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Mon 11 Dec 2006
Christmas meal at the 'Gourmet Buffet'. A new Chinese restaurant next to Boots in Chorley and the first time the Society has dined here. Lots of good company and good food. A great night out.


Gordon proposes a toast.

Check out our new webpage 'Second Hand Equipment' for sale.

''Images of the Park'' Photo Competition
In association with Chorley Guardian and Cuerden Valley Park
Free entry. Closing date 31.5.2007
details and entry form available at Chorley PS or tel 01772 324436 or visit www.cuerdenvalleypark.org.uk

Christmas meal
Our Christmas night out will be at the ''Gourmet Buffet''.
A new Chinese above Booths supermarket in Chorley.
Date: Monday 11th December
Time: 7.30pm
Price: £9.95
Please pass on your details to June if you want to attend

30th Oct 2006 Annual Awards night.

The next committee meeting will be on Wednesday 11th October 2006, 8:00pm
                                                   (amended from 4th Oct)
Artists Network.
26th September Chorley Town Hall
Looking for paid work? Join the artists networking event and learn more about volunteering and paid work with the South Lancashire Arts Partnership.There will be updates on the following projects that are currently looking for artists of all art forms: after school roundabout projects, Chorley FM radio, Music cafe, West Lancashire play programmes, half term holiday activities, Astley youth theatre and the i-pod group, amongst others. Artists looking for paid work should bring along their current CRB certificate and passport size photo to register for work.
Timetable
2.00pm - 5.00pm Meet the staff and partners (informal drop-in)
6.00pm - 7.00pm Buffet
7.00pm - 9.00pm Annual meeting and networking
To register your attendance
Contact Michelle Graham SLAP 37,Steeley Ln, Chorley PR6ORJ or e-mail michelle@southlancs.org
Highly recommended!!
Walking, birdspotting, butterflies,trees,fungus, flowers??
Do you want to learn more? There is sure to be a course or day out for you!!
To request a brochure visit www.field-studies-council.org
New Season (2006-7)
We had a great start to our new season and welcomed 7 new members.
I'd like to extend a very warm welcome to Peter, Margaret, Maureen, Alison, Sheila, Dave and Tony.
I very much hope you enjoy being a member of the Society. I'm sure your photography will improve in leaps and bounds.
If you have any suggestions to improve the experience for new members or need any help and advise don't hesitate to speak to me

Kind Regards
Lorraine Cross
President
Digital Imaging
Gordon Jenkins has been running some photoshop sessions for us at the club. These will resume on 6th February Classes are held at 7pm for 1 hour on a Monday night, prior to our club night sessions.
Lottery Award
We were very fortunate to receive a lottery grant from 'Awards For All' last year.We got a total of £4900 which has enabled us to purchase a computer, display boards, and digital projector. We also have a supply of mounting board and a professional mount cutter. The board which is 20''X16'' can be purchased at cost price £6.00 for 5 sheets.

Noel Morgann has kindly offered to demonstrate the cutter next Monday 23rd January @ 7pm.
If anyone would like more information on the lottery application process, Lorraine Cross is the person to speak to.Its not complicated and the amount you can ask for is going up to £10,000 in April.
 
Spring/Summer 2006
Chorley Borough Council, and Lancashire College have combined forces with
PAICE a local community group to provide:
A range of FREE courses at Tatton Community classroom (across the road from
St James bowling club).
Courses include photo fun, and basic, beginners or advanced IT. Plus a
variety of vocational courses

For more information ring 01257 411677 or e-mail paicegroup@tiscali.co.uk
Want a chat??Burning issues to discuss?Suggestions to make? 
You can chat with other chorley ps members on the L&CPU link.
Look for it under the clubs/forum part of the L&CPU site.
We held our annual awards evening on Mon 7 Nov 05, with Noel Morgan and Peter Straw taking away many of the awards on the night. The full list of awards to follow.
Check out the November edition of Photography Monthly.Club member Peter Straws work is showcased over a full 6 pages. A wonderful achievement!!
 

We will be showing some of our prints at Chorley library during February 2006. This will act as an advert for our main exhibition of the year, the 'Annual Exhibition'.Which will be held at Astley Hall Chorley during the month of May 2006.

Photos for the exhibition will be collected in nearer the time. We like to keep work to a standard size and should be mounted on 20''x16'' card.

We had a wonderful open evening at the event in June which was attended by over 50 people.An interesting addition to our exhibition was the work we undertook as part of a lottery project with young people from the local youth club. Check out our photos of the night!!

 

 

 

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