A McLam Type Vacation

Posted on Mar 5, 2011 in Family This is a short video I made for the family of our recent winter vacation – just a rendezvous at my parent’s house in Vermont and a few days loving the outdoors.   A McLam Type Vacation from Laura McLam on...
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Courageous Winter Sailing

Posted on Jan 12, 2011 in Freelance Courageous Winter Sailing from Laura McLam on Vimeo. Frostbite Racing happens 16 Saturdays during the winter at Courageous Sailing Center in Charlestown. 24 teams brave the weather and compete in these weekly races held at one of the few places that offers year-round sailing in New...
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What will the future bring?

Posted on Dec 17, 2010 in 'Real' Vermonters Our working landscape, our future. Check out this article and the discussion that follows in the VT Digger.
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Mongolian Dance at the Kwong Kow School

Posted on Dec 15, 2010 in Freelance Thanks to Patch Charlestown, last weekend I had the pleasure of filming a group of young dancers rehearse a Mongolian dance routine at the Kwong Kow Chinese School in Chinatown. Mongolian Dance at the Kwong Kow School from Laura McLam on...
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Christmas in Vermont at the Turn of the Century

Posted on Dec 9, 2010 in 'Real' Vermonters Over 35 years ago when she was a undergraduate at the University of Vermont my mother did a series of audio interviews with old time Vermonters who were born around the turn of century.  These rural farmers and shopkeepers grew up before electricity using horse drawn carriages for transportation.  In the clip below these ‘real’ Vermonters talk about what the Holidays were like when...
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Ode to Fall

Posted on Nov 7, 2010 in 'Real' Vermonters A little tribute to my favorite season. Ode to Fall from Laura McLam on Vimeo.
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Hunting as Conservation?

Posted on Nov 1, 2010 in 'Real' Vermonters ‘Conversation’ as an ideology has become so tied to the environmentalist movement that it can be hard for some people to think of hunting as anything but killing animals.  Yet hunting is an essential part of wildlife resource management.  One example is the Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration Program: “a system where by taxes are paid on firearms, ammunition and archery...
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Fall in Vermont

Posted on Sep 23, 2010 in 'Real' Vermonters Here’s a video from VermontVaction.com promoting Vermont’s fall foliage.  I will be filming some of the fall season myself but I don’t have access to a helicopter to get these great aerial shots.  It’s also interesting to think of how something as basic as change of season is promoted in a place where the economy depends on...
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