Announcement: "Ghouls and Grooves Party"

 

Saturday November 1

 

Host and DJ Lily Cairparavel

 

Co-Host Friederich Valerian 

 

Lily's Cafe 

 

https://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/New%20Toulouse/167/122/23

 

Announcement: Eternal Night Vampire Ball

 

 

 Saturday October 17

 

Noon to 2PM SL time

 

The Green Fairy, New Toulouse 

 

 

https://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/New%20Toulouse/62/206/24 

 

Announcement: Samadi Gras at New Toulhouse

 

 

 Samedi Gras in New Toulouse

 

At the Green-eyed Fairy

 

Saturday March 1

 

1-3 PM SL time

 

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/New%20Toulouse/62/206/24

Weekend In Brief

 

 

 The weekend had a number of happenings. One was the Relay Meet & Greet at the RFL Living Expo (above), which was just one of a number of events there. There was also the Samedi Gras in New Toulouse. There was also the ongoing Shop and Hop. And much more. 

Stay tuned for some Valentine-themed events this week, such as Hug A Linden and the Love Train, Mardi Gras themed parties, the One Billion Rising women's rights demonstration, and more.

 

Announcement: Samedi Gras At New Toulouse

 

 

Saturday February 10, 12 Noon to 2 PM

 

DJ Tabs at The Green-Eyed Fairy

 

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/New%20Toulouse/62/206/24

Announcement: Mardi Gras in New Toulouse

 

 

 Mardi Gras 2023

with

DJ Tabasco "Tabs" Nootan

 

Saturday, 25 February

12 Noon - 2PM SL time

 

 http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/New%20Toulouse/129/194/24

Announcement: New Toulouse Vampire Ball

 

 

 Saturday October 22

12 Noon to 2PM SL time

Music by DJ Holocluck Henley

Preferred attire is formal or Halloweeny.

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/New%20Toulouse/206/205/23

A Busy Weekend

 

Quite a bit happened this past weekend. The Relay for Life's Home and Garden Expo officially started. New Toulouse had it's "Sami Gras" parade on Saturday. Roma had it's Equirria and Lupercalia events. Caledon had it's 16th Anniversary Ball (above). There was a protest against the Russian invasion of Ukraine in Moscow Island. Veterans Island had their annual fundraiser concert. And more.

More on some of these events later.
 

Announcement: Samedi Gras In New Toulhouse

 

Samedi Gras in New Toulouse

Saturday February 13, 2021

12:00 Noon to 2:00 PM SL time

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/New%20Toulouse/129/194/23

New Toulouse Hit By Storm

Earlier this month on December 8, the sim of New Toulouse was hit by a storm. The result was some flooding in the streets. Francesca Alva took a series of pictures of the scenery. Fortunately, the water soon retreated, and there was no major damage, a party at a local venue soon following.

New Toulouse is best known for it's annual Mardi Gras event, which in 2020 will take place earlier than usual, probably on the weekend of February 22/23.

A Busy Weekend

The weekend was another example of a lot to see, but not enough time to see it all. There were the Mardi Gras events at New Toulouse and Caledon which yours truly got to see. But there was a lot else going on, such as some Relay events, a photography art museum opening, a party crashed by some dragons and a giant human, and more.

Stay tuned for some stories about these, and more.

Two Mardi Gras Parades Saturday, New Toulouse and Caledon

Mardi Gras is coming. For some, it's the last day before Lent and the last day they can eat certain foods, so they revel things up with a festival. The day is sometimes called Carnival or Fat Tuesday. For the rest of us, it's a chance to party, even if we don't give up anything for Lent.

In the United States, New Orleans is particularly noted for it's parades and celebrations on Mardi Gras. So it's no surprise that the best known Fat Tuesday events are in the New Orleans-themed sim of New Toulhouse. This Saturday, they'll start their "Samedi Gras" party at 11AM SL time, with their parade scheduled to start at 12 Noon.

https://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/New%20Toulouse/149/172/23

There will be other celebrations. As Caledon is celebrating it's thirteenth anniversary this week, they're making a Mardi Gras celebration as part of the events.  The fun there starts at 1PM with a "Skull and Bones Revelry." Then comes a parade going through fourteen sims.

 Come all to the Caledon Mardi Gras!!!

We'll start at 5pm slt on March 2nd, setting off from near the western coastline of Kittywickshire, east through northern Caledon until we reach the eastern side of Pensans, then south to the Guv'nah's Mansion in Victoria City, then west to Caledon Prime and north into Port Caledon.

Want to show off your best carnivale gear? Go for it!
Have themed pressies to give out along the route? Yay!
Can't wait to put together a float for you and your friends to ride? Awesome!
(But for floats, keep in mind that some of the sims are homesteads and there will be tunnels to go through along the route--try to keep the LI under 31 unless the floats are worn.)
Have none of the above but want to march and have a great time? Come on down!

Giant Des and Kami balloons will be available the day of the parade!

Those with questions can contact Iason Hassanov or Lady Aev (Aevalle Galicia)

The starting point of the parade is at http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Caledon%20Kittiwickshire/60/130/25

Announcement: CDS Pub Crawl

The CDS Pub Crawl is back! and it's a cross community pub crawl that will include stops in New Toulouse, Roma, and our own CDS sims!

Music by DJ Manfred Hancroft

TIME: 12 - 2 pm SLT on Saturday, February 16,
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/New%20Toulouse/62/206/24
so add it to your calendar, and bring along a designated driver, because, you know, stuff happens. Bring along your iced tea and we'll add the mint julip part when you get here.

More info to follow with landmarks for the event!

RFL Announcement: Tinies of New Toulouse - With Team ACTS, Sat from 1-3PM SLT

The Tinies of New Toulouse and Team ACTS cordially invite you to the 8th Tiny Dance in aid of RFL.Dancing to the music of DJ Manfred Hancroft at the Tiny Social Aid and Pleasure Club, Red Drum Place, from 1.00 pm to 3.00 pm on

Saturday, June 9th. All are welcome, we love our human friends also.

New Toulouse (155,57,23) .

Samedi Gras: New Toulouse Pulls it off Again

Mardi Gras was last week on February 13. A few days earlier on the weekend before "Fat Tuesday," the New Toulouse sim held it's yearly parade and party: Samedi Gras. Klaus Bereznyak was there, and wrote about the occassion.

Read Klaus' article in Events.

New Toulouse Ghost Hunt

Gemma Cleanslate went back to New Toulouse for their recent game. Officially, it's called the "Spectral Activity Survey," but in layman's terms, it's a ghost hunt. This isn't "Ghostbusters" as you're not hunting down ghosts to get rid of them, but to listen to their stories. Those who complete hunts are rewarded with gifts.

Read Gemma's story in Events.

“Bacon of Hope” Hunt at New Toulouse

Besides the Relay Weekend, Gemma Cleanslate has also been at New Toulouse in the past few days for their "Bacon of Hope" hunt. In the game, using a HUD, you look for plants of a particular kind of invasive species considered a threat to local ecology, which can be exchanged for bacon. At the end are some boxes of gifts. But one possible complication in the hunt for the flowers are the hippos that have somehow found their way into the swampland, and running into one could be bad.

Read Gemma's story in Events.

Scenes at the Relay

It isn't just humans and furs who take part in the Relay for Life. Avariel Falcon, the dark unicorn, is a somewhat frequent sight at their events. But there are others as well.

On Friday June 9 at 4PM, DJ Geerkil Ziskey made an appearance at the "Unmasking a Cure" Medieval Faire. Although it was before "prime time," Geerkil drew a crowd whom usually imagine dragons at Medieval events breathing fire instead of making music.

 Hello, I am DJ Geerkil, I will be performing LIVE for the UAC's third annual Relay For Life (RFL) event on June first from 4-6 PM SLT and June ninth from 6-8 PM. I ask that all my friends please support this event to help with cancer research. Help save a life today! I will be performing at the Village Square Stage. ?? This is a Medieval Faire. It features dozens of live performers and djs, medieval style tournaments and demonstrations, an expanded Activity Sim with areas for role playing, rentals, fortune telling and etc. This year the faire boasts almost 100 merchants who are all selling items for a 100% donation, in support of Relay For Life. Please consider being a part of this event and know you lindens are going for a great cause. Any and all tips go directly to support RFL.

Geerkil DJs every Tuesday afternoon at the Happy Vixen, also at 4PM.

The Medievalfest goes on until June 18.

On Saturday June 10 at Noon, a number of tinies from Team ACTS had an event in New Toulouse at the Tiny Social Aid Club. DJ Mani "Owlbear"  Hancroft was the one playing the tunes. A cardboard cutout of Shady Fox, whom passed away over a year ago from cancer and remains fondly remembered by many, was placed behind the counter. Oldesoul Eldemar was there in his own tiny avatar.

These were just two of the events going on this weekend. Among which are the two "Bid Me" events going on at Club Cutlass. Several hundred more Linden dollars have been donated in the kiosks since we last wrote about them. Donate more while you can

Bixyl Shuftan

Edited June 12

RFL ACTS Tiny Dance at New Toulhouse

Besides the Sunbeamer Air Show in Pacific Waters, there were other Relay for Life events this weekend. Among them, the Aether Chrononauts and Tiny Steps (or ACTS) party at Red Drum Place, New Toulhouse. The event took place from Noon to 2PM SL time.

Although aimed at those in Tiny avatars, everyone whom was decently dressed was invited to come over. Among them, New Toulhouse's mayor Henri Godenot,  Avariel Falcon the Relay's Dark Unicorn, and OldeSoul Eldemar, who was in a Tiny av himself.

Besides the tiny dances, which are actually for older tiny avatars as the newer "Dinkies" can use regular ones, there was a couples poseball rezzer for "biggie" avies, which tinies often call human and furred avs. Besides dancing, one could have a seat at the bar, which had a cutout of the late Shady Fox, whom is fondly remembered by the Tiny community of Raglan. The dance floor itself was covered with a large image of a waffle, of which Tinies have a reputation for having a great love for and being an endless source of comments by them.

Manfred Hancroft was in charge of the music, which included a few modern day songs given a Steampunkish twist via being sung as a singer of the late 19th Century or early 20th century might. At one point came the "Thong Song" that when sung like someone from Vaudeville was singing it drew no shortage of chuckles. When I suggested the song was an odd choice for two reasons, the other being I'd never seen a Tiny in a thong, someone mused, "I could do it Bixyl. I mean I did make kajira silks for Tinies when we went to a Gorean event." The result was lots of laughter from both Tinies and normal-sized avies alike.

Pieni, one of those at the party, would post a number of pictures on her blog (here).

Aether Chrononauts and Tiny Steps is a Platinum Level team that so far has raised almost 790,000 Linden dollars. Their blog is at http://aetherchrononautsrfl.blogspot.com/ .

Bixyl Shuftan

Death Picks a Winner

Gemma Cleanslate recently took a trip to New Toulouse, which is best known for it's annual Mardi Gras Parade and it's historic-themed RP community, but recently put in some thing new. Until Sunday May 30, they will be having the game "Death Picks a Winner." Created by Nikita Weyman, in the game a promising candidate for mayor has been murdered, and it's up to you to follow the clues to find out the culprit. Can you solve this whodunit?

Read Gemma's article in Design.