Wednesday, November 29, 2000
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Wednesday, November 29, 2000 |
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5 Fayette students get Superstation on-air broadcasting assignments
By PAT NEWMAN
Fayette County students have distinguished themselves again, this time on camera. Five boys and girls from local elementary and middle schools have been selected to tape public service announcements for TBS Superstation's "Great American Moments 2001." More than 750 entries from 114 different metro Atlanta schools were reviewed by TBS staff, with Fayette students winning five of the 28 on-air slots. The winners include Kelsey Langworthy and Joseph Morris, Huddleston Elementary; Anderson English, Braelinn Elementary; Sherlana Moody, Fayette Middle; and Amy Gress, Rising Starr Middle. TBS's "Great American Moments" tell the story of achievements made by the country's men and women throughout history in 30-second sound bites. The "moments" will be aired starting in February 2001. Fayette's winners joined their fellow broadcasters Monday at TBS for an orientation meeting where they received their scripts, discussed shoot dates and times, were briefed on wardrobe and makeup and toured the set. Huddleston's media specialist, Barbara Harris, previewed about 40 audition tapes from her broadcast class students before selecting the cream of the crop for submission to TBS. She was thrilled to learn last week that two Huddleston students were chosen for the TBS announcements. "They are excellent broadcasters," Harris said, referring to Langworthy and Morris. Both are 10 years old and fifth graders in Cathy Beach's class. When Harris notified the students, she said their first reaction was disbelief. "No way," they echoed. But they soon were infected by their teacher's excitement and reportedly "went ballistic." "I didn't think I did that well on the tape," said Langworthy in astonishment. But according to Harris she and Morris did extremely well with their enunciation and facial expressions. Morris said he spoke "louder than usual" when he was in his broadcast mode, but changed little else in the way he normally spoke. "All the students that auditioned worked very hard on their presentations and appeared very natural," Harris said. Neither student broadcaster desires a career in communications at this time, with Langworthy preferring to work toward becoming a professional soccer player and Morris still undecided. Harris added that he is very artistic, however.
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