Podcast

Abraham Lincoln may be your favorite president. When I was in the 8th grade, my teacher had everyone in the class memorize the Lincoln's Gettysburg Address. She called each of us, one at a time, up to the front of the class to recite it for all to hear. As I stood there reciting my speech, I could see her encouraging me. She wanted me to succeed. She was a big Lincoln admirer. Plus, she was a little ugly black lady from Memphis, Tenn. I don't remember her name just what she looked like. But I grew to love and admire her. I dedicate my podcast to her. I got right into the development of a script for my podcast. I tried to think of very thing. I actually had a great time in audacity. As I always do, I spent a lot of time in the developing and production sections. I hope you will enjoy it as much as I did creating it.

=Podcasting Script = = =

 **Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address**

**Source from:** http://showcase.netins.net/web/creative/lincoln/speeches/gettysburg.htm

 The podcast will begin with the following soundtrack: “The Battle Hymn of the Republic” []. About 20 seconds into the podcast, the narration will begin and the volume of the soundtrack will be gradually decreased to about 20%.

 **Intro:** One of the most famous speeches in American history was delivered at a little known battlefield at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania on November 19, 1863. President Lincoln spoke for a little over two minutes. Even though Lincoln was not the main speaker, his words live on today.

During the narration 1, the following sound effects, with decreased volume, will play randomly:  Cannon fire []

**Narration 1:**

 Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battle-field of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this. But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate -- we can not consecrate -- we can not hallow -- this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us -- that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion -- that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain -- that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom -- and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.

**Soundtrack will increase to 100% and decease back to 20% between narrators.**

**Narration 2:**

On June 1, 1865, Senator Charles Sumner commented on what is now considered the most famous speech by President Abraham Lincoln. In his eulogy on the slain president, he called it a "monumental act." He said Lincoln was mistaken that "the world will little note, nor long remember what we say here." Rather, the Bostonian remarked, "The world noted at once what he said, and will never cease to remember it. The battle itself was less important than the speech."

=**At the end of the narration, the soundtrack volume will be gradually increased to 100%, plays for about 20 seconds and then Fades-Out.** =

 //Now, here is your chance to listen to the final product.//
http://nanjetanga.podomatic.com/entry/2010-06-21T09_45_16-07_00

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