Have you caught e-town? Maybe you’ve never even heard of it, but it’s a radio variety show that’s taped in front of a live studio audience. The shows are then played across the country on National Public Radio, community radio stations, and commercial stations.
I know e-town is genuinely a team effort, with some paid employees and many volunteers, but the energy behind e-town is it’s host and hostess, Nick and Helen Forester. They are both talented in their own right: Nick is a n acclaimed guitar player who has collaborated with many other muscians, among them Boulder’s own Hot Rize. Helen has a golden voice, and she sings and announces on the show. This talented host and hostess are professional, funny, talented, and run the show like a finely tuned Swiss knife. Their interviews are great, and you really get to learn about these famous artists through their interviews.
The shows are like old fastioned radio shows. They have popular performers who play, but who are intereviewed by Nick. Also, the show hosts authors, poets, politicians; a very diverse group of people. The tapings are really fun. They are most always at the Boulder Theater, a beautifully restored theater in downtown Boulder, but sometimes they have special tapings at Chataqua Auditorium in Boulder, or at Red Rocks Ampitheater, in Morrison. In addition to getting to be part of a live radio show, and getting to see how it gets put together, you get to hear some great music, listen to the artists tell stories, and just have a great time. At the end of the show all the artists, and the hosts, come out and sing for a musical grand finale. Everyone walks out smiling.
Community building is very important to e-town, and since 1991, e-town has presented it’s e-chievement award to groups and people who are making a difference in their coummunities. People call up and nominate people and organizations in their community, and winners are selected. Nick calls the weekly winners on the telephone, and presents the awards, and intereviews the recipients. The winners have reported that they get lots of attention from being on e-town, more people want to volunteer, contribute or use their services.
e-town has a great website, where they give information about upcoming shows, e-achievement winners, radio stations twhere you can hear the show, how to attend a show, and an archive of previous shows. The address is: http://www.etown.org,/
I know e-town is genuinely a team effort, with some paid employees and many volunteers, but the energy behind e-town is it’s host and hostess, Nick and Helen Forester. They are both talented in their own right: Nick is a n acclaimed guitar player who has collaborated with many other muscians, among them Boulder’s own Hot Rize. Helen has a golden voice, and she sings and announces on the show. This talented host and hostess are professional, funny, talented, and run the show like a finely tuned Swiss knife. Their interviews are great, and you really get to learn about these famous artists through their interviews.
The shows are like old fastioned radio shows. They have popular performers who play, but who are intereviewed by Nick. Also, the show hosts authors, poets, politicians; a very diverse group of people. The tapings are really fun. They are most always at the Boulder Theater, a beautifully restored theater in downtown Boulder, but sometimes they have special tapings at Chataqua Auditorium in Boulder, or at Red Rocks Ampitheater, in Morrison. In addition to getting to be part of a live radio show, and getting to see how it gets put together, you get to hear some great music, listen to the artists tell stories, and just have a great time. At the end of the show all the artists, and the hosts, come out and sing for a musical grand finale. Everyone walks out smiling.
Community building is very important to e-town, and since 1991, e-town has presented it’s e-chievement award to groups and people who are making a difference in their coummunities. People call up and nominate people and organizations in their community, and winners are selected. Nick calls the weekly winners on the telephone, and presents the awards, and intereviews the recipients. The winners have reported that they get lots of attention from being on e-town, more people want to volunteer, contribute or use their services.
e-town has a great website, where they give information about upcoming shows, e-achievement winners, radio stations twhere you can hear the show, how to attend a show, and an archive of previous shows. The address is: http://www.etown.org,/
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