21st June 2024
Eleven members were in attendance when, not only was it the winter solstice when 3000
ladies stripped off all and took to the water in Tasmania (yes, I did say winter solstice) but it
was also when our meeting was directed by our ladies – all three of them!
After breaking the ice, Norm got the meeting going, Ron confirmed that the club is still
solvent and Joe introduced our first short.
John B showed professional musicians worst nightmare when the music WOULD NOT stay on
the music stand. One time, the music even hid inside the piano!
Philip informed us how, back in the twelfth century, John Wykliff had the temerity to criticise
the Pope! for wasting churchgoers donations on fancy buildings.
Gary D confessed to having, at one time, being convicted and sentenced to having to listen,
for 100 hours, to a niece practicing the violin.
Maureen finished the shorts by boasting how she performed on stage with Abba.
‘Movie of the Year’ next meeting so bring along your friends and neighbours, then see what
your imagination can dream up for ‘ All that Glitters’ on 19th of July and ‘That was
Interesting’ on 2nd of August. Where’s the year gone?
Then the ladies took over.
Besides telling us what sort of films they particularly like or what they look for in movies,
Elizabeth made us aware of the mark Australian women have made in the world of movie
making behind the scenes. Using short extracts, Elizabeth took us down memory lane with
reminders from well known movies that were directed or edited by Australian ladies. Did
you know that Jocelyn Moorhouse and Gillion Armstrong went to Vermont High and
Swinburne Film School before cracking the big time? Neither did I. And who knew that,
besides being a petrol head, our Elizabeth also collects Barbie dolls?
If it wasn’t realised before, little fire power though they have (numbers wise), we can’t do
without our ladies. They are at work in the background too. Thanks to Trudy, after greeting
Brian to yet another year, we all enjoyed a most delicious chocolate birthday cake. Three
cheers for our ladies.
John M.
ladies stripped off all and took to the water in Tasmania (yes, I did say winter solstice) but it
was also when our meeting was directed by our ladies – all three of them!
After breaking the ice, Norm got the meeting going, Ron confirmed that the club is still
solvent and Joe introduced our first short.
John B showed professional musicians worst nightmare when the music WOULD NOT stay on
the music stand. One time, the music even hid inside the piano!
Philip informed us how, back in the twelfth century, John Wykliff had the temerity to criticise
the Pope! for wasting churchgoers donations on fancy buildings.
Gary D confessed to having, at one time, being convicted and sentenced to having to listen,
for 100 hours, to a niece practicing the violin.
Maureen finished the shorts by boasting how she performed on stage with Abba.
‘Movie of the Year’ next meeting so bring along your friends and neighbours, then see what
your imagination can dream up for ‘ All that Glitters’ on 19th of July and ‘That was
Interesting’ on 2nd of August. Where’s the year gone?
Then the ladies took over.
Besides telling us what sort of films they particularly like or what they look for in movies,
Elizabeth made us aware of the mark Australian women have made in the world of movie
making behind the scenes. Using short extracts, Elizabeth took us down memory lane with
reminders from well known movies that were directed or edited by Australian ladies. Did
you know that Jocelyn Moorhouse and Gillion Armstrong went to Vermont High and
Swinburne Film School before cracking the big time? Neither did I. And who knew that,
besides being a petrol head, our Elizabeth also collects Barbie dolls?
If it wasn’t realised before, little fire power though they have (numbers wise), we can’t do
without our ladies. They are at work in the background too. Thanks to Trudy, after greeting
Brian to yet another year, we all enjoyed a most delicious chocolate birthday cake. Three
cheers for our ladies.
John M.
