“You missed yourself” (loosely meaning 'you should have been there - you missed it.")
Joyce’s monologue was in the form of a letter to her sister
saying how much she had enjoyed a 60’s music concert which included stars,
groups and songs from a bygone era. Dave Bery, Peter Noon, Vanity Fair and
Hermit’s Hermits’ “I’m Henry Eighth I am.”
Pete spoke to a nature loving friend about the TV programme
‘Blue Planet II” which showed wild life on Heron
Island on the Great
Barrier Reef. He then tried to making him envious by describing
his own visit to the same idyllic island.
Kate used Glasgow
patois to describe her excitement about a forthcoming ‘do’. i.e. A party night
out. Even natives of Auld Reekie might have struggled to understand the
language.
Elizabeth
explained her initial frustration over the new vocabulary and etiquette when
she first took up bowling. Her mood turned to delight as one of lucky shots
helped win the game for her team.
John H described how, as a youth, he planned and schemed to
attend a Pink Floyd concert with some pals. His persistence on the night paid
off. Some of his pals weren’t so lucky.
Sandra’s gave a fresh slant on Christ’s crucifixion and
resurrection as described told by an observer using modern informal Scottish dialect.
Hilary’s was the envy of her fellow passengers when the bus
broke down. She was able continue enjoying her Walkman player, whilst lack of a
satellite signal for their mobile phones was driving others to distraction.
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John S looked for comment as he read a chapter from his
work-in-progress novel. A father agonised over how to tell his three year old
daughter that her mother had died.
Similarly, Elizabeth
had a revised version of her SAW entry ‘The perfect dancing partner’
She had attempted to incorporate the changes suggested in
the feedback from the SAW adjudicator.
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Next week 30 April 2019 - Approval of the draft 2019/20 Erskine Writers
Syllabus
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