"Day of the Dead" Party in Exmoor

One would expect a "Day of the Dead" party and ponies to be an odd mix. But that's what happened on Sunday November 1 at the Nissan pony community. At a dance stage in the Exmoor sim, a number of locals, friends of, and a few visitors, dropped in for a party to celebrate the "Dia De Los Muertos" event.

The ghosts of the past gather with the living, the stream is running. It's time to party and celebrate our ancestral dead and the fact we've all made it through another year with the winter ahead (or summer). There are some tricks and treats too. Come dance and take part in costume competition in theme with our holiday. Some $L prizes are at stake. Shake dem bones!

DJ Crim, whom also plays time to time at Club Cutlass near the SL Newser office, was the one playing the tunes for the event, such as "Thriller," and "The Reanimator." On occasion, a pumpkin with a letter would drop from above, and people were invited to click on those orange gourds with the first letter of their names, which had random gifts inside, such as pony avatar necklaces and costume headpieces. One pony balanced a tray on her head, inviting people to take a piece of candy. There was also a table of goodies from candy to sushi, to "bread of the dead."

$1000 Lindens was awarded to the lucky winner of the costume contest. Later in the day, there would be a reading of ghost tales in the Trosdale Library a few sims away. Other locations in Second Life would also hold "Day of the Dead" events, such as the Smithsonian Latino Virtual Museum.

Bixyl Shuftan

Press Release: Cross-Group Halloween/Harvest Photo Contest

Kino Moonites from Astral Sector Alpha (the Astrids) and Project Catfort is running an SL photography contest. This is a cross-group contest in return for the cross-group writing contests the Trotsdale Library has headed in the past.

Theme: Halloween/Harvest
Picture Location: Anywhere, so long as it fits the theme.
Deadline: Midnight EST October 30, or 9 PM SLT October 30

All submissions will be displayed in the ASA art gallery in Computer. There will be prizes for the top three. Prizes have not yet been determined.

To enter: Put your photo submissions in a notecard with your name and statement that they are for the photo contest. Title the notecard "Your Legacy Name _ Halloween/Harvest Photo Contest". Send the note card at full perms to Amehana Ishtari or Kino Moonites, or put it in a drop box in the Ibexian Library building in the Ibex Empire sim, Exmoor's coffee house, the ASA/Catfort Gallery, or the Trotsdale Library building in Trotsdale if you're worried that the notecard will be lost or not received. Likewise there will be a dropbox in the ASA gallery. Amehana will deliver the Dropboxes to Kino Moonites when it is time to collect the cards.


Box sites:

Ibexian Crystal Library & School (IC and OOC), Ibex Empire (151, 22, 31)
Trotsdale Library, Trotsdale (22, 156, 24)
Java's Coffeehouse, Exmoor (62, 34, 24)
Astral Coalition and Project Catfort Art Gallery, Computer (60, 155, 25)

Press Release: Trixie's Magic Show

The Great and Powerful Trixie (none other than Tursilon) will be visiting Exmoor to perform. All are invited to attend. There is a sign placed down to show where the next scheduled show is to be and when. A copy of this is attached which updates with the when and where of each show. The show is expected to run around 20 minutes, so don't be late if you want to catch it all.

Time: 6 PM SLT
Day: Saturday, Dec. 20
Where: Exmoor's Carnival area

Nighthawk (50/217/1021)

New Sponsor, and an Auxillary Office

The Newser has a new sponsor, the Nisa Manelands Roleplaying sims. Owned by Lacy Musketeer, she added this to the deal, an auxiliary office location in Exmoor, just north of where the sim borders Trotsdale to the south. In contrast to the cartoon-like builds in Trotsdale, the Nisa sims are mostly wilderness area.

Grease Coakes wrote about Nisa earlier this year in August. Since then, the area has grown. Lacy's attracted a number of friends to her roleplay, but there's still room for more.