Shambhala Midsummers Day, Halifax, Nova Scotia

by Mike Smith

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Originally uploaded by Tharchinski.

Tonight is the Winter Solstice. This inspired me to finish editing a project from the longest day of the year!

Video was shot on Midsummer’s day, June 2005.
Please enjoy this 5 minute film of the parade and celebration.
It is very colorful.

I’m trying something new by posting this on Google Video as opposed to my own website. The quality of the video suffers a bit but talk about convenient.
Video is here.

Journey to Prince Edward Island

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Originally uploaded by Tharchinski.

by Mike Smith

Shot a little video of a trip to PEI last weekend.
Come take a short journey with us. And yes I ran into Mr. Jordan over there!

Shot this video with my small Cannon Digital Elph camera. Color is good, and you can't beat the size of it but it is lacking too many features to replace a video camera.

Link to video is here. (2 and 1/2 minutes long).

Julio Olalla at the Shambhala Institute

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Originally uploaded by Tharchinski.
by Mike Smith

Here is some footage from Shambhala Institute's 2006 international summer program. Every year seems to get better and better.

How do we Re-Ignite the Joy of Learning? Julio Olalla from Newfield Network teaches this module.

New! Short version - Just five minutes. Windows Media or Quicktime

Original version - 11 minutes. (Filmed June 2006, Halifax, Nova Scotia) - Video is here: Windows Media or Quicktime

Video of camping trip to Porters Lake

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Originally uploaded by Tharchinski.

by Mike Smith

For the long Victoria Day Weekend I went with a bunch of friends on a camping trip. It was a great time. You know campfires, outhouses, tents and all that. Here is a six minute video blog of the weekend. Enjoy.

Video is here: Windows Media or Quicktime (Quicktime version is a large file, something like 80mb)

Global Village Square

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Originally uploaded by Tharchinski.

by Mike Smith

-What are the new forms of leadership that are emerging in the world? The Global Village Square looks into it. Was shot last summer. This 5 minute videoblog is from the Shambhala Institute's 2005 program. Informative. Video is here: Windows Media or Quicktime

So I'm finally caught up with last summers video projects from where I work part time. Next videoblog will be from last Christmas. I'm behind because, one, I'm lazy and two I'm doing everything on a laptop with limited hard drive space. Not great for editing. I got inspired to finish and post this one after reading Steve Smith's blog today. Read the March 25th post. Some really interesting stuff he writes about. (Steve is my brother).