The 80s in Calgary
I loved my little hippie life in Calgary. I was married to my late ex-husband Ken Cooper of Brimstone Productions, and had my little rock and roll baby Jonn (Woody) who was conceived at the end of the Bat out of Hell tour and born during Dr. Hook. We separated when Jonn was 1 1/2 and I became a single mom as Ken was always on tour. I wrote columns for three local community papers and was a volunteer with Rogers Cable for 4 years. During that time I went to S.A.I.T.s CTSR course and before I graduated as a TV Writer/Producer I was in the Control room at CBC as script assistant for the 11pm final. I arrived in Calgary from White Rock BC, having followed Ken there, when the boom was on..and left when it was over. I then followed the other famous Calgarians to Toronto where they all did extremely well. I had a lot of ups and downs creating businesses and careers while raising a son by myself..but he turned out pretty cool..a lot like his dad actually, still a hippie kid.
Anyway I had wonderful people and friends to work with in Calgary and found some of them on facebook and myspace. I just went through the old VHS they made for me at Rogers when I left to use as a resume tape but there was not a lot of audio on it. I threw this short video of clips together, didnt want to bore anyone but I just didnt want to lose it. This is where I fell in love with video. My first day as a volunteer host was when I had to interview Wayne, Ken, Alan Steve and Lanny..was a blast! Humble Howard agreed to do this ending for me and I had to stick it on here..here it is
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