Casting Call for Aboriginal Television Hosts

You could be a host on the hit TV show Road Scholars!ROAD SCHOLARS follows high school students, armed with digital cameras, as they capture the history and beauty of exotic locales while drawing viewers into their personal experiences.

In the summer of 2005 8 aboriginal hosts will be sent on adventures (paid for
by ROAD SCHOLARS) to: 

  • Peru,
  • Australia,
  • Wyoming
  • and 5 other cool places

The television program about their experiences will air on APTN Aboriginal Peoples Television Network in the winter of 2006.

If you think you have what it takes, here's what you need to know and do:

  1. Be ready, willing and able to travel and learn
  2. Be ready to teach others about your Inuit, First Nations or Métis culture with games,drumming, chanting, telling traditional stories etc.
  3. Be in high school grades 9-12 (No Age limit)
  4. Be cool about making new friends
  5. Love performing for the camera and be willing to learn to be a videographer

If this sounds like fun then send a picture and a short letter saying why you would make a totally awesome Road Scholar.  Make sure you tell us if you've done any performing!

Deadline for applications is April 30, 2005

Snail mail to:
Road Scholars Productions Inc.
2 Haig Ave.
Toronto, Ontario M1N 2W1
Or email to: maria@amberlight.ca
If you have questions go to  www.roadscholars.ca
or call Maria at 416-694-3131
Chris Allicock
Amberlight Productions
2 Haig Avenue
Toronto, Ontario M1N 2W1
416-694-3131
416-694-2784 (Fax)
www.amberlight.ca