Life goes on in New Orleans French quarter
(4 Sep 2005) SHOTLIST ++NIGHT SHOTS++ 1. Wide of Bourbon Street 2. Various tracking shots of streets in French Quarter 3. Pull out from Bourbon Street sign to police vehicles driving through street 4. Convoy of police vehicles 5. Tilt down to bar (Johnny White''s Spirits Bar and Grill) on the corner of Bourbon Street 6. Woman smoking cigar inside bar, pan to woman serving behind bar 7. Patrons sitting at bar 8. SOUNDBITE (English): Vox pop, bartender: Q: "Should anyone be surprised to find a bar open on Bourbon street?" A: (Bartender laughs) "Is that good enough?" Pan to patrons laughing 9. SOUNDBITE (English): Vox pop, bartender: Q: "Have you got any plans? Are you going to stick it out here? Do you think you might leave?" A: "No, I''m just trying to hustle as much money as I can out of people and then I might get out and take a vacation." 10. Drinks and candles on the bar, tilt up to patrons 11. Close up of beer bottle 12. SOUNDBITE (English): Vox pop, Diana, bar customer: "Here in New Orleans we like to keep the tradition going. We believe that we should be the last ones standing, and the tradition in Bourbon Street is to be in a bar drinking, even though I''m a native American and I do not drink. So I believe my position right now is to keep the spiritual part alive. I wake up every morning and I pray with my eagle feather - I''m a carrier of the eagle feather - and pray for the spirits of the dead ones and the animals and the people who are suffering surrounding us." 13. Bourbon Street sign, zoom out to wide of bar 14. Various of patrons inside bar 15. SOUNDBITE (English): Vox pop, Diana, bar customer: "Here, as a native American, I learned from my elders that pain is temporary and pride is forever, and we are proud of New Orleans and we believe that the spirit of New Orleans will never die." 16. SOUNDBITE (English): Vox pop, bartender: Q: "You adopted the dog since Katrina?" A: "Yes, the day after I think it was." Q: "So you found something good out of Katrina?" A: "Yes, and so I named the dog Katrina, even though it''s a boy - Katrina." 17. Patron patting Katrina 18. Patrons outside bar STORYLINE The usually lively French Quarter in New Orleans resembled a ghost town on Saturday night. Aside from police vehicles patrolling the area, one of the few signs of life was a bar which remained open on the corner of Bourbon Street. A bartender at Johnny White''s Spirits Bar & Grill decided to see how much money she could make from those still left behind. Most of the patrons were being served by candlelight, but that didn''t seem to dampen their spirits. "Here in New Orleans we like to keep the tradition going. We believe that we should be the last one standing and tradition in Bourbon Street is to be in a bar drinking," said one of the bar''s patrons. The historic French Quarter is usually packed with residents and tourists. People flock there for the ornate colonial architecture and to eat and drink in the many bars and restaurants. Although the French Quarter escaped much of the flooding, all of the other businesses along Bourbon street remain closed. KEYWORD - HURRICANE KATRINA Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: / ap_archive Facebook: / aparchives Instagram: / apnews You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...
