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Ripple Effect Helps Awesome in Action introduce Ninja Nick!
Up block, Up block, side block, side block, punch, punch…..
Last month, Nick and his job coach had the pleasure of including several students in the production of a promotional video for Awesome in Action. Working with students at Ripple Effect in a real live classroom setting helped Nick and his Awesome in Action team realize just how dedicated these individuals are. In this black belt immersion program, students are extremely disciplined and astonishingly talented.
Although we had a blast, it was a challenge to persevere through several hours of filming.
All involved had to remain focused and give it their best in order to create the best shots for the film. For the younger actors, this was especially tough!
Thank you to all of the film participants, You were all great actors, and we loved working with each and every one of you!
Special kudos and thanks, to “ninja Nick” (Nate Zwisler, who will be 12 in July), who had quite the work out during the battle scene.
Nick and his team had so much fun watching Nate battle 3 adult instructors, and pile them on top of each other over and over again for the film! We got tired of counting the number of takes that were filmed of this scene, but Nate NEVER got tired! He is a very resilient and hard working karate master!
Hiya! Nate always had a strong finishing battle cry!
Nick especially loved chasing Nate down in his own battle at the end of the filming session.
We are so excited to see THAT epic battle footage!
We are lucky to utilize the experienced and talented videographer, Jamie Peak, and her team. Jamie worked hard with all involved to get the shots she needed for her video creation.
In addition, Cindy Peak, a director and actress in the Encore! Encore! organization, is working with Awesome in Action as the director in this soon-to-be released quality short film!
Nick says he feels “honored, happy, and proud,” that these two great organizations and all the amazing people within them have teamed up to help him bring to life a vision that he has been talking about for over a year!
It’s NOT a Box! An evening with Thompson Schools and the Early Childhood Programs
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udy Tessier and her teaching gurus at Monroe Early Childhood Center passed the word along that ALL the early childhood centers in the Thompson School District were going to have a literacy night at the Conrad Ball Middle School cafeteria. She asked if Nick and the AiA team would like to experience it.
The theme would center around Antoinette Portis’ lovely book, Not a Box. The story involves a very creative young rabbit and the use of a cardboard box to make the most amazing experiences; driving cars, flying in space rockets, dousing fires, experimenting with robotics, and climbing Mt Everest! Most importantly, no naysayer could sway the young rabbit’s belief in what he/she was doing.
Nick read the story for the first time and decided he and the team should attend the event in ….. you guessed it, a BOX!
Nick donned blue bunny ears and the antics were on, but not before Judy met us at the Monroe Early Childhood Center Pirate Ship and offered Nick an eye patch and a pirate hat crafted by the scallywag deck hands.
Nick shared his spoils with all the kids!
There were boxes and games all over the cafeteria! What a fabulous literacy event for the children of Loveland. For more information on Thompson’s Early Childhood Education, click here.
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roll your children in an experience of a young lifetime, bunny ears, boxes and all!
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