"Cloudstreet: Soaring the American West"

I am very happy to report that the first public showing of "Cloudstreet: Soaring the American West" occurred last night at the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science on the 50 foot Dyna Theater screen. Three hundred viewers got a chance to experience this truly unique showing of the project that exhibits so much of our passion for soaring. The audience response was quite overwhelming.

The original musical score by Matt Pavolaitis and Colleen Grace greatly enhanced the beautiful scenery in the video, Dave Pettit's narration showcased the story and helped educate the audience about the science and art of soaring and the excellent editing and direction by Matt Murray combined with the photographic art of Dave Bixler and Phyllis Murray produced a truly amazing documentary.

The soaring world owes a huge THANK YOU! to Mike Abernathy and Carolyn Galceran for their dream and commitment to this ten year project. Special thanks also to the major sponsors: The Conrad N. Hilton Foundation, the Soaring Society of America and Stemme A.G.

PBS will release this video to affiliate stations immediately, and it is scheduled for airtime on May 27 at 9:00 pm on KNME in Albuquerque. Availability on DVD, Blu-Ray and iTunes is scheduled for May 28. Go to www.cloudstreethd.org for more information.

Well said, Mark. Great job by everyone!

We thoroughly enjoyed the presentation and have it set to record on our
HD DVR next week!

On 5/21/2015 8:10 AM, Mark628CA wrote:
I am very happy to report that the first public showing of "Cloudstreet: Soaring the American West" occurred last night at the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science on the 50 foot Dyna Theater screen. Three hundred viewers got a chance to experience this truly unique showing of the project that exhibits so much of our passion for soaring. The audience response was quite overwhelming.

The original musical score by Matt Pavolaitis and Colleen Grace greatly enhanced the beautiful scenery in the video, Dave Pettit's narration showcased the story and helped educate the audience about the science and art of soaring and the excellent editing and direction by Matt Murray combined with the photographic art of Dave Bixler and Phyllis Murray produced a truly amazing documentary.

The soaring world owes a huge THANK YOU! to Mike Abernathy and Carolyn Galceran for their dream and commitment to this ten year project. Special thanks also to the major sponsors: The Conrad N. Hilton Foundation, the Soaring Society of America and Stemme A.G.

PBS will release this video to affiliate stations immediately, and it is scheduled for airtime on May 27 at 9:00 pm on KNME in Albuquerque. Availability on DVD, Blu-Ray and iTunes is scheduled for May 28. Go to www.cloudstreethd.org for more information.

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Dan Marotta

It was incredible! I cannot wait to buy my Blu-Ray copy and tape it on PBS next week (with Viking not as good as the hype Cruise ads flanking it, hehe).

I am trying to figure out who those two guys were from Moriarty that spoke so eloquently in the film though. They looked familiar...

Just incredible!

Geoff

It was incredible! I cannot wait to buy my Blu-Ray copy and tape it on PBS next week (probably with Viking not as good as the hype Cruise ads flanking it, hehe).

I am trying to figure out who those two guys were from Moriarty that spoke so eloquently in the film though. They looked familiar...

Just incredible!

Geoff

On Thursday, May 21, 2015 at 9:48:32 AM UTC-6, MQ wrote:
It was incredible! I cannot wait to buy my Blu-Ray copy and tape it on PBS next week (probably with Viking not as good as the hype Cruise ads flanking it, hehe).

I am trying to figure out who those two guys were from Moriarty that spoke so eloquently in the film though. They looked familiar...

Just incredible!

Geoff

The two guys from Moriarty are Mark Mocho and Bill Hill. The SSA has a Blu Ray DVD combo pack available now.

Hi,

I have the Cloudstreet Blu-ray & DVD combo packs in stock as well. It is a
great film!
http://www.cumulus-soaring.com/videos.htm#Cloudstreet

Best Regards,

Paul Remde
Cumulus Soaring, Inc.
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On Thursday, May 21, 2015 at 9:48:32 AM UTC-6, MQ wrote:
It was incredible! I cannot wait to buy my Blu-Ray copy and tape it on PBS
next week (probably with Viking not as good as the hype Cruise ads
flanking it, hehe).

I am trying to figure out who those two guys were from Moriarty that spoke
so eloquently in the film though. They looked familiar...

Just incredible!

Geoff

The two guys from Moriarty are Mark Mocho and Bill Hill. The SSA has a Blu
Ray DVD combo pack available now.

My brother kindly sent me the BluRay/DVD combo from the US (I live in the UK) and I watched the first half last weekend and loved it. It's really beautifully made and it's going to be great to show to my friends to help them understand what it is I do up there. Highly recommended.

So is it up to our local PBS affiliates to pick this up themselves, or is this something that will automatically get pushed out to all PBS affiliates eventually... I don't know how PBS content is distributed.

Should I email my local PBS affiliate and ask them to be on the lookout for this content? Help, what is the best way to make sure this gets lots of eyeballs?

I saw the post that it is available on Amazon, so I know how to get my own copy, but how can I make sure this is actually seen by a wide audience?

Johnny,
In Las Vegas, Nevada the local PBS station airs special interest
segments on a request bases. I talked to the local program director
of my station and she said that out of all the glider enthusiasts in
my area only 3 people requested airing of the segment. I even gave
my local glider club the specific instructions on how to request it
and an email link to help them make the request. Its pretty sad, but
the good thing is that PBS was given a 3 year contract to air the
segment as many times as they wish. Since the month of November
is Aviation Month, the local programmer said that she may need
filler to meet the airing requirements so, she would look at Cloud
Street again and see if there is a place to slot it in that time frame.
On another note, she did state that she thinks she will be able to
stream it online anytime, so I may be able to watch it on my 15 inch
screen. Better then nothing. Doug

At 07:19 26 May 2015, Johnny T wrote:
So is it up to our local PBS affiliates to pick this up themselves, or
is
this something that will automatically get pushed out to all PBS
affiliates
eventually... I don't know how PBS content is distributed.

Should I email my local PBS affiliate and ask them to be on the
lookout for
this content? Help, what is the best way to make sure this gets
lots of
eyeballs?

I saw the post that it is available on Amazon, so I know how to get
my own
copy, but how can I make sure this is actually seen by a wide
audience?

On Tuesday, May 26, 2015 at 1:19:12 AM UTC-6, Johnny T wrote:
So is it up to our local PBS affiliates to pick this up themselves, or is this something that will automatically get pushed out to all PBS affiliates eventually... I don't know how PBS content is distributed.

Should I email my local PBS affiliate and ask them to be on the lookout for this content? Help, what is the best way to make sure this gets lots of eyeballs?

I saw the post that it is available on Amazon, so I know how to get my own copy, but how can I make sure this is actually seen by a wide audience?

I found my local (two) PBS affiliates difficult to discuss with directly, so I used their 'contact us' forms to make a program suggestion and possibly offer some local sponsorship. I suggest sending them a link to this press release. I did and had two air dates within 48 hours. Once the air dates were announced, I proceeded to notify other local aviation lists. So far no follow-up on the sponsorship offer.

http://www.prweb.com/releases/2015/05/prweb12727884.htm

Frank Whiteley
SSA Director, Region 9
SSA State Governor, Colorado