An unpleasant experience…
Posted by justfred.ca on June 20th, 2007
We spent several hours on Monday and Tuesday evenings taking photos and videos of the FHS and Leo Hayes grads as they arrived for their respective proms - the social highlight of their high school years. You'll see hundreds of pictures and some videos of the events in the justFRED.ca galleries.
The events were held at the Delta Fredericton. And Monday evening went beautifully. But on Tuesday, someone let the dogs out and they came straight for us.
Why? It's hard to say.
Check out
http://www.justfred.ca/cmine/displayimage.php?album=128&pos=0">the video as Delta staff shoo us away, block our camera, and eventually drive us off the property.
According to the man in the electric blue tie, we didn't look enough like media for him, so he called in the police to stop us from filming. He said he was doing it 'for the kids...it's all for the kids." Somehow, that just didn't wash.
Would those be the same kids who seemed thrilled to have us take their pictures for the site and who've been coming to justFRED.ca by the hundreds to look at and download the free photos and videos we put online?
And it's not like the Delta didn't know we were coming. We called the hotel's marketing manager on Monday and left a detailed voice message about our plan which she's yet to answer.
We have justFRED stickers plastered all over our camera. We've been shooting events at the Delta for months, including the FHS prom parade the evening before.
If you have any idea what brought this on, by all means visit our
http://www.justfred.ca/contact_form.html">contacts form and send us a note. We'd love to know what you think.
Is it the Delta? Is it Leo Hayes? Our breath? Is a single photo in the local paper what the kids really want?
Cheers,
George
justFRED.ca
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