Announcement: This Week at the Senchai Libraries

CAROL WEEK at The Dickens Project begins Monday, December 17th. We'll be presenting multiple opportunities to hear Charles Dickens' A CHRISTMAS CAROL (in parts and in entire) all week, PLUS additional special events.  It's a little overwhelming actually, with multiple events happening every day.

HERE ARE SOME OPTIONS, so you to keep abreast of everything that's going on:

1) Refer to the Dickens Project page on the Seanchai Library Website. There's a text listing of the week's events and if you scroll to the bottom of the page, you'll find the Project Google Calendar.
http://irelandslstory.blogspot.com/p/the-dickens-project-sl.html

2) Check the landing point at LEA 7. Events of the day will be posted there, and you can also connect directly with the Google Calendar.

3) Okay, if you MUST have a notecard, here it is!

** MONDAY, December 17th
           @ 2pm - Stave One:Marley's Ghost with VT Torvalar
           @ 7pm - Stave One: Marley's Ghost with Aoife Lorefield, Gyro Muggins, and Cybele Moon
          

** TUESDAY, December 18th
           @ Noon - Russell Eponym w/stories, music, & poetry
           @ 1pm  - Stave Two: The First of Three Spirits with Da5id Abbot and Caledonia Skytower
           @ 7pm - Stave Two: The First of Three Spirits with Kayden Oconnell
          

** WEDNESDAY, December 19th
           @ 1:45pm - Raglan Shire Tiny Carolers
           @ 2pm - Stave Three: The Second of Three Spirits with Aoife Lorefield
           @ 3- 4:30pm - Music - DJ Dano Bookmite
           @ 7pm - Stave Three: The Second of Three Spirits with Kayden Oconnell
          

** THURSDAY, December 20th
           @ Noon - VWER Tour with CVL
           @ 12:40pm - Raglan Shire Tiny Carolers
           @ 1pm - Stave Four: The Last of the Spirits with Caledonia Skytower
           @ 7pm - Stave Four: The Last of the Spirits with Shandon Loring
          

** FRIDAY, December 21st
           @ 1pm  - The Conclusion: The Last of the Spirits (selected) & The End of It with Caledonia Skytower and Kayden Oconnell
           @ 3:45pm - Raglan Shire Tiny Carolers
           @ 4pm - The Conclusion: The Last of the Spirits (selected) & The End of It with Aoife Lorefield and Da5id Abbot
           @ 7pm - A Very Misfit Christmas - Misfit Dance & Performance Art
          

** SATURDAY, December 22nd
           @11am-12:30 (approx) slt - Radio Riel Players Broadcast of “A Christmas Carol” (exact start may be up to a few minutes later) Click Here to listen to the Stream
           @ Noon - A Very Misfit Christmas - Misfit Dance & Performance Art
           @ 2-4pm slt - Fezziwig's Ball with DJ Dano Bookmite
           @ 7pm-8:30pm (approx) slt - Radio Riel Players Broadcast of “A Christmas Carol” (exact start may be up to a few minutes later) - Story Tour available on LEA 7


** SUNDAY, December 23rd 
           @ 11am - Wald Schridde live in Dickens Square

           @ Noon - THE BIG READ in Dickens Square

There will be postings of daily events in social media, in Stories Unlimited!, and in daily group notices. So stay tuned!

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/LEA7/128/131/22

Announcement: Dickens Project's Last Day Today

The Dickens Project 2017 Edition in Second Life is about to fade into the past.  Join us for Closing Day on Linden Endowment for the Arts (LEA) Region 7, - Saturday, December 30th.  The future is uncertain, explore now.

Check out the final "Stave Video" of this year's Project, featuring Saturday's Finale Events
https://youtu.be/zL85Esmkc6s

The Dickens Project 2017 - LEA7 (118, 148, 21) - Moderate

The Dickens Project in Second Life is produced by Seanchai Library
http://irelandslstory.blogspot.com/

Hong Kong's "A Christmas Carol" and The Dickens Project

Most of us are familiar with the classic tale by Charles Dickens "A Christmas Carol" in which a miserly old man is shown the error of his ways and gets a chance to change. Gemma Cleanslate in her explorations of Christmas places found a couple locations about this story. One is Hong Kong University Education Island, using a number of builds to tell the tale. The other is at LEA7, "The Dickens Project," done by the Seanchai Library in which you get to learn more about the writer and the times he lived in.

Read Gemma's story in Design.

Announcement: The Exciting climax of "Carol Week"

@11AM on LEA 7 - WALD SCHRIDDE. LIVE! at The Dickens Project - Traditional acoustic music, Wald plays an amazing variety of instruments from things with strings to penny whistles.  Come and enjoy an hour of seasonal music with this delightful man of music, live in Dickens Square.


@NOON on LEA 7 - A CHRISTMAS CAROL - The "Big Read" at The Dickens Project - All the words, from beginning to end, performed by a talented chorus of nine storytellers, relay style, in one live presentation.  "Marley was dead..." to "... bless us everyone" in voice and on stream.

The Dickens Project 2017 - LEA7 (118, 148, 21)

Eiffelicious at LEA 7

Readers will remember that on January 1st, we listed a number of places across Second Life that had New Years Eve events the night before. Among them was "Eiffelicious" at the LEA7 sim by Regi Yufi. Gemma Cleanslate spent some time there on New Year's Eve when they were having their party. Later on, she would return for another look. So what did she think?

Read Gemma's article in Places.

Ringing In The New Year Across Second Life

A number of places across Second Life held events to say goodbye to 2015, and ring in 2016. One place was "Eiffelicious" at LEA7.

Dozens of residents attended the party under a replica of the Eiffel Tower made by Regi Yifu. But when yours truly dropped by, a few of the guests there were a little, less than pleasant to others.

A much friendlier event awaited those at "T-1 Radio's 11th Rockin' New Year's" at the "Legends Pier" at the Arinultra Cay sim. Trader Whiplash, best known for his music events for the Relay for Life, played for the crowd from 7PM SL time to Midnight SL time when 2016 officially arrived on the Grid.

A number of noted Relayers would appear there as well at different times in the night.

A number of communities held their own events. New Babbage had their event, which began as England was ringing in 2016.

There were a number of pictures in the background of noted people and events across the year. The DJ also proved flexible, when seeing someone in a squirrel avatar playing the song "Squirrels." Though some avatars were more appropriate for a Steampunk event.

New Babage wasn't the only Steampunk-themed place to have an event that night. McLaglen Noonan Museum Garden at Caledon Cay had a smaller one. Cynthia Farshore took this picture at the tail end of the event.

And the Sunweaver/Angels community would hold their own event at the Happy Vixen beach club in the Purrfection Estates. Although the event was touted as no formal attire required, many felt the most appropriate outfit they could have on was a gown or suit.

DJ Akea played the tunes for the first half of the event from 6-8PM SL time. from 8 to 10PM, DJ Rose spun the music. And at 9 and 10 PM, the Sunnies celebrated as the New Year was rung in on the East Coast and the Central US time zone respectively.

Other places had their own events. The ROMA sims had an event earlier in the day as 2016 was rung in across Europe. Luskwood called off it's New Year's Eve event due to Shady Fox's illness, though the Pony sims would have an event in honor of Ponyland, which went offline late that night (more about the event later).

Happy New Year Second Life

Bixyl Shuftan