1st New Hampshire goes to the movies!

Today I was invited to be a part of the filming for an independent movie called “Lost in Boston.” This movie was going to film a scene at Greeley Park in Nashua, New Hampshire and required that Revolutionary War reenactors be present. The scene involved 2 people being chased out of the woods, only to run in front of a colonial militia that was getting ready to fire upon 2 British soldiers in the woods. The scene took about 7 hours to film and was a great experience to have. From the 1st New Hampshire Regiment we had Bruce Bruce and Debbie Batten, Kris King, Ryan Stokes, and myself. Also joining in the production were members of The Endzone Militia. If you are not familiar with them, this is the group that fires their muskets each time the New England Patriots score a touchdown. As if filming a movie wasn’t exciting enough, participants also got paid! You can’t beat that! The film is expected to come out next year so I’ll keep you posted. Here are some of the photos I took:

Here is a link to the rest of the photos in album:
http://www.slythefox.com/photos/album/72157624505665008/lost-in-boston-movie-filming.html

View the photos on Flickr:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/slythefox/sets/72157624505665008/

Back from Hubbardton, VT

This past weekend there was a reenactment of the Battle of Hubbardton. It rained heavily on Friday night and my tent, a floorless 18th century French wedge tent, would have been half-way underwater had I not had a tarp underneath. Still, I manage to wake up Sat. morning to see my cell phone in the middle of a puddle of water that had managed to get on top of the tarp. The phone some how called Charlotte. Weird, right?

I did take the battery out and dried it and yet it didn’t seem to completely work. For a while it seemed the only digits that were working were 1, 4, and 7. The phone also started saying the battery was invalid. Monday morning at home it all started to work properly. I wish I could have photos of the event but I didn’t take my camera and was hoping to post photos from my phone.

There are a couple of photos of the event on Facebook. The First NH Regiment has a page at: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=325358498570 Thanks to Robert Paul, we have a few photos to share, one of them was me sitting on a log. I still have to find a period-authentic chair!

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A beautiful day in Portsmouth

Today was the Portsmouth Public Library’s annual summer reading program kick off party at 4 Tree Island in Portsmouth. Charlotte asked if I’d help out with handing out snacks for the kids. There were gummy sharks and gummy flip-flops (chanclas to me). There were also Goldfish crackers. All the snacks, stories read by Charlotte, face paintings, parade, and crafts were connected to this year’s theme: Make a Splash.

Here are more of the photos I took today:
http://www.slythefox.com/photos/album/72157624231868805/portsmouth-public-library-summer-reading-kick-off-2010.html

Or view them on Flickr:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/slythefox/sets/72157624231868805/

One more thing about the Scooper Bowl

As Charlotte and I walked toward our car we passed City Hall and who happened to be loading up an SUV but Boston Mayor Tom Menino! I waved at him and he waved back then got in his car. The driver of the car started going, all before I could have taken a picture. Strangely, that made the day extra special, even after all of the sites and sounds. Seeing a mayor just wearing a dress shirt and tie, no suit coat, going on to take care of the town. It was pretty special.

 

 

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