Hollywood filmaker Pony Horton

06/18/13 • 29 min

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Pony Horton is an American filmmaker/journalist/actor of Irish and Cherokee descent. He has lent his talents, usually in the area of technical or visual effects work, to a number of low-and-medium budget feature films, four of which were produced by Roger Corman, including Masque of the Red Death (1989), and Wizards of the Lost Kingdom II (1989), as a matte artist/cinematographer. He also created matte paintings and photography for the Paulco films Fate, and Eternity (1989) both of which were co-produced by actor Jon Voight. In 1983, Pony began producing and directing TV commercials for the local Los Angeles market, including the first AIDS Awareness Public Service Announcements ever aired in the U.S. Since 2001, Pony has been producing a lifework under his own company banner, Gravity Arch Media, a docudrama on the life of William Mulholland, titled A Test Of Integrity, which stars veteran character actor Victor Izay in the role of Mulholland, the man who brought water to Los Angeles in 1913. Pony acts as both host and character, playing Mulholland's assistant, H.A. Van Norman. Pony has also produced and directed numerous TV commercials and industrials in recent years under the Gravity Arch Media name. Pony considers it ironic that today he is fighting AIDS himself, after having created those PSA's urging safe sex. Pony's new book trailer video for Homer Hickam's latest novel CRESCENT is available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Wz5Pw_tm8Yo

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Southern Rock Fans-Former Skynryd, Blackfoot Members On Show

Many former and founding members of Southern Rock’s biggest bands will perform together for the first time ever to help the Salvation Army restock local food pantry shelves across Southern West Virginia. Key members of legendary southern rockers Lynyrd Skynyrd, Molly Hatchet and Blackfoot will appear side-by-side in concert at the Coalfield Jamboree Theatre in Logan, WV this Friday night June 7th at 7 p.m. Audience members who bring a non-perishable food item will have the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to meet the band members and have a commemorative photo taken with them. The star-studded ensemble, collectively called the MONSTERS OF SOUTHERN ROCK, will feature guitarist and vocalist Mike Estes from Lynryd Skynrd, Blackfoot founding members Greg T. Walker (bass and vocals) and Charlie Hargrett (lead guitar and vocals), Jay Johnson (guitar and vocals), who has performed in both The Rossington Band and Blackfoot, and founding/former member Bruce Crump (drums) of Molly Hatchet. Estes and Johnson will be guests on this radio program. The concert is sponsored in part by Southern West Virginia Health System, a company of Lincoln Primary Care, LLC, Gaylock’s Wrecker Service and Southern Amusements Company. Tickets can also be purchased online at www.coalfieldjamboree.com or by calling (800) 965-9324. The Coalfield Jamboree box office will be also be open for walk up customers from noon-5pm June 3rd-June 6th, and noon-7pm June 7th. Advance tickets are $17.00 or $20.00 day of show. Fans can also purchase a limited number of “Gold Circle VIP Concert Experiences” for $50.00, which will include a seat in the first two rows, an on-stage photo with the band, and free admission to the official after-show party, which will be held at B.J.’s in Logan, WV.

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