Linden Lab Spotlights Creations Park

 

 

Earlier this month, Linden Lab highlighted Creations Park, run by Barbie Alchemi with the help of Carlyle Chaparral, and the home of the Creations for Parkinsons group.

Dive into the heart of creativity and connection in Second Life with the latest addition to our Made in SL series, "Creations Park Made in Second Life." 

In this two-part feature, we highlight the inspiring stories of Barbie Alchemi and Carlyle Chaparral, two remarkable Residents who have transformed their virtual experiences into avenues of real-world impact and cultural enrichment. 

 In the first video made by Draxtor Despres about Creations, he talked to Barnie Alchemi, who described how her mother Fran Serenade was the inspiration to create the place. In Drax's second video, he talked to Carlyle, who talked about the Savoy Ballroom, and the history of it's real-life counterpart.

 

To check out Creations Park for yourself, Click Here - https://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Creations%20Park/92/167/36

 

Christmas Places, Part Four

 

Gemma Cleanslate's search for Christmas-themed places to explore and sometimes shop at continues. In her latest article, she takes a peak at the Winter Wonderland at Bellisseria Fairgrounds. Next was Tayren's Fantasy Fashions. Following that was Creations Park. And finally a trip to the Winter Expo for a look at the new Linden Homes.

Read Gemma's story in Extra.

More Halloween Places in Second Life

It's just a few more days until Halloween, and Gemma Cleanslate has sent in what will probably be her last article on Halloween places here in Second Life. She took a look at three. The first was "The Secret Laboratories of Dr. Waxen and Prof. Grey" in Tseshkovsky. Next was the Haunted House at Creations Park. Last but not least, an old favorite that's still around, Nance Clowes' "Haunted Mansion Ride and Haunt Park."

Read Gemma's article in Places.

"Fran Serenade’s Celebration Of Life" Raises Over 350,000 Lindens For Parkinson's

On Saturday May 11, The Savoy Ballroom at Creations for Parkinsons was the scene of a memorial concert and dance event. The event was done in honor of Fran Serenade, whom had passed away on March e at the age of 92. Named "Fran Serenade's Celebration of Life," it went from 11AM to 9PM SL time, a number of singers performed for the crowd, which at one point numbered 64.

The event was organized by Fran's real-life daughter, Barbie Alchemi. Besides celebrating the life of her mother, it was also to raise funds for Parkinson's research.

some of the very best live singers in Second Life will be performing in her honor. Most knew Fran and some had performed at her 90th birthday party, also at Savoy. All talent will be perfoming for tips only, and like all events at Creations Park, this will benefit Team Fox for Parkinson's Research.

The goal of the event was to raise 250,000 Linden dollars. But by 6:42PM, the amount had passed 300,000L. And the total continued to grow. Almost 40,000 Lindens were raised in one single hour period. After the last singer performed, a few people made last-minute donations. The final total was  353,800 Linden dollars!

With the event finally over, there were messages of congratulations, "What a joyful day for Fran." "Fran is smiling tonight." It certainly has been a fantastic night!!! Thank you," Barbie told.

Although Fran has departed, Barbie and her real-life brother AlmostThere Inventor will continue running Creations for Parkinsons and it's events. It's mission remains to be a place of comfort and beauty, and raising funds for Parkinson's.

Bisyl Shuftan

Reminder: Fran Serenade’s Celebration Of Life Today

A Celebration of Fran’s life will be held at Savoy Ballroom in Creations Park on Saturday, May 11, 2019, from 11AM to 9PM SLT.  Some of the very best live singers in Second Life will be performing in her honor. We hope you can stop by at some point during the day.

https://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Creations%20Park/5/49/28

Press Release: Fran Serenade’s Celebration Of Life

A Celebration of the life of Fran Serenade at Savoy Ballroom 
in Creations Park on Saturday, May 11, 2019, from 11AM to 
9PM, featuring some of Second Life’s very best performers.

On March 3rd, 2019, Creations Park lost its original inspiration, 
and Second Life lost its most celebrated senior.  Fran Serenade 
passed away at 92 after a lifetime of loving and serving others 
in both of the worlds she lived in. Fran was beloved by all who 
knew her, including her Linden friends. Her daughter, Barbie 
Alchemi, and son, AlmostThere Inventor, built Creations Park in 
Second Life to be a wonderworld to stimulate the mind, specifically 
for Fran and others with Parkinson’s.   The Draxtor video about 
Fran and the medical research into Parkinson’s done at Creations 
Park was called one of the most important ever made about 
Second Life by Linden Lab’s CEO Ebbe Linden.  

A Celebration of Fran’s life will be held at Savoy Ballroom in 
Creations Park on Saturday, May 11, 2019, from 11AM to 9PM 
SLT.  Some of the very best live singers in Second Life will be 
performing in her honor.  Most knew Fran and some had 
performed at her 90th birthday party, also at Savoy. All talent will 
be performing for tips only, and like all events at Creations Park, 
this will benefit Team Fox for Parkinson’s Research.

By June 1, 2019, a memorial honoring Fran and this celebration 
will be located in-world at the  Savoy Swing Era Museum, and 
will be available online at SavoyBallroom.org/fran

ENTERTAINMENT SCHEDULE                        More Available Online

TIME        ARTIST            AGENT/SL CONTACT

11:00 AM    Samm Qendra            direct

12:00 PM    Putri Solo (putrisolosinger)    Jamila.lanley         

1:00 PM    Luciano Lionheart        Helen (Helendar Bailey)

2:00 PM    Phil Setner            Alessia Setner (alessia.rodeyn)

3:00 PM    Agatha Knowles        Troy Nelson (troyjaimes)

4:00 PM    Savoy Dance Troupe        Jackie Brown (antarctica.ferraris)

5:00 PM    Max Kleene            Kat Vargas           

6:00 PM    Ronnie Artano            Missy (lilmiss54)

7:00 PM    Savoy Stars Showcase    Carlyle Chaparral

8:00 PM    JaeSands            direct

The Primtionary Games

If you've been in Second Life for a while, you may have heard about Primtionary. Based on the real life game of Pictionary, instead of using pictures on paper or a whiteboard, people use prims on stage to try to describe a word to the audience, which tries to guess the word. One regularly scheduled Primtionary takes place at Creations Park and The Palace. Marcel Mosswood, the new reporter on the Newser team, recently wrote about the games.

Read Marcel's article in Design. 

Ari at Creations Park

Ari (Arisia Vita) has been playing the piano for some time in Second Life. Among the places he plays at is Creations Park. Newser writer Deaflegacy was recently there to see one of his performances, and noticed he was getting some assistance from one lady: Carleonie. Following the performance, Deaflegacy met up with them, and interviewed them.

Read Deaflegacy's story in People.

Christmas at Creations Park and Botanica

As the days continue to count down to Christmas, Gemma Cleanslate has been continuing to explore holiday-themed places. One is a noted area that's been given a festive look for the season, Creations Park. There are a number of events happening there, as well as plenty of hidden gifts waiting to be found. She also visited it's neighbor Botanica, The well-decorated sim offers skating, racing, a music shop, and more.

Read Gemma's article in Places.

Halloweentown and Creation's Halloween Festival

Gemma Cleanslate's search for Halloween happenings took her to two places. One was Halloweentown in the Badest sim. The place had Halloween decor one could grab, as well as rides in the woods and a haunted mansion. The other was Creations Park, which is having it's Season's Festival. There, one can find a pumpkin hunt, a haunted castle, and more.

Read Gemma's story in Events. .

Press Release: "Birthday Bash" at Creations For Parkinsons

Birthday Bash Benefit - Fran Turns 90
Saturday February 18th 3-9pm slt
6 Hours of Live Music
CP Swing Ballroom on Creations Park
All donations go to The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research.
Attire: Formal or 40's vintage
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Creations%20Park/35/52/28

3:00 Max Kleene
4:00 Agatha
5:00 Greg Kat
6:00 DirtyDee Sweetwater
7:00 Robbie Downing
8:00 Quartz

Fran said she did not want a 90th Birthday Party in Real Life, she only wanted a party in Second Life. And this will be a Birthday Bash to remember with 6 hours of live music.

Fran became famous in Second Life through this heart touching video: The Drax File: World Makers- Episode 13 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyiiWxNguGo&feature=youtu.be

Fran says "I may have Parkinson's, but it does not have me." At 90 "years young," she is active in Second Life and is thrilled to see herself running and dancing again.

Fran's daughter Barbie Alchemi tells us that their RL Dad died with Parkinson's. Exactly one year later Mom was diagnosed with the same disease. However due to the time Fran spends in Second Life her progression has been noticeably slower.

In honor of this remarkable woman, five years ago their family started Creations for Parkinson's and has raised 9.5 Million Linden which is approximately $38,000 US Dollars for the Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research. "We are hoping to raise another 500,000 Linden this week to reach our 10 Million Linden goal." The Creations Park sim has was built with love to include all of Fran's favorite activities. We hope you can feel that love while you are enjoying yourself here.

Fran's party will have six live singers performing during the day at Creation Park's newest addition, CP Swing Big Band Ballroom. It is a 40's era ballroom built as a re-creation of the Savoy Ballroom which was the birthplace of swing dancing. Here we can all enjoy the wonderful music of Fran's teen years. It brings back happy memories for Fran of "taking air" which are those amazing areal Swing dance moves. The crowd used to make a circle around Fran and her partner as they became the floor show.

The Birthday Bash Benefit will be held in this Ballroom. Attire for the event is formal or 40's vintage. There will even be a short slide show of Fran in the 40's.

Actually the festivities will start the night before on Friday February 17th 7-9 with a tribute to Vaugn Monroe and the Moon Maid. One of Fran's closest friends Tinker was one of the original Moon Maids.

We are thrilled to have this wonderful article release 2 days ago in BackChannel:
https://backchannel.com/first-they-got-sick-then-they-moved-into-a-virtual-utopia-1dc6c165f3e9#.o6sz3eo2t

Winter Comes to Aero Pines And Creations Park

Gemma Cleanslate's travels across Second Life's winter lendscapes recently took her to two noted places. One was Aero Pines Park, noted for it's horseback riding. The other is Creations Park, which is the location for events to raise funds for Team Fox, a Parkinson's Disease charity. Both locations have a layer of snow as the Christmas season approaches, and offer much winter and holiday scenery.

Read Gemma's article in Places.

Creations for Parkinson's

Becky Shamen's latest journey took her to a spot that has been mentioned a number of times in the Newser, but seldom described in great detail: Creations for Parkinson's. Noted for it's inspiring tale of being originally built by Barbie Alchemi for her real-life mother Fran Seranade to help her with her Parkinson's, the place has over time grown in size from it's original sim and it's purpose, now helping to raise funds for Team Fox: the Parkinson's charity founded by Michael J. Fox. Activities go on there several times a week, once where a blind DJ was playing music for some. But what about the sims themselves, the ground levels and the higher levels up above? Becky Shamen visited, and found them so stunning that before she knew it it was way past Midnight and had to continue her explorations the next day, and the day after that.

Read Becky's article in Places.

The Paris Vigil Continues

Stopping by the Paris 1900 sims yesterday on Sunday, November 15, people were still gathering there to pay their respects to those killed on the attacks on the real life Paris on Friday the 13th. At one place, residents were leaving candles and other items from flowers to flags as part of a shrine for the dead.

But the tributes were not only at the Paris sims. At Creations Park, a small memorial, "We Pray for Paris and World Peace," was set up.

Barbie Alchemi, the owner of Creations Park, sent the Newser the above picture, "I built it as soon as I heard what happened. and as soon as I put it in place this women spontaneously knelt down to pray.  She told me her family lives in Paris. It really touched me. I love the way the whole world comes together in Second Life."

Several blogs and newsletters have commented on the reactions to the Paris attacks, including the SL Enquirer, Daniel Voyager, and  New World Notes.

As Second Life, and the world, mourns for the civilians who were killed, the retaliation has begun. Ten French military jets bombed the city the ISIS/DAESH group consider their capital. No doubt there will be more to report on about the attacks in their aftermath.

Bixyl Shuftan

Winter Festival at Creations for Parkinson's

This week, Creations for Parkinson's is having it's Winter Festival. There already have been a number of events, attracting many people over to enjoy the music and dance.

Have fun with your friends in the ice and snow at the Winter Festival for Team Fox November 6-15th on Creations Park. Enjoy Ice skating over a full sim of frozen ice. Sled or ski down the mountain. Dance to the daily live music. Experience the finest amusement rides, many you have never seen before. Get a head start on Holiday shopping. Best of all feel the joy at this special place built with love.

Activities include live music events, including some international musicians, ice skating, "We don't have just a little frozen pond, we have created an entire sim for ice skating," shopping, "there are 10 shops with high quality fashions and festive creations," a hunt with free gifts, and amusement rides, "The very finest Fun Fair Rides are provide by the amazing D.A.R.E. team (Dutch Amusement Ride and Entertainment). You will experience rides you have never seen before in SL!"

For those who missed "Back to the Future Day" on October 21, Barbie Alchemi, the owner of Creations, pictured left with her mother enjoying the events, says they'll be having a "Back to the Future" event in April, in honor of Michael J. Fox, for whom Team Fox is named after.

For more information: https://creationspark.wordpress.com/winter-festival-for-team-fox-information/

Bixyl Shuftan

Creations Park Revisit

Before starting her tour to see various winter and Christmas themed places in Second Life, Gemma Cleanslate decided to revisit a place the Newser looked at before: Creations Park, created by Barbie Alchemi and her friends. Noted for being the home of Team Fox, which raises money for Parkinson's research, and Fran Seranade, who suffers from the illness but whose virtual experiences have helped her recover in real life, the place is very beautiful and picturesque, with it's wilderness, castles, and marble structures. Gemma took a look around, and there was plenty to keep her attention.

Read Gemma's article in Places.

Interview with DJ Keao, Creations Park's "Blind DJ"

Second Life Newser recently heard about the debut of a new DJ at Creations Park, the home of the Creations for Parkinsons group, Keao Resident. While this might not seem like news outside the group, Keao was advertised as a "Blind DJ."  Bixyl Shuftan recently had an interview with Keao, and she had a few things to say about how she came to Second Life, and eventually to Creations Park.

Read the interview in People.

(Some corrections and an addition at the end after she contacted us later)

Blind DJ Performs at Creations Park

Last Friday from 4 to 5PM at Creations Park was the premiere performance of DJ Kaeo. Although she was DJing both in real life and Second Life, what makes the story interesting is that she was blind.

I am a Real Life DJ at  internet radio station www.theglobalvoice.info , which gives blind DJs, like me, an opportunity to perform. Please join me as I simultaneously DJ in Real Life over the radio, while my avatar is in the DJ booth at Radiance Dance Club on Creations Park!

Creations Park is the home of the Creations for Parkinsons group, run by Barbie Alchemi, which raises funds to research treatments for Parkinsons Disease.

Press Release: Happy Holidays From Creations For Parkinsons

Happy New Year to our Friends and Supporters. We thank you for another amazing year.

We are thrilled to let you know we have reached our donation goal of 2,500,000 Linden ($10,000 US Dollars) again this year. That brings our grand total to over 6,250,000 Linden ($25,000 US Dollars) in 2 1/2 years!!!! This would not be possible without your love and support of the wonderful work we are doing here in SL!

We want to assure you that our family continues to personally covers all tier and other expenses out of our own pockets so that 100% of ALL donations go to The Micheal J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research through Team Fox. And we are so thrilled that Team Fox has a private donor who covers all their expenses also!

SL Video: "What Does The Fox Say"

(Click here if the video does not play)

From Nydia Tungsten, "I would Like to thank Eva for joining me and thank Barbie Alchemi for the use of her parks and sims if you haven't been to Creations park yet I would HIGHLY recommend it for its diverse beauty and attractions, and if your not careful you may end up learning something again...Thank you Barbie.Now this Video was spur of the moment to test my software after my HDD's were messed up, but I think it went well, look for more productions to come soon."