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Topic: CineSea X: Last Weekend!
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Steve Klare
Film Guy
Posts: 7016
From: Long Island, NY, USA
Registered: Jun 2003
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posted October 13, 2014 01:02 PM
Who could have imagined it?
-It's been half a decade since John Black did what I thought was almost impossible back then and planted a small gauge film collector's gathering on the Jersey Shore.
All the questions: Where will you have it? How will you raise the money? Who gets stuck paying to rent the room if five people show up? Were all taken care of by a simple idea: you find a place welcoming to it and let it grow naturally. John knew the hotels in Wildwood and how much they need early and late season business. He brought together two needs and five years later it still works well.
This is a amazing weekend, we do a lot, but it is very laid back. It is a lot of fun at the same time it is very undemanding. Nothing starts at anything sharp, and you aren't there 15 minutes before lift-off nobody is going to pass a stone as a result.
-It's just a bunch of friends hanging out at the beach, watching films, buying/selling/trading/discussing films and going out to eat. That's all it is, and all it needs to be.
If you'd like to join in, there's not a lot more you need to do than just show up. It's not too late to get a hotel room, but frankly if you are in commuting distance you don't even need a hotel room. (One of us lives about 5 miles away). It is profoundly welcoming: they even let me in!
-------------------- All I ask is a wide screen and a projector to light her by...
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Jack Cleveland
Expert Film Handler
Posts: 111
From: Selbyville, DE, USA
Registered: Oct 2014
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posted October 19, 2014 11:34 AM
Thanks Jon Addams and all for the very warm welcome. I had a wonderful time being with like minded people in Wildwood. Loved the event, and the opportunity to see all the films with each other.
Steve, Lou 1 and Lou Jr, John, Gary 1 and Gary 2, Shorty, Jon,Claus, Doug, Jeff, and any I've missed- it was a pleasure being with you all.
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