During ReadQuest 2008, our summer reading program, 33 teens participated in the first TeenTube Challenge.
During the Challenge, the Library teamed up with CET and Time Warner Cable to inspire teens to bring their creative ideas to the big screen and cable access stations (Media Bridges, Waycross Community Media, Norwood Community Television, and Anderson Community Television) led video production workshops for the teens. The budding young directors then worked in small groups to create their own videos about “How the Library Entertains My Brain” or “Why I Love the Library.”
All the videos aired on Fountain Square’s LED video board during a TeenTube Challenge Premiere Party on July 12. Following the premiere, FOX 19’s Jack Atherton, who judged the entries, announced the winners of the Challenge and presented them with their awards on the “Red Carpet”!
First Place: Team Waycross #4
From left, FOX 19’s Jack Atherton presents Alex and Justin Bergquist and Joshua Smith from Team Waycross #1 with first place at the July 12th Premiere Party on Fountain Square. The teens produced their winning video “I Love My Library” during Waycross Community Media’s Summer Video Camp and took home gift certificates to Graeter’s Ice Cream and Target.
- Watch their “I Love My Library” video on YouTube
2nd Place: Team Brain Camp
Jack Atherton presents Team Brain Camp members, from left, Miranda Birch, Sedamsville; Darrell Portis (with little brother), Westwood; Amrian Johnson, Westwood; Nia McKenney, College Hill; and Nisa Muhammad, North College Hill with second place. The teens produced their video “Entertain Your Brain!!!” during Brain Camp in the Main Library's Homework Central and took home gift certificates to Graeter’s Ice Cream and Target.
- Watch their “Entertain Your Brain!!!” video on YouTube
3rd Place: Team Treehuggers
Jack Atherton poses with, from left, Arielle Gladish, her big sister Alexis, and their friend Alyssa Harper from “Team Treehuggers” at the TeenTube Challenge Premiere Party on Fountain Square. The girls’ video placed third in the TeenTube Challenge, earning them gift certificates to Graeter’s Ice Cream and Target. “Team Treehuggers” shot their video at the Norwood Branch Library and put it together with help from Norwood Community Television.
- Watch their video on YouTube
Honorable Mention
Jack Atherton, poses with members of Team Supercrew, from left, Calvin Taylor and Denzale and Marquess Foggie (not pictured Cody Chism). The teens’ video received honorable mention in the TeenTube Challenge, earning them gift certificates to Graeter’s Ice Cream.
- Watch their video on YouTube
Other honorable mention winners:
- Team Waycross #3: Elizabeth McDonough, Rachel Morgan, Jonah Scheie, and Kendiel Young
- Watch their video on YouTube
- Team Waycross #2: David Bryant, Saul Larkin, Marshal Finke and Micah Taylor
- Watch their video on YouTube
- Team Waycross #1: Jakia Evans, Grekia Evans and Alana Glover
- Watch their video on YouTube
