Report of Meeting Held 1st March 2005

Apologies for absence were received from Rachel
whose daughter is celebrating her birthday, Les away on holiday,
Judy has been unwell and Allen is unable to attend because of
this. Unfortunately poor Belinda had a fall in the snow and has hurt her
back, Avril has also passed on a message that she won't be able to attend
for some time.

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In attendance were Alex, Liliane, Richard, Anne, Sue,
Caz, Scott, Ken, Gordon, Morag, Dick, Tony, Peter and Dave.

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Members and Other News:

Belinda's Birthday:

You may recall that Belinda is having a birthday get together
and meal at the Grosvenor in Felixstowe this coming Tuesday. There is no need to
book a meal in advance this time but it would really be nice if you could
attend. Belinda has been a lovely addition to our group and it would be lovely
to help her celebrate. Even more so as she had an accident in the snow and has
hurt her back. If you want to check out details then I am sure Caz wouldn't mind
passing details on.

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Talking of Caz it was a warm welcome back for her as she was
attending seemed like her fist meeting this year after a run of bad health and a
holiday where - so I hear - she had a little accident slipping on the stairs.
Contrary to someone's popular belief, she had not been on any fall-over liquid
at all! Glad to have her back.

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Caz tells us that Eric Vanlint has come 'Runner Up' in the London
and Eastern Counties category for Help The Aged Living Legends (Local Hero) for
his magnificent cancer charity work in the past seven years, since his wife
Dorie died. He will collect his prize at the Dorchester Hotel on Wednesday 23
March at a Champagne Lunch. Some of those attending include Cilla Black, June
Whitfield and other stars and celebrities including some from East Enders. I
have been invited too as I nominated him, after hearing June Whitfield on Radio
Suffolk asking for nominations in January. Karl is also attending as chaperone
and making sure we don't get lost on the underground! Eric and I will be on
Radio Suffolk a week before we go talking about it to Lesley Dolphin on the mid
morning show.

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The meeting was a little disjointed with the attendance being
split into two small groups. This was to allow the writers interested in the
mini-soap to brain storm and share their ideas on the upper floor whilst the
rest remained in their smaller group to share their homework and read that sent
in by those unable to attend.

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The Mini Soap for Felixstowe TV [ http://felixstowetv.co.uk ] is taking
shape and although no possible scripts are being disclosed at present, the
interested writers read their possibilities and there was a free discussion
about the direction of the story.

Chris [Felixstowe TV] had made some suggestions that were
shared with the group and there were also answers to several earlier questions.
All in all this looks like a wonderful idea with plenty of interest from:

Writers

Actors

Music Composer

Singer

And of course Felixstowe TV

We just know that this will be a success - at least it will be
good fun trying!

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Now the homework with its Gridlock theme as
reported by Alex.

Caz read Jan's 'Gridlock Felixstowe' the
consequences of a blockage at Beach Station road.

Liliane read Rachel's 'Gridlock' with its
interesting metaphors and Richard relayed Margareta's Croatian
based 'The Problem'.

Judy's 'The Skinning', read out by Ann, was very
popular telling the tale of crossing the road in Italy during a Police
check.

Sue read Les's Spanish based 'Gridlock' about
Manuel's happy hour.

Caz read her own 'Gridlock' which had been broadcast
earlier on Radio Suffolk.

Liliane read 'On the Road', Richard 'Going Home',
Alex 'White line Fever and Ann concentrated on her own version of
'Gridlock' based on people rather than traffic and Sue completed the
readings with 'Sky Jam'.

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The next Scribblers meeting will be on March
15^th at 7.30pm

The homework is PICNIC suggested by Ann
and everyone is invited to write longer pieces than usual on the
theme. It is hoped to relay the first draft script of the mini-soap.

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Keep Scribbling,

Dave
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