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The 17th Annual Honolulu Festival joined force with the students of Kapi'olani Community College (KCC) for the second consecutive year in the "Share Your Voice" project. This project allowed the KCC students to experience the Honolulu Festival on their own and then have them live stream what was going on from the Honolulu Festival site to the world. 38 students from KCC were busy throughout the weekend of the 17th Annual Honolulu Festival on this project.
Last year's live streaming was done from one station, we had two stations this year. Facebook and twitter were also used in this project. Events at the Honolulu Festival were shared in three languages, English, Japanese and Korean. There was also the opportunity to communicate and interact with our live stream viewers from all over the world.
Communicating with the global community in English and Japanese
The KCC students were stationed for this live streaming project at the Hawaii Convention Center for two days 3/12 (Sat) and 3/13 (Sun). Their booth was fully equipped with computers, sound mixers, cameras, PCs for twittering and more. The students manned the station completely on their own taking turns being the anchor person, interviewer, camera man, video switcher and mixing specialist. They worked on this project as if they were producing a television program, from beginning to end.
KCC students preparing to go live. They were a bit nervous. |
Each student knew exactly what they were supposed to do. Very organized. |
The students operated the cameras and
anchored the program. |
Here's the twitter and facebook team working hard. |
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The Magic of the Honolulu Festival, captured and broadcasted
Special mini teams of camera man and interviewer were created so that they can go around the venue areas to collect the latest news and highlights. These small teams were able to capture the magic and uniqueness of the Honolulu Festival on camera and broadcast it to our live stream audience.
There were students participating in this project that came to the Honolulu Festival for the very first time. It was interesting to see what they thought was of value at the Honolulu Festival. It was also very good experience for them to come up with their own ideas to communicate their thoughts in the best way possible, to be creative and have clarity in getting their messages across. The Honolulu Festival "wonders" that these students found should be truly priceless.
The Honolulu Festival introduces the many traditions and culture of the Pacific Rim countries. Japan is a very integral part of this. Many of the students that participated in this project were overseas students from Japan. But there were also many American students. These American students were interested in sharing Japanese culture such as Shuji (Japanese calligraphy) and the Ennichi Corner. They explained the how (how it is done) and why (why it is fun) by actually doing it themselves and through demonstrations.
Interviewing at the Anime Corner.
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Hands on Shuji demonstration. |
Interview with Daijayama representative from Omuta, the origin of Daijayama Matsuri. |
Students participate in the Honolulu Festival Bon Dance that was held for the first time this year. |
The Grand Parade live streamed from beginning to end
The Grand Parade held on the final afternoon of the Honolulu Festival down Kalakaua Avenue in Waikiki was live streamed. The live stream station was located right near the VIP stand in front of the Westin Moana Surfrider…choice spot!
The parade was held for about three hours starting before the sun went down and ending in darkness. The parade was broadcasted from the beginning to end. The KCC students applied their two days of on the job training to make sure that their footage was exciting to the viewers. They were creative. They zoomed in, zoomed out, switched fields, interviewed performers and spectators. The students used all their talents to make the hours of the Grand Parade fun and exciting.
Each of the students used their own creativity and adapted to each situation. The project was successfully accomplished through a lot of teamwork. Once again the collaboration between the Honolulu Festival and the students of Kapi'olani Community College was a huge success. The students were all smiles and laughter, proud with a great sense of accomplishment. A job well done!
This was the second time for the Honolulu Festival and the Kapi'olani Community College to collaborate on a project. It is the Honolulu Festival's desire to create more opportunities with the local community and schools in the future. It is our wish to promote cultural exchange between the people of Hawaii and the global community through these projects and activities.
17th Annual Honolulu Festival: Live stream
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 17th Annual Honolulu Festival Photo Gallery
Here are pictures from the 17th Annual Honolulu Festival. Share your best shots of the Honolulu Festival!
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