European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 5, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Monday decembers 1988 the stars and stripes kids earn videotaping from a of z by Crystal Laurean stuff writer Heidelberg West Germany the camera zooms in on the Star As she begins her lip sync of to Heutle song. The cast in the background continues 10 chatter unlit he director starts waving his arms the Cue for synchronized dance Steps the number is soon Over and the image on the prompter fades to Black. Of a to minute of break then we do in again yells the director. Again. Was t that Good enough the City in t Hollywood and he place in t a movie studio. This scene is the Heidelberg elementary school music room. The cast and Crew Are fourth and fifth Grade students but in this music room it s not unusual to find youngsters with Story boards and scripts filming edit ing dubbing or making video credits on a word processor. The Young creators arc in the super singers a extracurricular class for third fourth and fifth Grad arc. The class produces about seven videos each kids use part of their to min ulc lunch break to build props. Work on the scenes and rehearse. Filming ii reserved for after school meetings. And they Only get in ret said music teacher Van Edwards. After thai they lose their concentration and get bored with the experience has taught the students that a simple Side Ward glance or a Roll of the eyes becomes a major Looper on film. It also has taught them that being a Star is not All it s cracked up to be. I think i be shattered some dreams about being a child Star Edwards said now they realize hat even Michael j. Fox has to do scenes Over and Over the video productions Range from docudrama adaptations to pint size versions of top 40" music videos. Their version of Pink Cadillac won the class 200 German Narki about is 17, in a recent German video contest the current project of the claw is chocolate in mys Locking the Story of a Little girl whose Only wish is to find chocolate and other edible Goodie in her stocking on Christmas morning. Impatiently wailing in line to till Santa Claus her wish she daydreams and sings. Like most of the videos chocolate was filmed in stages Edwards said. The music Irack. Sung by Jan Aadams was recorded a Day Erik a so thac dining the filming she could lip sync Hie words. To get the inserts of the chocolate goodies an additional filming Day at the Pom Exchange was required. The children also share the non Pii Light jobs such As sound Engineer camera operator and cast extras Edwards said. That Way they gel a feeling for All of inc i m glad i be already Heen in a video said " Ink Cadillac Star Kerry Barber Iho did the filming for chocolate turning her head toward the cast on stage she said. I m glad i Don t have to do thai any-More.". Page 9 education Heidelberg elementary school i feb Srader Kerry Barber 10, keeps an Eye on la videotape Monitor As she films chocolate a my blocking a production of the Young super Sis in Stltt d. Members of cast and Crew watch the first Lake being replayed. They Are from left in turn Johnson 10 Jill Quick 10 Erin Kochaner wit ii Audrey r. No Wrann 10 Jennifer Snook 9 teacher Van Edwards and Jana Adams 11. U.s., soviet students trading places Washington Ai i up to 15 students from each of .10 . High schools will Trade monthlong classroom visits with counter skirts in the soviet Union Early next year a education consortium has announced. Soviet students will trave to the unit. De Stales in january and he americans will head to the soviet Union in March in the first round of a program rooted in agreements signed by president Ria Sanami general Secretary Mohai Gorba Chev at Pic. Summit last May. The youngsters will live with one another s families and Trade classroom visits during Normal vacation periods at their. Home schools. Simitar exchanges arc planned for at least two additional years. The program involves Public and Pri vate schools from .19. Stales with the . Side jointly administered by the american Council of russian the National association of secondary school principals and sister cities International. The participating schools were selected in a National Competition on inc basis of Overall academic excellence availability of advanced Kussian Lan Guage instruction prospects for devel Oping local funding and a commitment10 Mier National Mudies the consortium said in an announcement tuesday when you Lalk about International relations you re talking about More than just governments you re talking about people said. Lisa Cooper a senior at. Bethesda Chevy Chase High school in Maryland. We re really excited because in about 90 Days we will be going to live with soviet families and attend soviet schools he 17-year-old Cooper told re porters at a news conference announcing the program rids Are kids everywhere and poli tics Are not their first priority said an-,1. Thony Mustillo 17, who will be making his second visit to the soviet Union. Mustillo a fourth year russian language student Al technical High school Insulat Nisland n.v., said he found soviet students More adept at the opposite language than americans. But he said the soviets want to know about american culture so they Are. Patient with their counterparts. Nancy Powell principal of the maty land High school Cooper attends said the biggest Challenge for further american participation in inc program is the need to find schools with Kun russian language i think we need to recognize that we. Have to communicate with the world said Powell who also expressed Hope that the program eventually will Lead p a real sharing of curriculum and 1 the United slates information Agency has provided approximately $1 Mil lion in seed Money for the program which will continue Al least i rec years said project director Dati Davidson. The soviet Union s committee for Public education will pay All expenses for the russian student Vladimir Lukashiw head of the com Mittee s department for cooperation with capitalist countries said through an interpreter a link this program is result of per Stroika and glasnost the Reforno policies being developed tinder Gorbachev
