New Location For The Class

Okay, some breaking news. We now have a site for this coming Wednesday (March 12), and perhaps a more permanent location. It's at the Unitarian Church (1535 Santa Barbara Street), in classroom C. Their manager and I decided that we'd try it this week first to see if it works out. It's a classroom for kids, and it's in the back, so it's not visible from the street and a little tricky to find. There's another classroom that I would have preferred (classroom B), but a book group meets next door, and our concern was the noise we generate, and whether that would disturb them. And so the "trial" week. Classroom C is reserved on the 19th, but is available after that, so we may be in another location for just next week. It may be that we are in a different classroom but on the same site. Again, we'll see how this works, and decide whether we want to keep looking. I'll be positing the address and directions to this classroom on the web site this weekend, but I wanted to post something here, as sson as I had it confirmed (I've got the key, gave them the check for this week, etc.).

I'm sorry we had to cancel on the 5th, but I'm glad we've got something this week. And, even better, it will be nice if it turns into a permanent site.

Class April 28, 2003

Two major points in this update. First, class last Wednesday was pretty good, despite an exercise that was tough. We warmed up with Character Intros, then Slap-Clap-Snap Association, and a One Word Story. We then did some good, basic exercises: Hitch-hiker, Mutant, and Gift Giving. The tough one was Scene in 2 locations. It's a mind twist, but it's an exercise that really challenges your ability to justify offers. We did a couple of Irish Drinking Songs. In the advanced part of the night, we got the chance to do some Long Form work, starting with a 3 line drill, then doing a Montage that was stopped after 3 lines to establish wants, and the scene continued until the end. That had some great work. There were 9 people in class class this week, but I didn't bring the camera, so no pictures this time. Okay, the big issue right now is our lack of a meeting location. The Louise Lowry Davis center is only available one week in March (the last week), and so far the Carrillo Rec Center and the Westside Community Center don't have space available on Wednesday nights. I'm still checking out other sites, so be sure to check in for the latest updates on locations. I'm starting an email list just to let people know the plans as they are made.

Class February 19, 2003

The class last night class was fun with 7 folks besides myself attending. You can check out some pictures I've posted. Jim, Mike, Andy, Mark, Tawnie, Chris, Peter, and I warmed up with a Story Introduction and Big Bootie. Then a pretty good session of short form games, including Last Letter, Emotional Mirror, Movie Review, Evil Twin, and a Song (the Irish Drinking Song). After that we moved on to some long form work: a three line drill and then Mortgage in London (a montage form) with the laundromat as our location. A pretty good night.