Building the Bandshell with John Foreman

Musician, carpenter and woodsman, John Foreman gets commissioned to build the town bandshell for the town of Bancroft, Ontario using broadaxe hand-hewing techniques passed down from generations.

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• John
• Foreman
• Bancroft
• Ontario
• bandshell
• Lester
• Alfonso
• broadaxe
• hand-hewing

[bjarkib]

I´ve been watching some of your videos and I think this is the best one of them because the story is well constructed.I have recently gotten fascinated with documentaries (especially, Errol Morris, Werner Herzog, Albert Maysles and Rob Epstein)so I was wondering if you are studying documentry film making?

[originalplastic]

thanks for the comment.. I am a student of filmmaking always.. I'm learning everyday. And I like to watch how others make their films. I'm learning on the job always. Sometimes I don't want to tell quite a traditional story and sometimes go for something I call "ambient / non-fiction."

[theperfectpencil]

Great work Lester...nice story.

[originalplastic]

cheers man.

:-)

[f4fwildcatpilot]

LOL - i thought this had to do with switchfoot

[andrij66]

Yeee Hooo!!!! They're CanEHdian!!!!!! Eh?

[singingbabe26]

I live in Bancroft and I love the Bandshell it's awesome.. LOL And beautiful too.. It was nice to hear the story behind it

[jenniesovie1]

grandpa wilbert <3 love and miss you so much xoxx :(

[BrightLySinging4GOD]

Definitely still standing lol thanks for sharing us the history of building the bandshell

[Kataraamma]

Ya Bancroft that thing is still standing to!!!