complete[kid lit] The Red Cross Girls in Belgium -ke

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kathrinee
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Post by kathrinee »

The Red Cross Girls in Belgium by Margaret Vandercook (1877 - 1958).

This project is now complete! All audio files can now be found on the catalog page for this project: https://librivox.org/the-red-cross-girls-in-belgium-by-margaret-vandercook/

Volunteers outside the USA: Margaret Vandercook died in 1958. Her work is still protected by copyright in places, like Europe, where copyright is author's death plus 70 years and Australia (author's death plus 70 years for authors who died after 1954).
Four young American women have joined the Allied forces under WWI. In this volume of the series they are in Belgium, and they are dealing with the mysterious past of one of the girls, the possible romance between a French Count and another of the girls (a selfprofessed "old maid") and Belgian children and other civilians ( kathrinee)
    1. How to claim a part, and "how it all works" here To find a section to record, simply look at point 5. below at the sections. All the ones without names beside them are "up for grabs." Click "Post reply" at the top left of the screen and tell us which section you would like to read (include the section number from the left-most column in the reader list, please). Read points 6. to 8. below for what to do before, during and after your recording.
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      Genres for the project: Children's Fiction/Action & Adventure

      Keywords that describe the book: girls, female heroes, wartime

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    6. BEFORE recording: Please check the Recording Notes: http://librivox.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=6427#6430

      Set your recording software to:
      Channels: 1 (Mono)
      Bit Rate: 128 kbps
      Sample Rate: 44.1 kHz
    7. DURING recording:
      No more than 0.5 to 1 second of silence at the beginning of the recording!
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      START of recording (Intro)
      • "Chapter [number] of The Red Cross Girls in Belgium. This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information, or to volunteer, please visit: librivox DOT org"
      • If you wish, say: "Recording by [your name], [city, your blog, podcast, web address]"
      • Say:
        "The Red Cross Girls in Belgium, by Margaret Vandercook. [Chapter title]"

      END of recording
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        "End of Chapter [#]"
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        "End of The Red Cross Girls in Belgium, by Margaret Vandercook. "

      There should be 5 seconds silence at the end of the recording.

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      Need noise-cleaning?
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      Save files as
      128 kbps MP3
      redcrossgirls_##_vandercook_128kb.mp3 (all lower-case) where ## is the section number (e.g. redcrossgirls_01_vandercook_128kb.mp3)

    9. Please ignore ID3 tags - these will be filled in automatically at the cataloguing stage.
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Post by kathrinee »

We are open for business :D Readers and a DPL would be most welcome. (I'll write some kind of summary after I read & record the first chapter...;) )
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Post by BettyB »

I would like 19 and 20.
Betty
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Post by kathrinee »

Great! Thank you for claiming, Betty :D
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Post by grannaknits »

I would like to read sections 2 and 3, please.

Thanks!

Denise Nordell (Grannaknits)
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Post by kathrinee »

Wonderful -- all yours, Denise :thumbs:
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Post by Read »

I would like to do Section 18. This will be my first recording.

Please use my name for the catalogue.

Thank you,
Kristin Lewis
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Post by linny »

Kathrine,
Such a delightful start of the story. Chapter 1 is PL OK!

I don't PL for you often but every time I do your voice sounds so comforting and familiar.

Enjoy your project!
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Post by queenk8 »

I'd like to claim sections 4, 5, and 6, please.
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Post by Twinkle88 »

May I read Chapter 7? This looks like an interesting story! :)
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Post by kathrinee »

Read wrote:I would like to do Section 18. This will be my first recording.

Please use my name for the catalogue.

Thank you,
Kristin Lewis
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Welcome! Thank you for claiming, section 18 is all yours :) Here is your reader's page -- it lets you keep track of your claims and sections you have complete etc. Please call out if you run into any difficulties!
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Post by kathrinee »

linny wrote:Kathrine,
Such a delightful start of the story. Chapter 1 is PL OK!

I don't PL for you often but every time I do your voice sounds so comforting and familiar.

Enjoy your project!
Thank you, Linny! :clap: Wonderful feedback to get on a rainy Monday morning :9:
Kathrine
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Post by kathrinee »

queenk8 wrote:I'd like to claim sections 4, 5, and 6, please.
All yours -- thank you for claiming! :thumbs:
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Post by kathrinee »

Twinkle88 wrote:May I read Chapter 7? This looks like an interesting story! :)
Most certainly -- chapter 7 is all yours :D Thank you for claiming
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Post by Read »

Hello! Here is the updated link to Chapter 18:


https://librivox.org/uploads/kathrinee/redcrossgirls_18_vandercook_128kb.band_.zip

File length is: 13:06

Kristin Lewis
Last edited by Read on January 13th, 2017, 1:50 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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