MARK OF ROYALTY MUSIC VIDEO

Okay here it is--the long awaited, super duper, totally awesome, incredible. Music video.  Did I mention TOTALLY AWESOME! Check it out!

Cast and Crew for Mark of Royalty the Video

• Jennifer K. Clark - Author of the book and Producer of the video
• Stephonie K. Williams - Coauthor of the book and Producer of the video
• Kelsey Wheadon - Song Artist & Interviewee
• Warren Workman - Director
• Jaclyn Hales - Sarah
• Jon Florence - Alex
• TJ Curtis- Chad
• Rebecca Batty - Felicia
• Kenneth Yeager - Clyde
• Natalie Willison - Queen Julianna
• Kenneth Applegate- King Richard
• Liekele 364 (Luke) - Friesian Stallion
• Vicky Stevens - Owner & Trainer
• Christie Erickson - Trainer, Rider, & Stunt Double
• Liz Carazo - Horse Groom
• Lilliana Corona - Production Assistant
• Ashley Yakovich - Production Assistant and Grip
• Adam Moore - Grip
• Scott Warren - Director of Photography
• Dora Workman - Assistant Director
• Pete Yakovich - Boom Operator and Grip
• Krik Myers - Gaffer
• Paul Williams - Assistant Producer
• Melaine Mallory- Wardrobe
• Linda Kilgrow - Wardrobe Assistant
• Valynda Clark - Wardrove Assistant
• Nicole Manley - Hair & Makeup
• Rachel Parkinson - Hair & Makeup
• Brittany - Hair & Makeup
• Jack Clark - Transportation
• Don Kilgrow - Transportation
• Eddie J Sáenz- Photographer
• Michael - Crafty, Extra, & Interviewee
• Jared Kilgrow - Catering
• Sarah - Crafty, Extra, & Interviewee
• Anneli Byrd - Extra & Interviewee
• Catherine Byrd - Extra & Interviewee
  

We would like to extend a very special Thank You! to everyone who helped us on this project.

• Tabitha Mounteer
• Holly Tippetts
• Michael Jeffery
• Julie Jeffery
• Andrew Aedo
• Ashley Aedo
• Cameron Fullmer
• Adam Baird
• Patti King
• Jennifer Smith
• Stephanie Judd
• Eliot Wood
• Jennifer Sinclair
• Trent Sargent
• Kasey Warhurst
• Kish Carter
• Jennifer Bannic
• Megan Warhurst

If I have forgotten anyone, please please please let me know!!

Happy Thanksgiving

This is just a quick note from me again.  Jennifer is at our parents' place for Thanksgiving and so she decided to delay posting the music video here until Monday.

We hope you have a safe and wonderful holiday!

-Stephonie
(Jenn's sister and personal comfort zone pusher)

Meet Luke

Jennifer is taking care of business and asked me to guest post to her blog so that you will be able to have the horse video tonight instead of tomorrow.

As Jennifer and I planned out what we wanted for the music video, the scenes we wanted to film and the characters, one of the things that we kept going back to was having a horse.  There are many horses in the book but the one that stands out is Alex's Friesian stallion. We were not going to be content with just any horse; we wanted a Friesian. Since there are only between 2,000 and 3,000 Friesians in the US we were concerned that we would not be able to find one.  Luckily there are several owners/breeders in Utah that have the stunning black horses.  They are wildly popular for movies thanks to Goliath in Ladyhawke and we found three possibilities.  However, being popular, highly trained, and expensive (in terms of financially and in time) to groom and transport we discovered that we may very well might not be able to afford to have the horse of our dreams in our little production.  We joked that we might have to settle for any horse we could get, use some black boot polish, and duct tape extra main, tail, and feathers on the feet.  Luckily Jenn was given the name of Vicky Stephens at Shaman's Circle Ranch.  Vicky wanted to help us and did everything she could to help us achieve what we envisioned.

Once we had made arrangements with Vicky I posted on Facebook and said,

"By the way, our most expensive actor is Luke. He comes with his own trailer, hair stylist, caterer, and wardrobe.  He is big, stunningly beautiful, graceful, regal, and extremely skilled and experienced. Did I mention that he is black as black can be, his hair is to DIE for, and he is a real stallion. No, seriously he IS a stallion, a Friesian stallion. He is pricey but so so so worth it. You just wait and see!"

Luke was so beautiful and Vicky and her team so gracious and helpful that we couldn't NOT feature him in his own little video.  We hope that you enjoy seeing more of the horse that performed so beautifully for us and also brings an element of commonality for Alex and Sarah in our book.

-Stephonie

Mark of Royalty lyrics

How awesome is this.... This song was written specifically for our book, Mark of Royalty.

Kelsey did such a fantastic job and it totally fits with the story in the book.

So with no further adiue, here are the long awaited lyrics to the song Mark of Royalty

Written by and performed by Kelsey Wheadon

I feel so lost in my own world
Like there’s so much more to be
And here I try to regain my strength
To obtain that side of me

I follow in hopes of some sort of clue
To the cause of why I’m here
As all I’ve ever known is wrong
My path is so unclear

So I’ll run against the soaring wind
And I’ll reach just to touch your hand
I’ll follow you on this journey
Just to find who I am

I surrender, I need to know
Please, just let it show
I thought I knew
And now so unsure
I don’t know where to go

So I’ll run against the soaring wind
And I’ll reach just to touch your hand
I’ll follow you on this journey
Just to find who I am

A secret has been kept from me
This mark claims my identity

So I’ll run against the soaring wind
And I’ll reach just to touch your hand
I’ll follow you on this journey
Just to find who I am

I think you know
I’ll trust in you
Take my hand, show me

I’ll find who I am
Yes, I’ll find who I am
Find who I am

Okay, so now I know your dying to hear the song set to music and see the music video. 

We will be posting it .........DRUM ROLL.......

November 24th!

Mark of Royalty Premiere

The Mark of Royalty premiere was a success!

The picture above is only half of the room, but you can tell that we had a crowd there. 77 people to be exact! We even had to pull out more chairs!

For those of you who don't know what this is all about...My sister Stephonie and I made a music video to help promote our book, Mark of Royalty. The premiere party features the first public viewing of the music video.

What did we do?.....Lots!
*My editor, Eliza Nevin, and 2 of her friends sang to us, ended with a beautiful Irish folksong.
*We gave away 20 prizes! Some included hand made journals, Kelsey Weadon CD's, and yummy treats!
*Those who came got to meet the song artist, Kelsey Weadon, and some of the other actors and were able to look through photos taken the day of the shoot.
*And of course... we viewed some videos. 1-a short video on Friesian Stallion that we used. 2-The book trailer. 3-The fabulous, oh soooo amazing Mark of Royalty Music Video. 4-the funny blooper reel.

It was so fun and I even received 2 invitations to speak at schools about the book and to show the videos.
I was really impressed by several people who talked to me afterward about their own writing experiences and book ideas.

It was GREAT! Next big party on the list.... The Mark of Royalty Book Launch (February)

We will be posting the music video soon, so keep your eye out for it! 

Her are just a few pictures from the Premiere.

Warren Workman (our director) and his wife, Dora.

Kelsey Weadon (song artist) and her husband and daughter

 

Jaclyn Hales (lead actress playing Sarah) and her husband

Editor, Eliza Nevin (on the left), and friends.

UPCOMING EVENT!

What are you doing Saturday evening?

If you're in the Provo area, come to our MUSIC VIDEO/BOOK TRAILER PREMIERE!

What should you expect?

Prizes, treats, and FUN, FUN, FUN!!!

My editor, Eliza, will sing some songs and we get to watch the blooper reel too!!!

I am so excited for this!!!

This is an open invitation, so please come and bring your family or friends!

This Saturday, Nov. 13th at 5:00 pm. 

610 West 300 South, Provo, Ut.

Hope to see you there!

ANOTHER ADVENTURE

Yep, I'm just diving into another adventure. At least I look at it that way. I told a friend about this adventure and her response: "Oh my gosh! You're doing that again?"

So what exactly is it? We've taken in another exchange student! A 17 year old boy from China. We've had 3 other exchange students before. 2 were just here for short summer programs where we had them for less than a month. The other was a German student we had for 5 months. All came with unique experiences of their own. Chuck will be with us for the whole school year, possibly longer.

I've learned that it's not always easy opening up your home to strangers and in the past we've had some challenges so I was a little hesitant about this time, but so far it's working out great!

Why do I do it? 

I love sharing our great American culture.

I love showing people the incredible landscape of Utah.

Even though we don't push religion, I love sharing our religion and what we believe.

I love listening to their comments and seeing things from a foreigner's perspective.

And I like that it pushes me. It pushes me to keep the house cleaner, to make daily meals, to keep up with the kid's chore charts.

So far we have taken Chuck camping--his first time to sleep outdoors. He loves to see the stars. We have gone hiking, picnicking, and ATVing. We have also taken him to a small Mountain Man shoot (shhhhhh. Don't tell anyone, but Chuck likes muzzleloaders.)

What fascinates me are the stories he shares with us about his culture. He lives in a small one room apartment with 7 other boys. No drinking water from the taps and no hot water to shower in. They pack their hot water from another building. They go to school from 6:40am till 11:00pm 7 days a week with one day a month off so they can go see their family. In school, they stay in one class room while the different teachers come in to teach them. They do not get to choose what subjects they want to take. It's all the same: Math, science, etc..

The first day he went to school here, he came home and said, "Did you know that I have a cooking class?"

I love it! He is also taking a drama and choir class.

Lately we've been tasting a bit of his culture. Chuck tells us that Chinese eat anything--Dog, cat, monkey, scorpions. One night he cooked for us and made two big pans of seasoned liquid and set plates of raw meat and vegetables around them. We had raw pork, chicken, and beef setting on the table when the kids were called in to come eat. My son walked in and took one look at the raw meat and said, "We're going to eat this? Mom! You've got to be kidding!"
It was the best meal. We spent over an hour just setting there and visiting and cooking the meat and vegetables in the hot pots and eating as things got cooked. It was a fun experience.

The next experience on our agenda ... a Halloween party. Chuck's cooking fish heads for it.
He says that they are delicious, but I think I'll pass and just take his word for it.