SALUDA ORAL HISTORY PROJECT

The city of Saluda, NC has embarked on a wide-ranging multimedia oral history project, and they have chosen Eljapa as their media partner. Filming/interviewing began in November 2010, and the first in a planned series of DVDs has just been released. 

In addition to interviews, the project also makes use of vintage photographs, archival audio recordings,  and music performed by Saluda residents. Called Home, Hearth, and History: Stories of Old Saluda, the DVD is divided into three segments: History, Hearth (stories of daily life), and Home (stories of memorable people). Here is the opening sequence:

Over 150 people attended Home, Hearth, and History‘s premiere at the Saluda Mountain Jamboree on July 2, and nearly half of those purchased a copy of the DVD after the viewing. Copies are available now at many downtown  retailers and from the City of Saluda.

LETO COPELEY STATEWIDE CAMPAIGN

In addition to producing TV and radio commercials for judicial candidate Leto Copeley, Ellen Pfirrmann also managed Copeley’s campaign.

McDOWELL COUNTY ORAL HISTORY PROJECT

The McDowell County Oral History Project took root in early 2009 when Carol Price, Executive Director of the McDowell County Tourism Development Authority applied for a grant from the Blue Ridge National Heritage Area. Carol was seeking a vehicle that would preserve the heritage of McDowell County and which could also be used as a marketing tool.  The end result; the multi-media feast of audio, photos, video and more, that took Ellen and Kim six months to compile, stands as a monument to the tide of time and memory.

We were pleased to be featured in the Blue National Heritage Area’s newsletter:

“As you look at strategic planning and the potential of new partnerships, I would suggest that the BRNHA might consider Eljapa Media for a potential partnership. Ellen Pfirrman and Kim Clark are very talented and creative and have done some wonderful work for McDowell TDA including video for the launch of their heritage plan, commercials, video for their website and now this oral history project. I believe too that Carol would recommend them highly for their expertise and professionalism“.

Thanks, Frankie L. McWhorter, Tourism Development Officer – Piedmont North Carolina Division of Tourism, Film, and Sports Development

Here is the video that Eljapa produced for the Blue Ridge National Heritage Area’s kickoff:

STUDIO SOUTH

Malcolm Holcombe – Studio South

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A portrait of one of Asheville’s most talented and eccentric musicians, produced for a documentary series.

NC Tourism contracted Eljapa to produce this promotional piece for the Asheville-based music festival.

“STRIKE” AUDIO DOCUMENTARY

Kim wrote, edited, and produced this documentary about the 1929 Marion textile strike for public radio WNCW, with Ellen co-producing and narrating. This program was added to the NC textile museum collection and was also posted on the Mountain Xpress website as part of the paper’s coverage of efforts to commemorate the events of 1929. 

Listen:

DAVID GANTT LAW OFFICE PSAs

McDOWELL COUNTY TOURISM COMMERCIAL

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