tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3060414379922369742024-03-18T15:42:37.803-07:00WELCOME TO SEANCHAI LIBRARYSeanchai ("Storyteller" in Irish) Library celebrates the Celtic tradition of stories told around the hearth or in the pub to friends, family, and welcomed strangers. Seanchai Libraries bring stories of all kinds to life, in Second Life.Caledonia Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04040319039196815191noreply@blogger.comBlogger4158125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-306041437992236974.post-78832750049028893922024-03-17T17:00:00.000-07:002024-03-17T17:00:00.251-07:00TUESDAY March 19th at 7pm: THE QUIET MAN with Caledonia Skytower<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwKG-9E_eHCe1xhXnf6UVc6MQYgxowFgSuIAtEe2LP8kEauJvsvZ8X7mCLzXZ0a0TY4ertNV2AhQmstuwvDLl60IHVNrhi_NmH7rtpg2OlpZmQriidQkHWcd38KmEaRLBaJS3PzjAkNnE/s725/Quiet+Man+Bridge.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="409" data-original-width="725" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwKG-9E_eHCe1xhXnf6UVc6MQYgxowFgSuIAtEe2LP8kEauJvsvZ8X7mCLzXZ0a0TY4ertNV2AhQmstuwvDLl60IHVNrhi_NmH7rtpg2OlpZmQriidQkHWcd38KmEaRLBaJS3PzjAkNnE/w640-h362/Quiet+Man+Bridge.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">It's a time for traditions at Seanchai Library, and this is one of those.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Maurice Walsh's short story was an Irish novelist, now best known for his short story "The Quiet Man", later made into the Oscar-winning film <i>The Quiet Man</i>, directed by John Ford and starring John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara. He was one of <st1:country-region w:st="on">Ireland</st1:country-region>'s best-selling authors in the 1930s.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white;">Caledonia Skytower presents Maurice Walsh's short story of two people finding each other, and themselves, in the rural Ireland of the 1930s<br /></span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia;">Live in The Glen<i> </i></span><a href="http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Nowhereville/197/131/21" style="background-color: white; color: #81155b; font-family: georgia; text-decoration-line: none;">http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Nowhereville/197/131/21</a></p>SLoringhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08642834902870069342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-306041437992236974.post-69761397792233615922024-03-14T22:00:00.001-07:002024-03-16T22:37:02.292-07:00SUNDAY March 17th - 1pm - 4pm St. Patrick's Day & Seanchai Library 17th Birthday!!<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><b> VOL XVII: Seanchai Library Celebrates 17 on the 17th!</b></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVdJ6gMyWnkWnyLH8QMr0h1ZtNUPbWUDCtK8icaOd-muqT_vnijOnrakjO8KIysNe1PuXMoAgdlb5LM3ZOSCf_KcuvL2NKtAb-hpmWPMsXCpDf7d2wk3_tuauGsQuxnrlmMzcwR3hn4mhWrZZ8CJtsxgPuBFIJz4v-7ws4DrAwrq7dMhB5AbemW8faoBqD/s1200/Glen%20Shot%203-17_001.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="580" data-original-width="1200" height="310" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVdJ6gMyWnkWnyLH8QMr0h1ZtNUPbWUDCtK8icaOd-muqT_vnijOnrakjO8KIysNe1PuXMoAgdlb5LM3ZOSCf_KcuvL2NKtAb-hpmWPMsXCpDf7d2wk3_tuauGsQuxnrlmMzcwR3hn4mhWrZZ8CJtsxgPuBFIJz4v-7ws4DrAwrq7dMhB5AbemW8faoBqD/w640-h310/Glen%20Shot%203-17_001.png" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Sunday, March 17th beginning at 1pm</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">It's incredible! Seanchai Library celebrates 17 years of stories and story experiences in Second Life this Sunday, March 17th in the Glen on Nowhereville.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Join us for music, stories, poetry and fun featuring Corwyn Allen, Shandon Loring, R. Dismantled, David Abbot, Aoife Lorefield, Finn Zeddmore, and Caledonia Skytower, Live.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Tentative Schedule (Subject to Change):</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: georgia;">1:00pm – Corwyn Allen – Music and Poetry</span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia;">1:20pm – Shandon Loring – “The Long and the Short of It”</span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia;">1:40pm – R Dismantled –
Assorted in 100 words at a Time</span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia;">2:00pm – David Abbot – Selection from the works of Damon Runyon </span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia;">2:20(30)pm -Aoife
Lorefield - Selected Poetry</span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia;">2:40(50)pm – Finn Zeddmore - "Murder or a Duck" by
Beth Goder</span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia;">Last (whenever that is) – <st1:place w:st="on">Caledonia</st1:place>
– Selection from the works of Maeve Binchy</span></li></ul><p></p></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia;">Ceiliuradh Glen at Seanchai Library in Second Life</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Nowhereville/204/44/27"><span style="font-family: georgia;">http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Nowhereville/204/44/27</span></a></div>SLoringhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08642834902870069342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-306041437992236974.post-85788985687759476322024-03-14T20:00:00.000-07:002024-03-14T20:00:00.150-07:00THURSDAY March 14th at 9pm - 10:15pm: THE BALLAD OF ROSAMUNDE<p> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKV0bdLlISmie8vrABShTcYJHe9QK7mMntp9bYWcuKggwP4MXLp6szLq-c9OGQ2TiDJXXtaFnQkEI-msXpwFjT9WlFcF1_qIC5Vvf1B_x-A_USMYiHYI_iA2jsCU3v43Ni2Xetyua2kL997cCtR7TerqLYpOFseFpC1P2jumMGOkltdLa-SbY8n-svz7I/s1280/ROSAMUNDE%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKV0bdLlISmie8vrABShTcYJHe9QK7mMntp9bYWcuKggwP4MXLp6szLq-c9OGQ2TiDJXXtaFnQkEI-msXpwFjT9WlFcF1_qIC5Vvf1B_x-A_USMYiHYI_iA2jsCU3v43Ni2Xetyua2kL997cCtR7TerqLYpOFseFpC1P2jumMGOkltdLa-SbY8n-svz7I/w640-h360/ROSAMUNDE%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><b style="color: red;">"</b><span style="color: red;"><b>With hair red gold and eyes of green. </b></span><b style="color: red;">"</b></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="color: purple;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">THE BALLAD OF ROSAMUNDE</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="color: purple;"><span><i><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></i></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">A pirate queen trapped in the realm of Faerie, Rosamunde can only be freed by true love. The man she loved is lost to her forever so she believes herself doomed. Padraig, long in love with Rosamunde, believes his life to be worthless since she disappeared. When he hears of her capture by the Fey, he is determined to set her free -- but can Rosamunde put the past behind her and learn to love anew?</div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><br /></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b>Ceiliuradh Glen at Seanchai Library in Second Life</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Nowhereville/204/44/27">http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Nowhereville/204/44/27</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b>Storylink Radio's Celticworld in Opensim Kitely</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://bit.ly/Celticworld">https://bit.ly/Celticworld</a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b>LIVE on YOUTUBE</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/StorylinkRadio">http://www.youtube.com/StorylinkRadio</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Book: Mammoth Book of Irish Romance</div></div></div></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Stories: The Ballad of Rosamunde</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Authors: Claire Delacroix</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i>This short story was published in the anthology, THE MAMMOTH BOOK OF IRISH ROMANCE, but was edited there for space constraints. The whole story is available on Kindle in The Jewels of Kinfairlie trilogy.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Ballad-Rosamunde-Jewels-Kinfairlie-Book-ebook/dp/B00PE8DQXG">https://www.amazon.com/Ballad-Rosamunde-Jewels-Kinfairlie-Book-ebook/dp/B00PE8DQXG</a></i></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://i.gifer.com/OzJM.gif" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="229" data-original-width="343" height="40" src="https://i.gifer.com/OzJM.gif" width="60" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>SLoringhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08642834902870069342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-306041437992236974.post-75552797232130091762024-03-12T19:15:00.000-07:002024-03-12T19:15:00.242-07:00THURSDAY March 14th at 6pm - 8pm: Two Hours - CELTIC MYTHS & LEGENDS<p> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrVOWXfAQZr0w1P5FkZJz8HjXIDA2oz-l0bEU_1OvuxoJYTLuRdArC4REWB1ZjtoV6-CLHL3u2pLZZehd5L45pbqQfO2-Yq1I-WRiAFQVVijLK8bT5w1Sp2nrh-BCa6reP3GXhMJMaxAPSdfRVnHqx3wkv4GyiBs34bnba1haeQsEARWcqwbTsdikt70FP/s1280/100%20read%20aloud%20celtic%20myths%20and%20legends.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrVOWXfAQZr0w1P5FkZJz8HjXIDA2oz-l0bEU_1OvuxoJYTLuRdArC4REWB1ZjtoV6-CLHL3u2pLZZehd5L45pbqQfO2-Yq1I-WRiAFQVVijLK8bT5w1Sp2nrh-BCa6reP3GXhMJMaxAPSdfRVnHqx3wkv4GyiBs34bnba1haeQsEARWcqwbTsdikt70FP/w640-h360/100%20read%20aloud%20celtic%20myths%20and%20legends.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b style="color: red;"><i>"Bitesize Celtic Magic"</i></b></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="color: purple;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">CELTIC MYTHS & LEGENDS</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="color: purple;"><span><i><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></i></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">Epic battles, clashes between the underworld and the real world, love, war, and death. Ancient tales brimming with the magic and wonder of the Celtic world. Each tale has been faithfully adapted to be told in 10 minutes or less. Join us tonight for these bite-size epic tales.</div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><br /></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="color: #38761d;">Followed @ 9pm by:</span></b></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="color: #38761d;">THE BALLAD OF ROSAMUNDE</span></b></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #38761d;"><b><a href="https://bit.ly/slr-rosamunde">https://bit.ly/slr-rosamunde</a></b></span></div></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><br /></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b>Ceiliuradh Glen at Seanchai Library in Second Life</b></div></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Nowhereville/204/44/27">http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Nowhereville/204/44/27</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b>Storylink Radio's Celticworld in Opensim Kitely</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://bit.ly/Celticworld">https://bit.ly/Celticworld</a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b>LIVE on YOUTUBE</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/StorylinkRadio">http://www.youtube.com/StorylinkRadio</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><u>Tonight's Stories</u></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">From Ireland..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">LABRA THE MARINER</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">THE ISLAND OF THE BLACK PIG</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">THE FAIR PRINCESS WITH THE PIG'S HEAD</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">THE VOYAGE OF MAELDUIN</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">From Cornwall & The Isle of Man..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">THE BEN-VARREY</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">ESHYN AND Y CHADEE</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">THE INEY'S LONG LEATHER BAG</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">From Scotland..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">TAM LIN</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">THE CURSE OF THE KELPIE</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">DIANAIMH AND THE KELPIE</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">THE KELPIE AND DALL, THE BLIND ONE</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">FAOINEIS, THE VAIN</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">THE FIANNA AND THE DARK LORD</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">THE ISLAND OF SHADOWS</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">From Brittany..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">THE CURSE AND THE OATH</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">DAHUD-AHES OF KER-YS</div></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Book: 100 10-Minute Read Aloud Celtic Myths & Legends</div></div></div></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Authors: Great Great Great Grandparents of Ann Onymous</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://i.gifer.com/OzJM.gif" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="229" data-original-width="343" height="40" src="https://i.gifer.com/OzJM.gif" width="60" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>SLoringhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08642834902870069342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-306041437992236974.post-83850201482536828222024-03-10T16:15:00.000-07:002024-03-12T14:05:19.065-07:00TUESDAY March 13th at 7pm: WEE IRISH TALES with Caledonia Skytower<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDL51S-fWKhSqXMYNHcsymc5BuTnkn4JIVg8aqkroV2u5TOQbC-gfA20XJJEzZWMvGHv6jJyH0Mk6NYZni7YEbuXtxUPUmB4ecITiIspPNAMBrMRnT4Q7_qxe_y8LGfBGMPRDvGc4aIBgmtc14kBP58frPFgGG6rkCy9QG8HcOO8TTlJoWsM-dsy402ben/s342/Celtic%20Trinity%20knot.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><br /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDL51S-fWKhSqXMYNHcsymc5BuTnkn4JIVg8aqkroV2u5TOQbC-gfA20XJJEzZWMvGHv6jJyH0Mk6NYZni7YEbuXtxUPUmB4ecITiIspPNAMBrMRnT4Q7_qxe_y8LGfBGMPRDvGc4aIBgmtc14kBP58frPFgGG6rkCy9QG8HcOO8TTlJoWsM-dsy402ben/s342/Celtic%20Trinity%20knot.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="336" data-original-width="342" height="314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDL51S-fWKhSqXMYNHcsymc5BuTnkn4JIVg8aqkroV2u5TOQbC-gfA20XJJEzZWMvGHv6jJyH0Mk6NYZni7YEbuXtxUPUmB4ecITiIspPNAMBrMRnT4Q7_qxe_y8LGfBGMPRDvGc4aIBgmtc14kBP58frPFgGG6rkCy9QG8HcOO8TTlJoWsM-dsy402ben/s320/Celtic%20Trinity%20knot.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Over the years, Caledonia has read and presented a lot of Irish Tales: traditional folk and fairy tales, children's tales, more contemporary adventures, and ever written a few of her own! Tonight she reads them all! <div><br /></div><div>Okay, maybe not all. But she reads a mix of stories from all the many sources she's presented over the year. You can even help! The audience will be encouraged to help Cale select what "pot" of tales to pull from. Gather at the Firecircle, just behind the library, for an hour of adventure and magic.</div><div><br /></div><div>Presented live on stream.</div><div><a href="https://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Nowhereville/204/43/26">https://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Nowhereville/204/43/26</a></div>SLoringhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08642834902870069342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-306041437992236974.post-20287831068512349972024-03-05T06:05:00.000-08:002024-03-05T06:31:31.033-08:00TUESDAY, MARCH 5th at 7pm: CELEBRATING SEUSS!<p> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrv2hxxPnFh3yI3wuUNgW5X8flT5s3eIUVwzBDkPdjn4d0vWew97RGkoBex9rTW-y25ar8GpJyr2VL6evqCtJgrnPag2FtY1zUyDXYz402nrRI3Ga3yvEtjYyw6TEVg_qmi12Yk373jn3YbNhB93lA0lnFBnCTvS3EkeWeVxDJ423W5tm5UwkKOzudLNKu/s1200/Seuss%20Celebration_001.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="636" data-original-width="1200" height="340" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrv2hxxPnFh3yI3wuUNgW5X8flT5s3eIUVwzBDkPdjn4d0vWew97RGkoBex9rTW-y25ar8GpJyr2VL6evqCtJgrnPag2FtY1zUyDXYz402nrRI3Ga3yvEtjYyw6TEVg_qmi12Yk373jn3YbNhB93lA0lnFBnCTvS3EkeWeVxDJ423W5tm5UwkKOzudLNKu/w640-h340/Seuss%20Celebration_001.png" width="640" /></a></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Stories return to the Library in March!</span></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">120 years ago this month, and unique creative mind was born. While the world has changed since the first days that the man we knew as Dr. Seuss first penned his whimsical tales, much of his canon of work is part of many of our young lives. Somehow the world would not quite be as bright a place if a mysterious cat might not knock on our doors unexpectedly, bringing excitement and danger to a boring day with the assurance, "Your Mother will not mind if you do!" </span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Caledonia Skytower, presents. on Stream.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Nowhereville/204/43/26">https://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Nowhereville/204/43/26</a></span></span></div>Caledonia Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04040319039196815191noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-306041437992236974.post-89457266771665820762024-02-12T12:50:00.000-08:002024-02-12T12:50:08.035-08:00THURSDAY February 15th at 7pm: CASABLANCA<p style="text-align: center;"> <iframe frameborder="0" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ug3wowWu5b0?mute=0&autoplay=1&controls=0;loop=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&autoplay=1" title="YouTube video player" width="640"></iframe></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i style="color: red;"><b><span face="arial, sans-serif">"</span>Here's Looking At You Kid</b></i><i><span><b style="color: red; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">"</b></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b style="color: purple;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">CASABLANCA</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">A story of timeless romance, duty, and selfless love, just in time for Valentine's Day!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">This is a very special storytelling presentation of this beloved classic movie. The movie was not based on a book and there is no novellization and no audiobook.. except right here at Storylink Radio!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Set during World War II, an American expatriate (Humphrey Bogart) must choose between his love for a woman (Ingrid Bergman) and helping her husband, a Czechoslovak resistance leader, escape from the Vichy-controlled city of Casablanca to continue his fight against in the war.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: red;"><b>Read <a href="https://storylinkradiostories.blogspot.com/p/timeless-story-of-casablanca.html" target="_blank">HERE</a> what Casablanca is really all about</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b>Rick's Cafe Americain in Second Life</b></div></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Lilypad/144/7/3795">http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Lilypad/144/7/3795</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b>Storylink Radio Estate in Opensim</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://bit.ly/StorylinkRadioMV">https://bit.ly/StorylinkRadioMV</a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b>LIVE on YOUTUBE</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/StorylinkRadio">http://www.youtube.com/StorylinkRadio</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Movie: Casablanca</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Studio: Warner Brothers</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://media4.giphy.com/media/3o6Zt4B4aYc51J3wje/giphy.gif" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="375" data-original-width="500" height="62" src="https://media4.giphy.com/media/3o6Zt4B4aYc51J3wje/giphy.gif" width="83" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><br /><div><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div><br /></div></div></div></div></div></div>SLoringhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08642834902870069342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-306041437992236974.post-51729632448031028282024-01-23T19:15:00.000-08:002024-01-23T20:34:11.341-08:00THURSDAY January 25th at 7pm: BEDTIME STORIES WITH UNCLE EDGAR<p> <span style="text-align: center;"> </span><span style="text-align: center;"> </span><span style="text-align: center;"> </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA4lsC3ZEFQ41UXXz7L0n0L_Kd7iqZFrxVMfdZu_GeiQOTkuWyaGTyWhyphenhyphen1AOKNUw_9fsqxLrPrblSZhE9hnc8bB16CNmeDNsorjepRdBkzO1-BPAlzsLJyOCbr9PtcuYdRmbbnflCOIym8kuKMpAH8RcBsOIKqobqB0F1sOiMxk9qabvuc5z-BqCKL708/s1280/BEDTIME%20STORIES%20WITH%20UNCLE%20EDGAR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA4lsC3ZEFQ41UXXz7L0n0L_Kd7iqZFrxVMfdZu_GeiQOTkuWyaGTyWhyphenhyphen1AOKNUw_9fsqxLrPrblSZhE9hnc8bB16CNmeDNsorjepRdBkzO1-BPAlzsLJyOCbr9PtcuYdRmbbnflCOIym8kuKMpAH8RcBsOIKqobqB0F1sOiMxk9qabvuc5z-BqCKL708/w640-h360/BEDTIME%20STORIES%20WITH%20UNCLE%20EDGAR.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i style="color: red;"><b><span face="arial, sans-serif">"</span>Quoth the Kitten, Get Some More!</b></i><i><span><b style="color: red; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">"</b></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b style="color: purple;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">BEDTIME STORIES</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b style="color: purple;"><span style="font-size: large;">WITH UNCLE EDGAR</span></b></div></div></div></div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Edgar Allan Poe (January 19, 1809 – October 7, 1849) is an American writer, poet, author, editor, and literary critic who is best known for his poetry and short stories, particularly his tales of mystery and the macabre. Join us for a special celebration in story of his 215th birthday.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b>Poe Castle in Second Life</b></div></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Lilypad/144/7/3795">http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Lilypad/144/7/3795</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b>Storylink Radio Estate in Opensim</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://bit.ly/StorylinkRadioMV">https://bit.ly/StorylinkRadioMV</a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b>LIVE on YOUTUBE</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/StorylinkRadio">http://www.youtube.com/StorylinkRadio</a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Book: Various</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Author: Edgar Allan Poe</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span>The Kitten - </span><span>Lenore - </span><span>Ulalume</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span>Cask of Amontillado - </span><span>Morella</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">The Assignation</span></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://media.tenor.com/0_oA7fnn9gMAAAAM/edgar-allan-poe-tom-slemen.gif" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="206" data-original-width="220" height="82" src="https://media.tenor.com/0_oA7fnn9gMAAAAM/edgar-allan-poe-tom-slemen.gif" width="88" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div><br /></div></div></div></div></div></div>SLoringhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08642834902870069342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-306041437992236974.post-27362125222352648282024-01-08T00:00:00.000-08:002024-01-13T20:24:38.080-08:00The Seanchai Library<p> <b style="color: #0b8043; font-family: georgia; text-align: center;"><i>We bring stories of all kinds to life, in Second Life</i></b></p><div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="color: #0b8043;"><b><i><span style="font-family: georgia;">... and other virtual worlds</span></i></b></b><h2><span style="color: #0b8043; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><b><i>CELEBRATING GREAT STORIES SINCE 2008!</i></b></span></h2><div align="center" class="MsoNormal"><b><i>__________________________________</i></b></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal"><b><i><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcJ402Stv-w9FJ9uHDEj7cd2jGDh1kVV573t5f70bDa7ke-Ookuze4dg261uC4VcSfxzhSufJfdaC5xcpgKBwkeDHmSQW6N1wPuy1ZpZmJBgK7_DsnaaHPB5LE4Aicwu_1B6CGCZPRGo3YY0lbB-ItSAp0pijvbjkF0cboQTrxpvrxLdx_A9PelF6xOg/s1200/Snapshot_002.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="527" data-original-width="1200" height="282" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcJ402Stv-w9FJ9uHDEj7cd2jGDh1kVV573t5f70bDa7ke-Ookuze4dg261uC4VcSfxzhSufJfdaC5xcpgKBwkeDHmSQW6N1wPuy1ZpZmJBgK7_DsnaaHPB5LE4Aicwu_1B6CGCZPRGo3YY0lbB-ItSAp0pijvbjkF0cboQTrxpvrxLdx_A9PelF6xOg/w640-h282/Snapshot_002.png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></i></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-family: georgia;">All times slt/Pacific Time.</span></i></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-family: georgia;">Story events in Voice unless otherwise noted.</span></i></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></i></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><i>The Seanchai Library is located at </i></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Nowhereville/203/43/26">http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Nowhereville/203/43/26</a></span></div></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div class="MsoNormal"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">________________________________________________________________</span></div></div></div></div><div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;">All sessions at the Seanchai Library are offered free to all Residents. Have questions? Send a notecard to Caledonia Skytower </span></div></div>SLoringhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08642834902870069342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-306041437992236974.post-36456077826403243882024-01-03T18:00:00.000-08:002024-01-03T18:00:00.135-08:00THURSDAY January 4th at 7pm: A TWELFTH NIGHT GHOST STORY<p> <span style="text-align: center;"> </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqejYsNaFpcxSnRyypNLEi3RqzAVzFeRF3cG2n_yEwReaYA-niaDMrgbjEI9GZ4euHwTPLNrFNarIFKe9HY3hAwon-2FSgEWQWMSPrDDyab3tmfSDUBoEX2XCDeY1sSv6ygsfcFH1b1L351JptNSXJF59eY2IXL5KhfSXVP_q6v42IHUCADaZvMaIu9YPs/s1280/HAUNTED%20CHRISTMAS%20SCOTTISH%20CASTLE.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqejYsNaFpcxSnRyypNLEi3RqzAVzFeRF3cG2n_yEwReaYA-niaDMrgbjEI9GZ4euHwTPLNrFNarIFKe9HY3hAwon-2FSgEWQWMSPrDDyab3tmfSDUBoEX2XCDeY1sSv6ygsfcFH1b1L351JptNSXJF59eY2IXL5KhfSXVP_q6v42IHUCADaZvMaIu9YPs/w640-h360/HAUNTED%20CHRISTMAS%20SCOTTISH%20CASTLE.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><b style="color: red; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">"A Ghost Hunt on Christmas Eve?</b><b style="color: red; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">"</b></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b style="color: purple; font-size: xx-large;">A TWELFTH NIGHT GHOST STORY</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div>When sensible and level-headed Beatrice Casson decides to spend Christmas in a hotel in the wilds of Scotland it was the “old fashioned Christmas” experience promised in the brochure that was the attraction. – The smell of pine trees, crackling log fires, mulled wine, tangerines, walnuts and frosted forest walks. What she had not noticed in the itinerary was the ghost-hunt planned for Christmas Eve. Bea didn’t believe in ghosts. So who was the pale young girl who visited her room during a power cut on the night she arrived? And how was it that suddenly Bea found herself helping a medium reunite a mother and daughter who had been roaming the hotel searching for each other for hundreds of years?<br /><br /><span face=""opensans" , sans-serif" style="color: blue; font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Author: Dawn Summers
Book: Haunted Christmas</span></i></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b>Poe Castle in Second Life</b></div></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Lilypad/144/7/3795">http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Lilypad/144/7/3795</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b>Storylink Radio Estate in Opensim</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="http://bit.ly/slr-christmasisland">http://bit.ly/slr-christmasisland</a></div><div><br /></div></div></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b>LIVE on YOUTUBE</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/StorylinkRadio">http://www.youtube.com/StorylinkRadio</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://i0.wp.com/halloweenshindig.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/notd_house.gif?resize=500%2C267" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="267" data-original-width="500" height="38" src="https://i0.wp.com/halloweenshindig.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/notd_house.gif?resize=500%2C267" width="71" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>SLoringhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08642834902870069342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-306041437992236974.post-67925340588496310482024-01-03T04:23:00.000-08:002024-01-03T04:23:14.921-08:00THE FINAL WEEK at The Dickens Project: January 3-7<p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrFJsfQ4BMvhDLPcxF8CYUrEWt_IB9oFGZLXLJgCfGrkvjCELFFTQ99DXhT9oCiJ9BkGpaKyhl6zVXVAsuzmpnBaL_v8_wk0V72Zh-VKVmVfht8RRtxcwE-yjANm2MWMUs-P1J7T7vVfXmvP4bIjNuqIHAOy4KuJggwi6VkI6lUeFhIfhUx8SUlx2qjI92/s1200/Last%20Dance%20at%20Dickens_002.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="589" data-original-width="1200" height="314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrFJsfQ4BMvhDLPcxF8CYUrEWt_IB9oFGZLXLJgCfGrkvjCELFFTQ99DXhT9oCiJ9BkGpaKyhl6zVXVAsuzmpnBaL_v8_wk0V72Zh-VKVmVfht8RRtxcwE-yjANm2MWMUs-P1J7T7vVfXmvP4bIjNuqIHAOy4KuJggwi6VkI6lUeFhIfhUx8SUlx2qjI92/w640-h314/Last%20Dance%20at%20Dickens_002.png" width="640" /></a></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><br /></b></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>There's still time to . . .</b></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"> ~ Enjoy the Dickens Open Art Show at the Gallery</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"> ~ Submit your entry for the HELP TINY TIM Hunt</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"> ~ Take the Tours in Bay Rum's Cart or the Hot Air Balloon</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"> ~ Take photos with friends or create artful images</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"> ~ And just explore!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>JOIN US Sunday, January 7th from 1:30 - 3:30pm slt on the Skating Pond for the LAST DANCE at DICKENS, sharing a little comfort and joy before we turn the lights out for this Edition.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">All times slt/pacific</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Teleport to all locations from</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/The%20Dickens%20Project/129/128/1401">https://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/The%20Dickens%20Project/129/128/1401</a></span></p>Caledonia Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04040319039196815191noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-306041437992236974.post-18204064739222710872024-01-01T10:23:00.000-08:002024-01-01T10:23:29.847-08:00MONDAY, January 1st at The Dicken Project: Come Fly with Us!<p> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEBESo5BL_VGAuuJLcjJKL0Pw88-sNUMe9hS_Flb__LcMa8nXNNSJwhhrztA4Dsa0cxdJ3T20Wrrnyzo2LYvhal3kyEM3hCYRhjcngpsJRMb08ff5-aNDmRpU8CEkv56-9mbJZQzpOfSJQ2KkgI0IaB9pIlk9SS4_jCu5t3vG0tYPQKF8R5HNpcE-iQLGn/s1581/SL%20Hawks%20Poster.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="891" data-original-width="1581" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEBESo5BL_VGAuuJLcjJKL0Pw88-sNUMe9hS_Flb__LcMa8nXNNSJwhhrztA4Dsa0cxdJ3T20Wrrnyzo2LYvhal3kyEM3hCYRhjcngpsJRMb08ff5-aNDmRpU8CEkv56-9mbJZQzpOfSJQ2KkgI0IaB9pIlk9SS4_jCu5t3vG0tYPQKF8R5HNpcE-iQLGn/w640-h360/SL%20Hawks%20Poster.png" width="640" /></a><br /></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia;">Established in April 2017 the Hawks Aerobatic Team is the culmination of a pylon race pilot joining forces with a seasoned combat pilot to experiment with importing well known RL aerobatic maneuvers into SL.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia;">The Hawks took their name from the BAe Hawk they chose as their plane due to its superb handling characteristics and stability. After their first show as a 'solo team' the Hawks began recruiting and training pilots. The Hawks currently fly a 6-plane routine that includes a number of well-known maneuvers from RL aerobatics as well as some of their own unique creations. </span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia;">The Hawks are joined in the air over Dickens Harbour by Anemone Wing Walkers, and Team Phoenix.</span></p><p style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Teleport to the venue from the Welcome Area </span></p><p style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/The%20Dickens%20Project/129/128/1401" style="color: #81155b; text-decoration-line: none;"><b>https://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/The%20Dickens%20Project/129/128/1401</b></a></span></p>Caledonia Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04040319039196815191noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-306041437992236974.post-90943109790707776892023-12-31T05:49:00.000-08:002023-12-31T05:49:15.233-08:00SUNDAY, December 31st at The Dickens Project: Ghost Stories!<p> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMtueOFCFrC9tno2sdefxFRjqFWcHqd5gaU7dlenmJmX8FDw147mQ-RuKa-LM4ZMIAMita6BRKOzqK6INRrTSzZf7PzgP7iOohetCTTelx-DA7xi7wO-SVn9BkA96BUcGJ5E6xHAhshKu22Zh5iCkq21EvicSenbZm4yF22c7UjWnOQspdU0a5VljxmpsQ/s1200/REV%20Ghost%20Stories%20at%20Dickens.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="636" data-original-width="1200" height="340" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMtueOFCFrC9tno2sdefxFRjqFWcHqd5gaU7dlenmJmX8FDw147mQ-RuKa-LM4ZMIAMita6BRKOzqK6INRrTSzZf7PzgP7iOohetCTTelx-DA7xi7wO-SVn9BkA96BUcGJ5E6xHAhshKu22Zh5iCkq21EvicSenbZm4yF22c7UjWnOQspdU0a5VljxmpsQ/w640-h340/REV%20Ghost%20Stories%20at%20Dickens.png" width="640" /></a></p><p><br /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia;">Winter ghost stories are a Victorian Tradition - after all, Dickens' </span><i style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia;">A Christmas Carol</i><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia;"> is at heart a ghost story.</span></p><p style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Trains became a popular mode of transport during Dickens’s lifetime, and he was a seasoned traveler, using the locomotive to travel the country to see friends and carry out his reading tours. But as this new technology developed there were also devastating accidents. Dickens himself experienced the Staplehurst Railway crash in 1865, a year before he wrote this story. Dickens was haunted by memories of the accident for the rest of his life.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><i><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">“Now, sir, mark this, and judge how my mind is troubled. The spectre came back a week ago. Ever since, it has been there, now and again, by fits and starts.”</span><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span></i></b></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><i><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">“At the light?”</span><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span></i></b></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><i><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">“At the Danger-light.”</span><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span></i></b></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><i><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">“What does it seem to do?”</span><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span></i></b></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><i><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">He repeated, if possible with increased passion and vehemence, that former gesticulation of, “For God’s sake, clear the way!”</span><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span></i></b></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><i>Then he went on. “I have no peace or rest for it. It calls to me, for many minutes together, in an agonised manner, ‘Below there! Look out! Look out!’ It stands waving to me. It rings my little bell—”</i></b></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Join Caledonia Skytower for this tale and more.</span></p><p style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Teleport to the venue from the Welcome Area </span></p><p style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/The%20Dickens%20Project/129/128/1401" style="color: #81155b; text-decoration-line: none;"><b>https://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/The%20Dickens%20Project/129/128/1401</b></a></span></p>Caledonia Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04040319039196815191noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-306041437992236974.post-22749780812433450832023-12-29T22:16:00.000-08:002023-12-29T22:16:08.165-08:00SATURDAY, December 30th at The Dickens Project - A Busy Day!<p> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXaxEDMqfCPx8Rhn_camDj3St0qbXIyKPyVawpdsAzYFjrqzFnoFkbkT3TkmWXldHyCtNC1fx-nH0DubfdVa21KPbPdxvB4ojWDQagEIUUjthY52IVrt7x5dhxDNCvYA6E5cn4U7EiDaSTKLPJNfLvTdBQugwWGm_2kl6IIxq_nSGxyIZag9xSVaUf06ZM/s1200/Angelicus%20Poster.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="636" data-original-width="1200" height="340" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXaxEDMqfCPx8Rhn_camDj3St0qbXIyKPyVawpdsAzYFjrqzFnoFkbkT3TkmWXldHyCtNC1fx-nH0DubfdVa21KPbPdxvB4ojWDQagEIUUjthY52IVrt7x5dhxDNCvYA6E5cn4U7EiDaSTKLPJNfLvTdBQugwWGm_2kl6IIxq_nSGxyIZag9xSVaUf06ZM/w640-h340/Angelicus%20Poster.png" width="640" /></a></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>ANGELICUS BOY CHOIR @ 11am slt/pacific.</b> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: large;">The Dickens Project is pleased to welcome the Angelicus Boy Choir to the 2023 Edition with a unique hour of mischief, mayhem, and mostly music.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsCuaYDZZJ7AzzS8QvfmGUg4Sm9hUd947hChGvy7ldRttTKGibKBZg_1oBrjNMqEkbcipXjel3ZQpB0odWS08KTWqKjHdMTLZNsaCVsUTOehDeUJtVXw8I_lglRPaalWyp0x7xHAJDoxmv6nUS0r9-9Z3lS2-wsa49nnFO5I1sxmAC8o4FzKepau0Pr4py/s1200/Virtuoso_for%20the%20Blog.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="627" data-original-width="1200" height="196" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsCuaYDZZJ7AzzS8QvfmGUg4Sm9hUd947hChGvy7ldRttTKGibKBZg_1oBrjNMqEkbcipXjel3ZQpB0odWS08KTWqKjHdMTLZNsaCVsUTOehDeUJtVXw8I_lglRPaalWyp0x7xHAJDoxmv6nUS0r9-9Z3lS2-wsa49nnFO5I1sxmAC8o4FzKepau0Pr4py/w375-h196/Virtuoso_for%20the%20Blog.png" width="375" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>SPECIAL PREVIEW PERFORMANCE of "OLIVER" Presented by Virtuoso Performing Arts @ 1pm slt/pacific.</b> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">"Among other public buildings in a certain town, which for many reasons it will be prudent to refrain from mentioning, and to which I will assign no fictitious name, there is one anciently common to most towns, great or small: to wit, a workhouse; and in this workhouse was born a boy who was named, by the proprietor, Mr Bumble, as Oliver Twist" ... and so his story begins.</span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>DJ DANO BOOKMITE from 4-6pm slt/pacific. </b>Dano's back to celebrate the Twelve Days of Christmas at the Skating Pond</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Teleport to the venue from the Welcome Area <a href="https://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/The%20Dickens%20Project/129/128/1401"><b>https://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/The%20Dickens%20Project/129/128/1401</b></a></span></p><p><br /></p>Caledonia Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04040319039196815191noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-306041437992236974.post-45839124923524117432023-12-28T22:29:00.000-08:002023-12-28T22:29:16.014-08:00FRIDAY, December 29th at The Dickens Project: Tally Mercury, Live!<p> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHxepFLHtiZIM1JTNkKqWpBI2xDjfuNiEp5iwQVjgPI0kHASBpOuAfMP3_IpjB_bqJT8LlcDYvzPeThk_j-3o6ffCwzPAlA-hm6AAMG0dJ5S8IKEu0_fNadKXaiWciPuEPOLnEszWl8FuRkweqYiJ5NgPy7RvNjVCRfUx4_djd3D6AjbQ53XkH4Y-XaJBE/s1200/Tally%20Poster.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="636" data-original-width="1200" height="340" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHxepFLHtiZIM1JTNkKqWpBI2xDjfuNiEp5iwQVjgPI0kHASBpOuAfMP3_IpjB_bqJT8LlcDYvzPeThk_j-3o6ffCwzPAlA-hm6AAMG0dJ5S8IKEu0_fNadKXaiWciPuEPOLnEszWl8FuRkweqYiJ5NgPy7RvNjVCRfUx4_djd3D6AjbQ53XkH4Y-XaJBE/w640-h340/Tally%20Poster.png" width="640" /></a><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><b><span style="font-size: medium;">It's not about what a song sounds like, it's about
what it feels like.</span></b></i></span></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Today at 3pm slt/pacific. We are pleased to welcome Tally Mercury for his first performance at the Dickens Project, live at the Opera House.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Teleport to the venue from the Welcome Area
<a href="https://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/The%20Dickens%20Project/129/128/1401"><b>https://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/The%20Dickens%20Project/129/128/1401</b></a></span></p><p><br /></p>Caledonia Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04040319039196815191noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-306041437992236974.post-45380688374906675712023-12-26T21:15:00.000-08:002023-12-26T21:17:53.401-08:00WEDNESDAY, December 27th at The Dickens Project - Celebrating Art!<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEfXvY-wAQ0zy1gF3v7Vvzywec_TNkeyiQwZxYNxZjGBPWBnQrc8yxlfHpnAj-GXT0Ljw0HFGD1xbx1SFbQm39tIVMAeEfbvllseudpYowFT5I4J8vSI5Tgmq3xz1348KOOBAbQmeaGDCD49eKIHRNN0wbk5uI5axOW_wUXNAMbUQQ-CqCRaqnF8VQPmVj/s1200/Art%20Gallery_002.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="636" data-original-width="1200" height="340" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEfXvY-wAQ0zy1gF3v7Vvzywec_TNkeyiQwZxYNxZjGBPWBnQrc8yxlfHpnAj-GXT0Ljw0HFGD1xbx1SFbQm39tIVMAeEfbvllseudpYowFT5I4J8vSI5Tgmq3xz1348KOOBAbQmeaGDCD49eKIHRNN0wbk5uI5axOW_wUXNAMbUQQ-CqCRaqnF8VQPmVj/w640-h340/Art%20Gallery_002.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>The Dickens Project Open Art Show Celebration</b></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Wednesday, December 27th from 2-3:30pm</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Please join us as we celebrate the artists chosen to be featured in this year's Dickens Project Open Art Show:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><b> Dante Helios</b></i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><b> Hermes Kondor</b></i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><b> Mary Layton</b></i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><b> Aquarius Denimore</b></i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><b> and Iniry Vaher</b></i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">DJ Elrik Merlin will provide music at the gallery, and live on-the-air on <a href="https://vcradio.org/" target="_blank">Virtual Community Radio</a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Teleport from the Welcome Area</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/The%20Dickens%20Project/129/128/1401">https://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/The%20Dickens%20Project/129/128/1401</a></span></p>Caledonia Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04040319039196815191noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-306041437992236974.post-18786831378035055832023-12-26T06:43:00.000-08:002023-12-26T06:43:40.963-08:00TUESDAY, December 26th at The Dickens Project: Innsmouth Tales!<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLjSNnZRTAVFy9rWZFJEVAU4vP3A-HPa3WMzsU2bJTVN8Iy8xDDuhWo6NFPJseOqncgE6nbcSSYKpDtIkz76pqe76Q1vLTS2F6f8UIljCdVkzS5BWglUAeXNKvlSMg0INOB212NX_Fm0pTnr-Xf5095-BYpCRYE4OiVyZDgRG6hjO24FKn8U6jDuHAVz0Z/s1200/Press%20Release_001.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="492" data-original-width="1200" height="262" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLjSNnZRTAVFy9rWZFJEVAU4vP3A-HPa3WMzsU2bJTVN8Iy8xDDuhWo6NFPJseOqncgE6nbcSSYKpDtIkz76pqe76Q1vLTS2F6f8UIljCdVkzS5BWglUAeXNKvlSMg0INOB212NX_Fm0pTnr-Xf5095-BYpCRYE4OiVyZDgRG6hjO24FKn8U6jDuHAVz0Z/w640-h262/Press%20Release_001.png" width="640" /></a></div><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span>Happy Boxing Day!</span><span> . . .</span></b></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>@ 5pm - INNSMOUTH TALES</b> at the Opera House with Innsmouth in SL Harbormaster, Arik Metzger on media.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia;">Teleport from the Welcome Area</span></p><p style="background-color: white;"><a href="https://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/The%20Dickens%20Project/129/128/1401" style="color: #81155b; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">https://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/The%20Dickens%20Project/129/128/1401<br /></span></a></p>Caledonia Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04040319039196815191noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-306041437992236974.post-2820788677918385832023-12-23T21:28:00.000-08:002023-12-24T04:35:51.264-08:00SUNDAY, December 24th at The Dickens Project: Stories, Stories, & Candlelight<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqKGnrPOllP3RDUaiyqrMrUcAZg1jAPfM4l4pUfNCFGuJmFOLfSKnantj2ITMs0De-c7whXMLyYBGQQI-D8AJaeCq84nn0_W9Gn-z6RksLDX0mbAQCvXiceQxPfG_ua-IKqK22_v6IMZynukjbVZHJGVkFuG6QtYl489HHAFuTPPDQ6sgylLLjPZtGZyqF/s1200/Fezziwig's%20Christmas%20Eve.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="636" data-original-width="1200" height="340" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqKGnrPOllP3RDUaiyqrMrUcAZg1jAPfM4l4pUfNCFGuJmFOLfSKnantj2ITMs0De-c7whXMLyYBGQQI-D8AJaeCq84nn0_W9Gn-z6RksLDX0mbAQCvXiceQxPfG_ua-IKqK22_v6IMZynukjbVZHJGVkFuG6QtYl489HHAFuTPPDQ6sgylLLjPZtGZyqF/w640-h340/Fezziwig's%20Christmas%20Eve.png" width="640" /></a><br /><br /><b style="font-family: georgia;">It's Christmas Eve . . .</b></p><p><b style="font-family: georgia;">@ Noon - A CHILDS' CHRISTMAS IN WALES</b><span style="font-family: georgia;"> and Other Stories with Aoife Lorefield. This is a holiday treat! Aoife reads Dylan Thomas' classic, followed by</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: georgia;"> two stories by </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: georgia;">John B. Keane</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: georgia;">: <i>The Curriculum Vitae</i>, and, <i>Spreading Joy and Jam at Christmas.</i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>@ 9pm - CANDLELIGHT VERSE, MUSIC, & STORY</b> in the Church of St Charles of The Little Dickens. Arik Metzger, Innsmouth Harbormaster, provides readings from the Christmas Story, & Caledonia Skytower adds music and a more secular story as homily for this candlelight gathering from the works of Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">* Keep a weather eye out! There may yet be an impromptu skating party today or anytime over the holiday weekend!</span></p><p style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Teleport to all locations from</span></p><p style="background-color: white;"><a href="https://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/The%20Dickens%20Project/129/128/1401" style="color: #81155b; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">https://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/The%20Dickens%20Project/129/128/1401</span></a></p>Caledonia Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04040319039196815191noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-306041437992236974.post-85611203579785009352023-12-23T09:11:00.000-08:002023-12-23T09:11:13.499-08:00SATURDAY, December 23rd at The Dickens Project<p> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4EOrjD9nA_WLy6pLCDEIlzhI1jbVwstsPwPOTI8Z2i00nS-a2hNchqtMqECSnaDwziQhizNw4zhgvVQu_SrKuZwUv_WZC6ZfC77M4bZzAiDwp4NPyktxVtgaFTBP4e5icXhTXoGPpHuPp7G7qdvePKfgcVqa-BwKDeD-3JOQARcrgf0jAiOcCSP_YSQnv/s1200/Another%20Opera%20House%20Shot.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="636" data-original-width="1200" height="340" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4EOrjD9nA_WLy6pLCDEIlzhI1jbVwstsPwPOTI8Z2i00nS-a2hNchqtMqECSnaDwziQhizNw4zhgvVQu_SrKuZwUv_WZC6ZfC77M4bZzAiDwp4NPyktxVtgaFTBP4e5icXhTXoGPpHuPp7G7qdvePKfgcVqa-BwKDeD-3JOQARcrgf0jAiOcCSP_YSQnv/w640-h340/Another%20Opera%20House%20Shot.png" width="640" /></a><br /><br /></p><p><b>@NOON - CORWYN ALLEN, Live! </b>Acoustic guitar, with a variety of music - folk, traditional, and some country, at The Miner's Village</p><p><b>@12:30 & 4:30pm on the land stream - Virtual Community Radio Presents the CEH Production of Charles Dickens A CHRISTMAS CAROL</b> with Elrik Merlin, Shandon Loring, and Caledonia Skytower - 90 minutes (note: the stream on the southern region will join the broadcast when Mr Allen's music set is complete.)</p><p><b>@2pm - THE MAGIC OF THE MUSICAL - "What The Dickens?" </b>Virtual Community Radio's monthly show featuring the songs, history, and lore of the musical theater will be broadcast live from the Opera House at The Dickens Project. This month - the works of Charles Dickens on the musical theater stage.</p><p>Teleport to all locations from</p><p><a href="https://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/The%20Dickens%20Project/129/128/1401">https://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/The%20Dickens%20Project/129/128/1401</a></p>Caledonia Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04040319039196815191noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-306041437992236974.post-74561373060226535602023-12-22T08:42:00.000-08:002023-12-22T08:42:54.917-08:00FRIDAY, December 22nd at The Dickens Project: American Tales<p> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA5SnFNEUQosXkUkuGCvJB38MzgJjP0sBdxviwReNQte4HrSrjibjGhiBJLrvEsNpfuyW0BdeuvJrV5i8MmP5Ehiz0poP1qpZ8Wv0BOe_QzuaoCfer0tACWiiGled7amfXWwRUVXDzVoLX6jFcSVVoinQ919TiC2I14x5FiaW3Pwo_ah46R8z3gU28Bc-Z/s1200/American%20Tales%20Poster.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="636" data-original-width="1200" height="340" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA5SnFNEUQosXkUkuGCvJB38MzgJjP0sBdxviwReNQte4HrSrjibjGhiBJLrvEsNpfuyW0BdeuvJrV5i8MmP5Ehiz0poP1qpZ8Wv0BOe_QzuaoCfer0tACWiiGled7amfXWwRUVXDzVoLX6jFcSVVoinQ919TiC2I14x5FiaW3Pwo_ah46R8z3gU28Bc-Z/w640-h340/American%20Tales%20Poster.png" width="640" /></a><br /><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>@6pm - American Christmas Tales </b>with Fayleen Bellios and Caledonia Skytower</span><span style="font-family: georgia;">. Something different, live in Voice.</span></div><p><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Teleport available for all events from The Welcome Area</b></span></span></p><p><span><span style="font-family: georgia; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><a href="https://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/The%20Dickens%20Project/129/128/1401"><b>https://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/The%20Dickens%20Project/129/128/1401</b></a></span></span></p>Caledonia Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04040319039196815191noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-306041437992236974.post-51644635060222639382023-12-21T08:13:00.000-08:002023-12-21T08:14:31.571-08:00THURSDAY, December 21st at The Dickens Project: Wald Schridde. Live & Story Tours Conclude<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnQG87d5kvbCci9NfQ9U19tGj1hinhhyCONdKsVXVmWsG6xQ0yk2jaP4dOeOOzXoSkwiTG5hMByjkCM2dRGGw8EgJnxZ3c3vpndxlTbWs2YgkfoPLnkXp7mCd_rBM8gZaU-5bzBaSQZogtkjXM2MA4jZVg6CZKi2uqBfwXg0anWaImAnRnf0cEbPNd7Cd7/s1024/The%20Dickens%20Project%202018%20-%20Wald%20Schridde%20live%20-%20Christmas%20Music%2002.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="584" data-original-width="1024" height="366" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnQG87d5kvbCci9NfQ9U19tGj1hinhhyCONdKsVXVmWsG6xQ0yk2jaP4dOeOOzXoSkwiTG5hMByjkCM2dRGGw8EgJnxZ3c3vpndxlTbWs2YgkfoPLnkXp7mCd_rBM8gZaU-5bzBaSQZogtkjXM2MA4jZVg6CZKi2uqBfwXg0anWaImAnRnf0cEbPNd7Cd7/w640-h366/The%20Dickens%20Project%202018%20-%20Wald%20Schridde%20live%20-%20Christmas%20Music%2002.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>@11am - Wald Schridde, Live! </b>Long-time friend and participant in The Dickens Project, we are pleased to welcome Wald back for an hour of period music on traditional instruments including </span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white;">mountain dulcimer, pennywhistle, guitar and autoharp</span>.</span></div><p></p><p><b><span style="font-family: georgia;">Carol Week concludes with Staves Four & "The End of It":</span></b></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><b><span><span id="docs-internal-guid-ff612dae-7fff-1db9-a409-03844359ef7c"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span>"</span></span></span></span>The Phantom
slowly, gravely, silently approached. When it came near him, Scrooge bent down
upon his knee; for in the very air through which this Spirit moved it seemed to
scatter gloom and mystery.<span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span>"</span></span></b></i></span></p><p><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Walk in the steps of Ebenezer Scrooge, led by a trio of voices . . . tours offered twice daily at 1pm and 7pm (all times slt).</span></span></p><p><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">@ 1pm - Da5id Abbot, Corwyn Allen, and Caledonia Skytower</span></span></p><p><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">@ 7pm - Aoife Lorefield, Gloriana Maertens,and Kayden Oconnell</span></span></p><p><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Teleport available for all events from The Welcome Area</b></span></span></p><p><span><span style="font-family: georgia; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><a href="https://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/The%20Dickens%20Project/129/128/1401"><b>https://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/The%20Dickens%20Project/129/128/1401</b></a></span></span></p>Caledonia Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04040319039196815191noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-306041437992236974.post-60799993014978963082023-12-20T11:14:00.000-08:002023-12-20T11:14:59.990-08:00WEDNESDAY, December 20th at The Dickens Project: Story Tours - Stave Three<p> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIqob4tmMWZLWontV3GumWZjW20FZSHPUyIna11UAi1ik4_bQhoBMmHe8OSMbYtPWB3BHH3HEDD7uVyYk-99gHBkQoXvkppU22JC5Z8MXz-IuB811CWia7aDcxIrtSnBMDqIj3PwY4f3gHnIYSXFupEctFK9YcMxLwJg179g90180OgiwhiJbQYlxBTZT7/s1920/Final%20Stave_002.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="912" data-original-width="1920" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIqob4tmMWZLWontV3GumWZjW20FZSHPUyIna11UAi1ik4_bQhoBMmHe8OSMbYtPWB3BHH3HEDD7uVyYk-99gHBkQoXvkppU22JC5Z8MXz-IuB811CWia7aDcxIrtSnBMDqIj3PwY4f3gHnIYSXFupEctFK9YcMxLwJg179g90180OgiwhiJbQYlxBTZT7/w640-h304/Final%20Stave_002.png" width="640" /></a><br /><br /><b><span style="font-family: georgia;">Carol Week continues with Stave Three:</span></b></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><span id="docs-internal-guid-ff612dae-7fff-1db9-a409-03844359ef7c"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span>"</span></span></span>Awaking in the middle of a prodigiously tough snore, and
sitting up in bed to get his thoughts together, Scrooge had no occasion to be
told that the bell was again upon the stroke of One. He felt that he was restored
to consciousness in the right nick of time, for the especial purpose of holding
a conference with the second messenger despatched to him through Jacob Marley's
intervention.<span style="font-size: 12pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span>"</span></span></i></span></p><p><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Walk in the steps of Ebenezer Scrooge, let by a trio of voices . . . tours offered twice daily at 1pm and 7pm (all times slt).</span></span></p><p><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">@ 1pm - Da5id Abbot, Corwyn Allen, and Caledonia Skytower</span></span></p><p><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">@ 7pm - Aoife Lorefield, Gloriana Maertens,and Kayden Oconnell</span></span></p><p><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Teleport available from The Welcome Area</span></span></p><p><span><span style="font-family: georgia; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><a href="https://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/The%20Dickens%20Project/129/128/1401">https://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/The%20Dickens%20Project/129/128/1401</a></span></span></p>Caledonia Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04040319039196815191noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-306041437992236974.post-42775334941943111492023-12-18T22:01:00.000-08:002023-12-18T22:42:51.373-08:00TUESDAY, December 19th at The Dickens Project: Story Tours - Stave Two<p> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr4W_XQ_yjLHh9pPlFgpdjqTN1vcOvrynnZgE_oueRnrugRZVAEG2GtWriKrh-2DtKp2Q4gBA5z5allJOQh5tc_7iBTJ-mZ5uNo1ygB5cGvAxCfRdquG7Al-19gPDoZHhNzAZ3Hjp-CYzsZJuAndatnFgcjgkaWbuo8pQcjKanIG-ISznmPACjm-vEHjJ3/s1200/Christmas%20Present%2012-19-23.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="636" data-original-width="1200" height="340" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr4W_XQ_yjLHh9pPlFgpdjqTN1vcOvrynnZgE_oueRnrugRZVAEG2GtWriKrh-2DtKp2Q4gBA5z5allJOQh5tc_7iBTJ-mZ5uNo1ygB5cGvAxCfRdquG7Al-19gPDoZHhNzAZ3Hjp-CYzsZJuAndatnFgcjgkaWbuo8pQcjKanIG-ISznmPACjm-vEHjJ3/w640-h340/Christmas%20Present%2012-19-23.png" width="640" /></a><br /><br /><b><span style="font-family: georgia;">Carol Week continues with Stave Two Story Tours:</span></b></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><b><span id="docs-internal-guid-ff612dae-7fff-1db9-a409-03844359ef7c"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span>"</span></span></span>When Scrooge awoke it was so dark, that, looking out of bed,
he could scarcely distinguish the transparent window from the opaque walls of
his chamber. He was endeavouring to pierce the darkness with his ferret eyes,
when the chimes of a neighbouring church struck the four quarters. So he
listened for the hour."</b></i></span></p><p><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Continue in the steps of Ebenezer Scrooge, let by a trio of voices . . . tours offered twice daily at 1pm and 7pm (all times slt).</span></span></p><p><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">At 12:30pm to enjoy the Raglan Shire Tiny Carolers.</span></span></p><p><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">@ 1pm - Faerie Maven-Pralou, Corwyn Allen, and Caledonia Skytower</span></span></p><p><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">@ 7pm - Gloriana Maertens, Caledonia Skytower, and Kayden Oconnell</span></span></p>Caledonia Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04040319039196815191noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-306041437992236974.post-5454901687985580512023-12-18T08:15:00.000-08:002023-12-18T08:15:48.730-08:00MONDAY, December 18th at The Dickens Project: Story Tours - Stave One<p> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiRjxxzono7D9Lcj_P2kBVjNffUitXj-m72BI0bTVDR_h9jXC3j38Svzho_Q0yxHx0OBz4U63VuAAkrPoP47PgTID20mksSlGrkcU-nvApWeTCoQuP_o7WRNB39ODo9ojHSm5q-Pj8M6C_unrbGJHww9d5QIhhsfAAkhNN29Tff5Wx610ICPxATGPPbejd/s1200/The%20Dickens%20Project%202022%20Edition%20-%20Stave%20Two%20Story%20Tour%2002.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="599" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiRjxxzono7D9Lcj_P2kBVjNffUitXj-m72BI0bTVDR_h9jXC3j38Svzho_Q0yxHx0OBz4U63VuAAkrPoP47PgTID20mksSlGrkcU-nvApWeTCoQuP_o7WRNB39ODo9ojHSm5q-Pj8M6C_unrbGJHww9d5QIhhsfAAkhNN29Tff5Wx610ICPxATGPPbejd/w640-h320/The%20Dickens%20Project%202022%20Edition%20-%20Stave%20Two%20Story%20Tour%2002.png" width="640" /></a><br /><br /></p><p><b><span style="font-family: georgia;">Carol Week continues and the Story Tours begin! Today we begin at the beginning, with Stave One:</span></b></p><p><span id="docs-internal-guid-ff612dae-7fff-1db9-a409-03844359ef7c"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><i><span style="font-family: georgia;">"Marley was dead, to begin with. There is no doubt whatever about that. The register of his burial was signed by the clergyman, the clerk, the undertaker, and the chief mourner. Scrooge signed it. And Scrooge's name was good upon 'Change for anything he chose to put his hand to. Old Marley was as dead as a door-nail."</span></i></span></span></p><p><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Walk in the steps of Ebenezer Scrooge, let by a trio of voices . . . tours offered twice daily at 1pm and 7pm (all times slt).</span></span></p><p><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">@ 1pm - Da5id Abbot, Corwyn Allen, and Caledonia Skytower</span></span></p><p><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">@ 7pm - Aoife Lorefield, Gloriana Maertens,and Kayden Oconnell</span></span></p>Caledonia Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04040319039196815191noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-306041437992236974.post-84197175803141588832023-12-17T05:12:00.000-08:002023-12-17T05:12:29.244-08:00SUNDAY, December 17th at The Dickens Project: "A Christmas Carol" - The Big Read<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHFwkchGApvMf6KPkVGnRZiuGcJI0ORmHGOFVlSU3B9977mjQdpOGyD21HhOn8vLVPpDCr6Uv6lw_YB1mt-eiMgkdK9msDBiZwoAjoMeUGC2yH9MwV1bbT-nuOtQO6EeS0w-DlNcAEzK_ojPKmzXGjwYBHbnDZ6ExIlwO5N1XeyheOU0MXACuCO6YwdAvr/s1200/Big%20Read%2022_004.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="629" data-original-width="1200" height="336" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHFwkchGApvMf6KPkVGnRZiuGcJI0ORmHGOFVlSU3B9977mjQdpOGyD21HhOn8vLVPpDCr6Uv6lw_YB1mt-eiMgkdK9msDBiZwoAjoMeUGC2yH9MwV1bbT-nuOtQO6EeS0w-DlNcAEzK_ojPKmzXGjwYBHbnDZ6ExIlwO5N1XeyheOU0MXACuCO6YwdAvr/w640-h336/Big%20Read%2022_004.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;"> It's time again for the annual Big Read of Charles Dickens' 1843 culture changing novella <i><b>A Christmas Carol</b></i>.</span><div><p></p><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><b>"I have endeavoured in this Ghostly little book to raise the
Ghost of an Idea which shall not put my readers out of humour with themselves,
with each other, with the season, or with me. May it haunt their house
pleasantly, and no one wish to lay it."</b></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><b>Their faithful Friend and Servant,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>--C. D.</b></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">So begins Charles Dickens immortal Christmas ghost story, and also our Carol Week at The Dickens Project. The Big Read begins today - Sunday, December 17th - at Noon slt. A team of readers including Corwyn Allen, Aoife Lorefield, Caledonia Skytower, Gloriana Maertens, and Faerie Maven-Pralou will begin at the beginning, and when they get tot he end they'll stop. Everything from "Marley was dead..." to "God bless us, everyone."</p><p class="MsoNormal">Join us in the Dickens Project Opera House for any or all of the reading. Duration approximately 3:15 minutes (-ish).</p><p class="MsoNormal"><b>Going to miss the Carol Today? </b>No problem. Join <span style="background-color: white;">the daily Story Tours, one Stave (or chapter) at a time Monday through Thursday. The tours combine a live presentation of the story with visits to the key locations across The Dickens Project that reflect specific parts of Scrooge's ghost-lead adventure. All tours will take place twice daily at 1pm & 7pm slt.</span></p></span><p style="background-color: white;"></p><ul style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.4; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 0.5em 0px; padding: 0px 2.5em;"><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Monday, December 18th - Stave One</b> "Marley's Ghost"</span></li><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Tuesday, December 19th - Stave Two</b> "The First of Three Spirits" </span></li><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Wednesday, December 20th - Stave Three</b> "The Second of Three Spirits" </span></li><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Thursday, December 21st - Staves Four & Five </b>"The Last of the Spirits" & "The End of It"</span></li></ul><p style="background-color: white;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia;">Teleport to all events available at</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white;"><a href="https://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/The%20Dickens%20Project/129/128/1401" style="color: #81155b; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">https://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/The%20Dickens%20Project/129/128/1401</span></a></p></div></div>Caledonia Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04040319039196815191noreply@blogger.com0