Matt from WhereTheHellisMatt will be in Vancouver on September 5th!
I’m deliciously excited. As far as I’m concerned, he’s Living The Dream.
Hi folks
If you’re getting this email, you’ve either signed-up on my site to be notified or you’ve written to me and mentioned where you live. I’m finally coming to Canada to shoot clips for my new dancing video. This is an invitation to come out and join me.
The last video was about places. This one is about people. LOTS of people. So I’m not too concerned about the background; I just want a place where we can gather peaceably and dance badly without getting arrested.
No country in the world has sent as many emails about being included in the next video. I usually just go to one major city, but for Canada I’ll be visiting three. Here are the details:
Vancouver, BC – Wednesday, September 5th, dancing at 6pm at the Inukshuk
Sculpture near English Bay Park
Map: http://tinyurl.com/2l3skcToronto, ON – Sunday, September 9th, dancing at 3pm at HTO Park on the water
near the CN Tower
Map: http://tinyurl.com/2rregxMontreal, QC – Tuesday, September 11th, dancing at 6pm at Place des Arts
Map: http://tinyurl.com/36p6c2The images attached to this email show where to meet at each location.
I know a lot of you are nowhere near any of those places, but based on where most people are signing up from, those three make the most sense. Your country is enormous.
For folks willing to travel long distances, Craigslist.com has a ride share page for all three cities. Those offering rides and those in need of rides can go there. We recommend including “Where the Hell is Matt” in the title of your post so people can search more easily. Here are the ride share
pages:Vancouver: http://vancouver.craigslist.org/rid/
Toronto: http://toronto.craigslist.org/rid/
Montreal: http://montreal.craigslist.org/rid/Please reply to this email if you plan to attend and let us know how many people you think you’ll be bringing. It’ll help to give us an idea of how many to expect.
If you can’t make any of these locations, but you can reach US locations like Chicago, Boston, or New York, let us know and we’ll send you the appropriate invite.
Boring details below. Read no further if you can’t make it:
Please print out the attached release form and sign it ahead of time, if possible. If you don’t have a printer, please come early so we can give you a copy to sign.
We’ll also need to take a photo of each participant before the dance and attach it to the release form so we can identify everyone in the video.
If you are under 18, you MUST be accompanied by a parent or guardian who can sign the release form and be photographed with you. Sorry, but those are the rules I have to follow in order to use the footage. The good news is that my sponsor is making a donation to charity for each person who signs up and dances with me.
Feel free to invite friends to come with you. Just make sure everyone is okay with signing the release form.
When you get to the spot, look for the guy who looks like the guy in the dancing video. Just come on over and say hello.
It’ll take some time to process each person, so depending on how many show up, we may have to stop accepting forms at some point and shoot the video. Please come early as we expect to have a lot of people to sign in.
The whole thing shouldn’t take more than 10 minutes to shoot. We’ll set up the shot, dance for about 15 seconds, do it once more for good measure, and then try a couple fun variations.
Dance however you want.
I can’t guarantee that the clip we shoot will end up in the final video.
There’ll be a lot of footage to choose from and some of it will not be used.You’re welcome to bring your own camera. After the shoot, I’ll stick around for pictures and stuff. I’m happy to dance with you in your own picture/video, so don’t be afraid to ask.
We’re planning to put the final video up on the internet on June 21st, 2008.
It’s a long way away, I know, but I’ve got a lot of traveling to do.I look forward to dancing badly with you!
-Matt and Melissa
