A place with an amazing story spanning more than 500 years. A city with experience, character and charm. Despite its age, this place remains youthful, hopeful and curious in spirit. Having survived two world wars, five centuries, countless hardships and triumphs, it is a rare, old city that’s had hundreds of years to figure out what really matters. What life is all about.
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Having our own time zone, half an hour ahead of everyone else, is more than a product of our geography. It’s an unusual, compelling part of this place. And it’s a metaphor for who we are as a people. We’ve never been afraid to be ourselves or go at our own pace. And we don’t really measure time in seconds or half hours, but in moments and experiences. Here, you can set your watch a half hour ahead, or you can just leave it at home.
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The music for this video is not from the original commercial! I used this commercial as a demo/showreel of my ability to compose music for television that is a goal of mine.
This song is titled ‘Afternoon Daydream’ that you can hear in full on my website:
http://web.mac.com/jonreeves18
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Isnt it time you got all that top 40 out of your system? http://www.newfoundlandlabrador.com
The abundant live music in Newfoundland and Labrador is as unique and lively as the people playing and dancing along. And it has its own story to tell a story much deeper and entertaining than any youll find in the latest charts countdown.
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And so they came. Five centuries before Columbus. Fearless warriors, out to discover a new world. http://www.Newfoundlandlabrador.com
LAnse aux Meadows a UNESCO World Heritage Site is the only authenticated Viking settlement in North America. This chapter explores what it was like for the Vikings when they landed in Newfoundland over 1000 years ago. And how their presence can still be felt in this strange and mysterious place. Through the imagination of children, we build intrigue, and mystery, with a dash of humour thrown in for good measure.
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Where is this place exactly? Its about as far from Disney Land as you can possibly get. http://www.newfoundlandlabrador.com
The community names and characters featured in this chapter demonstrate our natural and uncomplicated personality in a warm, spontaneous and inventive way, hinting at an effortless wit and engaging sense of humour. Its a celebration of our sense of place and identity, representing the emotional and spiritual experience of visiting Newfoundland and Labrador.
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In a world oddly bent on conformity. Theres something strangely encouraging about a place thats anything but. http://www.Newfoundlandlabrador.com
One of the best examples of Newfoundland and Labradors creativity can be found in the unique architecture throughout the province. Its a demonstration of how distinctive and old this place is (St. Johns was first settled 500 years ago and is one of the oldest cities in North America). Exploring this warm and culturally rich place, youll marvel at the defiance of typical engineering logic, expressed by jellybean row houses lining steep hills, and homes and fishing wharfs clinging to rocky cliffs.
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Around every corner, around every turn, youre reminded, that around here, not every work of art hangs on a wall. http://www.Newfoundlandlabrador.com
The iconic colourful clothesline has become a metaphor for some of the best things this place has to offer. An abundance of fresh, clean air, a wide-open, unspoiled natural environment, and a unique culture and creativity. This is all summed up by simple images like a line of fishermans gloves dancing in the wind, or a beautiful handmade quilt airing in the breeze.
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The people of the Flat Earth Society believe that this place is one of the four corners of the world; the very edge of the earth. http://www.newfoundlandlabrador.com
Nowhere in the world looks like Newfoundland and Labrador the most easterly point of North America, perched on the edge of a continent. This chapter evokes the strange and terrible beauty of our landscape and seascape, in stark contrast to the typical, Photoshopped and plastic images found in most tourism advertising.
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On your journey through life, make sure your biography has at least one extraordinary chapter.
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Gros Morne National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage site, is a demonstration of the spectacularly raw and enigmatic beauty of an exotic and ancient physical environment, unlike any other location on earth. Its a place where you not only discover a new world, but a little piece of yourself along the way.
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