This week Cambridge youth from CCTV’s Summer Media Institute (SMI) made a trip over to East Boston to collaborate with a great youth music organization called Zumix. At Zumix, area youth can take instrument lessons, play in bands, or host their own radio show on the Zumix AM station.

CCTV and Zumix arranged for the students in SMI to produce a video of the Zumix “Divercity” band performing their version of the song “Bidi Bidi Bom Bom” by Selena. On Tuesday there was a shoot at Zumix, while the band performed on stage. On Wednesday the Divercity band and the SMI crew took the show on the road and headed to Piers Park for more shooting.

The collaboration is a great opportunity for youth from Cambridge and East Boston to connect and to work on a project that makes use of everyone’s creative talents. SMI participants will edit the video and a screening will be scheduled for later this summer, so stay tuned!

Thanks to Zumix for hosting the visits and to the Divercity band for doing a great job!