AMAN Folk Ensemble Channel

CALL FOR VIDEOS - We are currently trying to gather all moving images (film, video, digital) of AMAN and/or the Village Dancers from our 50+ year history.  We know there are numerous clips floating around out there, many of varying quality, format and completeness.  Some we already have, some we don't, but our goal is to try and gather them ALL and get them posted onto ONE official "easy to find, join and access" AMAN Folk Ensemble YouTube channel.
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From producing AMAN50, we found that not everyone is on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter or MySpace, but almost everyone has access to internet and can view AMAN videos on YouTube (if they know exactly where to look).  There are too many clips to have on our web site, and people were having trouble finding the video that's currently available on YouTube because it's scattered around on people's private channels.  Many alumni were having difficulty locating them.  So.. we thought a worthy project would be to have everything under one common roof so to speak, and posted onto one official AMAN YouTube channel.

With that in mind, Ronda Berkeley has created our official AMAN Folk Ensemble channel on YouTube (click icon above) and will be transferring (over time) the video we currently have on Facebook and MySpace to the new channel.  PLUS - If you have any video of AMAN (or even just audio.. old recordings are cool too!) we'd like to hear from you.  Even (and especially) if it's currently posted elsewhere (very important!).. won't you please let us add it to our official channel as well?  Thanks!

Plus, if you have an "original print" of something, please let us know.  Some of the video we have has been degraded by many copies and we'd love to go back to the source for a better viewing quality. 

Last, but not least, we are looking for volunteers to help Ronda with this project.  We need people computer savvy, or who have experience in transferring film and/or video into a digital format.  Is that you?  We could sure use your help!
  • As a secondary project, we would LOVE to find a key volunteer(s) to lend us their expertise on digitally cleaning-up some of the imagery and/or sound.  Some of you have contacts in the film industry, or your son's or daughters or grand-kids might make a living doing this kind of thing now?  Perhaps they might be persuaded to volunteer a bit of time (here and there) to help??   We would of course all reap the benefits of having this done, but also to have quality remixes in our AMAN archive at UCLA would be wonderful.  Important not only to our history but also the dance history of Los Angeles and UCLA.  Don't you think?
  • Who knows, perhaps it's a pipe dream to get much in the way of help with this.. but a good one to work toward and worth the ask.  Let us know if you can be of help.  Thanks!

EMAIL US AT:  amansociety.alum@gmail.com                          
Thank you all in advance for any help you can give!
     - The Aman Alumni Committee