Recently at The Cameo Theatre they had the wildest Grand Slam in the history of the Broken Speech Grand Slam. There were three lead changes. The curse of the Season Champion struck again and for the third time, they crowned a previous champion. And here they are, your Team Orlando 2010:
5th Place – Kendra Corrie
4th Place – Haelo
3rd Place – Sam Lamura
2nd Place – Shannon Kortbek
2010 Broken Speech Grand Slam Champion – Ronin
Congratulations Team Orlando 2010 and a big thank you to Megalomusic, The Cameo, and their amazing house band Tam Tam the Sandwichman & The Magical Sugar Cookies.
Pushcart Prize Finalists
Two fine Orlando Scribblers are finalists for Pushcart Prizes: Susan Lilley and Linda Dunlap. Lit-land-o is so proud, ladies!
The Adventures In Christian Writing Group
The Adventures In Christian Writing Group
Saturday, May 15th at 9:30 a.m.
First Presbyterian Church, Orlando, Fl
Clayton Life Center – Room 312
(Building on the corner of Magnolia & Jackson)
The speaker for this month is Heidi Alfonzo. Heidi teaches writing to inmates and will share with us how she began this endeavor and the what’s and why’s of how she teaches it.
The writing assignment for May is to describe the bag you carry with you most, telling what you carry in it and why, and making it into a story. 350 words or less, double-spaced –Bring a copy to turn in after you have read, 10 with line numbers if you want to submit it to the workshop group that will follow the meeting. Anyone who has done the assignment is welcome to read it to the group.
Come Write with us. It won’t be the same without you!
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF ORLANDO
106 East Church Street, Orlando, Florida 32801 Phone (407) 423-3441
Raff Ellis speaks to Halifax Genealogy Society
The officers of the Halifax Genealogy Society, Ormond Beach are proud to announce the details of their May program as follows:
Speaker – Raff Ellis www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohsvMi-VCjI
Topic – The Making of Kisses from a Distance
Date – Thursday, May 13, 2010
Time – 1:30 PM.
Location – Ormond Beach Public Library
30 South Beach Street
Ormond Beach, FL 32174. Ellis will discuss how he came to research and write his award-winning memoir. This topic should be of interest to all genealogists and anyone who has contemplated writing a non-fiction memoir.