MONDAY, DECEMBER 23rd at The Dickens Project - The Last Story Tours

 

TODAY at THE DICKENS PROJECT 

Monday, December 23rd: (all times slt/Pacific)

STORY TOURS: Stave Four: The Last of Three Spirits & The End of It

Concluding today -  Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" will be read in a live walking tour format. Read live on Stream, come enjoy this singular experience, only at The Dickens Project.

All Tours begin at the Embankment

• @ 2pm - Read by Aoife Lorefield & Caledonia Skytower
• @ 7pm - Read by Gloriana Maertens, Kayden Oconnell, and Caledonia Skytower

Note: The Tour Teleportals will remain up until the following morning, for guests to retrace the tour (using the free audio hud) or simply to enjoy on their own.

PLUS @ 1:45 pm "WOOTMAS!"  The Raglans Shire Tiny Carolers

AND AFTER THE FINAL TOUR @ 8:15pm In the Opera House - "The Muppets Christmas Carol"

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SUNDAY, December 22nd at The Dickens Project - Art, Stories, Music & Skating!

 

TODAY at THE DICKENS PROJECT 

Sunday, December 22nd: (all times slt/Pacific)

@ 11am - Open Art Show Celebration

We are pleased to celebrate this year's Open Art Show featured artists - twelve of the best and brightest SL artists, many of whom chose to create their images at The Dickens Project.

DJ Caledonia Skytower will be playing and hour of Christmas Jazz.

STORY TOURS: Stave Three: The Second of Three Spirits

Continuing today -  Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" will be read in a live walking tour format. Read live on Stream, come enjoy this singular experience, only at The Dickens Project.

All Tours begin at the Embankment

• @ 2pm - Read by Kayden Oconnell & Caledonia Skytower
• @ 7pm - Read by Caledonia Skytower & Finn Zeddmore

Note: The Tour Teleportals will remain up until the following morning, for guests to retrace the tour (using the free audio hud) or simply to enjoy on their own..

@ 3pm -Skating Party with DJ Dano Bookmite

One of the most fun activities at Dickens is the skating pond, complete with five different skate paths and a dance caller. Long time Dickens friend Dano Bookmite plays two hours of music to glide, trip, and collide to, pondside.

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SATURDAY, December 21st at The Dickens Project

 

TODAY at THE DICKENS PROJECT 

Saturday, December 21st: (all times slt/Pacific)

Continuing today -  Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" will be read in a live walking tour format. Read live on Stream, come enjoy this singular experience, only at The Dickens Project.

All Tours begin at the Embankment

TODAY: Stave Two: The First of Three Spirits

• @ 2pm - Read by Aoife Lorefield
• @ 7pm - Read by Shandon Loring and Caledonia Skytower

PLUS: @ 6:45pm - The Raglan Shire Tiny Carolers at the Embankment

Note: The Tour Teleportals will remain up until the following morning, for guests to retrace the tour (using the free audio hud) or simply to enjoy on their own..

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FRIDAY, December 20th" A Big Day at The Dickens Project - Carol Tours Begin!

 It's finally here!  Time for the "Christmas Carol" Story Tours!

Beginning today and every day through Monday a different section of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" will be read in a live walking tour format. Read live on Stream, come enjoy this singular immersive experience, only st The Dickens Project.

TODAY: Stave One: Marley's Ghost

@ 3pm - Read by Caledonia Skytower

@ 7pm - Read by Kayden O'connell, Gloriana Maertens, and Caledonia Skytower.

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All times slt/pacific

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SATURDAY, December 23rd at The Dickens Project

 

@NOON - CORWYN ALLEN, Live! Acoustic guitar, with a variety of music - folk, traditional, and some country, at The Miner's Village

@12:30 & 4:30pm on the land stream - Virtual Community Radio Presents the CEH Production of Charles Dickens A CHRISTMAS CAROL 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.)

@2pm - THE MAGIC OF THE MUSICAL - "What The Dickens?" 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.

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THURSDAY, December 21st at The Dickens Project: Wald Schridde. Live & Story Tours Conclude

 

@11am - Wald Schridde, Live! 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 mountain dulcimer, pennywhistle, guitar and autoharp.

Carol Week concludes with Staves Four & "The End of It":

"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."

Walk in the steps of Ebenezer Scrooge, led by a trio of voices . . . tours offered twice daily at 1pm and 7pm (all times slt).

@ 1pm - Da5id Abbot, Corwyn Allen, and Caledonia Skytower

@ 7pm - Aoife Lorefield, Gloriana Maertens,and Kayden Oconnell

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WEDNESDAY, December 20th at The Dickens Project: Story Tours - Stave Three

 

Carol Week continues with Stave Three:

"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."

Walk in the steps of Ebenezer Scrooge, let by a trio of voices . . . tours offered twice daily at 1pm and 7pm (all times slt).

@ 1pm - Da5id Abbot, Corwyn Allen, and Caledonia Skytower

@ 7pm - Aoife Lorefield, Gloriana Maertens,and Kayden Oconnell

Teleport available from The Welcome Area

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TUESDAY, December 19th at The Dickens Project: Story Tours - Stave Two

 

Carol Week continues with Stave Two Story Tours:

"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."

Continue in the steps of Ebenezer Scrooge, let by a trio of voices . . . tours offered twice daily at 1pm and 7pm (all times slt).

At 12:30pm to enjoy the Raglan Shire Tiny Carolers.

@ 1pm - Faerie Maven-Pralou, Corwyn Allen, and Caledonia Skytower

@ 7pm - Gloriana Maertens, Caledonia Skytower, and Kayden Oconnell

MONDAY, December 18th at The Dickens Project: Story Tours - Stave One

 

Carol Week continues and the Story Tours begin! Today we begin at the beginning, with Stave One:

"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."

Walk in the steps of Ebenezer Scrooge, let by a trio of voices . . . tours offered twice daily at 1pm and 7pm (all times slt).

@ 1pm - Da5id Abbot, Corwyn Allen, and Caledonia Skytower

@ 7pm - Aoife Lorefield, Gloriana Maertens,and Kayden Oconnell

SUNDAY, December 17th at The Dickens Project: "A Christmas Carol" - The Big Read

 It's time again for the annual Big Read of Charles Dickens' 1843 culture changing novella A Christmas Carol.

"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."

Their faithful Friend and Servant,    --C. D.

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."

Join us in the Dickens Project Opera House for any or all of the reading. Duration approximately 3:15 minutes (-ish).

Going to miss the Carol Today? No problem. Join 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.

• Monday, December 18th - Stave One "Marley's Ghost"
• Tuesday, December 19th - Stave Two "The First of Three Spirits" 
• Wednesday, December 20th - Stave Three "The Second of Three Spirits" 
• Thursday, December 21st - Staves Four & Five "The Last of the Spirits" & "The End of It"

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TODAY at The Dickens Project - 12.16 ... A Big Day in a Big Weekend!

 

Has it only been a week that this year's Dickens Project has been open? So much has happened! And we are about to transition into another phase of this year's event schedule: Carol Week!

But first . . .

@ 7-9pm - ECLIPSE CLUB & RESORT concludes their week-long residency Saturday night, December 16th:  Santa's Helpers with DJ Iniry at The Opera House

The HELP TINY TIM! hunt is underway.  This search-and-count style hunt invites you to “Help Tiny Tim!” who has left his crutch somewhere, everywhere across the two Dickens regions. Information on “Help Tiny Tim!” is available at the Welcome area.

CAROL WEEK begins Sunday, December 17th at Noon with THE BIG READ of A Christmas Carol. Then come 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 the story.  All tours will take place twice daily at 1pm & 7pm slt.

• Monday, December 18th - Stave One "Marley's Ghost"
• Tuesday, December 19th - Stave Two "The First of Three Spirits" 
• Wednesday, December 20th - Stave Three "The Second of Three Spirits" 
• Thursday, December 21st - Staves Four & Five "The Last of the Spirits" & "The End of It"

PLUS look for some special holiday events close in to Christmas, for those looking for a little extra comfort and joy! There's still plenty of music and stories to come!

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FRIDAY, December 23rd: STORY TOURS - A Christmas Carol - The End of It . . . and More!

 TODAY: Staves Four & Five - The Last of The Spirits & The End of It

Walk in the steps of Ebenezer Scrooge as he concludes his journey of redemption with a glimpse into his possible future and the opportunity to put his new resolutions into practice - presented by Seanchai Library readers live in Voice at the Dickens Project locations inspired by the 1843 novella.

Two Tours beginning at 2pm and 6pm - slt/pacific

TONIGHT at 7PM - DJ Momma of eClipse Club & Resort with "A Country Christmas" at Fezziwig's Establishment on Christmas Past Island with two hours of holiday joy.

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THURSDAY, December 22nd: STORY TOURS - A Christmas Carol - The Second of Three Spirits

TODAY: Stave Three - The Second of Three Spirits

Walk in the steps of Ebenezer Scrooge as he continues his journey of redemption, discovering the world and people who have been around him everyday that he has ignored - presented by Seanchai Library readers live in Voice at the Dickens Project locations inspired by the 1843 novella.

Two Tours beginning at 2pm and 7pm - slt/pacific

TONIGHT at 9PM - DJ Tigerpawz of eClipse Club & Resort with "Decades on Ice" at the Skating Pond with two hours of music and fun.

Teleport available at The Welcome Center
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WEDNESDAY, December 22nd: STORY TOURS - A Christmas Carol - Christmas Past

 

TODAY: Stave Two - The First of Three Spirits

Walk in the steps of Ebenezer Scrooge as he continues his journey of redemption, confronting the choices in his past and beginning to see where some of them have lead - presented by Seanchai Library readers live in Voice at the Dickens Project locations inspired by the 1843 novella.

Two Tours beginning at 2pm and 7pm - slt/pacific

Teleport available at The Welcome Center
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TUESDAY, December 20th: STORY TOURS - A Christmas Carol - Marley's Ghost

 

TODAY: Stave One - Marley's Ghost

Walk in the steps of Ebenezer Scrooge as he begins his journey of redemption, presented by Seanchai Library readers live in Voice at the Dickens Project locations inspired by the 1843 novella.

Two Tours beginning at 2pm and 7pm - slt/pacific

Teleport available at The Welcome Center
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THURSDAY December 9th at 7pm: THE FURTHER ADVENTURES OF EBENEZER SCROOGE pt2

      

"Scrooge was alive,to begin with..."

THE FURTHER ADVENTURES OF EBENEZER SCROOGE

On a hot summer day some twenty years after he was famously converted to kindness, Ebenezer Scrooge still roams the streets of London, spreading Christmas cheer, much to the annoyance of his creditors, nephew, and his employee Bob Cratchit. However, when Scrooge decides to help his old friend and former partner Jacob Marley, as well as other inhabitants of the city, he will need the assistance of the very people he’s annoyed. He’ll also have to call on the three ghosts that visited him two decades earlier.

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Inspired by: Charles Dickens

Book: THE FURTHER ADVENTURES OF EBENEZER SCROOGE

Author: Charlie Lovett

THURSDAY December 2nd at 7pm: THE FURTHER ADVENTURES OF EBENEZER SCROOGE pt1

      

"Scrooge was alive,to begin with..."

THE FURTHER ADVENTURES OF EBENEZER SCROOGE

On a hot summer day some twenty years after he was famously converted to kindness, Ebenezer Scrooge still roams the streets of London, spreading Christmas cheer, much to the annoyance of his creditors, nephew, and his employee Bob Cratchit. However, when Scrooge decides to help his old friend and former partner Jacob Marley, as well as other inhabitants of the city, he will need the assistance of the very people he’s annoyed. He’ll also have to call on the three ghosts that visited him two decades earlier.

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and Kitely

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Inspired by: Charles Dickens

Book: THE FURTHER ADVENTURES OF EBENEZER SCROOGE

Author: Charlie Lovett

TODAY at The Dickens Project: Thursday, December 24th

 

We'll be broadcasting the new CEH Productions adaptation of "A Christmas Carol" (90 minutes) on both regions. Come skate, ride, explore and enjoy the presentation featuring Elrik Merlin, Caledonia Skytower, and Shandon Loring. 

Dickens Square - Dickens Project - Main Landing Point

Happy Christmas!

TODAY at The Dickens Project: Sunday, December 20th

CAROL WEEK CONCLUDES!

Dickens Square - Dickens Project - Main Landing Point

@11am to Noon - Wald Schridde, Live!

Wald's music is as much a Dickens project tradition as The Big Read is. Come for an hour of mostly acoustics instruments and songs of Christmases Past.

@Noon to 3:30pm: THE BIG READ  "A Christmas Carol" The whole thing from beginning to end . . . from "Marley was dead..." to "...God bless us, everyone." A cast of eight readers present a tag team choral reading of Dickens entire holiday classic, and how the time flies!

Presented live, on stream.

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TODAY at The Dickens Project

"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 . . ." 

STORY TOURS TODAY - "A Christmas Carol" Staves  Four & Five: "The Last of The Spirits" & "The End of It"

Beginning on Dickens Project, in Dickens Square

@2pm: Corwyn Allen, David Abbot, and Willow Moonfire

@7pm: Aoife Lorefield, Gloriana Maertens, and Kayden Oconnell

Presented live on stream.

Dickens Square - Dickens Project - Main Landing Point

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DID YOU MISS A TOUR? NOT GOOD FOR YOUR SCHEDULE?

Today - Thursday, December 17th,Radio Riel Main Stream will be airing a 90 minute adaptation of A Christmas Carol featuring Elrik Merlin, Shandon Loring, and Caledonia Skytower

The show will air at 10am, and 4pm slt

Come and listen here at The Dickens Project, or tune in to http://streams.radioriel.org:8010/stream