Felixstowe Scribblers Report of Meeting 17th May 2005

Dave writes...





Felixstowe Scribblers Report of Meeting 17th May 2005





Apologies were received from Ellen who was attending a reading group in Ipswich, Les who is on holiday at Centre Parcs in Thetford. Richard is back on daughter's taxi service and Scott is looking forward to returning next meeting.





A really big surprise this evening when Jack arrived with his mum Caz - and how well he looked! Jack was on top form and even did some homework too. Had an update from Caz today, Friday, that says: "We have just arrived back from Addenbrooke's and Dr Sett the Radiographer who did Jack's CT Scan said she feels the initial findings indicate that the tumour has shrunk but by how much she cannot tell until she has had time to compare the two scans but we were relieved to hear this news. We go back to Addenbrooke's for more Chemotherapy next Thursday."





Sue also came along for what is going to be one of her rare visits for the next month or two as she is soon off to Canada hunting down the Mounties in the Rockies.





Joining them in attendance were Judy, Alex, Christine, Morag, Gordon, Ken, Dick, Ann, Belinda, Liliane, Peter, Alan, Tony and Dave.





Again thanks to Liliane for collecting the library key.





The Library: With the modernisation of the Library now in real progress, there was a surprise when we found the library had been double-booked for the evening! There were two computer groups in already but our lovely library staff were excellent and found enough seats for 17 of us to meet in the Children's corner. How Les would have loved that, but he's on holiday! Perhaps a bit noisy in the early stages but things soon settled down!





Jan


Since the last meeting we learned that poor Jan has lost her mother. We cannot imagine how she must be feeling, as this last year has been really hard for her and husband Gordon.





Other news:





He's a Winner! It is good to be able to announce that Dick came third in a mini-saga writing competition and was about to celebrate with the cheque that he received until he discovered it was for £2! Oh well, that's two pounds more than the rest of us made!





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Felixstowe TV's mini drama serial…





News from Chris





"Well, I'm sorry not to have been in touch lately, but things have been too hectic for words. Over the time since we all last met, I've been working six day a week one way and another, including a combination of FTV and other (paid!) jobs. This has meant making a tough decision or two about prioritising things, and has resulted in the FTV mini-series simply having to take a back seat for a few weeks. We now plan to start shooting at the end of June, and will be sending shooting details to you during the first week of June.





My intention will be now to try and shoot around 5 screen minutes per shooting session; I'll therefore send you availability notes which will enable me to maximise the output from each session.





I'm sorry if the delay has or may cause you any problem - let me know if you have concerns about fitting the production into your already busy lives!





Best wishes



Chris"





As far as the Scribblers are concerned we have now finalised the eighth episode apart from some fine-tuning and are well on the way to finishing episode nine as well. We will hopefully have all scripts completed by the time filming begins, in fact those of us who have parts to play should even have time to learn all their lines too!





Keep an eye on http://www.felixstowetv.co.uk/miniserial/ for updates.





*** On to the readings



with the theme this time on 'Eyes'.





Belinda began with "Massaging Messages" based on her experience learning to be a masseuse and how it is possible to 'see' and receive emotions and messages through the hands.





"Safer by the Seaside" by Liliane was set in Antwerp and told the story of three children orphaned by a wartime bomb.





Peter shared "My War" memories of his childhood during the war at Clopton Corner close to Debach Airfield where the Americans were based.





Not for the faint-hearted, Ann recalled "A Level Biology" that included dissecting mice and even eyes…





Alan had printer problems at home so related his true story about his cousin Jack in Kensington who got lost in a really bag fog but was helped home in double quick time by a blind person.





Dick's "Eyes That Betray" was a very powerful story of rape with the victim reporting it to the police and realising that the eyes of the detective were those of her assailant.





Ken read "Gift" - A blind race - a newcomer able to mend eyes - and the agonies suffered by the one chosen to have his eyes 'mended.'





Morag read out Scott's "Never Gonna Dance Again" - a follow-up on Shadow, the talking dog who now wants to learn to dance…





Caz's "Eyes" perfectly described as windows of the soul.





Jack read out "Life Through the Eyes of a Peregrine" vividly descriptive in seeking it's prey and of the wonderful views it would see on its migration south for the winter.





Judy's "King Alfred" really was that - the life of a spud!





Dave's "The Night Has a Thousand Eyes" was eerily set in a bedroom…





"The Cul-de-Sac Kids" was read by Christine about six children playing witches and peering through knotholes in the fence …





Alex's again untitled but very powerful work described the pain, suffering and head trauma received in times of war by friendly fire…





Gordon's "One in the Eye" just had to be about poor Cyclops..





Tony read out "The Eyes of the Beholder" whilst Sue read "Eyes Right Eyes Wrong" for Les who's wife Joan had to go to A&E with grit in her eye.





Finally Dave read Margareta's "How Many Eyes for an Eye?" which puts a new spin on revenge..





An excellent evenings entertainment once again with some mighty interesting material A real Scribblers experience.





The homework assignment for the next meeting is "CYCLING" or anything similar {ie recycling]. Set by Peter you are invited to write up to 500 words on this theme. The three open subject stories will be by Ann, Caz and Dave.





The next meeting is in three weeks time on Tuesday 7th June at the usual 7.30pm start time.



Please be aware there may be an alteration to the entrance of the building. If this happens then we will hopefully be advised before the night!





Until then, put out your kind thoughts for those in need,





Keep Scribbling,





Dave.



Alex writes...


ta to Margreta for helping out with the HTML...:-)