On Saturday night Jenifer and I attended my first ever Northern Districts Butchers Cricket Club โPresoโ; the annual awards night for the Cricket Club that I play for. Due to work commitments and overseas travel I had been unable to attend the last two yearsโ end of season shebangs. Somehow the photo slideshow ended up in my lap, so joining forces with Luke Coleman we set about making a production worthy of the Logies. Coleman with his panache for finding embarrassing Facebook photos and I with a wee bit of music and video skill.
We literally spent a week and a half (on and off) putting it all together. We broke the video into segments; Highlights, New Players, Newest Team, Representative Players, Top Performances, Low-lights, Sexy Butchers, Around Town and finally a gentle finish to probably the most ideal song. The goal was to stir the emotions and plant the seed of wanting next Summer to roll around again sooner rather than later.
Finding photos and coming up with related music was an absolute blast. A great friend of mine and local sports Photographer Rob Sheeley also has tremendous skills on the Guitar (and mixing) as he put together the clubโs theme song โUp The Butchersโ which was used in the Highlights section.
For a laugh we chose Tim McGrawโs โWelcome to the Clubโ for the New Players section, keeping the laughs up with โEverybody Hurtsโ by R.E.M to honour our newest team โ who just happen to be mostly players 50 years and older. Classic.
AC/DCโs โItโs a long way to the topโ rounded off the Representative Players. Snow Patrolโs โChasing Carsโ was used for Top Performances for the perfect lyrics found within - โWeโll do it all, everything, on our ownโ. Metallicaโs โHero of the dayโ was just snubbed at the finish line out of the two songs.
Low-lights just had to be โMy Heroโ by the Foo Fighters while Sexy Butchers was a given - โSex on Fireโ by Kings of Leon. โWhatโs my age again?โ by Blink182 was our choice for the Around Town gallery and wrapping it all off was a gentle song I had never heard but was applicable and ideal, โSo long, sweet summerโ by Dashboard Confessional. These photos were just a mix of some of the better action shots taken this year by our Photography guru.
The presentation went off with a bang. We received so much great feedback; so many impressed current players, guests, mothers, fathers and Life Members it was quite overwhelming. The Awards Ceremony too was brilliant with every winner a rightful and deserving one. Simply a fantastic night capped off with memorable induction into Life Membership for one player while another retiring player received a tear-jerking farewell.
So, sit back and enjoy the 13:20 worth of season highlights.
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enjoyed the video buddy….good to know you are all doing fine.
Yeah doing great thanks mate! How are you these days? I lost track where you moved after Colorado.