Camera Club’s New Season Has Begun

On September 21, the Flagpole Photographers Camera Club of Newtown had its first meeting for the 2000-01 season. The guest speaker was Paul Hanson, a member of Castle Craig Camera Club in Meriden.

Mr Hanson presented a slide program entitled “Kaleidoscope,” which contained 160 of his award-winning slides, many of them nature images consisting mostly of birds and flowers. Mr Hanson also judged the club’s first print competition of the season. First place went to Darwin Bacchiocchi for “Sunset.” Second place also went to Mr Bacchiocchi, third went to new member Anne Martin, and honorable mentions went to Jim Bird and Jim Parsons.

Mrs Martin also won the club’s 50-50 raffle and Sharon Miller won a free eight-by-ten enlargement compliments of Ritz Camera in Newtown. Jim Parsons and Anne Martin both joined the club at the September meeting.

The club’s next meeting will be on October 19, and the assigned subject for members is “nature” slides. Guest speaker and judge will be Richard Maggs, a past member of Candlewood Camera Club in Danbury.

Guests are always welcome for the programs and to view the entries of each month’s competitions, but competitions are open to club members only. Anyone interested in information about Flagpole Photographers should call club president Tom Coryat at 270-1943 or member Jim Talarino, 426-0558.

Meetings are held the third Thursday evening of each month in the community meeting room of C.H. Booth Library in Newtown.