A Busy Weekend: Linden Motown Trivia, Firestorm Anniversary Party

 

 

 This past weekend was a busy one in Second Life. Saturday Sept 2 was the Motown Trivia Party, at 12 Noon SL time. Madori Linden would ask various trivia questions.

Madori Linden: 4. What is the address of the original Motown recording studio?
a. 2648 West Grand Boulevard
b. 7365 Woodrow Wilson St.
c. 7373 Churchill St.
d. 6245 Avery St.

 

The place was a bit crowded, and laggy, but people braved the slow rezzing to answer trivia, or just for the music and dance, or to be at a Linden event. Some would get Madori Linden bears.  The event was scheduled to last until 2PM SL time.

 

 Sunday Sept 3 would have another big event. It was the day of Team Firestorm's Thirteenth Anniversary Party, taking place on a stage at the intersection of four sims. It started at 10 AM with Maxamillian Kleene singing some tunes. At 11 AM, it was Bell Tabak's (PrettyBelle72) turn on stage. In the four sims, the number of people attending was over a hundred. 

Jessica Lyon, the head of Team Firestorm, had always made it to previous anniversary parties. But unfortunately it would not be the case this time as a close family member was in the hospital someone quoting her, "cousin and I are sharing 12 hour shifts, ... and no Internet." During the event, someone shouted, "Jess asked me to several times during the party send her Thanks and Love to our Firestorm User Community. You guys are the best!!! Without you we wouldn't be celebrating today!!!"

 

 While the event is over, people can continue to drop by and grab a couple free gifts. Head to Fiewstorm Dow Forest at (219/229/3901). "Happy Anniversary Firestorm!"

There were other events going on, such as the Spoonful of Sugar charity event which started over the weekend. There will be more on that later. For those interested in checking it out now, head to SOS Uber Island (173/92/25).

 Bixyl Shuftan

EOTB: Motown Trivia Party Today

 

 

 In featured news in the official blog, there was an announcement about an event in the Motown sim at the WelcomeHub area, a Triva Party.

Get ready to groove and test your music knowledge at our Motown Trivia Party! Join us on Saturday, September 2nd from 12pm to 2pm PT at Motown for trivia, dancing, laughter, and legendary tunes.  

Whether you're a music aficionado or just looking for a good time, this event is for you. Brush up on your Motown history and get ready to boogie. 

And for those who love to groove to new beats, keep an ear out for the new Styngs including some of Motown’s classic songs! Styng animated music emotes feature animated movements synched to song snippets from officially licensed Motown classic and contemporary artists. Express yourself in a whole new way with a Motown Styng. 

See you on the dance floor at Motown and watch out for more events coming soon!

 

 https://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Motown/128/127/23?

 

Linden Lab Touts Motown Area in Second Life, Holds Big Opening Party

 

 

 While the Lab has made something of a deal over a new place in Second Life, it was doing moreso than usual yesterday, Tuesday June 20. Not only did they announce it in the Linden blog, but also did a press release, and the news was posted in four news sites online.

The legendary music label Motown has officially opened its doors with an all-new presence in Second Life – and we are ready to celebrate!

Please join us inworld at Motown today between noon-3 pm PT to meet and interact with Lindens, Moles, and other members of the Second Life community in this soulful music experience, launched in partnership with Capitol Music Group and STYNGR.

This is your chance to hear some great music, hang out, and dance during the opening day at Motown, which features multi-station radio streams of classic and contemporary Motown songs, animated gestures, and much more! You can learn more about Motown in Second Life at second.life/motown.

Besides the preceding on the official SL blog, the Lindens would also do a press release, post it on their website (image at top), and have the news in four other places online: Billboard, Blockbuster, Music Business World, and Yahoo Finance. 

The Motown sim was part of a nine sim area, one that includes the Social Casino that first appeared last month in the southeast. They were a short distance north of central Bellisseria. The one in the middle was "WelcomeHub." Sending an alt there, there were a number of Mentors around there, Linden Lab bringing back the program earlier this month. There were a number of blue signs around pointing out different areas. Going north, there was one pointing out Motown. 

 

 

The place had over a hundred avatars in the sim, someone was saying 131 at one point. This included a number of Moles and Lindens, including Patch Linden. I happened to see one lady greet him, " You know I have been in Second Life since 2006 and this is the first time I think we have met. Definitely on this avatar, I think. But I just wanted to say that to me Second Life is still the best MMO. Looking forward to SL20B as well." Patch responded warmly, "Awe thank you!   It's a big year for us at 20.... we're almost full adults now  (21)!" "On this avi I will be forever 21!"

 

The party would last for a while. I didn't stay the whole time, but the place was crowded for some hours. There wasn't time to look at everywhere in the area either. That will be for another time.

There was a thread in the official forums about Motown's opening. Response was overall positive.

Was the opening of Motown at this particular date to attract attention to Second Life's Twentieth Anniversary? Probably. But for residents already anxious for a big party, it was very much a welcome event.

Bixyl Shuftan

Autism Event "Party For A Cause"

Second Life Newser was informed about an Autism benefit, "Party For A Cause." The event takes place at Xing XP in the Golden Dawn sim. Dropping by briefly on Wednesday night, the theme was a Motown Tribute, with Balladeer Christensen singing to the crowd. Earlier were various tribute performances, such as The Supremes and Michael Jackson.

They passed me a notecard, which had a schedule for the rest of the benefit.

*  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *

****Thursday, Oct 3rd****
1p-3p            DJ Epiphany
3p-5p             DJ VAIN
5p-7p -          DJ JadeSOFLY
7p-9p -         DJ Uncle VAAN


****Friday, Oct 4th****
9:30a:             Pre-show
10a-11a         Performing Live * Veronica Weksler*
11a-12p         Performing Live * Mimm Xue
12p-1p           Performing Live *Ricky Live*
1p-2p             Open Session TBA
2p-3p              DJ  Wallkeria
3p-4p             Live Performance - Raider sings.
_______________________________________________________________

Greasy Face Movement and the Drop it in ya Bones D J's

ALL Night RAVE!!!!!!
RAVE ALL NIGHT!!!! PARTY 4 THE CAUSE!!!
***************RAVE DJS*******************
4p-5p       
5p-6p        
6p-7p
7p-8p
8p-9p
9p-10p
10p-11p
11p-12a

END OF RAVE SHOW.

****Saturdays, Oct 5th****

12p-1:15p -        DJ Krsna "Platinum Supporter"
1:15p -1:45p      SS DIVAS DANCERS
1:45-2:30p -       DJ Krsna
3p-4p                   "Jackie Lefko" Sings Live
4p-6p                     DJ Dark.
6p-8p                     DJ Fyaman
8p-9p        END SHOW FIREWORKS


Golden Dawn (39, 209, 25)

Nat's Jazz Club

Gemma Cleanslate came across a place in Second Life that has both a gallery and a social club. In the Paradise Valley sim, one can admire the artwork of Bonafidenutts "Bona" Aries at the sim's gallery. Then you can cross the street to Nat's Jazz Club and dance to the music.

Read Gemma's article in Places.