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Claudio Oswald Niedworok of The Rusty Bucket Kids Show Unveils Show

Get on Board... and join Claudio Oswald Niedworok, our multi–talented Storyteller and Conductor of Steamy the Time–Travel Train, from the new TV show, The Rusty Bucket Kids.com. Claudio is unveiling a new art exhibit in Wake Forest, North Carolina.

Dates are Sunday, February 7th through March 8th.

Enjoy watercolor marker/brush art, that Claudio defines as FESTIVAL COLOURS.

Get on board... to The Cotton Company in historic downtown Wake Forest on South White Street. For more information check out www.claudioarts.com and www.thecottoncompany.net.

Bud Coggins Tapped as CEO of The Rusty Bucket Kids Show

Bud Coggins joins RBKC, Inc. as Chief Executive Officer. RBKC, Inc. is currently located in New Hill, NC and is the production company for “The Rusty Bucket Kids Club” television/mobisode series. The family-oriented program is produced in Apex, New Hill and at the New Hope Valley Railway in Bonsal, North Carolina. The show is part of a new, unique business paradigm being unveiled in the Triangle area. The transitional media, or transmedia, distribution model uses the show to promote existing area businesses, as filming locations, while at the same time highly emphasizing the value of visibility for show sponsors and advertisers.

When Your Networking Gets Rusty

Friends and family of the cast and crew, un-deterred by the rainy night, filled the Gallery to see the first post production viewing of John Demers' TV pilot. Local actor and producer, John Demers, graciously addressed an audience of cast and crew for the experience of working on this project with them.

Stars Come Out for Local Film Festival

Apex, NC – Festival organizers also used the gala to cross promote their kids show, “The Rusty Bucket Kids.”

Demers, who is executive producer of both projects, called the show “edu-tainment” because it teaches aspects of history while entertaining.

The entire show was filmed in downtown Apex, New Hill and Bonsal and features mostly local talent.

All Booked Up Raised $1000 in the Peak City Film Festival Silent Auction

Apex, NC – While the curtains have been drawn and the flashing lights, actors and directors have returned to their respective places, the legacy of the First Annual Peak City Film Festival will live in the hearts and minds of Film Festival participants everywhere.

Rusty Bucket TV Show   [video] See a new pilot TV show taped in Apex.

Jerry Mathers to Attend Peak City Film Festival:
Actor to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award

Apex, NC – The Peak City Film Festival– Family Style has announced Jerry Mathers will be attending the event in Apex the weekend of November 20-22, 2009. An actor for most of his life, he is best known for his role as ‘The Beaver” in the long-running television show ’Leave it to Beaver.” He has also appeared on Broadway and in numerous movies and other television shows over the years. Mathers also had a role in the locally produced motion picture “Will to Power” filmed in the Triangle area several years ago.

Rusty Bucket Kids Club Wraps Production

Apex, NC - Shooting of the pilot episode and theatrical release version of “The Rusty Bucket Kids” has now been completed with work now moving to editing and other post-production tasks. The program made use of locations in Apex, NC and the surrounding area including historic downtown Apex and the New Hope Valley Railway. Throughout the production the Town of Apex portrays the fictional “Peak City.”

Upcoming children's television series has a home-town feel

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You may not know “The Rusty Bucket Kids,” but soon enough you might.

With so many small-screen franchises devoted to kids, teens and tweens, it’s no surprise that a local production would seek to make its own mark in the marketplace.

Studio in the Woods, which is based in New Hill and Apex, has joined forces with Simon Barron Productions (based in Los Angeles) to produce the program, for which executive producers John and Michelle Demers expressly wanted to use such local environs as Apex, New Hill and the New Hope Valley Railway, which figures prominently in the story.

Friday October 23, 2009 WRAL TV Area talent fills “Rusty Bucket”   [video] John Demers, executive producer of “The Rusty Bucket Kids,” discusses the locally produced TV show, which premieres at an Apex film festival in November. Tuesday October 20, 2009 GOLO Good Morning Charlie In 1960, a gentleman named Charlie Gaddy came to the Triangle, and joined the WPTF family. In 1970, he started “Good Morning Charlie” on WRAL television. Twenty-four years later, Charlie retired as the anchor on WRAL; but as always, good people never fade away, they continue to touch people’s lives. In his final broadcast, July 1, 1994, he stated this to his final audience: “ Thank you for being my friends. We will meet again some sunny day!” Sunday Oct 18, 2009 Durham Herald Sun Music to His Ears Rusty Bucket actor Pablo Vega also a Musician CHAPEL HILL -- As a kid in fifth grade, Pablo Vega would listen to his sister taking piano lessons, and when she was done he‘d walk over to the piano and play the piece. “My mom said I would just walk in and play what she was playing from ear,” Vega said. “I would listen to the radio and try to copy what I heard.” Vega, 23, had a natural talent for playing the piano, but he hated taking piano lessons. It just wasn’t any fun playing scales, holding his hands just so and learning pieces that didn’t interest him, so he usually quit after a few classes. Saturday October 17, 2009 Apex Herald Television Shuts Down Streets Parts of downtown Apex will be closed to traffic during the next two Sunday mornings as filming for the children’s television show The Rusty Bucket Kids continues. The stretch of Salem St. from Center to Chatham streets will be closed from 5 a.m. to noon on Oct. 18 and 25. Police will also block off Salem from Center to Hunter Street on Oct.18 from 5 a.m. to 8 a.m. Wednesday October 14, 2009 GOLO The Rusty Bucket Kids TV Show Goes Into Production: TV Pilot uses Local Talent The pilot episode of “The Rusty Bucket Kids” television show is in full production. The show is being produced by New Hill& Apex based Studio in the Woods, Inc and Los Angeles based Simon Barron Productions. The show’s creator is John M. Demers. John and his wife Michelle are the Executive Producers and are from New Hill, NC. Production locations include the Town of Apex, NC, which plays the fictional Peak City, North Carolina, home to The Rusty Bucket Kids. The community of New Hill and the New Hope Valley Railway also serve as locations for this exciting program. The show tells us what happens when two children, from today, must travel back in time on a steam engine train to visit men and women of history, while still teenagers.