Date : Thursday July 15th
Time 7.45pm
Place: Bishop Lloyd's Palace
Since it was agreed that we will have a warm-up session alternate months there will be no warm-up session in July.
1. Notices
2. Readings.
3. Homework.
4. AOB.
Sunday, July 11, 2010
Minutes for the June Meeting.
Date : Thursday June 17th
Time 7.45pm
Place: Bishop Lloyd's Palace
1. Warm-up session. Using song as a stimulus for writing.
2. Notices:
(i) Clare apologised for absence in August. Jan kindly agreed to lead meeting and Adrian agree to pick up the keys for that day.
(ii) We are now part of the Cheshire West and Chester Council Arts database.
(iii) It was agreed to grant Kate Riddington permission to publish poems written by members on an anthology arising from the Landscape exhibition. These have subsequently been produced by Kate in a beautiful pdf which Clare has forwarded to as many people as possible. A CD will be forthcoming.
3. Readings.
4. Homework. Sing memory and invention imagine hearing a song in your infant school. Now imagine something happens. Describe what happens next and use as a stimulus for more writing. Try to make the song integral to the piece.
5. Next meeting: Thursday 15th July 7.45pm
Time 7.45pm
Place: Bishop Lloyd's Palace
1. Warm-up session. Using song as a stimulus for writing.
2. Notices:
(i) Clare apologised for absence in August. Jan kindly agreed to lead meeting and Adrian agree to pick up the keys for that day.
(ii) We are now part of the Cheshire West and Chester Council Arts database.
(iii) It was agreed to grant Kate Riddington permission to publish poems written by members on an anthology arising from the Landscape exhibition. These have subsequently been produced by Kate in a beautiful pdf which Clare has forwarded to as many people as possible. A CD will be forthcoming.
3. Readings.
4. Homework. Sing memory and invention imagine hearing a song in your infant school. Now imagine something happens. Describe what happens next and use as a stimulus for more writing. Try to make the song integral to the piece.
5. Next meeting: Thursday 15th July 7.45pm
Thursday, June 3, 2010
Agenda for June Meeting
Date : Thursday June 17th
Time 7.45pm
Place: Bishop Lloyd's Palace
1. Warm-up session.
2. Notices:
(i) Many apologies but I will not be able to get to BLP in July (15th) since I'm giving a reading in St Austell and shall be coming back from Cornwall that day. So please can I have a volunteer to pick up the key and lead the meeting for that day.
(ii) Cheshire West and Chester Council Arts database - sharing information and promote voluntary arts groups . I have signed up for everything. If anyone else wants to receive notices independently the email address of the Art Development Officer is emma.knight@cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk
3. Readings.
4. Homework.
5. AOB.
Time 7.45pm
Place: Bishop Lloyd's Palace
1. Warm-up session.
2. Notices:
(i) Many apologies but I will not be able to get to BLP in July (15th) since I'm giving a reading in St Austell and shall be coming back from Cornwall that day. So please can I have a volunteer to pick up the key and lead the meeting for that day.
(ii) Cheshire West and Chester Council Arts database - sharing information and promote voluntary arts groups . I have signed up for everything. If anyone else wants to receive notices independently the email address of the Art Development Officer is emma.knight@cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk
3. Readings.
4. Homework.
5. AOB.
Minutes for May Meeting
Date: Thursday May 20th
Time: 7.45pm
Place: Bishop Lloyd's Palace
1: Warm -up session: No warm up session this month as an experiment.
2. Notices: Since I have booked Bishop Lloyd's Palace only until June we need to decide if we want to continue at Bishop Lloyd's Palace or try out another venue. We also need to discuss the format of the group (e.g. general views on a warm-up session, the read-around and homework).
Results of vote:
1. Venue.: 13 people voted for use to stay at Bishop Lloyd's Palace.
1 person voted to go elsewhere.
So we are staying in Bishop Lloyd's.
2. Warm-up session: 0 people voted to keep it as it is.
0 people wanted just a stimulus topic.
2 people voted to have no warm-up
7 people voted for warm-up sessions in alternate meetings.
So we'll go with this.
3. Time: Everyone preferred to keep the time to 7.45pm.
4. Timing of pieces. I proposed that people should time their work beforehand. Our agreed time limit is 5mins long.
3. Readings.
4: Homework: Choose a colour and try to evoke it without saying what that colour actually is.
5. AOB.
Museum Launch tomorrow night.
Library sessions: last night's (Poetry Shed) was good, next one Lindsey Davis Monday 7th June, 7:30pm. Tickets £3 for library members, £5 for non members, includes refreshments.
Jon Mayhew, Nik Perring and Caroline Smailes Wednesday 9th June, 7pm. Tickets £3 library members, £4 non-members.
My Launch 28th June in the Forum Theatre.
Time: 7.45pm
Place: Bishop Lloyd's Palace
1: Warm -up session: No warm up session this month as an experiment.
2. Notices: Since I have booked Bishop Lloyd's Palace only until June we need to decide if we want to continue at Bishop Lloyd's Palace or try out another venue. We also need to discuss the format of the group (e.g. general views on a warm-up session, the read-around and homework).
Results of vote:
1. Venue.: 13 people voted for use to stay at Bishop Lloyd's Palace.
1 person voted to go elsewhere.
So we are staying in Bishop Lloyd's.
2. Warm-up session: 0 people voted to keep it as it is.
0 people wanted just a stimulus topic.
2 people voted to have no warm-up
7 people voted for warm-up sessions in alternate meetings.
So we'll go with this.
3. Time: Everyone preferred to keep the time to 7.45pm.
4. Timing of pieces. I proposed that people should time their work beforehand. Our agreed time limit is 5mins long.
3. Readings.
4: Homework: Choose a colour and try to evoke it without saying what that colour actually is.
5. AOB.
Museum Launch tomorrow night.
Library sessions: last night's (Poetry Shed) was good, next one Lindsey Davis Monday 7th June, 7:30pm. Tickets £3 for library members, £5 for non members, includes refreshments.
Jon Mayhew, Nik Perring and Caroline Smailes Wednesday 9th June, 7pm. Tickets £3 library members, £4 non-members.
My Launch 28th June in the Forum Theatre.
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Agenda for May Meeting
Date: Thursday May 20th
Time: 7.45pm
Place: Bishop Lloyd's Palace
1: Warm -up session: No warm up session this month as an experiment.
2. Notices: Since I have booked Bishop Lloyd's Palace only until June we need to decide if we want to continue at Bishop Lloyd's Palace or try out another venue. We also need to discuss the format of the group (e.g. general views on a warm-up session, the read-around and homework).
3. Readings.
4: Homework.
5. AOB.
Time: 7.45pm
Place: Bishop Lloyd's Palace
1: Warm -up session: No warm up session this month as an experiment.
2. Notices: Since I have booked Bishop Lloyd's Palace only until June we need to decide if we want to continue at Bishop Lloyd's Palace or try out another venue. We also need to discuss the format of the group (e.g. general views on a warm-up session, the read-around and homework).
3. Readings.
4: Homework.
5. AOB.
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Minutes of April Meeting
Date: Thursday April 15th
Time: 7.45pm
Place: Bishop Lloyd's Palace
1: Warm -up session: 'Odd words'.
Words discussed included: volition, turophile, inchoate, malicious, iconoclastic, visceral, orangerie, escapement, illiberal, riparian, omerta, synaesthesia
2. Notices: None
3. Readings.
4: Homework. To write a piece inspired by or incorporating an unusual word.
Time: 7.45pm
Place: Bishop Lloyd's Palace
1: Warm -up session: 'Odd words'.
Words discussed included: volition, turophile, inchoate, malicious, iconoclastic, visceral, orangerie, escapement, illiberal, riparian, omerta, synaesthesia
2. Notices: None
3. Readings.
4: Homework. To write a piece inspired by or incorporating an unusual word.
Friday, April 9, 2010
Agenda for April Meeting
Date: Thursday April 15th
Time: 7.45pm
Place: Bishop Lloyd's Palace
1: Warm -up session: (very short this month) 'Odd words'. Please bring a word that you've come across recently.
2. Notices: If you have any notices please let me know.
3. Readings.
4: Homework.
5. AOB.
Time: 7.45pm
Place: Bishop Lloyd's Palace
1: Warm -up session: (very short this month) 'Odd words'. Please bring a word that you've come across recently.
2. Notices: If you have any notices please let me know.
3. Readings.
4: Homework.
5. AOB.
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