Thing 20 You Tube Experience

I started a You Tube account after our Hawaii vacation in May. Rick was best man at a wedding on Kau'ai and at the luau the night before the wedding our groom, Aaron was taken to the stage to dance the Tahatian Love Dance for his bride, Julie. I got up near the stage and recorded this on my digital camera. When I got home, I created a You Tube account and posted it for all to see. I've since added music I've recorded at various events....In fact, I recorded a fabulous musician at Wavz Beach, Negril, Jamaica in January, 2006. I did a quick look up on the Internet of his name just to see if he was anybody. When I recorded him, he was homeless. I gave him money and was so disappointed that he wasn't at the beach the next day. It turns out, shortly after I recorded him, he was rediscovered by Ian Jones of Baltimore, MD. Claudius was a roots reggae pioneer from the 1970s who had fallen on hard times. He now has a couple of new albums out with Ian. I put the description of the meeting and recording Claudias on You Tube along with all the documentation; date, location, tags, etc along with his video. Shortly afterward, I was contacted by Ian about using my footage in a documentary about Claudius. I'm really thankful I got his name at the time of the recording so that we have made the connection. I love You Tube. I've put up some train events, such as our American Association of Private Railroad Car Owners Special train from LA to San Diego in September, and some of trainspotting in Marion, Ohio, and of local musicians, such as Chris Saub playing at the Berkshire Hathaway Borsheim's Reception. It is a great way to share. Here is Claudius singing "Baghdad"


As for how You Tube can be used by libraries, I've seen videos done promoting libraries on You Tube so as a marketing tool, yes! I also made a recording for the last Library Spanish Class final inviting the Spanish speaking community to use our Spanish language materials at Omaha Public Library and posted it on You Tube, too. It has a few errors on it but I think most Spanish Speakers could understand the gist of the message.