AUG 14, 19 .. AN INTERVIEW WITH A LOCAL IRKUTSK T.V. STATION ..

August 19th .. Up Front Post Script ..

Below is a link to the  actual Television Interview that I write about in this Post :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPyhVfMRI-g

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I have not gone back and checked my recent Posts but I think that I have mentioned that this interview was forthcoming. It has been on my calendar for about one week. So just in case some of you were aware of it, I thought I’d give a very brief synopsis  of today’s event.

The interview was conducted right on schedule. Two venues were under consideration. One outside and one inside (only if the weather was an issue). Rain had been predicted and rain occurred, so the interview was inside at the local Alano Club here in Irkutsk.

For me this was my number one choice. Having the cameras and a T.V. team doing this outdoors (at least for me) seems awkward. You have street noise and curious passers-by stopping to see what was happening. So all’s well that we were indoors.

I’ve done several of these over the past 10 months so I knew what to expect. Look directly at the interviewer and not at the cameras and not at my translator to whom I am really speaking. So I am looking into the eyes of my interviewer who is speaking Russian and replying to her even though the person speaking English was off to her right slightly in the background out of range of the two T.V. cameras.

Lights / Camera / Action. It felt good and it felt like all went well. I had Patti speak with the team before we began and after we finished. It took a little over one full hour and the time flew past. I am not going to go into any specific details of what we spoke about except to say that it pertained to alcoholism.

Now I have to gear-up to go to Baykalsk day-after-tomorrow to participate in a three day Convention there.

Next Tuesday off to Vladivostok (the lower red balloon in the map below).

Smiles .. Cap

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