The Father Son Chats » Water Polo

Boy’s Water Polo State Tournament Starts TODAY!

Steve — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:55:14 +0000

Today is the first day of the two day PA State Tournament, and Cumberland Valley is defending their title.

To help motivate the team I did this week’s water polo commercial. I had asked Matt if he wanted to do it, but he said he wanted to be surprised with it–so this one is mine.

Commercial for CV Girls Water Polo State Tournament

Steve — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:12:22 +0000

This commercial was Matthew’s first attempt at a real video commercial for Water Polo, blending music, and action, and so forth. This was “all his” including music selection, and editing the music down to the appropriate length, and so forth. Enjoy

If you like this work, or any of the other graphics work you see on this page, email Matt and let him know. You can reach him at his “new” graphics company email

matt@spreadhdgfx.com

(nb: we have two versions here. The first is an h.264 mpeg codec version, and the other is a flash video. I would really appreciate feedback from you on which ones played for you (or both, or neither…)

Help Matthew Get to Camp–and get a Wallpaper!

Steve — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 23:52:35 +0000

Let’s get the bottom line “up front”–Matt wants to create custom wall-papers for you to help get to camp, or could you just donate two dollars?

Matthew has enjoyed swimming and water polo this season. If you have viewed any of the water polo videos here, you can see how much fun they have had on their way to winning the State HS Championship.

The team is planning a trip as a team to Pepperdine University this summer to attend what is perhaps the premiere water polo training camp. They hope to continue their growth as Polo players and perhaps win not just a second State Championship for the Boys team, but to regain the title for the Girls team.

That said, we are asking for your help. This camp is not cheap. They estimate that it will cost $1200 to send a player to camp. We are hoping you can help send Matt.

Matthew wants to work to earn his money to get to camp. As you can see from this website, he is quite talented with the graphic arts, and would like to do “Custom Desktop Wall-Papers” for you. For $50, he will use up to three (large) photos that you send him, and work with you to create your own special wallpaper. Imagine having your own wallpaper on your computer, making whatever statement you wish!

You can view many of his wallpapers by clicking on the page-tab above, “Desktop Wallpapers by Matthew”

If you don’t want, or need, a “Custom Desktop Wall-Paper” you can still help. Just donate $2, $5, $10, or really any amount, to help out. If 600 people each donated just $2 each, he is on his way!

How do you do this? Well, if you want a wallpaper created, email Matt at matt@fathersonchats.com and tell him what you want. He will write you back within 24-48 hours (pending swim-meet events) and make the arrangements. Once the wallpaper is completed to your satisfaction, then use the “donate” button you see off to the left to make your contribution.

If you just want to simply make a small donation, again, use that “donation” tab off to the left side. Just click on it, and fill out the amount you wish to donate, along with the other payment information.

Using PayPal makes it really that simple!

Thanks for all your support!

Steve and Matthew, The Father Son Chats.

Water Polo 08 – Wilson goes down!

Steve — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 15:10:19 +0000

This commercial was put together to pump up the team, and the school, prior to the BIG match-up of the season–Cumberland Valley vs Wilson HS. The boys in particular were quite pumped up for this big match.

As it turned out, CV beat Wilson in this critical “at home” match, and it was a foreshadowing of the State Championship match which, as we all know, was won by CV over Wilson.

Whether this commericial had anything to do with it or not, there was a very large crowd at the match, and so much energy in the natatorium you could FEEL it.

Enjoy!