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Post by neferetus on Jan 27, 2005 19:40:17 GMT -5
 Soldados, mopping up resistance over the main gate, Alamo Village reenactment, 03/08/1986. (That's me, lying dead underneath the gateway.) |
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Post by neferetus on Jan 28, 2005 12:13:58 GMT -5
 Travis, (Jack Edmondson) Bowie, (Mike Waters) and Crockett, (Kenny Pruitt), Alamo Plaza Sesquicentennial Celebrations, March 6, 1986. Bill Chemerka, President of "The Alamo Society" and Editor of "The Alamo Journal" correctly pointed out that that is Jeff Bearden portraying Crockett. Bearden, who has been portraying the famous frontiersman for the past twenty years, appears as Crockett in Rich Curilla's Alamo Village VHS production of , "Alamo: The New Defenders". To get a copy of Rich's living history video, contact him at gtt@hilconet.com ,or else pick up a copy at the Alamo Village Trading Post. |
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Post by Alamo Al on Jan 28, 2005 13:09:59 GMT -5
Nef,
Bill is actually only the 'editor' of the Journal, but we all regard him as 'Prez'.
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Post by Bromhead24 on Jan 28, 2005 18:10:05 GMT -5
Soldados, mopping up resistance over the main gate, Alamo Village reenactment, 03/08/1986. (That's me, lying dead underneath the gateway.) Shouldn't Travis be over on the well?...   |
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Post by Greg C. on Jan 29, 2005 9:07:47 GMT -5
do they have the bracketvill reenactment every year?
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Post by neferetus on Jan 31, 2005 11:21:44 GMT -5
do they have the bracketvill reenactment every year? I'm not certain about that. The last one that I am aware of took place in 1999 when Rich Curilla filmed it for his "Alamo: The New Defenders" living history video. I guess that it just depends on how many reenactor groups they can get together at the time. In the 1986 reenactment (above), there were 155 reenactors; 125 Texians and 30 soldados. Somehow, the soldados managed to win, anyhow. It was kind of clever, the way they would recycle them. When a soldado was killed, stretcher bearers would arrive to carry him off and out of view of the spectators. Then the 'fallen' soldado would suddenly reappear at another wall to attack once again. |
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Post by Greg C. on Jan 31, 2005 16:40:17 GMT -5
QUOTE: ALAMOGUY WROTE:how long was it, and how did spectators see over the walls?QUOTE NEFARIOUS REPLIED: The entire show was about 1/2 hour long. The spectators stood behind a white picket fence along the inside of the Waynamo's west wall and then watched the battle from close range. (Sometime. almost too close for comfort.) In the 3rd battle, for instance, I decided to join the soldados and so suited up in a Mexican impression. Well, when I was 'shot' by one of the Texians, I just remained there still upon the ground, while the other soldados charged past me. Well, boys being boys, two youngsters in the audience though that it would be a really funny thing to continuously pelt my 'body' with pebbles. Ha, Ha Ha! )   |
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Post by neferetus on Feb 1, 2005 15:10:02 GMT -5
 Although around thirty people had to leave Brackettville on the Morning of March 9, 1986, there were still a hundred or so who were able to participate in the Sunday morning battle. Afterwards, a group shot was taken, that ended up looking very much like the one that John Wayne had taken of the cast and crew of his Alamo. TEXT |
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Post by Greg C. on Feb 1, 2005 17:22:06 GMT -5
cool pics.
how come your post came under my name? i'll have to see if i can fix that.
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Post by neferetus on Feb 1, 2005 18:23:31 GMT -5
cool pics. how come your post came under my name? i'll have to see if i can fix that. I don't know. I was trying to quote you and ended up taking over your post, instead.  |
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Post by Greg C. on Feb 1, 2005 19:37:26 GMT -5
well i cant fix it. |
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Post by neferetus on Feb 8, 2005 10:33:12 GMT -5
 Inbetween takes, extras on the San Jacinto set in Bastrop would take much needed shade breaks. THE ALAMO (2004) |
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Post by neferetus on Feb 8, 2005 18:03:58 GMT -5
 Santana's dragoons, trotting toward the Mexican breastworks on the Bastrop set, May 2003. (THE ALAMO 2004) |
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Post by Greg C. on Feb 9, 2005 7:52:12 GMT -5
can you be seen in this film?
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Post by neferetus on Feb 10, 2005 10:28:11 GMT -5
can you be seen in this film? Well, I know where I was on the field and see figures dashing by in the crowd of Texians that MIGHT be me, but nothing for sure. The San Jacinto battle was edited down so much in the current DVD release of "The Alamo" (2004), that it's over before you know it. The elusive, upcoming "Directior's Cut" is supposed to contain eight more minutes of San Jacinto scenes. Then, maybe... |
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Post by Greg C. on Feb 10, 2005 10:30:48 GMT -5
when is the d.c coming out?
first they said it would come out around christmas and obviously we know that didnt happen.
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Post by neferetus on Feb 10, 2005 10:31:01 GMT -5
 Texians, poking through the Mexican camp on the San Jacinto set, at Bastrop TX, June, 2003. |
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Post by neferetus on Feb 10, 2005 10:32:06 GMT -5
when is the d.c coming out? first they said it would come out around christmas and obviously we know that didnt happen. I wish I knew!  |
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Post by neferetus on Feb 11, 2005 18:39:27 GMT -5
 Here's a cool aerial view of the modern-day Alamo compound. Notice how prominent the Low Barrack outline is? |
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Post by Bromhead24 on Feb 11, 2005 19:23:55 GMT -5
Thats a good photo. Demolish all those buildings along the West & North walls and it will look even better.... |
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