Trip to Heber

I had a wonderful nine days in Utah June 2-10. I spent 26 hours re-recording and re-editing "Up From The Hills", the audio book. It's done now! Hoorah! I will now produce and package it and get it out. It should go public sometime in July. I'll let you know.

After I finished the recording, I previewed to a group of critics in Bountiful, Mon., June 9. Then Tuesday morning I made all the changes they suggested (well, most of them :) That night I played it for 19 people in Heber, many of whom knew Cory and had read the book many times. The bonus was to meet the family who now owns Cory's house. They have really restored it nicely AND they came to the "unveiling" of the audio book. They of course own a book of their own and thoroughly enjoyed hearing it.

The most common reaction is that even though they've read it many times, hearing it dramatized in audio made it come alive, as if they were hearing it for the first time.

I also had a nice visit with Kip Cullimore, Cory's nephew, who allowed me to record some tremendous Cory stories to use in the next phase, the expanded book.

Speaking of which, now that the tape is well under way, I can now focus on the book. It will include the original book, enhanced with news stories, testimonials, relevant facts, etc. Then it will fill in the rest of his life from the end of the book in 1921 to his death in 1955.

One of the participants in the "debut" playing of the book was the owner of the Heber radio station. She invited me to come on the air to promote it, which I'm going to do next Monday, June 23. See the next blog entry for that.

Again, I would appreciate any information or stories you have. I'm told that there were recordings made of some of Cory's local lectures. I'm hoping someone will come forward with those!

John
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