Ever wanted to be a travel show host? It was GREAT!

When asked to spice up the promotional video for the State of Ohio and Columbus Ohio to help bring people to a large annual show I said......"Baby...It's SHOWTIME!"

With a VERY tight time frame (one week from start to finish - seriously) I needed to call in some people I could trust. Enter John Page of Page Tech LTD - as my Director and Columbus Ohio production company. Working with Experience Columbus was wonderful! They gave me the seven places they wanted to highlight and literally three days later we had the entire project shot and ready to go to editing. Hats off to the editing team who literally worked around the clock to make 9 hours of tape and b-role down to the 10 minutes you now see.

Funnest part: Having the "Civit" at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium climb from the caretaker to my shoulders looking for more banana,. SHARP CLAWS - but very funny.

Toughest Part: Wearing the floral apron at the Gahanna Herb Center and having to stare into the sun on multiple occasions as we shot this so quick and didn't have budget for a full crew (meaning no one to hold that big silver thing you see to block the sun for me...it's the little things huh?)

What I learned: (1) The we have two of the top rated attractions in the country - Columbus Zoo and Aquarium and COSI. Both are awesome! (2) How cool the Ohio Historical Center is (3) That I can make some GREAT tea!

Hope you enjoy the brief film and you get a nice laugh from it!

Jon as an Irish Dancer...

I really am trying to keep this up to date...promise. I thought I would share this. I was recently asked to help with the tourism commissions of Ohio and Columbus to act as their spokesperson to promote unique experiences that you can have while in Central Ohio. We filmed for two straight days at seven different local venues and had a ball. Hats off to the incredible Video Production team in Columbus from Page Tech LTD. Simply Amazing!

Check out the blog. I will post the footage when I get the final version, but here was a quick blog I saw from the Dublin CVB.

Yes - I went to an Irish Academy of Dance! One of the top in North America to be exact. The Richens Timm Academy of Irish Dance. Now....you didn't just think I would sit by and watch did you!

No go forth and see what YOU can do to Bore No More!