September 21, 2025 • 28 mins
On this episode of the El paso Public Forum:
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Segment 1: Star Central 48.
Amber Banda interviews Gilbert Jorgenson, President, and Jennifer Cedillo, Executive Director for Star Central 48. "Star Central 48 is a 48-hour film contest where filmmakers—both general and student-level—have just two days to write, shoot, and edit a short film." Competition is Oct 17-19, registration open now! You can register at starcentral48.com
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Listen to learn more about the competition and about Star Central Learning Center, helping students in all aspects of the film industry.
Segment 2: Aimgo Airsho
Amber Banda interviews Vianey Esparza, Director of Marketing for the Amigo Airsho. did you know the Amigo Airsho is a nonprofit? They provide aviation focused classes and scholarships for youth in our communiy and of course, the Amigo Airsho!
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It's back again this year on October 18-19. This year their will be shows by the U.S. Air Force Viper F-16 Demo Team and the Patriots Jet Team, the pink jet from Flyred Arrow will be there promoting breast cancer awareness, and plenty to do on the ground as well including military vehicle displays, Maverick movie photo ops, food, music, vendors, free water and water refill stations, and more.
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For more information go to amigoairsho.com
Segment 3: CVMA 23-2 Bike Night for Boobs Scavenger Hunt!
Amber Banda interviews Scoop, Public Relations Officer for CVMA 23-2, and Dixie, auxiliary. CVMA 23-2 auxiliary is having a "Bike Night for Boobs Scavenger Hunt" to raise funds for veterans who are victims of breast cancer and their families.
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Saturday, September 27th, registration starts at 2pm at The Yard. Registration is $15, and from there you will be given more "clues" on the next stop. Although this event is biker oriented, all are welcome to help with this cause. Final/ end stop will be American Legion 58 in Northeast El Paso, (4724 Vulcan Ave). There will be some amazing raffles, food, music, and more.
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For more information find them on Facebook (Combat Veterans Motorcycle Association Chapters 23-2 El Paso) or look for the flyer on the Facebook page for the El Paso Motorcycle Coaltion.
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Segment 1: Star Central 48.
Amber Banda interviews Gilbert Jorgenson, President, and Jennifer Cedillo, Executive Director for Star Central 48. "Star Central 48 is a 48-hour film contest where filmmakers—both general and student-level—have just two days to write, shoot, and edit a short film." Competition is Oct 17-19, registration open now! You can register at starcentral48.com
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Listen to learn more about the competition and about Star Central Learning Center, helping students in all aspects of the film industry.
Segment 2: Aimgo Airsho
Amber Banda interviews Vianey Esparza, Director of Marketing for the Amigo Airsho. did you know the Amigo Airsho is a nonprofit? They provide aviation focused classes and scholarships for youth in our communiy and of course, the Amigo Airsho!
.
It's back again this year on October 18-19. This year their will be shows by the U.S. Air Force Viper F-16 Demo Team and the Patriots Jet Team, the pink jet from Flyred Arrow will be there promoting breast cancer awareness, and plenty to do on the ground as well including military vehicle displays, Maverick movie photo ops, food, music, vendors, free water and water refill stations, and more.
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For more information go to amigoairsho.com
Segment 3: CVMA 23-2 Bike Night for Boobs Scavenger Hunt!
Amber Banda interviews Scoop, Public Relations Officer for CVMA 23-2, and Dixie, auxiliary. CVMA 23-2 auxiliary is having a "Bike Night for Boobs Scavenger Hunt" to raise funds for veterans who are victims of breast cancer and their families.
.
Saturday, September 27th, registration starts at 2pm at The Yard. Registration is $15, and from there you will be given more "clues" on the next stop. Although this event is biker oriented, all are welcome to help with this cause. Final/ end stop will be American Legion 58 in Northeast El Paso, (4724 Vulcan Ave). There will be some amazing raffles, food, music, and more.
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For more information find them on Facebook (Combat Veterans Motorcycle Association Chapters 23-2 El Paso) or look for the flyer on the Facebook page for the El Paso Motorcycle Coaltion.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Welcome to El Paso Public Forum, a weekly half hour
public affairs presentation of iHeartRadio El Paso for over twenty years,
featuring local news and interviews of interest to our listeners
in West Texas and southern New Mexico. All views and
opinions expressed on this program are those of the host
and guest, and not necessarily those of iHeartRadio Management and
now El Paso Public Forum.
Speaker 2 (00:21):
Welcome back to the El Paso Public Forum. I am
your host, Amber Banda, and today we have Jennifer Sivio.
Speaker 3 (00:29):
She is the executive.
Speaker 2 (00:30):
Director for Star Central Studios. Jennifer, thank you so much
for being back with us today.
Speaker 3 (00:35):
Hi am Ver, good to see you.
Speaker 2 (00:36):
Good to see you too. We also have Gilbert Jorgensen.
He is the president of Star Central Studios Learning Center. Gilbert,
thank you for being here with us today as well well.
Thanks for having me appreciate it of course, so I
always love having you all in the station. You all
have something really creative and fun to do. But before
we get onto this event that we're going to be
talking about for Star Central forty eight, Gilbert, I'm going
(00:58):
to ask you first Stares Central Studios. It is the
Learning center is a nonprofit. What is this organization? What's
the mission?
Speaker 4 (01:06):
Or our mission is to ultimately have people to work
in the film industry without having to leave to a
bigger city.
Speaker 3 (01:12):
Yeah, keep it here and El Paso. That's right exactly.
Speaker 4 (01:15):
And we have a lot of equipment that we use
our for our for profit business, and we lend all
those resources to the nonprofit. So it's the stuff they
use on the two hundred million dollar movies and the
same equipment they use industry standard equipment. So students don't
have access to those things in their school or their university,
so they have an opportunity to get their hands on it,
learn it. And so when things come into town, movies,
(01:38):
TV shows, documentaries, they do call me to rent equipment
to my for profit and they do ask for recommendations
for you know, production assistants, grips, you know, what have you.
And the kids are trained and they get to work
in the film industry.
Speaker 2 (01:52):
Cool. And you know, I've talked with you specifically on
this show at least a couple of times, but I've
never asked you what got you into this, what sparked
creating this organization?
Speaker 4 (02:03):
Well, we have an advertised agency and a big video
production company. So that's kind of our day job. And
through those means, were able to acquire like all the
national quality equipment because we do national spots and documentaries
and you know, the filmmakers, I started renting out to them.
(02:25):
I think it was about twenty one, and I realized
that there was a need that the filmmakers didn't have
a lot of resources. So then we just made it official.
Started it's called a rental house, even though it's not
a house, it's where you rent equipment if you're a filmmaker.
We started doing that and we realized that as we
had a chicken and egg problem. You know, we didn't
(02:45):
have any major productions here because we didn't have the resources,
right resources, because we didn't have any major productions here. Yeah, exactly,
So at some point we had to break that cycle
and provide the resources necessary to produce high quality TV shows,
independent films and what have you. So we have all
the ingredients now in al Paso. So now, so it's
(03:07):
a matter of just training people, getting the next generation going,
putting all Passo on the map. Because the film industry
is not Hollywood centric anymore. It's people in every major
city across the world produces films for freeming companies mostly
and I'll Passo is no exception.
Speaker 3 (03:27):
That's yeah, that's awesome, Jennifer.
Speaker 2 (03:30):
What kind of impact have you seen this have on
our community, like having that available to filmmakers and people
that are doing this type of work.
Speaker 5 (03:38):
The number one thing that I've seen is retention from talent.
Speaker 6 (03:42):
They are staying in.
Speaker 5 (03:43):
Al Paso, like Gilbert said, and we're able to keep
them here, keep the stories here. That's probably the number
one thing because there's so much history and diversity here
in al Paso, and the cost of entry to get
into film can be quite extensive for most people.
Speaker 6 (03:58):
So using our center as a.
Speaker 5 (04:00):
Resource, they able to use the equipment, have the mentorship
with our instructors and our teachers that work every day
in the field of film in media and really help
shepherd them so that they can tell their stories with
the right equipment and have them own their skills so
that when they're ready to take on larger projects, they're ready.
Speaker 6 (04:18):
They're absolutely ready.
Speaker 3 (04:19):
It breaks that barrier.
Speaker 2 (04:20):
They have the talent, they just don't have the equipment,
you know, And it's a shame for people to not
know about their stories and see their creativity and see
what's going on inside their head just because they can't
have access to that, and you all help with that bear.
Speaker 3 (04:32):
I think that's fantastic.
Speaker 5 (04:33):
A lot of people think that film it's just a hobby,
but there are people here and I'll pass so that work.
Every day in the film industry. Films are being produced here.
Every single day, there's something that's coming through, albeit for
advertising purposes or for marketing purposes, documentaries, PSAs, commercials, interviews.
Our industry is just as viable as anything else. And
(04:54):
as Gilbert said, it's about keeping the talent and finding
them roles within that industry.
Speaker 2 (05:00):
Yeah, no, that's that's that's awesome. I love what you
guys do. And right now, what we want to talk
about Star Central forty eight. Jennifer, I'm going to start
with you again. What is Star Central forty eight.
Speaker 5 (05:11):
Start Central forty eight is our first film competition. It's
open to the storyteller in all of us. So if
you're a student, if you like to do things as
a hobby, if you're a filmmaker, you can enter this competition.
Speaker 3 (05:23):
You have two days to.
Speaker 5 (05:24):
Really kind of get your creativity going. We're going to
give you a prompt. We're going to give you a
little bit of a direction on what to do, but
that's it. You're going to write, shoot, direct, edit, cast,
get all of your yeah, get your crew together, and
come up with a film that and you have an
opportunity to win cash and prices.
Speaker 3 (05:41):
Oh okay, so Star Central forty eight forty eight hours.
Speaker 2 (05:45):
So these people have to write, shoot, and edit a
short film. So you're going to give them a prompt.
It's not just whatever they choose, correct, Yeah, just a.
Speaker 4 (05:52):
Little bit of guidance. So you know, it's like you
have to have a clean xbox or you have to
say this line.
Speaker 3 (05:56):
Oh okay, cool, interesting.
Speaker 4 (05:58):
You know, make sure everything's original, and make sure nobody
cheats or anything.
Speaker 3 (06:01):
Yeah, exactly. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (06:02):
Make sure that they all have kind of like the
same guidelines. And who can participate? Is it open to everyone?
Speaker 4 (06:09):
We have two categories. There's a student in general, so
the general anybody can participate in the student categories specifically
for students. And difference in prizes is the general wins
cash prizes and the students win regular prizes.
Speaker 6 (06:23):
What are regular prizes?
Speaker 4 (06:25):
You don't like electronics?
Speaker 7 (06:26):
Oh?
Speaker 3 (06:27):
Nice?
Speaker 2 (06:27):
Okay, okay, like more like in kind donation type. Oh
that's awesome. So, I mean you were talking earlier Jennifer
about it. It's not just film, it's not just for fun,
like there's purpose behind it. So for Star Central forty eight,
why is this important? Like what impact will this have
on the community.
Speaker 5 (06:42):
This is a great opportunity for people to tell their
stories and to really highlight the filmmakers in the area.
There's a lot of people that create content every single
day and it gets buried, you know, it never comes
to lines, and this is an opportunity for them to come.
Speaker 3 (06:59):
To the forefront.
Speaker 5 (07:00):
Every dollar that we raise through donations, sponsorships, or grant
always goes back into the program. So this is just
to give them more visibility. You know, the film arts
is a pretty new art form. We don't know where
it's going to take shape. Yes, it's only been around
for but one hundred and twenty five years, so we
don't know what direction it's going to go into. So
it's kind of nice to see these filmmakers get their
(07:22):
break and see what they can come up with creatively
within you know, forty eight hours. So our goal is
to really bring visibility to these stories. Somebody might have
a different perspective. Somebody might want to, you know, talk
about things that are happening today in the modern world.
And other people might want to do like a Western,
somebody might want to do a horror films, different genres.
Somebody might want to do a romantic comedy. So it's
(07:43):
just kind of nice to see the vibrancy of the
filmmakers and what they come up with when they're prompted
with only forty eight hours to come up with something.
Speaker 2 (07:51):
Yeah, and sometimes pressure actually builds something better because you
have that deadline. And again, there's so much talent here
and I'll pass so and you all, you guys specifically
have helped me see that. Like, I'm just amazed at
what Alpasso has. The day of the competition is October
seventeenth through the nineteenth. Registration is open right now go
to Star Central forty eight dot com. Gilbert and Jennifer,
(08:12):
thank you so much for being here with me today.
Speaker 6 (08:14):
Thank you, Thank you.
Speaker 5 (08:15):
Amber.
Speaker 2 (08:20):
Welcome to the Alpaso Public Forum. I am your host,
Amber Banda, and today very exciting we have Vna Esparsa.
She is the director of marketing for Amigo Air Show VNA.
Thank you for talking with us today.
Speaker 7 (08:33):
Thank you for having me Amber.
Speaker 2 (08:34):
Of course, So Amigo air Show, it took a little hiatus.
It was gone for about twelve years. It came back
finally last year in twenty twenty four. Now, this Amigo
Air Show, I had no idea was actually a nonprofit.
Can you tell us a little bit more about the
organization itself? Sure, And that's a great question.
Speaker 7 (08:52):
At Amber, I think a lot of people don't know
that we are a nonprofit. Most people think we're like
an annual event that just comes like for the for
that weekend and we're gone. But now we're actually a
nonprofit and so we have a little bit more year round.
Speaker 3 (09:08):
Aside from from planning the show.
Speaker 7 (09:11):
One of the things that we really focus on is
steam initiatives, and I think that's something that's relatively new
in the airshow industry, you know, talking a few years,
but it definitely really wasn't around when air show first started.
Speaker 3 (09:25):
So that's one of the things we focus on.
Speaker 7 (09:27):
Education STEAM, trying to get younger generations a little bit
more interested in aviation and aerospace and just kind of
pursue those careers. So we do have several programming that
we do around that. One of the things that we're
actually trying to work towards to launch next year is
an all girls Steam Academy for high school girls. And
(09:48):
so we can already pilot a little bit this year
with some activities working with some of the local high schools,
but that's definitely something that we're trying to fully launch
into next year.
Speaker 3 (09:59):
That is so cool.
Speaker 2 (10:00):
So you'll basically, you know, like when the schools are
saying we have this initiative coming, it's a mego air
show is coming with these steam activities, and you said
it was for females in high school, like for next year.
Speaker 7 (10:12):
Yes, whatever our programs is, it's our Fly Flight Higher
Seam Academy. But we also have our Blueprint to Your Future,
which is open to every high school student in the area.
And those are more like quarterly speaker series programming that
we're doing. So this year we had one at Warrigo's
(10:32):
Air Museum. We invited Ginger Carrick Davis. She is actually
the first female Hispanic and that's a director and she's
a really great story So yeah, it was really cool
having her here and to speak to young girls and
you know, anybody young students trying to pursue those careers.
Speaker 2 (10:56):
That's awesome. Okay, so mego airshow. It's not just a
show that comes once year, back in I'll pass. So
it's actually a nonprofit that does stuff throughout the year.
And you know, there's something that I had read about
called the sky Bound Scholarship. Can you tell me a
little bit about that?
Speaker 7 (11:10):
Yes, absolutely, that is something also that we launched this year.
And so this year we were able to award eight
scholarships to eight local students trying to pursue pursue those careers.
And we did this and thanks to some of our
sponsors but also the community. One of the things that
(11:31):
we did last year during our ticket sales is people
where We're to donate to the scholarship while they were
purchasing their ticket. So thanks to that, we were able
to award about two scholarships just from people donating during
the ticket sales. So yeah, that's something that we definitely support,
you know, just higher education, and we do this with
(11:51):
the help of the community.
Speaker 2 (11:52):
Really, I'm so excited. Again I told you, and I'm
a little guilty about it, but I have not been
to the Amigo Air show.
Speaker 3 (11:58):
What I do.
Speaker 2 (11:59):
Remember is being a growing up. When I was younger,
I lived kind of like by Fort Bliss and I
during the Amigo Air Show, I would hear the planes
and the jets fly overhead, and I remember wanting to go.
For whatever reason, you know, they didn't take me. But
now I'm an adult, I got my own money. This
one one more question I had before we get into
the actual event. Do you work in conjunction with any
(12:21):
local organizations. I know you mentioned earlier, you know, the
Steam activities with the schools, but what about other aviation
organizations or anything like that.
Speaker 7 (12:29):
Yes, for sure, so actually very interesting airshow. We solely
rely on community partnerships. So anything that we do, it's
because we have solid partnerships with other nonprofits, but also
our corporate partners as well, so they're really the one
(12:50):
said help us, bring the show, bring the performers, bring
the ground activities, just keep those year round steam Steam
initiatives going. But yeah, definitely we partner a lot with
I mentioned earlier Warrego's Museum, who's also a nonprofit, so
they help us through those same initiatives. Red Arrow is
(13:12):
another of our partners aviation related, So yeah, anything that
we do is solely through our partners.
Speaker 3 (13:23):
Yeah awesome.
Speaker 2 (13:25):
And so if you're just joining us, I have Vna Espatisa,
director of Marketing for Amigo Air Show. That's without a
W by the way, so if you're trying to google them,
it's sho Amigo air Show. So now let's get into
the meat and potatoes. So the event Saturday and Sunday
Amigo Air Show for twenty twenty five October eighteenth through
(13:45):
the nineteenth. Tickets are on sale right now. And a
really cool part of this year's Amigo Air Show is
the Army's two hundred and fiftieth birthday celebration will be
a very important part of it. So Vna tell us
who are the headliners, what's going to happen not only
in the air, but on the ground as well.
Speaker 7 (14:02):
Absolutely so this year we have the US Air Force
F sixteen Viper Demo team. So it's a really cool
jet you know, you say you remember seeing the jets
flying by, That's what That's what we're having this year.
And in addition, we also have a private jet team
which is a Patriots Jet team. They do do this
really cool red, white and blue.
Speaker 3 (14:23):
Patriotic like the smoke that comes up behind us.
Speaker 7 (14:26):
Yes, oh cool, Yeah, very fitting for the Army is
to fiftieth birthday, and so yeah, it's a it's a
private jet team. However, the pilots are actually retired Blue Angels, Thunderbirds,
some Snowbirds in there.
Speaker 3 (14:38):
So there were just.
Speaker 7 (14:39):
Pilots who liked it so much that they were like, hey,
we want to keep doing it. So they created this
jet team and they're coming down to All Past and
they actually don't usually do shows.
Speaker 3 (14:50):
This far southwest.
Speaker 7 (14:52):
They usually do like California area, but they were like, okay,
we'll do.
Speaker 3 (14:56):
It for Olpasas.
Speaker 2 (14:57):
And I think a big part of correct me if
i'm and maybe you might not be too sure yourself,
but I think a big selling point for them would
be that we are a military community. And again, the
Amigo Are show is very closely tied with the military,
so that could have been like, hey, you know, we
have a big fan base there. I guess you could
call them.
Speaker 7 (15:14):
Yeah, absolutely, and you know, Fort Bliss is actually really
important part of our community. So definitely, I think that's
a probably a key component to it. And just talking
a little bit about we were talking about the organization earlier.
One of our main missions is to try to bring
(15:34):
the civilian military community together, and so what better way
to do it than having an event for civilians at
a military base and just letting people who haven't been
able to like just go on for blizz or even
seeing like military tanks or aircrafts up closed like this
is a great opportunity for them to just come in
(15:55):
and see it.
Speaker 3 (15:56):
And it's really cool to come and see.
Speaker 7 (15:57):
You know, you walk around the grounds and you see
that kid's like crawling, not crawling, but you know, getting
on the on the tanks or like the aircrafts, and
then just how excited they are.
Speaker 2 (16:08):
Yeah, because we were talking about earlier is we know,
you know Amgo Air Show. Obviously you're going to look
up and see some great things, but there's also some
things on the ground. Because I'm thinking, okay, well what
are they doing? You know, while the planes are setting up,
it's not going to be you know, several hours of
just planes flying over. So what what more things are
happening like on the ground that that people can be
a part of too.
Speaker 7 (16:26):
I'm glad you ask Hamberg. So yes, we do have
a lot of ground entertainment. We definitely want people to
come and actually experience what air show is at Fort Bliss,
And so this year we actually have a really cool
FMX team, you know, the ones that do like the
motorcycle stunts. Yeah, yeah, so that's gonna be really fun.
(16:48):
We also have four Blizz doing their own demo with
some of their equipment, and we have like the tanks
Igether speaking earlier, how people can come and like take
pictures and just explore that part of the military.
Speaker 3 (17:08):
Yeah, we also have entertainment.
Speaker 7 (17:09):
Like last year we had our mascots walking around. This
year we're gonna do the same, you know, just interacting
with kids. It's a very family friendly event, so there's
definitely something for everybody.
Speaker 3 (17:20):
We have our kids own area where.
Speaker 7 (17:22):
You know, you can take your kids, let them get
on the rights for a little bit and then grab
a snack, grab some drinks.
Speaker 3 (17:29):
So yeah, there's a lot to see on the ground.
Speaker 7 (17:32):
And then of course, you know, our show starts roughly
eleven eleven thirty, but we definitely want people to get
there earlier, not only to avoid the lines that kid form,
but also to see everything that we have going on
in the ground.
Speaker 2 (17:50):
And so can people take their own chairs or how
do people sit up in there.
Speaker 7 (17:54):
Yes, if you bought a general mission ticket, you could definitely.
Speaker 3 (17:56):
Take a chair.
Speaker 7 (17:57):
You can take a personal umbrella.
Speaker 3 (18:00):
We encourage that it is opassove so we never know
it's up a weather we're gonna get. Last year it
was oddly hot for October. It was like nineties.
Speaker 7 (18:12):
Yeah, so we do encourage that, you know, bring your sunscreen,
bring your sunglasses, just come prepare knowing that it's an
outdoor event and protect yourself from like the elements of
the weather.
Speaker 2 (18:23):
And also just so you know, you can find more
information at Amigo Airshow dot com. That's without the w
SHO dot com, Instagram, Amigo air Show EP, Facebook, Amigo
Airshow Go check it out because they're going to have
something else, the top gun experience with photo ops and
also the pink jet it's flown by a red arrow
(18:44):
and that's for breast cancer awareness. So just a few
of the things that you're going to be able to see. VNA,
thank you so much for being here with me today.
Speaker 3 (18:50):
Thank you Amber for having me. Welcome back to the
Alpaso Public Forum.
Speaker 2 (18:58):
I am your HOSTDA and today we have a couple people,
well three people actually two people on the mic for
CVMA twenty three Dash two.
Speaker 3 (19:07):
We have Scoop.
Speaker 2 (19:08):
He is the public relations officer for CVMA twenty three
Dash two. Scoop, thank you for being here with me today.
Speaker 8 (19:13):
Thank you for having us.
Speaker 2 (19:14):
Of course, and we also have Dixie, she is part
of the CVMA twenty three Dash too auxiliary. Dixie, thank
you for being here with me today as well.
Speaker 6 (19:22):
Thank you Amber, thank you for having us.
Speaker 2 (19:23):
So my listeners are no strangers to bikers coming in
with their road name, so that if you hadn't guess,
you know that is their road name. And this organization, Scoop,
I'm going to ask you a little bit more CEVMA
twenty three Dash two. What is this organization and what
do they do for the community.
Speaker 8 (19:38):
So CVMA stands for Combat Veterans Motorcycle Association, the motorcycle community,
and i'll PASSO in general. Last year, it's estimated that
we raised about one hundred and forty thousand for charities.
Speaker 6 (19:48):
Wow.
Speaker 8 (19:49):
Since we are a combat veteran organization, all of our
proceeds go to a veteran organization or charity. Something you're
having to do with veterans. There's other organizations to do
other events for other charities, but ours is specifically for veterans.
Speaker 3 (20:05):
That's amazing.
Speaker 2 (20:05):
Yeah, I mean I'm part of Guardians of the Children,
so obviously our mission is, you know, kids, and all
the bikers help each other, you know, we support veterans,
you support us with the kids.
Speaker 3 (20:13):
So anything that.
Speaker 2 (20:16):
One thing I learned is that when the biker community
comes together, they really get stuff done. So I love
that you shared that statistic about how much was raised.
So CVMA twenty three dash to how long has that
organization been?
Speaker 8 (20:29):
The organization has been around longer than we've been and
what is it I'm talking to Kahuna our road Captains
two thousand and nine. Two thousand and nine is when
we started, Okay, And the thing about veterans is people
come in and out all the time because we have
people pcsing that are being stationed here being stationed other places.
(20:49):
But we do have people that have retired here, people
that are from here. So we've been around for a while,
and we do have familiar phrases to the publics that
you know, are involved in the motor side community.
Speaker 2 (21:00):
Yeah, I mean, I think a lot of people that
especially if they're veterans, are still looking for that brotherhood
and that purpose and that camaraderie and doing things together
for America still. You know, you guys are still doing
things for the community, and so I think that's amazing
and scoop you personally. How long have you been a
part of CVMA twenty three?
Speaker 3 (21:17):
Dish too.
Speaker 8 (21:18):
I've been a part of CVMA since twenty thirteen, so
it's been a it's been a good minute that I've
been with the organization.
Speaker 3 (21:24):
And you're I'm assuming you're a veteran yourself.
Speaker 8 (21:26):
I'm a combat veteran. I did Iraq in Afghanistan.
Speaker 2 (21:28):
Thank you so much for your service, No, thank you?
And Dixie, how long have you been a part of
this organization.
Speaker 6 (21:33):
Since two thousand and seven when I married my veteran?
Speaker 8 (21:38):
Oh?
Speaker 2 (21:38):
Okay, and auxiliary, can you explain real quick to the
listening audience what that means in regard to like your
role in this organization.
Speaker 6 (21:47):
Yes, ma'am. So we we help our veterans. To have
the patch of the Auxiliary on our back, we have
to be married to the veteran. And what we do
is we support ar veterans, So we support whatever event
they have in and we are there to help our
community as well, and help our veteran community mostly, and
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that's that's what we do. We we just love to help.
Speaker 2 (22:16):
And you're a huge part of it. The support is
very much needed, you know for that, So thank you
also for what you do. And I want to spend
a good amount of time talking about this event. You know,
people love to help kids, they love to help veterans.
Those are the two main causes that I see. So
here's your chance. We're going to be talking about. It
is an event for cvm A twenty three Dash too,
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it's an auxiliary event. So Dixie, can you tell everyone
a little bit more about this upcoming bike night for boobs.
I love the name, by the way, Scavenger Hunt.
Speaker 3 (22:48):
What is it?
Speaker 2 (22:49):
All?
Speaker 1 (22:49):
Right?
Speaker 6 (22:49):
So we are gonna have the Covenger Hunt on, as
we say, on September Saturday, September twenty seven, and it's
going to start up too. And the people that is
gonna be on this Cavenger Hunt, they're gonna they gotta
pick up this Cavenger Hunt package at the yard. That's
where the registration is gonna be.
Speaker 3 (23:09):
The Yes on Montana, Yes.
Speaker 6 (23:12):
Ma'am, yes, And it's twelve to six one Montana Avenue
and that's where they're gonna start picking up their package.
So they're gonna have several places where they're gonna go.
We're gonna have those little nice like the boobstickers. They're
gonna be hidden and uh, they're gonna be taking pictures
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with them, and then we're gonna be getting that for
prices for the the biker studies. They're gonna be doing
this cavenger hunt.
Speaker 2 (23:41):
So that's what it is, cavengry. So you go and
you don't know what your next stop is until you
go out. Okay, and if someone wants to help but
they don't have a motorcycle, can they still participate?
Speaker 3 (23:51):
They can participate, Yes, okay, they can.
Speaker 6 (23:53):
They can go. They can pick up their package that
we're gonna have for the scavenger hunt. And it's gonna
be so much fun.
Speaker 2 (24:01):
So again, on September twenty seventh, that's a Saturday, at
two pm, go to the yard. That's when registration starts.
Is fifteen dollars registrations. You'll find out where you have
to go from there, but you will end up at
the American Legion fifty eight. I just had a Robert
and Admida. I'm here talking about one of their events
at forty seven to twenty four Vulcan Avenue. Now once
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this is usually where bike runs have a lot of
the activity. So you're gonna have raffles. There's different people
that have supported you. So Dixie, can you talk a
little bit more about what's gonna happen at the final spot?
Speaker 6 (24:33):
Yes, so we will have we have this the big
ruffle that we're gonna have. It's gonna be a three
hundred dollars meat package. Okay, so yeah in the fall. Yes,
So it's gonna it's gonna come with a collapsible meat talk,
a meat blanket, seasonings, one hundred dollars gift car, raffle ticket.
Speaker 3 (24:55):
The raffle tickets are five.
Speaker 6 (24:57):
Dollars each or five for twenty dollars. And of course
all the proceeds are helping people are helping our community
with sadly cancer whoever is So this is the awareness
of people. But we are raising these funds to help
our community.
Speaker 2 (25:13):
Now, before we go on, I have to ask what
is a meat blanket.
Speaker 6 (25:18):
Those meat blankets are like it's a container, but you
can collapse, so it's a collapsible so let's say that
you do brisket, okay, and then you put it there
like you cover the brisket you put in there instead
of just taking the meat out, you collapse the container
and then you just you just cut it there. Oh nice,
So they're very nice.
Speaker 2 (25:38):
That sounds very nice, you know. And of course we
love our meat here in our passle, So again a
lot of raffle prizes. Do you want to give a
shout out to any supporters that you have for this event?
Speaker 6 (25:47):
Yes, of course, so we are.
Speaker 2 (25:49):
And not only that, but there is going to be music,
there is going to be food, and after this we'll
talk about the where the money is going.
Speaker 3 (25:56):
To go towards. But who would you like to shout
out that test supporditing?
Speaker 6 (26:00):
So we have a past some cycle coalition that is
helping us. We have the Tour Bar excuse me, the
Tour Central, the Yard, Optimum Graphics, American Legion fifty eight
and Magic mag DJ. So we have a lot of
people that is involved helping for to the list and
I heard yes, thank you, thank you for having us. Yes.
Speaker 2 (26:22):
So the money that's raised, where is that going towards?
Speaker 3 (26:26):
So this would.
Speaker 6 (26:27):
Be uh supporting our veterans that have been diagnosed with cancer. Uh,
it's not necessarily breast cancer. We uh, we have had
other cases with people asking for help. They of course
need to go through filling out forms. We have a
committee on our CBMA twenty three dots two chapter and
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they're gonna go off so that they can supply or
provide the funds for the people in it for treatment
and stuffy for treatment, for any doctor appointments, anything that
they need, so that that's what is going to be.
Speaker 3 (27:03):
That is amazing.
Speaker 2 (27:04):
So if you want more information on Facebook, you can
look up Combat Veterans Motorcycle Association Chapter twenty three Dash
to al Paso or on Facebook look look for the
al Paso Motorcycle Coalition and they will be sharing the
bike night for Boobs fly happening Saturday, September twenty seventh,
registration starting at two pm at the yard And if
you want more information, a picture of the flyer on
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Parno two Sunday ninety nine point nine and a ninety
six point three k country. We will have that information
as well as a picture of our guests, Scoop and Dixie.
Thank you so much for being here with me today.
Speaker 8 (27:35):
Thank you one Alibi. I wanted to say thank you
to Ruben and David over at World Boba and Coffee.
They did a benefit for us.
Speaker 6 (27:42):
It's for veterans and family of the veterans, Okay that
we support that we can give this money for treatments
okay and awesome appointments.
Speaker 3 (27:50):
Awesome, Thank you both, Thank you, Thank you.
Speaker 2 (27:52):
Camber.
Speaker 1 (27:52):
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Speaker 2 (00:21):
Welcome back to the El Paso Public Forum. I am
your host, Amber Banda, and today we have Jennifer Sivio.
Speaker 3 (00:29):
She is the executive.
Speaker 2 (00:30):
Director for Star Central Studios. Jennifer, thank you so much
for being back with us today.
Speaker 3 (00:35):
Hi am Ver, good to see you.
Speaker 2 (00:36):
Good to see you too. We also have Gilbert Jorgensen.
He is the president of Star Central Studios Learning Center. Gilbert,
thank you for being here with us today as well well.
Thanks for having me appreciate it of course, so I
always love having you all in the station. You all
have something really creative and fun to do. But before
we get onto this event that we're going to be
talking about for Star Central forty eight, Gilbert, I'm going
(00:58):
to ask you first Stares Central Studios. It is the
Learning center is a nonprofit. What is this organization? What's
the mission?
Speaker 4 (01:06):
Or our mission is to ultimately have people to work
in the film industry without having to leave to a
bigger city.
Speaker 3 (01:12):
Yeah, keep it here and El Paso. That's right exactly.
Speaker 4 (01:15):
And we have a lot of equipment that we use
our for our for profit business, and we lend all
those resources to the nonprofit. So it's the stuff they
use on the two hundred million dollar movies and the
same equipment they use industry standard equipment. So students don't
have access to those things in their school or their university,
so they have an opportunity to get their hands on it,
learn it. And so when things come into town, movies,
(01:38):
TV shows, documentaries, they do call me to rent equipment
to my for profit and they do ask for recommendations
for you know, production assistants, grips, you know, what have you.
And the kids are trained and they get to work
in the film industry.
Speaker 2 (01:52):
Cool. And you know, I've talked with you specifically on
this show at least a couple of times, but I've
never asked you what got you into this, what sparked
creating this organization?
Speaker 4 (02:03):
Well, we have an advertised agency and a big video
production company. So that's kind of our day job. And
through those means, were able to acquire like all the
national quality equipment because we do national spots and documentaries
and you know, the filmmakers, I started renting out to them.
(02:25):
I think it was about twenty one, and I realized
that there was a need that the filmmakers didn't have
a lot of resources. So then we just made it official.
Started it's called a rental house, even though it's not
a house, it's where you rent equipment if you're a filmmaker.
We started doing that and we realized that as we
had a chicken and egg problem. You know, we didn't
(02:45):
have any major productions here because we didn't have the resources,
right resources, because we didn't have any major productions here. Yeah, exactly,
So at some point we had to break that cycle
and provide the resources necessary to produce high quality TV shows,
independent films and what have you. So we have all
the ingredients now in al Paso. So now, so it's
(03:07):
a matter of just training people, getting the next generation going,
putting all Passo on the map. Because the film industry
is not Hollywood centric anymore. It's people in every major
city across the world produces films for freeming companies mostly
and I'll Passo is no exception.
Speaker 3 (03:27):
That's yeah, that's awesome, Jennifer.
Speaker 2 (03:30):
What kind of impact have you seen this have on
our community, like having that available to filmmakers and people
that are doing this type of work.
Speaker 5 (03:38):
The number one thing that I've seen is retention from talent.
Speaker 6 (03:42):
They are staying in.
Speaker 5 (03:43):
Al Paso, like Gilbert said, and we're able to keep
them here, keep the stories here. That's probably the number
one thing because there's so much history and diversity here
in al Paso, and the cost of entry to get
into film can be quite extensive for most people.
Speaker 6 (03:58):
So using our center as a.
Speaker 5 (04:00):
Resource, they able to use the equipment, have the mentorship
with our instructors and our teachers that work every day
in the field of film in media and really help
shepherd them so that they can tell their stories with
the right equipment and have them own their skills so
that when they're ready to take on larger projects, they're ready.
Speaker 6 (04:18):
They're absolutely ready.
Speaker 3 (04:19):
It breaks that barrier.
Speaker 2 (04:20):
They have the talent, they just don't have the equipment,
you know, And it's a shame for people to not
know about their stories and see their creativity and see
what's going on inside their head just because they can't
have access to that, and you all help with that bear.
Speaker 3 (04:32):
I think that's fantastic.
Speaker 5 (04:33):
A lot of people think that film it's just a hobby,
but there are people here and I'll pass so that work.
Every day in the film industry. Films are being produced here.
Every single day, there's something that's coming through, albeit for
advertising purposes or for marketing purposes, documentaries, PSAs, commercials, interviews.
Our industry is just as viable as anything else. And
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as Gilbert said, it's about keeping the talent and finding
them roles within that industry.
Speaker 2 (05:00):
Yeah, no, that's that's that's awesome. I love what you
guys do. And right now, what we want to talk
about Star Central forty eight. Jennifer, I'm going to start
with you again. What is Star Central forty eight.
Speaker 5 (05:11):
Start Central forty eight is our first film competition. It's
open to the storyteller in all of us. So if
you're a student, if you like to do things as
a hobby, if you're a filmmaker, you can enter this competition.
Speaker 3 (05:23):
You have two days to.
Speaker 5 (05:24):
Really kind of get your creativity going. We're going to
give you a prompt. We're going to give you a
little bit of a direction on what to do, but
that's it. You're going to write, shoot, direct, edit, cast,
get all of your yeah, get your crew together, and
come up with a film that and you have an
opportunity to win cash and prices.
Speaker 3 (05:41):
Oh okay, so Star Central forty eight forty eight hours.
Speaker 2 (05:45):
So these people have to write, shoot, and edit a
short film. So you're going to give them a prompt.
It's not just whatever they choose, correct, Yeah, just a.
Speaker 4 (05:52):
Little bit of guidance. So you know, it's like you
have to have a clean xbox or you have to
say this line.
Speaker 3 (05:56):
Oh okay, cool, interesting.
Speaker 4 (05:58):
You know, make sure everything's original, and make sure nobody
cheats or anything.
Speaker 3 (06:01):
Yeah, exactly. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (06:02):
Make sure that they all have kind of like the
same guidelines. And who can participate? Is it open to everyone?
Speaker 4 (06:09):
We have two categories. There's a student in general, so
the general anybody can participate in the student categories specifically
for students. And difference in prizes is the general wins
cash prizes and the students win regular prizes.
Speaker 6 (06:23):
What are regular prizes?
Speaker 4 (06:25):
You don't like electronics?
Speaker 7 (06:26):
Oh?
Speaker 3 (06:27):
Nice?
Speaker 2 (06:27):
Okay, okay, like more like in kind donation type. Oh
that's awesome. So, I mean you were talking earlier Jennifer
about it. It's not just film, it's not just for fun,
like there's purpose behind it. So for Star Central forty eight,
why is this important? Like what impact will this have
on the community.
Speaker 5 (06:42):
This is a great opportunity for people to tell their
stories and to really highlight the filmmakers in the area.
There's a lot of people that create content every single
day and it gets buried, you know, it never comes
to lines, and this is an opportunity for them to come.
Speaker 3 (06:59):
To the forefront.
Speaker 5 (07:00):
Every dollar that we raise through donations, sponsorships, or grant
always goes back into the program. So this is just
to give them more visibility. You know, the film arts
is a pretty new art form. We don't know where
it's going to take shape. Yes, it's only been around
for but one hundred and twenty five years, so we
don't know what direction it's going to go into. So
it's kind of nice to see these filmmakers get their
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break and see what they can come up with creatively
within you know, forty eight hours. So our goal is
to really bring visibility to these stories. Somebody might have
a different perspective. Somebody might want to, you know, talk
about things that are happening today in the modern world.
And other people might want to do like a Western,
somebody might want to do a horror films, different genres.
Somebody might want to do a romantic comedy. So it's
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just kind of nice to see the vibrancy of the
filmmakers and what they come up with when they're prompted
with only forty eight hours to come up with something.
Speaker 2 (07:51):
Yeah, and sometimes pressure actually builds something better because you
have that deadline. And again, there's so much talent here
and I'll pass so and you all, you guys specifically
have helped me see that. Like, I'm just amazed at
what Alpasso has. The day of the competition is October
seventeenth through the nineteenth. Registration is open right now go
to Star Central forty eight dot com. Gilbert and Jennifer,
(08:12):
thank you so much for being here with me today.
Speaker 6 (08:14):
Thank you, Thank you.
Speaker 5 (08:15):
Amber.
Speaker 2 (08:20):
Welcome to the Alpaso Public Forum. I am your host,
Amber Banda, and today very exciting we have Vna Esparsa.
She is the director of marketing for Amigo Air Show VNA.
Thank you for talking with us today.
Speaker 7 (08:33):
Thank you for having me Amber.
Speaker 2 (08:34):
Of course, So Amigo air Show, it took a little hiatus.
It was gone for about twelve years. It came back
finally last year in twenty twenty four. Now, this Amigo
Air Show, I had no idea was actually a nonprofit.
Can you tell us a little bit more about the
organization itself? Sure, And that's a great question.
Speaker 7 (08:52):
At Amber, I think a lot of people don't know
that we are a nonprofit. Most people think we're like
an annual event that just comes like for the for
that weekend and we're gone. But now we're actually a
nonprofit and so we have a little bit more year round.
Speaker 3 (09:08):
Aside from from planning the show.
Speaker 7 (09:11):
One of the things that we really focus on is
steam initiatives, and I think that's something that's relatively new
in the airshow industry, you know, talking a few years,
but it definitely really wasn't around when air show first started.
Speaker 3 (09:25):
So that's one of the things we focus on.
Speaker 7 (09:27):
Education STEAM, trying to get younger generations a little bit
more interested in aviation and aerospace and just kind of
pursue those careers. So we do have several programming that
we do around that. One of the things that we're
actually trying to work towards to launch next year is
an all girls Steam Academy for high school girls. And
(09:48):
so we can already pilot a little bit this year
with some activities working with some of the local high schools,
but that's definitely something that we're trying to fully launch
into next year.
Speaker 3 (09:59):
That is so cool.
Speaker 2 (10:00):
So you'll basically, you know, like when the schools are
saying we have this initiative coming, it's a mego air
show is coming with these steam activities, and you said
it was for females in high school, like for next year.
Speaker 7 (10:12):
Yes, whatever our programs is, it's our Fly Flight Higher
Seam Academy. But we also have our Blueprint to Your Future,
which is open to every high school student in the area.
And those are more like quarterly speaker series programming that
we're doing. So this year we had one at Warrigo's
(10:32):
Air Museum. We invited Ginger Carrick Davis. She is actually
the first female Hispanic and that's a director and she's
a really great story So yeah, it was really cool
having her here and to speak to young girls and
you know, anybody young students trying to pursue those careers.
Speaker 2 (10:56):
That's awesome. Okay, so mego airshow. It's not just a
show that comes once year, back in I'll pass. So
it's actually a nonprofit that does stuff throughout the year.
And you know, there's something that I had read about
called the sky Bound Scholarship. Can you tell me a
little bit about that?
Speaker 7 (11:10):
Yes, absolutely, that is something also that we launched this year.
And so this year we were able to award eight
scholarships to eight local students trying to pursue pursue those careers.
And we did this and thanks to some of our
sponsors but also the community. One of the things that
(11:31):
we did last year during our ticket sales is people
where We're to donate to the scholarship while they were
purchasing their ticket. So thanks to that, we were able
to award about two scholarships just from people donating during
the ticket sales. So yeah, that's something that we definitely support,
you know, just higher education, and we do this with
(11:51):
the help of the community.
Speaker 2 (11:52):
Really, I'm so excited. Again I told you, and I'm
a little guilty about it, but I have not been
to the Amigo Air show.
Speaker 3 (11:58):
What I do.
Speaker 2 (11:59):
Remember is being a growing up. When I was younger,
I lived kind of like by Fort Bliss and I
during the Amigo Air Show, I would hear the planes
and the jets fly overhead, and I remember wanting to go.
For whatever reason, you know, they didn't take me. But
now I'm an adult, I got my own money. This
one one more question I had before we get into
the actual event. Do you work in conjunction with any
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local organizations. I know you mentioned earlier, you know, the
Steam activities with the schools, but what about other aviation
organizations or anything like that.
Speaker 7 (12:29):
Yes, for sure, so actually very interesting airshow. We solely
rely on community partnerships. So anything that we do, it's
because we have solid partnerships with other nonprofits, but also
our corporate partners as well, so they're really the one
(12:50):
said help us, bring the show, bring the performers, bring
the ground activities, just keep those year round steam Steam
initiatives going. But yeah, definitely we partner a lot with
I mentioned earlier Warrego's Museum, who's also a nonprofit, so
they help us through those same initiatives. Red Arrow is
(13:12):
another of our partners aviation related, So yeah, anything that
we do is solely through our partners.
Speaker 3 (13:23):
Yeah awesome.
Speaker 2 (13:25):
And so if you're just joining us, I have Vna Espatisa,
director of Marketing for Amigo Air Show. That's without a
W by the way, so if you're trying to google them,
it's sho Amigo air Show. So now let's get into
the meat and potatoes. So the event Saturday and Sunday
Amigo Air Show for twenty twenty five October eighteenth through
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the nineteenth. Tickets are on sale right now. And a
really cool part of this year's Amigo Air Show is
the Army's two hundred and fiftieth birthday celebration will be
a very important part of it. So Vna tell us
who are the headliners, what's going to happen not only
in the air, but on the ground as well.
Speaker 7 (14:02):
Absolutely so this year we have the US Air Force
F sixteen Viper Demo team. So it's a really cool
jet you know, you say you remember seeing the jets
flying by, That's what That's what we're having this year.
And in addition, we also have a private jet team
which is a Patriots Jet team. They do do this
really cool red, white and blue.
Speaker 3 (14:23):
Patriotic like the smoke that comes up behind us.
Speaker 7 (14:26):
Yes, oh cool, Yeah, very fitting for the Army is
to fiftieth birthday, and so yeah, it's a it's a
private jet team. However, the pilots are actually retired Blue Angels, Thunderbirds,
some Snowbirds in there.
Speaker 3 (14:38):
So there were just.
Speaker 7 (14:39):
Pilots who liked it so much that they were like, hey,
we want to keep doing it. So they created this
jet team and they're coming down to All Past and
they actually don't usually do shows.
Speaker 3 (14:50):
This far southwest.
Speaker 7 (14:52):
They usually do like California area, but they were like, okay,
we'll do.
Speaker 3 (14:56):
It for Olpasas.
Speaker 2 (14:57):
And I think a big part of correct me if
i'm and maybe you might not be too sure yourself,
but I think a big selling point for them would
be that we are a military community. And again, the
Amigo Are show is very closely tied with the military,
so that could have been like, hey, you know, we
have a big fan base there. I guess you could
call them.
Speaker 7 (15:14):
Yeah, absolutely, and you know, Fort Bliss is actually really
important part of our community. So definitely, I think that's
a probably a key component to it. And just talking
a little bit about we were talking about the organization earlier.
One of our main missions is to try to bring
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the civilian military community together, and so what better way
to do it than having an event for civilians at
a military base and just letting people who haven't been
able to like just go on for blizz or even
seeing like military tanks or aircrafts up closed like this
is a great opportunity for them to just come in
(15:55):
and see it.
Speaker 3 (15:56):
And it's really cool to come and see.
Speaker 7 (15:57):
You know, you walk around the grounds and you see
that kid's like crawling, not crawling, but you know, getting
on the on the tanks or like the aircrafts, and
then just how excited they are.
Speaker 2 (16:08):
Yeah, because we were talking about earlier is we know,
you know Amgo Air Show. Obviously you're going to look
up and see some great things, but there's also some
things on the ground. Because I'm thinking, okay, well what
are they doing? You know, while the planes are setting up,
it's not going to be you know, several hours of
just planes flying over. So what what more things are
happening like on the ground that that people can be
a part of too.
Speaker 7 (16:26):
I'm glad you ask Hamberg. So yes, we do have
a lot of ground entertainment. We definitely want people to
come and actually experience what air show is at Fort Bliss,
And so this year we actually have a really cool
FMX team, you know, the ones that do like the
motorcycle stunts. Yeah, yeah, so that's gonna be really fun.
(16:48):
We also have four Blizz doing their own demo with
some of their equipment, and we have like the tanks
Igether speaking earlier, how people can come and like take
pictures and just explore that part of the military.
Speaker 3 (17:08):
Yeah, we also have entertainment.
Speaker 7 (17:09):
Like last year we had our mascots walking around. This
year we're gonna do the same, you know, just interacting
with kids. It's a very family friendly event, so there's
definitely something for everybody.
Speaker 3 (17:20):
We have our kids own area where.
Speaker 7 (17:22):
You know, you can take your kids, let them get
on the rights for a little bit and then grab
a snack, grab some drinks.
Speaker 3 (17:29):
So yeah, there's a lot to see on the ground.
Speaker 7 (17:32):
And then of course, you know, our show starts roughly
eleven eleven thirty, but we definitely want people to get
there earlier, not only to avoid the lines that kid form,
but also to see everything that we have going on
in the ground.
Speaker 2 (17:50):
And so can people take their own chairs or how
do people sit up in there.
Speaker 7 (17:54):
Yes, if you bought a general mission ticket, you could definitely.
Speaker 3 (17:56):
Take a chair.
Speaker 7 (17:57):
You can take a personal umbrella.
Speaker 3 (18:00):
We encourage that it is opassove so we never know
it's up a weather we're gonna get. Last year it
was oddly hot for October. It was like nineties.
Speaker 7 (18:12):
Yeah, so we do encourage that, you know, bring your sunscreen,
bring your sunglasses, just come prepare knowing that it's an
outdoor event and protect yourself from like the elements of
the weather.
Speaker 2 (18:23):
And also just so you know, you can find more
information at Amigo Airshow dot com. That's without the w
SHO dot com, Instagram, Amigo air Show EP, Facebook, Amigo
Airshow Go check it out because they're going to have
something else, the top gun experience with photo ops and
also the pink jet it's flown by a red arrow
(18:44):
and that's for breast cancer awareness. So just a few
of the things that you're going to be able to see. VNA,
thank you so much for being here with me today.
Speaker 3 (18:50):
Thank you Amber for having me. Welcome back to the
Alpaso Public Forum.
Speaker 2 (18:58):
I am your HOSTDA and today we have a couple people,
well three people actually two people on the mic for
CVMA twenty three Dash two.
Speaker 3 (19:07):
We have Scoop.
Speaker 2 (19:08):
He is the public relations officer for CVMA twenty three
Dash two. Scoop, thank you for being here with me today.
Speaker 8 (19:13):
Thank you for having us.
Speaker 2 (19:14):
Of course, and we also have Dixie, she is part
of the CVMA twenty three Dash too auxiliary. Dixie, thank
you for being here with me today as well.
Speaker 6 (19:22):
Thank you Amber, thank you for having us.
Speaker 2 (19:23):
So my listeners are no strangers to bikers coming in
with their road name, so that if you hadn't guess,
you know that is their road name. And this organization, Scoop,
I'm going to ask you a little bit more CEVMA
twenty three Dash two. What is this organization and what
do they do for the community.
Speaker 8 (19:38):
So CVMA stands for Combat Veterans Motorcycle Association, the motorcycle community,
and i'll PASSO in general. Last year, it's estimated that
we raised about one hundred and forty thousand for charities.
Speaker 6 (19:48):
Wow.
Speaker 8 (19:49):
Since we are a combat veteran organization, all of our
proceeds go to a veteran organization or charity. Something you're
having to do with veterans. There's other organizations to do
other events for other charities, but ours is specifically for veterans.
Speaker 3 (20:05):
That's amazing.
Speaker 2 (20:05):
Yeah, I mean I'm part of Guardians of the Children,
so obviously our mission is, you know, kids, and all
the bikers help each other, you know, we support veterans,
you support us with the kids.
Speaker 3 (20:13):
So anything that.
Speaker 2 (20:16):
One thing I learned is that when the biker community
comes together, they really get stuff done. So I love
that you shared that statistic about how much was raised.
So CVMA twenty three dash to how long has that
organization been?
Speaker 8 (20:29):
The organization has been around longer than we've been and
what is it I'm talking to Kahuna our road Captains
two thousand and nine. Two thousand and nine is when
we started, Okay, And the thing about veterans is people
come in and out all the time because we have
people pcsing that are being stationed here being stationed other places.
(20:49):
But we do have people that have retired here, people
that are from here. So we've been around for a while,
and we do have familiar phrases to the publics that
you know, are involved in the motor side community.
Speaker 2 (21:00):
Yeah, I mean, I think a lot of people that
especially if they're veterans, are still looking for that brotherhood
and that purpose and that camaraderie and doing things together
for America still. You know, you guys are still doing
things for the community, and so I think that's amazing
and scoop you personally. How long have you been a
part of CVMA twenty three?
Speaker 3 (21:17):
Dish too.
Speaker 8 (21:18):
I've been a part of CVMA since twenty thirteen, so
it's been a it's been a good minute that I've
been with the organization.
Speaker 3 (21:24):
And you're I'm assuming you're a veteran yourself.
Speaker 8 (21:26):
I'm a combat veteran. I did Iraq in Afghanistan.
Speaker 2 (21:28):
Thank you so much for your service, No, thank you?
And Dixie, how long have you been a part of
this organization.
Speaker 6 (21:33):
Since two thousand and seven when I married my veteran?
Speaker 8 (21:38):
Oh?
Speaker 2 (21:38):
Okay, and auxiliary, can you explain real quick to the
listening audience what that means in regard to like your
role in this organization.
Speaker 6 (21:47):
Yes, ma'am. So we we help our veterans. To have
the patch of the Auxiliary on our back, we have
to be married to the veteran. And what we do
is we support ar veterans, So we support whatever event
they have in and we are there to help our
community as well, and help our veteran community mostly, and
(22:12):
that's that's what we do. We we just love to help.
Speaker 2 (22:16):
And you're a huge part of it. The support is
very much needed, you know for that, So thank you
also for what you do. And I want to spend
a good amount of time talking about this event. You know,
people love to help kids, they love to help veterans.
Those are the two main causes that I see. So
here's your chance. We're going to be talking about. It
is an event for cvm A twenty three Dash too,
(22:38):
it's an auxiliary event. So Dixie, can you tell everyone
a little bit more about this upcoming bike night for boobs.
I love the name, by the way, Scavenger Hunt.
Speaker 3 (22:48):
What is it?
Speaker 2 (22:49):
All?
Speaker 1 (22:49):
Right?
Speaker 6 (22:49):
So we are gonna have the Covenger Hunt on, as
we say, on September Saturday, September twenty seven, and it's
going to start up too. And the people that is
gonna be on this Cavenger Hunt, they're gonna they gotta
pick up this Cavenger Hunt package at the yard. That's
where the registration is gonna be.
Speaker 3 (23:09):
The Yes on Montana, Yes.
Speaker 6 (23:12):
Ma'am, yes, And it's twelve to six one Montana Avenue
and that's where they're gonna start picking up their package.
So they're gonna have several places where they're gonna go.
We're gonna have those little nice like the boobstickers. They're
gonna be hidden and uh, they're gonna be taking pictures
(23:32):
with them, and then we're gonna be getting that for
prices for the the biker studies. They're gonna be doing
this cavenger hunt.
Speaker 2 (23:41):
So that's what it is, cavengry. So you go and
you don't know what your next stop is until you
go out. Okay, and if someone wants to help but
they don't have a motorcycle, can they still participate?
Speaker 3 (23:51):
They can participate, Yes, okay, they can.
Speaker 6 (23:53):
They can go. They can pick up their package that
we're gonna have for the scavenger hunt. And it's gonna
be so much fun.
Speaker 2 (24:01):
So again, on September twenty seventh, that's a Saturday, at
two pm, go to the yard. That's when registration starts.
Is fifteen dollars registrations. You'll find out where you have
to go from there, but you will end up at
the American Legion fifty eight. I just had a Robert
and Admida. I'm here talking about one of their events
at forty seven to twenty four Vulcan Avenue. Now once
(24:22):
this is usually where bike runs have a lot of
the activity. So you're gonna have raffles. There's different people
that have supported you. So Dixie, can you talk a
little bit more about what's gonna happen at the final spot?
Speaker 6 (24:33):
Yes, so we will have we have this the big
ruffle that we're gonna have. It's gonna be a three
hundred dollars meat package. Okay, so yeah in the fall. Yes,
So it's gonna it's gonna come with a collapsible meat talk,
a meat blanket, seasonings, one hundred dollars gift car, raffle ticket.
Speaker 3 (24:55):
The raffle tickets are five.
Speaker 6 (24:57):
Dollars each or five for twenty dollars. And of course
all the proceeds are helping people are helping our community
with sadly cancer whoever is So this is the awareness
of people. But we are raising these funds to help
our community.
Speaker 2 (25:13):
Now, before we go on, I have to ask what
is a meat blanket.
Speaker 6 (25:18):
Those meat blankets are like it's a container, but you
can collapse, so it's a collapsible so let's say that
you do brisket, okay, and then you put it there
like you cover the brisket you put in there instead
of just taking the meat out, you collapse the container
and then you just you just cut it there. Oh nice,
So they're very nice.
Speaker 2 (25:38):
That sounds very nice, you know. And of course we
love our meat here in our passle, So again a
lot of raffle prizes. Do you want to give a
shout out to any supporters that you have for this event?
Speaker 6 (25:47):
Yes, of course, so we are.
Speaker 2 (25:49):
And not only that, but there is going to be music,
there is going to be food, and after this we'll
talk about the where the money is going.
Speaker 3 (25:56):
To go towards. But who would you like to shout
out that test supporditing?
Speaker 6 (26:00):
So we have a past some cycle coalition that is
helping us. We have the Tour Bar excuse me, the
Tour Central, the Yard, Optimum Graphics, American Legion fifty eight
and Magic mag DJ. So we have a lot of
people that is involved helping for to the list and
I heard yes, thank you, thank you for having us. Yes.
Speaker 2 (26:22):
So the money that's raised, where is that going towards?
Speaker 3 (26:26):
So this would.
Speaker 6 (26:27):
Be uh supporting our veterans that have been diagnosed with cancer. Uh,
it's not necessarily breast cancer. We uh, we have had
other cases with people asking for help. They of course
need to go through filling out forms. We have a
committee on our CBMA twenty three dots two chapter and
(26:49):
they're gonna go off so that they can supply or
provide the funds for the people in it for treatment
and stuffy for treatment, for any doctor appointments, anything that
they need, so that that's what is going to be.
Speaker 3 (27:03):
That is amazing.
Speaker 2 (27:04):
So if you want more information on Facebook, you can
look up Combat Veterans Motorcycle Association Chapter twenty three Dash
to al Paso or on Facebook look look for the
al Paso Motorcycle Coalition and they will be sharing the
bike night for Boobs fly happening Saturday, September twenty seventh,
registration starting at two pm at the yard And if
you want more information, a picture of the flyer on
(27:25):
Parno two Sunday ninety nine point nine and a ninety
six point three k country. We will have that information
as well as a picture of our guests, Scoop and Dixie.
Thank you so much for being here with me today.
Speaker 8 (27:35):
Thank you one Alibi. I wanted to say thank you
to Ruben and David over at World Boba and Coffee.
They did a benefit for us.
Speaker 6 (27:42):
It's for veterans and family of the veterans, Okay that
we support that we can give this money for treatments
okay and awesome appointments.
Speaker 3 (27:50):
Awesome, Thank you both, Thank you, Thank you.
Speaker 2 (27:52):
Camber.
Speaker 1 (27:52):
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