琉璃神社 actress Jen Proc茅 will be featured in a music video recently filmed in Midway, B.C.

The village father-son duo Son of John filmed the video for their unreleased single, 鈥淧ut Your Hands Up鈥� over the June 24-25 weekend.

Speaking for the band, songwriter and guitarist Javan Johnson was careful not to give too much away. 鈥淲e鈥檙e going to leave it to audiences鈥� interpretation as to what it鈥檚 about,鈥� he explained, saying only that the music video plays on the song鈥檚 title.

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On-set pictures show a wedding scene set against the backdrop of Midway鈥檚 Bridge drop-in centre. Lead vocalist John Johnson is dressed as an old-time pastor, with son Javan and 琉璃神社 actress Jen Proc茅 featured as happy newly-weds.

Proc茅 had been cast by the Johnsons鈥� production company, 琉璃神社鈥檚 Film Factory. But Javan said Proc茅 was so 鈥渉umble and down-to-earth 鈥� it was as if we had known each other for a long time.鈥�

Javan, who teaches P.E. and English at Midway鈥檚 Boundary Central Secondary School, said he鈥檇 personally cast students Wyatt Lasai and Brayden Goddard.

The Johnsons, who used an $8,000 grant from BC Creative to spur the project, had held off filming until late June. 鈥淲e didn鈥檛 want to get caught in the rain, but we didn鈥檛 anticipate having to shoot in a record-breaking heatwave,鈥� Javan laughed, noting that he鈥檇 worn a black tuxedo for the entire first day of filming on Saturday, June 24.

Johnson said that he and his father are tentatively planning to screen the finished music video in the village. 鈥淲e want to give a big thanks to the community for accommodating the production,鈥� Javan said, adding that the video will feature not just The Bridge, but also McMynn鈥檚 Family Foods and the Keg and Kettle Grill.

Son of John hopes to release 鈥淧ut Your Hands Up鈥� in song and music video form no later than Sept. 1.

laurie.tritschler@grandforksgazette.ca
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