At the start of the Covid pandemic, Video Club member Fred Harshbarger stepped up to keep our Video One Productions team together, hosting twice-monthly Zoom meetings as the group's Facilitator. On May 12, while a regular VidOne meeting was in progress – hosted at Fred's request by Ward Cushman – Fred briefly and unexpectedly joined in from his... Continue Reading →
A fast-paced comedy about seniors exploring computer dating will be the Video Club's fifth Short Dramatic Film. “Seeking Online Adventures” by Mary Zolly (left) was selected in April from original scripts submitted by residents to the Annual Short Dramatic Script Contest. It will be produced this year by the Video Club's Video One Productions team.... Continue Reading →
The Video Club always encourages members to come up with creative ideas for making our own videos. Now Ward Cushman, a retired minister, Village resident, and Administrator of our club YouTube Channel, has come up with a real challenge!! An avid bicyclist, Ward is still recovering from a recent accident injury caused by a motorist,... Continue Reading →
Monday, December 5, 20221-2:30 pm Video Lab The Short Film Showcase series is presented quarterly in-person in the Video Lab. No reservations are necessary and the showcase is absolutely free. So come on in and enjoy these short films. View or download the December 5, 2022 Short Film Showcase flier below. xmas-flyerDownload The next session, Short Film Showcase #23 will be held next month on Monday, December 5 at 1... Continue Reading →
When Video Club member Don Hill's Laguna Woods Village neighbor recently asked him for help filming an unusual wedding at her home, club members Stephanie Brasher and Starkey were happy to lend a hand. The result is “Honeybear and Lulu,” a five-minute video now on YouTube, documenting the nuptials of two adorable pomeranians. The ceremony... Continue Reading →
Longtime Video Club member Charlie Redner, who hosted “The Write Now” show on Village Television for many years with the late Judy Saxon, is launching his new monthly, half-hour TV show, “Writers & Readers,” in January. Produced in the Village Television studios, the new show airs Mondays on VTV at 10:30 am. "Writers & Readers"... Continue Reading →
Along with employers nationwide, Village Managements Services finds itself shorthanded due to the COVID epidemic. As a result, VMS has curtailed evening and weekend use of all clubhouses and ancillary facilities with the exception of Clubhouses 1 and 5 and the Village Greens. This move impacts the Video Club. At a special meeting called October... Continue Reading →
In its first year as a participant in Laguna Woods Village's popular Fourth of July Parade, the Video Club produced a 15-minute video documenting the parade's estimated 91 golf carts filled with (in the words of the July 8, 2021 Laguna Woods Globe) "...smiling Village residents, their friends and guests, a bevy of dogs of... Continue Reading →
The Video Club extends its condolences to the family and friends of club member and Village resident Judy Saxon, who passed away at home on June 7 after several hospitalizations for a stroke she suffered on April 23. Judy collapsed in her manor while on Zoom, having just completed recording an episode of the “Write... Continue Reading →
John Glassco and Doug Sainsbury were welcomed by President Steve Carman as new members of the Video Club Board of Directors at its May 5 meeting. John is our new YouTube Administrator with special focus on uploading more and better videos to the club YouTube channel – and making all the videos more accessible. Doug... Continue Reading →
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