howdy howdy!!

hot enough for ye??   :D

don't forget the next CIFC meeting at the Rt 66 Hotel, Aug 19th, 7pm.  please try to come a bit early to eat...and please bring a few bucks to help pay for the room.

nothing super major planned for the next meeting, we'll have another sneak peek of what you've missed from previous Rt 66 Film festivals.  also, you'll have a chance to buy a raffle ticket to win a Wing Party at ShowMe's worth almost $200!!

NO MEETING in SEPTEMBER!!

Lee Milner passed along some info that his son James was Associate Producer on 3 programs called "Speed of Life", filmed in South Africa, Costa Rica and Southern California.  They will air on the Discovery Channel Sunday night starting at 8pm.

one last, or next-next-next to last, appeal.  I'm heading down to MS for a documentary shoot Aug 27th and still need a bit more funding.  every little bit helps, so please contact me if you can help out or want more info on donating directly to one of the orgs down there.

below is info for the upcoming play Long Way Home.  looks pretty interesting!!

see ya at the meeting!!

Cameron Counts - President
www.centralillinoisfilm.com


Media Contact: Rochelle Arjmand, Publicist (217) 685-1653; JPublications, Inc, P.O. Box 7458, Springfield, IL 62791

Email: LOSTSURVIVOR@JPUBLICATIONS

Based on his book Lost Survivor(A Historical-Fiction Novel of a Black Soldier’s Journey to Vietnam and Back) , Thomas Jones is premiering Long Way Home, an original and creative multimedia stage play at the Springfield Hoogland Center for Arts in the LRS theatre. The show will run three consecutive nights from Friday, September 10 through Sunday, September 12, 2010. Show times are 7:00 p.m. Friday and Saturday nights with a Sunday matinee at 2:00 p.m. All seats are reserved. To order tickets: Hoogland Center Ticket Service, (217) 523-2787 or www.scfta.org
Opening night will be a major gala starting with valet parking, red carpet entry, and photo sessions for sponsors, and cash bar services. Guests have four options for attending.
1.  Play only-$20.00/person or $15.00 per/Veteran(with vets ID);
2.  Pre Play Dinner Buffet -5:30 p.m. (seating limited to first 100), Play, and After Play Party-$50.00;
3.  Pre Dinner Buffet and Play-$35.00;
4.  Play and After Party $29.00.
Dedicated to ALL Veterans, VFW Post 755 will "Post the Colors" before the start of the play on Friday and "Retrive" them Sunday. September 11ths' performance will feature a Memorial conducted by American Legion Post #32

About a Long Way Home
A Long Way Home is a creative presentation of actors on stage within a multimedia (videos, pictures and sounds) environment. It will be recorded by high definition cameras for television. All the production staff, cast and technical support are local. Directed by Springfield’s Tony Young and with technical director David Cain, the audience is in for a theatrical experience unlike any other.
This stage adaptation of Thomas R. Jones’ historical fiction book Lost Survivor, is a blend of Jones’ Vietnam personal experiences combined with people he knew. Long Way Home is a powerful drama that pulls you into the conundrum of a young man facing war, and then facing the culture shock of returning home from the horrors of war. This gripping tale offers powerful insights into the clashing worlds of war and civilization, civilian and soldier, and their loved ones. And the immense struggle between identity and memory faced by all who have fought in any war. The play is dedicated to veterans, their families and future veterans.

About Thomas R. Jones
Jones’ works include science fiction, historical fiction, stage plays, and poetry. Twenty years ago, his mind still hounded by his war experiences he began writing “Lost Survivor”. Published and distributed nationally in September 2006 by Independent Publishers Group of Chicago, this book shows the human experience of war like Red Badge of Courage and All Quiet on the Western Front. The crux of LOST SURVIVOR is “What you lose to survive is what you need to to live when you come back.”
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