5th September 2024
Unclean thoughts of rival competition (Footie Finals) intruded as a glance around the hall revealed eleven members present. However, in his introduction Norm revealed a huge number of apologies, many of them in far away places. Sorry for those unworthy thoughts.
Four members had taken on the Shorts challenge of ‘The Sound of Silence’.
Matt set the ball rolling with a band – not quite of star rating, and a fan who kept poking his tongue out.
John Bs rotating pigeons revealed how fickle people’s desires to do good by volunteering can be.
Philip demonstrated what can happen when poetry and beautiful music are combined, and Ron showed how universal the language of music is.
Then it was time for the quarterly competition entries.
John B. took us to a part of the world we otherwise, probably, wouldn’t have visited – the
Crimea. We were given some idea of the history of Christianity in the region of
Bakhchysarai back to the 1st Century. Homes, from Joe Blow’s to the palace of the King, and many artifacts kept us intrigued.
The musical telling the story of the journey of The Lady Juliana from Blighty to Sydney Cove hinted at how it obtained the reputation of being a floating brothel.
Matt went back into ancient history to show how the frog bat evolved and then began to decline in numbers again.
The life of John Wycliffe showed that, as far as the church authorities were concerned, he was a bit of a trouble maker. He had the audacity to translate the Bible from Latin into English, allowing ordinary people – who could read – to be able to discover what it was all about.
A very close call gave the winning spot to Philip. Congratulations, Philip.
While we prepared ourselves with refreshments, Joe took on the daunting task of explaining the mysteries of DaVinci. Comments from the audience suggested that there are some in the club who know how to navigate its mystery – or should that be mysteries? Thanks, Joe.
The Shorts topic for next meeting is Magic, and the meeting after that, Houses, so go for it.
John M.
Four members had taken on the Shorts challenge of ‘The Sound of Silence’.
Matt set the ball rolling with a band – not quite of star rating, and a fan who kept poking his tongue out.
John Bs rotating pigeons revealed how fickle people’s desires to do good by volunteering can be.
Philip demonstrated what can happen when poetry and beautiful music are combined, and Ron showed how universal the language of music is.
Then it was time for the quarterly competition entries.
John B. took us to a part of the world we otherwise, probably, wouldn’t have visited – the
Crimea. We were given some idea of the history of Christianity in the region of
Bakhchysarai back to the 1st Century. Homes, from Joe Blow’s to the palace of the King, and many artifacts kept us intrigued.
The musical telling the story of the journey of The Lady Juliana from Blighty to Sydney Cove hinted at how it obtained the reputation of being a floating brothel.
Matt went back into ancient history to show how the frog bat evolved and then began to decline in numbers again.
The life of John Wycliffe showed that, as far as the church authorities were concerned, he was a bit of a trouble maker. He had the audacity to translate the Bible from Latin into English, allowing ordinary people – who could read – to be able to discover what it was all about.
A very close call gave the winning spot to Philip. Congratulations, Philip.
While we prepared ourselves with refreshments, Joe took on the daunting task of explaining the mysteries of DaVinci. Comments from the audience suggested that there are some in the club who know how to navigate its mystery – or should that be mysteries? Thanks, Joe.
The Shorts topic for next meeting is Magic, and the meeting after that, Houses, so go for it.
John M.
