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Two New Videos Show Off Darien as Part of the Fundraising Push for Stadium Lights

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Here are two videos recently promoted by the Darien Athletic Foundation as part of its campaign to raise $750,000 to get permanent lights installed this spring for Darien High School sports games. One, posted Jan. 21, is a 2 minute, 22 second-long video by Chris Bilby, an intern with the foundation. It’s titled “Blue Wave Superfans 2017” and opens with scenes of Weed Beach from the air and goes on to remind the viewer how much joy and energy Darien sports fans have at games:

An earlier video, posted on YouTube on Jan. 19, is longer (7 minutes, 19 seconds) and features both scenes of night practices and day games, with coaches and athletes briefly talking about how important it is to them to have night games:

The video has already been shown at at least one fundraising event.

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Three DHS Students Win League of Women Voters Video Contest Promoting Voting

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Two Darien High School students won first place (and $125 each), and a third was named a second-place winner in a video contest to promote voting and sponsored by the Darien League of Women Voters. The two students whose videos tied for first place are Tyler Stimpson and Forrest Lazzara. Kody Schutzman’s video placed third. Here are the videos from the contest and the Darien LVW’s announcement Monday on its website:

Today the Darien League of Women Voters announced the winners of High School video competition.  Students were challenged to create a 30 second video PSA (public service announcement) about the importance of voting. Submissions were judged on three categories: adherence to message about the importance of voting, video quality and overall communication effectiveness.