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May 31, 2017
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Seanchai Library On The Move
Second Life –
Seanchai Library, one of Second Life's oldest spoken word programs - now in its tenth year, is relocating from its
current home on the Bradley University, hosted by the Community Virtual Library
(CVL), to Holly Kai Park on the Blake Sea, part of the vast USS Regions and
Estates.
"Both Seanchai and the CVL are currently facing crossroads
in their organizational lives" said Caledonia Skytower, representing
Seanchai Library, "Such transitional times involve challenging processes
of review, reflection, and analysis in our best efforts to keep our presences
in the virtual world relevant. Done well, it leads to healthy
change." Seanchai Library engaged
in just such a review and discussion process, and decided to take advantage of
an offer to join the arts programming on Holly Kai, which includes the Art
Hill, music events at The Pavilion, regular DJ gatherings at Catinara Bar, and
larger community events such as the recent "Filling the Cauldron"
fundraiser in early April.
"Seanchai Library is the perfect compliment to what we
already present here." said Holly Kai Curator Inara Pey, "We have
enjoyed the storytelling programs that we have already offered, and are excited
about having a greater spoken word presence here as part of our portfolio of
features." Seanchai and Holly Kai
have already collaborated on several events including last October's "The
Great Boo" ghost stories, "Dragon Tales" at the recent
fundraiser, and an ongoing series of "Stories at the Park" presenting
original micro-fiction and poetry inspired by, and presented concurrent to, the
regular series of art installations.
In 2010, Seanchai accepted an invitation to make the CVL its
home. From locations on Info Island
International, Imagination Island , and in the last two years on Bradley University
"This move is not a 'good bye and good luck' move,"
Skytower clarified, "One of the great strengths of virtual worlds is the
ability for it to break down barriers, including those of proximity. While the move to Holly Kai provides Seanchai
Library with some new opportunities, it does not do so to the exclusion of
other relationships. We believe that all of our cooperative relationships,
including with the CVL, will benefit by this change." Seanchai Library has already reached an agreement regarding this year's edition of The
Dickens Project, scheduled to take place in a LEA Core Region this December, with
the CVL contributing background resources on Charles Dickens and Victorian
England that will be available to all visitors.
Seanchai Library will present its last story on Bradley
University on Thursday, June 22nd at 7pm with Chief Storyteller Shandon
Loring's presentation of Ron Rash's "The Southern Thing," opening in
the new location the following Sunday, June 25th at 1:30pm. All times slt.
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Seanchai
Library (Shawn-a-key, which means "Storyteller" in
Irish.) was founded in March of 2008 in Second Life. Thousands of stories, and
hundreds of authors later, the program remains dedicated to promoting the power
of stories to transform and inspire through live voice presentations: "We
bring stories of all kinds to life, in Second Life." Learn more about the
program at Seanchai Library's website - seanchailibrary.com
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