Roundstone News 4th December 2006

After a very windy and rainy weekend I hope everybody did not have too many problems apart from have no electricity for a few hours, however it has to be said fairplay to the ESB boys who braved the elements to give us power back again within a short space of time. And fair play to the Galway County Council / Clifden have now filled in all the pot holes, of which Ann was giving out about the pot holes last week, so we can’t estimate the power of the radio, it may well be just coincidence, but the job is done.

Unfolding Ideas 
the second event on the Unfolding Ideas programmed arranged by Galway University in conjunction with Folding Landscapes, Roundstone, took pace earlier this week. A dozen or so students of the Huston School of Film and Digital Media, NUI Galway, spent three days in Folding Landscapes building on a creative screenwriting course led by James Navé and Allegra Huston of The Writing Salon, Taos, New Mexico.  
As before there was a public element to the event: a presentation in the Roundstone Community Hall on Wednesday evening. Rod Stoneman, director of the Huston School, talked about the early, adventurous and public-spirited days of Channel Four TV, for which he was able to commission programmes about small communities made by the communities themselves, and he showed such a film from the Shetland Islands about the knitting tradition and its exploitation by the buyers. Then Allegra Huston and James Navé introduced us to a new website on which individuals and communities can without technical complications write up and post their memories, so contributing to a vast store of material abut the past that would otherwise be forgotten. Access to the site is free; the address is www.ourecho.com. Dip into it yourselves and add something to what Allegra thinks of as the World’s Memory.  
Another event in the series is scheduled for February 23rd when Professor Frank Barry of REMEDI and NUI Galway will bring us up to date on progress in stem cell therapy for heart disease, arthritis and spinal chord injury.

Eldon's Hotel:
Tyrone Productions for Television are coming to Roundstone on the Wednesday and the Thursday of this week to film the life and Times of Michelle and Lorraine and their every day working and the running of Eldon’s Hotel, the girls were told of this program by their old college.

On the Thursday in the evening to finish the film, there will be music and a poker game at 8pm, local support would be a good one, I have even offered to be the Hotels Butler for the two days, for free of course.

But it dose not stop there, Michelle and Lorraine will then be going to another Hotel in Dublin in the early part of the new year, which Hotel they do not know as yet, there they will spend a few days in a completely new situation as part of the program.

Once the film is completed it will go on air in March, which channel, again we are not sure but will keep my ears to the ground.

This is a real win win situation for Roundstone and the girls, so good luck to you both

Notes for the Diary:
The Senior Citizens will be having their annual Christmas dinner at the Roundstone House Hotel on Friday the 8th December commencing at 6.3o with a visit from Santa

Malachy Kearns;
Roundstone Musical Instruments will be hosting the senior citizens lunch, and all are welcome kicking off on the 13th December at 12.30.

Card Drive:
As you all know by now there has been over the last few weeks some serious fund raising for Cloe O’Neill

Next Sunday 1oth December a card drive has been arranged in the Shamrock here in Roundstone to raise some more funds for her and her family commencing at 8pm sharp

Cake Sale:
The Parents association had a fund raiser for the National School here in Roundstone with a cake sale and raffle etc and raised so far to date the staggering sum of €8oo, with more to come, I must say the parent’s association do mighty work, well done everybody.

Good Will:
It is really the season of good will, what with all the good things happening in Roundstone for the next few weeks, I have to say the Christmas spirit is beginning to creep upon me, keep up the good work guys