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Latest stories/events:
Next meeting —
Saturday 14 June 2008
Meeting dates
for 2008
Raffle in aid of the Laurel and Hardy Statue Appeal
Death of Joey Bishop
Death of Marcel Marceau
News
of meetings/tent magazine:
***Next meeting — Saturday 14
June 2008***
Another Fine
Gazette
Tent meetings
— Schedule of 2008 meeting dates
Archived News — click here |
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Next Meeting
Our next meeting date is
Saturday 14 June 2008.
We shall have, for your
delectation, a great programme
of films lined up to tickle your
fancy (told you it would be
fun...it's not every day you get
your fancy tickled!). We
will also screen our first DVD
(available for purchase in
'Another Fine Bazaar' (the
tent's shop)), which comprises
of our appearance in Eamonn
Holmes' programme Summer Season
(broadcast in June 2005) and a
special Elvis tribute to Laurel
and Hardy as well as our own
tribute to the boys on the
occasion of the 50th anniversary
of Oliver Hardy's death in
August 2007.
This is a FAMILY FRIENDLY event,
and we have discounts at the
door for families of four or
more. There are also
discounts for members and
children.
So there you are, a great night
out for all the family.
Can there be a reason not to
come...?
If you'd like to join then
there's no better time than the
present, since it's membership
renewal time. Membership
is only £10 for the year and
£8.00 for children under 18.
For that you receive many
discounts as well as a 16 page
quarterly magazine, which is
professionally printed, and
which has received many
compliments from far and wide.
Interested? If so here's a
link to our web application form
http://www.anotherfinesite.com/Web_Application_Form.htm.
Why not give us a try? We
know you'll enjoy it!
We look forward to seeing you on
14 June. Oh yes...and
don't forget to tell your
friends and colleagues!
We
Thank You!
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Raffle in aid of the Laurel and Hardy Statue Appeal
(November 2007)
Our good friend, John Ullah, has been
instrumental in raising funds for the Sons of the Desert
sponsored bronze statue of the boys, which will, when finished,
be erected outside the Town Hall in Ulverston, the place of Stan
Laurel's birth.
John's latest venture is the raffle of a
beautiful oil painting by a local artist (see Mandy Finney
(right) with the painting). He says...
"This is your chance to win a one-off
painting (below). This original oil-on-canvas painting of the
Boys, by Birmingham artist Caroline Scotcher, is to be raffled
in aid of the Statue Appeal. Tickets are just £1 each and can be
obtained from the Laughing Gravy Tent of Birmingham. The draw
will be made on Thursday 6th December at our tent meeting.
Please let me know if you would like any tickets.
Also, if you have a tent meeting before then,
could you please ask your members if they would like to take
part? I will enter their names on your behalf. Please note, to
keep costs down, no tickets will be sent out. You can send your
cheques, made payable to "Laughing Gravy", to John Ullah, 42
York Road, Erdington, Birmingham B23 6TG.
It really is a superb painting and I would
like to thank Caroline for her kind donation. Good luck!"
If any Another Fine Mess tent members are
interested please send the money to Keith and we shall ensure
that you receive your raffle ticket numbers before the draw.
(You could pay for them at our meeting on 1 December if that is
convenient.)
We hope that John manages to raise a
substantial sum.
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Death of Joey Bishop (October 2007)
US Tent
member, Gino Dercola, reported
that comedian, Joey Bishop — a
former member of The Rat Pack
(along with Frank Sinatra, Dean
Martin, Sammy Davis Jnr., and
Peter Lawford) — died on 17
October.
The lengthy obituary in the Washington Post
on 19 October stated "His low-key style resembled that of
Jack Benny, and he won early praise from no less an authority
than Stan Laurel of Laurel and Hardy". High
praise indeed.
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Death of Marcel
Marceau (September 2007)
Sadly the
brilliant French mime artist,
Marcel Marceau, who was born on
22 March 1923, died on 22
September 2007, at the age of
exactly 84½ years.
Marcel was not just a mime artist; he was the
very best in his field. It was a skill similar to the
skills employed by good silent stars who had to tell a story
without sound.
He was a great fan of, and inspired by, the
best silent clowns in the early days of movie making, including
Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton, and Stan Laurel.
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Another Fine Gazette
Issue six of the Another Fine Mess Tent of
Northern Ireland's magazine "Another Fine Gazette"
has
been issued to members and is available to non-Members for the bargain
price of £1.50 (plus p&p — the magazine
is available worldwide so please contact us about postage charges). The magazine boasts 16
cram-packed pages of
articles about 'the boys' and their foils. Our competitions have
become popular with readers, and they give us the opportunity to give
out some very nice prizes! Recomember, if you're not in you
can't win!

Issue 7 has now gone to press and
we are gathering material for Issue 8. If you have any material
for us we would be delighted to hear from you. Any articles for inclusion should be with Keith or Gerry
as soon as possible but no later than Wednesday 28 February 2007
(although if they're late they can always be squeezed-in or held for the
next issue!).
If any of you can be persuaded
to have your 15 minutes of fame via subjecting yourselves to
questions from your Grand and Vice Sheiks (we might even let you see the
list of questions in advance), with the article being
published in 'Another Fine Gazette' please let Keith or Gerry know.
Who knows, you could be in edition 8 ! Wouldn't it be
nice to appear in such a highly rejected...sorry I mean 'respected'
magazine? Something to keep for the grandkids perhaps?
2008 Meeting dates
We have secured our
meeting dates for 2008. As usual the meetings will take
place at the Maynard Sinclair Pavilion (known colloquially as
'The Pavilion'). Set within Stormont's magnificent grounds
the building overlooks the international cricket pitch.
For further information about the venue click here, and/or for
information about how to get there click here.
Our 2008 meeting
dates are:
Saturday 8 March 2008
Saturday 14 June 2008
Saturday 20 September 2008
Saturday 29 November 2008
We look
forward to seeing you there!
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