Video News

In the below short video from 2006, OLLI members Roxanne Cramer, Manuel Pablo and Vera DeWeese tell how they heard about OLLI and what they like about our wonderful Institute. A Rod Zumbro movie.

THE SUBJECT OF ONE OLLI TRIP TALE WAS AN EGYPTIAN SIGHTSEEING TOUR. If you attended the class or have an interest in Egypt, you might like to view our video, "Egypt Highlights." This three-and-a-half-minute video is edited from a longer video made by the editor after a one-week visit to Egypt several years ago. You will see the pyramids and sphinx at Giza, the temple at Abu Simbel that was moved up 200 feet in the 1960s to avoid flooding, cruising the Nile River, temples in the Valley of the Queens and Karnak, and as a grand finale, the amazing treasures of King Tut that were discovered by Howard Carter in 1922 ("What do you see?" "I see wonderful things."). A Rod Zumbro movie.

TALLWOOD HOUSE IS NO MORE! Rod Zumbro braved the light snowfall Wednesday morning, February 22, 2006, to videotape scenes of the demolition of the building. This video gives you a brief glimpse of how Tallwood has looked for as long as OLLI has been located at Tallwood campus (since 1994), with Tallwood House standing tall amidst the big trees, and then shows how quickly a master heavy-equipment operator can tear down a large building. A Rod Zumbro movie.

IF YOU ENJOYED A PREVIOUS OLLI COURSE ON TURKEY OR TRIP TALE COVERING EPHESUS or if you are just interested in ancient Greece and Rome, you might enjoy our third installment of OLLI Video News, "Ancient Ephesus." Enjoy a video tour of the ancient city of Ephesus, located in southwestern Turkey. Walk the marble streets that Antony and Cleopatra walked more than 2,000 years ago. See the well-preserved ruins of the odeum (small theater), temples, public restrooms, Library of Celsus, agora (open market/gathering place) and amphitheater in a short movie set to classical music. This four-minute video is a shortened version of the Ephesus portion of a movie created by the editor after a trip several years ago to Greece and Turkey. A Rod Zumbro movie.

IF YOU ENJOYED A PREVIOUS OLLI COURSE ON TURKEY OR A TRIP TALE COVERING ISTANBUL or if you are just interested in Turkey, you might enjoy our second installment of OLLI Video News. In 5 1/2 minutes, experience "One Day in Istanbul," where you will see some of the famous sights of this exotic city -- including the Blue Mosque, Hagia Sofia and Topkapi Palace. This video is a shortened version of the Istanbul portion of a movie created after a trip several years ago to Greece and Turkey. A Rod Zumbro movie.

INSTALLMENT #1 OF OLLI VIDEO NEWS is a three-minute video of the OLLI Holiday Party at the Fairfax Country Club in December 2005. Watch Palmer McGrew and David Mason in "Who's on First?" and Thelma Weiner, Manuel Pablo and Gordon Canyock in costume, among other highlights. A Rod Zumbro movie.