5th Annual Wayne Adult Spelling Bee!

FOR MORE INFORMATION, CALL LINDA McKEE or email plumgoodfarm@aol.com

THIRD ANNUAL MAKE-A-MOVIE WEEK

THIRD ANNUAL (2012) MAKE-A-MOVIE WEEK AT THE NORTH WAYNE SCHOOLHOUSE

Sunday, July 22, 3-5 pm 

SHOOT-FROM-THE-HIP HANDS-ON VIDEO WORKSHOP

A workshop on making and posting quick, simple, irresistible videos for friends, family and a social-networked world. Bring a smart phone or your video camera. Join a conversation with MAMW alums ready to share their videos, tips and tricks. Learn from the popular guide Ready, Steady, Shoot. Then we'll all plan and shoot a video in under ten takes, edit and post. Led by SueSt. Pierre, amateur videographer, FlipCam afficionado, MAMW award-winner. You'll leave with the mystery prop and seven days to make your own video. 

Saturday, July 28   5-7 pm

"I DID IT!"

Debrief, decompress and tell about your experience. What worked? What didn't? How did you post? Any viewer reactions? Turn in your video on a DVD or a pin drive for the public showing tomorrow. 

Sunday, July 29  6-8 pm

THIRD ANNUAL MAMW SCHOOLHOUSE MOVIE NIGHT to benefit the North Wayne Schoolhouse

Grab friends and family and bring them to this rollicking benefit event. Watch this year's movies on the big screen. The MAMW official applause meter awards prizes to all. Dessert potluck. $10.00/ adults; $5.00 children and seniors admission; participants free.  

EMAIL Sue St. Pierre at  <sue_saint40@hotmail.com> with questions and do let us know if you're planning to join us..

SECOND ANNUAL MAKE A MOVIE WEEKEND SIGNUPS BEGIN NOW!

The second annual Make-A-Movie Weekend will take place from Friday, July 29 to Sunday, July 31. Team up with your friends and family to make a movie together. Teams from last year will all tell you you’ll be glad you did! Everyone had huge fun.

To check out last year’s films --“Movie Theater Madness,” “Dog Meets Tennis Ball” and “Camp Nature and Nurture” – search for them on You Tube. And start working on your idea.

This year’s teams will meet on Friday evening July 29 6-7 p.m. at the North Wayne Schoolhouse to kick off the event and get the “mystery prop.” Everyone will return Sunday evening July 31 at 6 p.m. to turn in movies, share experiences and enjoy potluck.

On Saturday, Aug. 6, 6-8 p.m., the teams will showcase their movies on the Schoolhouse screen. Prizes will be awarded. Everyone is a winner. Open to the public. Free.

FMI, scroll down to the May 1, 2010 blog post entitled MAKE-A-MOVIE WEEKEND SIGNUP INFORMATION. 

• In the "EVENT SCHEDULE, just substitute 2011 dates. 
• "PREPARING THE ENTRY" applies unchanged in 2011. 
• "TERMS AND CONDITIONS" form can be signed at first meeting.  

Interested? Email  Betsy Bowen at loonalone@roadrunner.com or call 377-4380 or 462-0613.

Contra Dance Coming Back in 2011! Date TBA

First Annual North Wayne Schoolhouse Make-A-Movie Weekend: Awards 2010

Rylie Falla (l) and Bailie Falla (r) of TEAM FROST FAMILY receive Best Screenplay award for Camp Nature and Nurture.

CLICK ON THE FILM'S TITLE TO VIEW IT ON YOU TUBE!

BEST SCREENPLAY     CAMP NATURE AND NURTURE by THE FROST FAMILY

BEST ACTING                MOVIE THEATER MADNESS by THE COSSASBOOM TEAM

BEST USE OF MUSIC    CAMP NATURE AND NURTURE by THE FROST FAMILY

BEST STUNTS                 DOG MEETS TENNIS BALL -- A LOVE STORY by PHOENIX RISING

BEST SPECIAL EFFECTS    MOVIE THEATER MADNESS by THE COSSASBOOM TEAM

BEST USE OF MYSTERY PROP  DOG MEETS TENNIS BALL -- A LOVE STORY by PHOENIX     RISING

North Wayne 2010 Moviemakers

This video by MAMW's Chuck Feil shows the joys of making movies with people you love!


Three teams participated in the August 2010 First Annual North Wayne Schoolhouse Make A Movie Weekend. Each team had two days to make a short movie using a "mystery prop," a tennis ball, which they received on Friday. They handed in their movies at a "Wrap Party" Sunday evening.

Watch them make their movies!

Summer 2010 Events at the Old North Wayne Schoolhouse

       Wayne schoolchildren learn a flag song from teacher Bonnie Wilder at 2010 Living History Day at the Schoolhouse


Summer 2010 Events at the Old North Wayne Schoolhouse

Sunday, July 11, 3 p.m. Second Annual Great Americana Sing-Along with veteran music educator Bonnie Wilder. Join us for a rousing afternoon of patriotic songs with a special salute to the 1940s, as well as some of America’s best-loved tunes. Public invited. Refreshments. Free.

Friday, July 16, 7 p.m. Contradance. Dance to the lively music of fiddle, piano, and accordion with Doug Protsik and friends, back by popular demand after last summer’s wildly fun evening. No experience necessary. Come and join the fun. Admission: $8. Children under 6 free. Refreshments.

Saturday, July 17, 7 - 8 p.m. Old Time Movie Night. Maine's classic film Dead River Rough Cut comes to the upstairs hall movie screen. Shot over four seasons in the remote backwoods of Maine, two renegade iconoclasts cut trees, trap beaver, trade isolation for independence. Their observations pull few punches. Refreshments. Free.

Saturday, Aug. 7, 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Open Doors Day. Our annual open house. Tour the building. Learn about the history of the school. Photo and memorabilia exhibits. Videos of interviews with former students. Refreshments. Free.

Sunday, Aug. 8, 2:00 p.m. Annual Meeting of the Wayne Historical Society. Hear local writer-historian Ed Kallop discuss the historical roots of the Ben Hur stage curtain on exhibit in the upstairs hall of the schoolhouse. New members welcome also.

Friday, Aug. 20 – Sunday, Aug. 22. Make-A-Movie Weekend. Team up with your friends or family to make a movie together. Meet on Friday evening 6-7 p.m. to kick off the event and get your “mystery prop.” Return Saturday evening to share experiences, enjoy potluck and make-your-own sundaes. To enter a team, contact Betsy Bowen at loonalone@roadunner.com or visit www.northwayneschool/blogspot.com for more information.



Saturday, Aug. 28, 6-8 p.m. Film Festival. The twelve teams from the Make-A-Movie Weekend will showcase their movies. Prizes. Open to the public. Free.

Labor Day Weekend, Saturday, Sept. 4, 7 p.m. Second Annual Wayne Spelling Bee. Our annual fund-raiser. Ten adult teams of 3 will vie for the 2010 spelling championship trophy. Team registration fee: $75. Admission: $5. Refreshments. To enter, call 685-4385 or e-mail plumgoodfarm@aol.com.

The Old North Wayne Schoolhouse is located on the Kents Hill Road in North Wayne across from the Wayne Fire Station.