Minutes of Scribblers meeting held on Tuesday 18 August 2015
Present: Dave, Dick, Hayley, Richard, Mairead, Liliane, Gerry, Barry, Jeanette, Cathy,
Present: Dave, Dick, Hayley, Richard, Mairead, Liliane, Gerry, Barry, Jeanette, Cathy,
Apologies: Jane, Beryl, Carolyn, Caz
Tonight was Jack Wilkinson Trophy night. Caz sent apologies for not being able to attend and present the trophy to the winner.
It was an excellent turn out for the competition, with nine entries – all interesting, all very different, and all of a high standard.
In the absence of Beryl, Cathy did the readings with Dick, and there were some cracking stories to be heard.
Once the readings were finished, Dave thanked Dick and Cathy, then took himself off to collate the scores, there being no-one else keen to do so!
Results:
Cathy took first place with ‘The Storyteller’, with Gerry’s story ‘Goodbye Yellow Brick Road’ coming in second place. Tying in third were Barry’s tale, ’13 Providence Place’, and Dick’s ‘A bone of contention’.
Other entries were as follows:
Hayley: Black hat, white hat, crown
Jeanette: A story of a sister
Liliane: Island
Dave: Where’s Isaac?
Richard: Anna and Bethany
Synopses:
Cathy: The Storyteller
A tale of a storyteller’s skill in enabling children to share their imaginations to create stories. And a reminder that children can be very aware of the needs of adults.
Dick: A bone of contention
A local giant states that he wishes to be left alone. Unfortunately, the local officials mishear his request and believe he is asking to be left a bone. Great embarrassment ensues for the official who tries to take him the bone!
Dave: Where’s Isaac?
Seven year old Isaac was missing for a week. Abducted by an evil character he escaped from the woodland prison into the scary trees. His captor chased and caught him. Meanwhile Ross was on his routine run and saw it happen. Could he muster the strength to save little Isaac?
Richard: Anna and Bethany
Anna and Bethany is an account of how two children live their fantasies, devoid of grown-up rationality - at the cost of their mother and remote from their father.
Gerry: Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
A young girl is depressed and upset after a bad slip-up during a community theatre production of "The Wizard of Oz", but an encounter with a strange creature on holiday leads her to re-think her attitudes.
Liliane: The Island
Lucy lives on a tropical island with her parents and a group of ecological scientists. She loves the island but when she is older she will have to go to boarding school. She is not sure she will like that.
No synopses for:
Hayley: Black hat, white hat, crown
Jeanette: A story of a sister
Barry: 13 Providence Place
Next meeting: 1st September, when the 1000 word homework topic is ‘Magic’, as chosen by
Mairead in our meeting of 4 August
