dougplummer's videos

Halloween on 28th Avenue

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 07:45:12 GMT

A house on our street puts on an elaborate Halloween skit every year for the trick and treaters. It's always gross and spectacularly creative.

By dougplummer

Tags : art, halloween, performance, skit

The Quebecois Session

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 03:48:01 GMT

My next door neighbor Sue regularly hosts on a Quebec music session, with some of Seattle's finest musicians, and invites me to listen. Here is the video.

By dougplummer

Tags : folk, folkmusic, home, music, quebec, quebecois, session

University of Washington, fast

Fri, 18 Sep 2009 00:42:03 GMT

One photography assignment, two minutes, ten frames a second. Here's what the entire take looks like strung together in a video.

By dougplummer

Tags : college, lapse, of, time, university, washington

Lullaby Moon

Sat, 22 Aug 2009 00:38:00 GMT

Lullaby Moon is a celebration of the new moon in Seattle's streets and parks, as performed by Lucia Neare's Theatrical Wonders. This month the troupe performed up and down 1st Avenue in downtown Seattle.

By dougplummer

Tags : Lullaby, Moon, art, performance, seattle, street

Seattle's Light Rail Inaugural

Mon, 20 Jul 2009 23:18:04 GMT

A stop-action view of the 7/18/09 inauguration of Sound Transit's Link Light Rail service. Five cameras (two remotely mounted on light poles) were used in the production of this piece at Seattle's Mt. Baker Station.

By dougplummer

Tags : Seattle, light, rail, lightrail, rail, sound, transit, stop, action, stop-action, train, trains, transit

Techwoman vs The Necktie Strangler

Sat, 27 Jun 2009 18:30:02 GMT

Floating Tea's entry in the 48 Hour Film Project, Superhero Genre. Our superhero's power reside in her bluetooth device. She attracts the strangler using Google, and vanquishes the villain.

By dougplummer

Tags : 48hour, film, 48hourfilm, superhero, suspense

The Left Foot Boogie Dancers

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 04:34:37 GMT

The Left Foot Boogie Dancers perform to the Spiderman Theme. This performance group is part of Jodi Fleischman's Left Foot Boogie dance studio.

By dougplummer

Tags : Jodi, Fleischman, Left, Foot, Boogie, dance, dance, performance, performance, swing, dance, swingdance

Jodi Fleischman and Left Foot Boogie

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 04:32:44 GMT

Jodi Fleischman is Seattle's favorite dance instructor, and Left Foot Boogie is her dance studio. "It's the most fun I've ever had in my life doing anything," says one dancer, in this video profile of Jodi and her swing dance students.

By dougplummer

Tags : , studio, Jodi, Fleischman, Left, Foot, Boogie, dance, dance, teaching, dancing, learn, to, dance, partner, swing, swingdance, teachers

The Folkfloor Dismantle

Sun, 31 May 2009 21:26:04 GMT

After the last dance, the dancers at the Northwest Folklife Festival dismantle the floor, and it goes into storage for another year. A multiple viewpoint time-lapse video. Music: "After the Rain," composed by Joe Grote.

By dougplummer

Tags : Folklife, NW, Northwest, contra, contradance, dance, folk, lapse, music, seattle, time, time-lapse, timelapse, waltz

Folklife Buskers, Briefly

Mon, 25 May 2009 20:47:01 GMT

A fast tour through the diversity of buskers at the 2009 Northwest Folklife Festival.

By dougplummer

Tags : buskers, folk, folklife, folkmusic, music, musicians, northwest, nw, seattle

Guerilla Contra At Folklife

Mon, 25 May 2009 05:39:00 GMT

From the 2009 Northwest Folklife Festival. The sound guys take a break, but the dancers don't. Here's how they do it.

By dougplummer

Tags : contra, contradance, dance, folk, folklife, music, northwest, nw, seattle, social

Marimba at Folklife

Sat, 23 May 2009 17:44:00 GMT

The Spring Street School Marimba Band performs at the 2009 NW Folklife festival.

By dougplummer

Tags : band, folklife, marimba, music, northwest, nw, school, spring, street

The Folklife Folkfloor

Fri, 22 May 2009 05:52:01 GMT

A time lapse rendering of the Folkfloor installation. For 22 years, a small volunteer army has installed the dance floor in the Roadhouse at the Northwest Folklife Festival.

By dougplummer

Tags : contra, contradance, dance, diy, festival, floor, folklife, lapse, time, time-lapse, timelapse

The Rules of Love: The McKassons

Fri, 10 Apr 2009 05:56:00 GMT

Rules of Love by the Scottish-American band The McKassons. Ryan McKasson on fiddle, Cali McKasson on piano, and Matt Jerrell on drums.

By dougplummer

Tags : celtic, mckassons, music, scottish, video

Seattle Contra Marathon

Thu, 26 Mar 2009 15:18:04 GMT

3 hours. 17 callers. 25 musicians. No walkthroughs. No breaks. The annual Lake City Contra Marathon benefits the Northwest Folklife Festival. This one was held on 3/19/09.

By dougplummer

Tags : contra, contradance, contras, dance, dancing, folk, folklife, music, seattle, square, squares

Waltzing at Wannadance

Mon, 23 Mar 2009 22:36:01 GMT

An evening waltz at the 2009 Camp Wannadance. George Wilson, Laurie Andres and David Kaynor playing.

By dougplummer

Tags : camp, dance, folk, folkdance, social, waltz, wannadance

Hambo at Wannadance

Mon, 23 Mar 2009 22:19:02 GMT

David Kaynor plays a hambo at Camp Wannadance 2009.

By dougplummer

Tags : camp, dance, folk, folkdance, hambo, scandinavian, swedish, wannadance

The Elephant Seals of Piedras Blancas

Mon, 16 Mar 2009 16:44:01 GMT

The renowned Pt. Piedras Blancas Elephant Seal rookery along California's Hwy 1, near San Simeon. The seals haul out in the winter to molt, give birth and mate, just yards from the observation boardwalk. Shot with the Canon 5D Mark II.

By dougplummer

Tags : 1, 5d, attraction, beach, blancas, california, canon, coast, dslr, elephant, highway, hwy, ii, mark, pacific, piedras, rookery, seal, seals, stop, tourist, video, wildlife

Pins & Needles: Dance at University of Richmond

Mon, 16 Mar 2009 01:07:01 GMT

A rehearsal for "Pins and Needles," performed by students in the dance program at University of Richmond.

By dougplummer

Tags : college, dance, modern, performance, richmond, student, university, urichmond

Not Your Grandparents Square Dance

Tue, 03 Mar 2009 21:40:02 GMT

Old-time music and square dancing in Portland, Oregon. Interviews with Bill Martin and Michael Ismerio, and footage from the Old Time Music Gathering, reveal the intimate links between the old-time music scene and the revival of square dancing.

By dougplummer

Tags : appalachian, dance, folk, music, old, oldtime, oregon, portland, revival, southern, square, squaredance, squares, time, traditional, visiting