{"id":19845,"date":"2013-04-12T01:23:15","date_gmt":"2013-04-12T08:23:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/?p=19845"},"modified":"2013-04-12T02:25:46","modified_gmt":"2013-04-12T09:25:46","slug":"the-king-and-me-crowd-funding-campaign-dave-blackburn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/?p=19845","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;The King and Me&#8221; Crowd Funding Campaign (Dave Blackburn) * Update &#8211; Final hours &#8211; &#8217;til midnight Friday *"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p><strong>Editors note and update<\/strong>, April 5, 2013: Fifteen years ago Jeremy Spear&#8217;s award winning documentary film &#8220;Fastpitch&#8221;  was well received by the worldwide community of Men&#8217;s Fastball enthusiasts. Dave Blackburn is well known throughout fastpitch as an innovator of original ideas to help promote the sport. Dave is raising funds to produce a documentary film about fastpitch softball, using the IndieGoGo Crowd Funding platform. <\/p>\n<p><strong>His online campaign has one week left<\/strong>. If you would like to see the movie get made, then consider sharing Dave&#8217;s passion for the project, watch his video, and determine if you would like to donate. The home page for the campaign is at: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/igg.me\/at\/thekingandme\/x\/1669584\">http:\/\/igg.me\/at\/thekingandme\/x\/1669584<\/a><\/p>\n<p>It is always healthy for the sport to get as much exposure s possible. This film will go a long way to adding some much needed mainstream exposure for men fastpitch softball. <\/p>\n<p>Jim Flanagan, Editor, Fastpitchwest.com  <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><em>From Dave Blackburn<\/em><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4e3liN6WeYM\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>[February 26th 2013, Santa Monica, CA] &#8211; Today, Dave Blackburn launched the Crowd Funding Campaign, via the popular IndieGoGo.com platform. The objective of the campaign is to raise funds for the production of the proposed documentary film, &#8220;The King and Me&#8221;. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s been over 15 years since my former teammate Jeremy Spear, surprised the worldwide fastpitch community, when he produced the seminal documentary film for our sport, Fastpitch &#8211; The Movie&#8221;, said Dave Blackburn, Producer of &#8220;The King and Me.&#8221; Blackburn continued, &#8220;We plan to capture the rhythm, and the unique culture of the sport of Men&#8217;s fastpitch softball. The movie will delve into two of the longest running Internationally traveling American fastpitch softball clubs, The 65 year run of  The legendary King &#038; His Court team, and the 27 years and counting stretch run of Maccabi USA.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>There is a 4 minute video, and lots of other info at the Crowd Funding Campaign&#8217;s Home Page. <\/p>\n<p>Please view the video and hopefully you can donate and share the link on your own social networks. <\/p>\n<p>On the top tabs, there is also a media gallery of photos and videos related to The King &#038; Me&#8221; movie. <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n<strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.indiegogo.com\/projects\/the-king-and-me\/x\/1669584?c=home\">Click here for more information.<\/a><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>If you are passionate about Fastpitch softball, then you should donate and support the making of this movie. Day 1 of the Campaign went quite well with 21 individuals stepping up to the plate, and collectively pledging a total of $2,285. If this is the average daily pledge total for the 45 remaining days of the campaign, the total will just barely exceed the $100,000 goal, and the movie will be made. None of that will be possible without your help and participation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Update &#8211; Day 1<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n<em>From Dave Blackburn<\/em><\/p>\n<p>My deepest thanks to the 23 early funders who stepped up to the plate to get day 1 of my IndieGoGo Campaign a off to a successful start by totaling $2,535 in initial donations. <\/p>\n<p>If you haven&#8217;t visited the Campaign home, go to:<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/www.indiegogo.com\/projects\/the-king-and-me\/x\/1669584?c=home<\/p>\n<p>You can check out the 4 minute video about &#8220;The King and Me&#8221; documentary film project, or by clicking the &#8220;Gallery Tab&#8221; at the top of the page for online videos and stills regarding &#8220;The King &#038; His Court&#8221; and the Maccabi USA Fastpitch Softball Club. The perks of donating are also listed on the right side of the Campaign page.<\/p>\n<p>I invite you to join the donation team, and help make Day 2 even more successful than day 1. <\/p>\n<p>And please share the campaign page link with your social networks, by posting, sharing, tweeting, re-tweeting, etc. <\/p>\n<p>Finally, if you make, or have made a donation, be sure to send me an email with your mailing address so that when the Perks are distributed, I will know where to send yours. <\/p>\n<p>Cheers,<br \/>\nDave <\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Editors note and update, April 5, 2013: Fifteen years ago Jeremy Spear&#8217;s award winning documentary film &#8220;Fastpitch&#8221; was well received by the worldwide community of Men&#8217;s Fastball enthusiasts. Dave Blackburn is well known throughout fastpitch as an innovator of original ideas to help promote the sport. 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