2010 club meetings

[churros]

Just 2 photos from last night, after the Disney on Ice photos
http://www.flickr.com/photos/disneydown ... 525806680/

[KeithS]

I'v got quite a few photos but I have to get them off Della's camera - you'll have to wait a few more days

[Mel]

That DVD sounds good - that was the main reason I wanted to go so bad! Craig managed to organise babysitters for the evening though, and I can't turn that rare occurance down, so we went to see Toy Story 3. Sounds like a good meeting though!

[KeithS]

As promised - here are some photos from the meeting last Saturday!


Our Mickey Hats!


Chatting after the meeting


Della and Nicole showing off the World of Color pins they won.


Wayne and Julie drawing the lucky door prizes


Matt, Ashley and Wendy having a chat


Everyone and their ears!

[makeminemusic]

Looks like you had a great time!! Love all the Ears!

[KeithS]

Don't forget everybody - this weekend is the final regular meeting of the 2010 year. We will be concluding the year with a dinner at the Lone Star restaurant in November, but Saturday 18 September will be our final meeting of the year at the hall. (Sorry - no fancy dress meeting this year!)

The theme for this final meeting is Disney on Broadway, and you'll hear from people who enjoyed the club trip to Melbourne this last weekend. If you have any memorabilia from previous Disney Broadway shows (either here or from overseas) please don't hesitate to bring them along.

We'll also have our regular segments and some nifty prizes from Mary Poppins to give away.

See you all at the hall on Saturday night - 7:30pm!

[churros]

I can't believe this is the last meeting of the year and it's only September!

[KeithS]

I can't believe this is the last meeting of the year and it's only September!

Yes - it is unusual for the last meeting to be in September. Our normal schedule is for 5 meetings a year (Feb, Apr, June, Aug, Oct) plus a dinner meeting (Nov). However we threw that schedule out of the window because July 17 was a Saturday (so we couldn't resist a 55th anniversary meeting in July) and a number of us were going overseas in October as well, so we bought most of the meetings forward a month.

I personally like the October meeting (which has traditionally been the fancy dress) - because it is usually warming up by then and we get to say goodbye to people going to Disneyland for Christmas etc - whereas in September, it seems strange to say Merry Christmas - see you next year to everyone that won't make the dinner! I'm sure we'll be back on track next year - as we already have the April meeting scheduled - it'll be in the Hong Kong Disneyland Hotel

Now - how about a meeting report and some pictures?

It was a smaller crowd this week as we had a number of people with other activities to attend to and Hong Kong Barry was home sick (GET WELL BARRY!!!).

We started off with the usual True/False trivia which Manuel one in a three-way face off with Jennifer and Mel.

Here's Wayne - calling out the questions:


We then went through the Australian Disney News - pointing out some competitions to win trips to Hong Kong, Tokyo and Anaheim, as well as upcoming movie and DVD release dates.

We then saw some vision of the massive Hong Kong Disneyland construction that is occurring - we were surprised by just how big this is.

Wayne then unveiled another secret from the Hong Kong Disneyland Club Trip...when we go to the Animation Academy to learn to draw a character, there will be a prize for the best Adult and Child drawing. On top of that, each of us will be presented with an original character drawing done by the instructing animator!

In the "What have you found" section, Manuel got up and talked about his visit to Disney HQ in Melbourne last week. While he was there, they gave him a Tron-themed pack which included a series of cards featuring images of all the upcoming Disney releases for next year. It even featured a shot from the upcoming animated film Gnomeo and Juliet (I haven't seen any stills from that, even on the internet - so what a coup Manuel!)

We then had a discussion about Disney on Broadway and Wayne showed us a clip from Mary Poppins. He then lead us through a history of the Broadway shows that had been out and I handed around my Programs and books from all the shows.

We then went on to group trivia, which our group sort of won (if it wasn't for the fact we got 1 point less than the other team...).

Wayne then showed us a slideshow of all the construction happening around Disney with the DCA makeover, Tangled Meet and Greet in DL, and the Fantasyland expansion in WDW.

I showed the new Tangled trailers and after an update about the dinner meeting in November, we ended the meeting around 9:15 and had supper and a long chat.

Here are some more pictures from the evening:

Duffy practicing his dressed up look before heading to Tokyo


Supper Time:


Matt and Della conspiring:


Keith (me) celebrating his raffle win in his usual low-key style... (I wasn't excited at all )

[Mel]

We then went on to group trivia, which our group sort of won (if it wasn't for the fact we got 1 point less than the other team...).

I like that you guys almost gave yourself an extra point and a half for 'almost' getting some questions right

[Barry McB]

Hi Keith,

I wish we could have made but we should be at the next one.

Thanks for your best wishes Im making a slow but sure recovery.

Keith wrote. It was a smaller crowd this week as we had a number of people with other activities to attend to and Hong Kong Barry was home sick (GET WELL BARRY!!!).

[churros]

Keith the website homepage has 2 dates for the November meeting

[KeithS]

Keith the website homepage has 2 dates for the November meeting

Very good pick up Beth, I was waiting for someone to spot the error - hehe

That's what happens when I look at the September calendar and think it is the November one...

Thanks for pointing it out - I've fixed it up!

[KeithS]

Hello everyone - don't forget that the end of year dinner is to be held at the Lonestar Restaurant on Roberts Road in Chullora on Saturday 20th November.

We've got a private room booked and it sounds like a good crowd of us will be there. Come along and have some fun! Remember that Della and I will be awarding a prize for the Guess the Number of Della's fluffies competition!

[Gerard]

Do we need to RSVP for Saturdays dinner ?

[Barry McB]

Do we need to RSVP for Saturdays dinner ?

Hi Gerard,

You just ring Wayne so he knows who is going. -/