SAGINAW, MI — A group Saginaw citizens didn't have any words to sing during their part of a Pure Michigan promotional video filmed today at the Temple Theatre, but they still sang the phrase of "ohs" several times to make sure they had it right.

That's because the commercial will be made up of segments filmed all over Michigan, and each part has to be right on to make the final product a success.

Film makers Rob Bliss, 23, and Jeff Barrett, 27, from Status Creative in Grand Rapids are on a 50-city, seven-day journey across the state of Michigan to promote Pure Michigan.

Each group is singing a portion of “Good Time” by Owl City with Carly Rae Jepsen. The song will include some different lyrics to fit the mitten state.

The company will then piece together the video into a promotional video that will be finished in mid-September.

"The hardest part has been all the deadlines," Bliss said, "speeding everywhere to be on time."

Singers from different areas ranged from construction workers to professional choirs, Bliss said, and each community has had something unique to add to the video.

Bliss has made it into every part of the commercial from every location around the state and the film crew has had a lot of fun so far, he said.

Linda Morgan, 54, said she is not a member of the choir but heard about the event on the news and decided to join in and sing for Saginaw.

"I think it's an awesome thing for mid-Michigan to be involved in," she said. "It's a lot of fun."

Glen Thomas Rideout, 27, director of the Saginaw singing group, said the the short clip of about five seconds was "the easiest recording" he has ever made, though the group did several takes to get it right.

Rideout directed the group made up of members of the Saginaw Choral Society and other Saginaw citizens.

Rideout led the singers through several practice takes before the microphones were turned on to capture Saginaw's segment of the video. Because of traffic noise on Washington, the group recorded audio in the rear of the Temple Theatre before moving out front to shoot the video portion. The two versions will be combined during the editing phase of the video.

The group visited Midland and Bay City before coming to Saginaw today. They planned to stop in Frankenmuth and Flint before calling it a day.

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