Birthday of Bahá’u’lláh celebrated in Glenfield

To the Parish Council Hall in Glenfield, Leicestershire, this evening, to join city and county Bahá'ís in celebrating the Birthday of Bahá’u’lláh, founder and central figure of the Bahá'í Faith. We're not quite sure where we're going and neither is the taxi driver. Having driven the length of Stamford Street once, then turning round at the bottom only to drive all the way back up again,we ask him to stop and let us out so that we can ask directions in one of the shops. After several minutes up hill and down dale, we find the venue, which is set well back from the main road and not terribly well lit or signed. We arrive just as the devotional part of the meeting is ending.

This is the first outing for the Flip video camera and I'm at a bit of a loss what to film at first. I settle on the format of talking heads, interviewing five of the friends here - Aramesh, Jan, Khaze, Mateen, Rita - about this occasion (with some of them, I use the Council of Faiths Bahá'í banner as a backdrop). This seems promising; an adaptable format, in which being rough and ready will look live a virtue (I hope). I might be better at cinema verite than aiming at something more polished. Back at home, I launch a YouTube channel for Leicester Council of Faiths, with these five being the first things uploaded to it.

See these first videos posted to the Council of Faiths YouTube channel:
http://www.youtube.com/user/counciloffaiths#grid/user/FEA51F841560D18B