John Ratcliff's Weblog

This evening my daughter Lauren, President of the Wentzville Holt High School Art Club, hosted the first ever Student Film Festival. It was an entertaining evening for all of those in attendance. Just for this event Lauren and her friend Kelly Brooks created a documentary about Swingers which you can view above. At the end of the evening, though not part of the competition, Lauren showed her satire 'Honolulu' which got a lot of laughs from the audience who stuck around to see it. A special surprise was when my son Alex Ratcliff, a freshman, submitted a stop-action short film he made with editing help from Lauren. You can view his video on YouTube here.

Last evening was Senior Prom for Wentzville Holt High School. My daughter Lauren was on Prom Court and looked absolutely lovely in her dress. I am uploading a number of photographs of Lauren and her friends so they can download copies if they wish. Click on any picture to see a larger size. If anyone wants an extremely high-resolution version of a particular photograph let me know and I will get you a copy. In the morning I drove my new car in the Shriner's Parade In St. Charles.