played the Dodgers. The Phillies won 4 of the 5 games played, and therefore won the sereis. In the Fall Classic, the match-up was Phillies vs. Yankees. In six games the Yankees beat the Phillies, and won their first World series in 9 years.
And now it's time for the Top Five, when we interview Ottoson Middle School students about their favorite and least favorite things. This week's topic is Styles of music. There was a wide selection of styles! In number five we have Alternative… Metal, including hard rock and death metal, is number four… Number three is the increasingly popular Rap... Pop takes number two by a considerable amount of votes... But by far, almost a MAJORITY of votes went to Rock. Both the classical and the new styles are included.
Well that’s all we have for you today. All of us here at AMP would like to thank you for watching. I’m Ben. Make sure you join us again next week to get tuned in and amped up.
Episode 1 Script
Hello and welcome to another exciting season of AMP. I’m Ben. AMP stands for Arlington Middle-School Producers. Middle school students come to the Arlington Studio to learn all the steps of producing a TV show: camerawork, hosting, directing, editing, and more. After students learn all the different positions, they use their knowledge to make their own news magazine program, with a new show each week.
The Arlington Health Department expects to be getting the swine flu vaccine soon - before the end of the year. Once they get it, they’ll start vaccinating residents immediately. The Department will be setting up small vaccination clinics, and will be giving the vaccine to specific “highest-risk” groups first, like children, healthcare workers, and people with health issues. Everyone in these and a few other groups will have access to the vaccine, but how fast they get it will depend the amount received by the Health Department.
At the ottoson the student planning team has put a box in almost every geography room. People can put there pennies and the pennies are given to an organization called pennies for peace. Pennies for peace gives their pennies mainly to asia and Africa. So if you have some spare pennies give a visit to the ottoson main office.
The local folk group, Family Folk Chorale is kicking off its Tenth Anniversary season with a concert celebrating the music of folk/rock legend Neil Young. The 60 member, multi-generational chorus, ranging in age from 4 to 86 years, presents Neil Young’s classic tunes such as “Sugar Mountain” and “Comes a Time” with other more recent material which focuses on environmental activism and global cooperation. Featuring the local teen rock band the Philaments, the Chorale will be performing at the Arlington town hall on November 15th at 3:00 P.M. This event will be the first FFC “Fans with Cans” event. "Fans with Cans" is a growing movement in which food donations are a regular part of public events: in this case, audience members are asked to bring canned or paper goods for the Arlington Food Pantry.
The Arlington Public Schools are having a winter concert on December 9 at 7 PM. The concert will include all OMS choruses and select chorus, the elementary orchestra, middle school orchestra, high school orchestra, chamber orchestra, the high school select orchestra, middle school band, high school band, Ottoson jazz band, and the high school jazz band, with genres ranging from classical to pop and jazz. Be sure to be there!
And now for some news from the USA and beyond. Microsoft Windows Seven has just been released. It contains a lot of fixes for bugs that were in Vista, along with some other features. There are three versions of Windows Seven, being: Home Premium, Professional, and Ultimate. The Professional and Ultimate come with more features and compatibility than the Home, but all of them promise to be better than Vista. Microsoft is having a special discount for people currently using Vista, as a sort of ‘past user special”. Many Vista users are taking advantage of this and having their PCs updated. Release parties were and are being held across the country in celebration of the new OS.
It is known through Arlington that both Arlington Catholic and Arlington High School both have good football teams. It is also known that there is a rivalry between the two teams. This rivalry has sparked a recently started annual event. It is a game played between the two teams at the AHS field that they share. And it is on one of the greatest days for football - Thanksgiving. Fans from both schools attend to cheer on their school. Also, last year, after beating AHS, AC went on to win many games, and a tournament that the last game was played at Gillette Stadium.
And now it's time for the top five, where we interview a group of Ottoson students about their favorite or least favorite items. This week's topic is *favorite sandwiches*!
In number five, but only by a little, is a plain turkey sandwich.
In number four we have a peanut butter sandwich.
number three is a tie between plain cheese and cheese with turkey.
For the title of number two we have another tie between steak and cheese or a B L T.
With a strong first place by over twenty percent of the votes is the old classic: Peanut Butter and Jelly!
Next time on the top five we will take a look at music styles.
Well that’s all we have for you today. All of us here at AMP would like to thank you for watching. I’m Ben. Make sure you join us again next week to get tuned in and amped up.
