Two Sundays ago after the class I cast the vision for the Sunday Feast promotional video that we are making for the Internet (look out for www.sundayfeast.com, going live at the end of this week).

As a result of this call some people came forward, and now we have a video camera that we have the use of during the week. At the moment we are using it in the ashram to lift our game on giving class. This morning Channell spoke on Bhagavad-gita 9.27, using a microphone, and we taped it on digital video.

Now we do a review of the tape together and lift the game. This way everyone becomes familiar with the use of microphones, and being in the public eye. It’s all about losing your “self consciousness”, or actually about becoming really self conscious, and not hiding from what you really look and sound like.

I call it the “Learn to give class like a rock star” program. We’ve got to be bold for Krishna’s service: “A lion in the chase, and a lamb at home”, as Prabhupada characterized it.

I did a month at an academy for television and radio presenters in Peru, and this is how we did it there.

Channell is doing really good at learning to lead kirtan with the harmonium as well. She lead at the temple on Janmastami, and at the Sunday feast last week.

I’ve made a CD - “Basic Kirtans Volume 1″. It has two kirtans, each using only three chords, and potentially lasting over an hour each. Each has a string of different melodies which can be played using only the three chords. I am presently working on the song charts to go with the CD. I’m rehearsing with Shane, who plays bass, and Andy, who plays sax, clarinet and flute, so these resources are to help this project along.

I’ve uploaded the mp3s of the CD, and I’ll publish them along with the song charts as soon as I get the song charts finished.