This Is My School – ?????????????? Uruda Soodme story

Author: Mook  |  Category: retiring in thailand

The students, teachers and workers of the Sri Sangwan Khon Kaen School for Children with disabilities in the Northeast Thailand – Isaan – made this documentary about their retiring Director Uruda Soodme as part of a class my wife and I taught on filmmaking. Director Uruda is herself disabled and talks about her experience being disabled and her experiences at the school including her meeting with Thailand’s Princess Sirindhorn. I did most of the editing and shot the interviews, but the script, sound, crew work, graphics, opening logo, b-roll video and interviews were done almost entirely by the children with a little help by my wife and I and a couple teachers at the school.

Wedding Band – Khon Kaen, Thailand

Author: thailandretire  |  Category: retirement in thailand

These are members of a retirement community that perform traditional Thai music and they came to our wedding on July 11, 2009 to play music during the ceremony. I made this video to show off their talents as well as the talents of the volunteers, teachers and students at the Sri Sangwan Khon Kaen School for children with disabilities who built the bamboo hut that the musicians are performing in as well as arranged all the flowers around the musicians and around the wedding participants and …

A very Classical Thai Wedding Rehearsal – Khon Kaen

Author: Mook  |  Category: retiring in thailand

family of Yui Intasuwan and J Quilty are assembled at the IQ House to enjoy some traditional Thai music and dance and to celebrate the birthdays of Yui and her grandmother as well as prepare for the big wedding that takes place in the morning. The bamboo hut and all the flowers were prepared in previous 48 hours by friends and volunteers, many of them children from the Sri Sangwan Khon Kaen School for children with disabilities. … thailand khon kaen wedding classical music issan e-sarn e-san …