FEZZIWIG'S BALL - Coming Sunday, December 21st Beginning at 11am

“ . . . the floor was swept and watered, the lamps were trimmed, fuel was heaped upon the fire; and the warehouse was as snug, and warm, and dry, and bright a ball-room as you would desire to see upon a winter's night.”

StoryFest Events presents its sunset celebration of Charles Dickens' holiday classic.  Nine talented voices over four hours will take you on the journey of insight and redemption of the miserly Ebenezer Scrooge. Once we've come to "The End of It", put on your dancing shoes and dance like it's 1843!  Dubhna Rhiadra will spin some appropriate festive tunes to celebrate the season and the redemption of a soul.

Join us at Fezziwig's Warehouse, appearing magically in the Event Space B on Imagination Island. Victorian attire is suggested, but certainly not required.  All times Pacific, and A CHRISTMAS CAROL will be presented live in voice.

11am: Stave One, "Marley's Ghost"             with Caledonia Skytower & Shandon Loring

Noon: Stave Two, "The First of Three Spirits" with  Bhelanna Blaze & John Morland

1pm: Stave Three, "The Second of Three Spirits" with Kayden Oconnell & Aoife Lorefield

2pm: Staves Four & Five, "The Last of the Spirits" & "The End of It" with Corwyn Allen, Freda Frostbite, & Dubhna Rhiadra

DON'T MISS IT! - December 21st On Imagination Island

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Imagination%20Island/189/154/22

Tips will benefit The Community Virtual Library

ANNOUNCING: Fezziwig's Ball!

From the folks who brought you THE DICKENS PROJECT, . . .

FEZZIWIG'S BALL

Sunday, December 21st

from 11am to 4pm SLT

"In they all came, one after another; some shyly, some boldly, some gracefully, some awkwardly, some pushing, some pulling; in they all came, any how and every how."

StoryFest Events presents its final celebration in Second Life (c).  We'll ring out four great years of stories and events with one final festival. Fezziwig's Ball will feature a complete reading of the entire text of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol presented by many of the storytellers you have come to know though our events, followed by dancing.  It will be a party that Mr. Fezziwig would have proudly called his own.

 A CHRISTMAS CAROL beginning at 11am SLT
    ~ 11am: Stave One, "Marley's Ghost"

     ~ Noon: Stave Two, "The First of Three Spirits"

     ~ 1pm: Stave Three, "The Second of Three Spirits"

     ~ 2pm: Staves Four & Five, "The Last of the Spirits" & "The End of It"

WE DANCE following the conclusion of Stave Five, just after 3pm.

MARK YOUR CALENDARS - December 21st On Imagination Island

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Imagination%20Island/189/154/22

Tips will benefit The Community Virtual Library

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We'd like to thank everyone who has been so incredibly supportive of StoryFest Events over the past four years, including: Branwen Arts, Crap Mariner, Inara Pey, Equinox Pinion & Denis Lagan, and Thinkerer Melville PLUS all the great storytellers, readers and performers who have been a part of Storyfest, Bard On the Beach, BOOFest, and The Dickens Project -- It's been a fabulous time!

Some of these events may re-emerge in the future under new sponsorship and management, but StoryFest Events as a production entity is closing its storybook as of this event.

THANK YOU BOOFEST!

Another great festival: fabulous stories well told, great audience, wonderful cause!
After over five hours of non-stop stories (except for those brief moments of stretching and "hokey-pokeying")  Live and Learn in Kenya's Feed-A-Smile Program had 318 more meals fro kids in Kenya than they did before.

That total is kind of hard to equate, so look at it this way: if this were one child, 318 meals would mean three meals a day for 106 days, OR nearly four months!  Not bad for just telling stories, eh?

Many thanks to Branwen Arts and Seanchai Library for another great event.  Our gratitude to Brique Topaz and Live and Learn in Kenya for letting bring our madness to The Lavender Field.

And thanks to Rick Quargen for the FAB composite photos!

BOOFest - Sunday, October 19th to Benefit Feed-a-Smile!

The fires have been banked and the stories are being polished and ready.  BOOFest is raring to celebrate its fourth year of spooky stories shared 'round the virtual fire to raise money for good causes in the corporeal world.

This year, we will be at a Lavender Fields, on a wonderful spooky festival set created by Dubhna Rhiadra, and all donations from BOOFest will benefit Live and Learn in Kenya’s “Feed a Smile” program 

Festivities will begin at 10am SLT and conclude around 3pm (technical difficulties not withstanding) and all stories will be presented live, in voice.  http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Feed%20A%20Smile/59/20/24

SCHEDULE
All times SLT and always subject to change without notice, because "stuff" happens.

10:00 am - Dubhna Rhiadra
Dubhna is not only a reader of soulful and memorable style, but is also a creator of original tales, and a self-published author.  This year she'll be sharing some of her own stories - a perfect way to begin our BOOFest celebration. Some of her published works can be found on Amazon and AmazonUK.

BOOFest This Sunday! 10am - 3:30pm SLT

The fires have been banked and the stories are being polished and ready.  BOOFest is raring to celebrate its fourth year of spooky stories shared 'round the virtual fire to raise money for good causes in the corporeal world.

This year, we will be at a Lavender Fields, on a wonderful spooky festival set created by Dubhna Rhiadra, and all donations from BOOFest will benefit Live and Learn in Kenya’s “Feed a Smile” program 

Festivities will begin at 10am SLT and conclude around 3pm (technical difficulties not withstanding) and all stories will be presented live, in voice.  http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Feed%20A%20Smile/59/20/24

TENTATIVE SCHEDULE

All times SLT

10:00 am - Dubhna Rhiadra
10:30am - Shandon Loring
11:00am - Bhelanna Blaze
11:30am - BigRed Coyote
Noon - Dubhna & Caledonia reading works by Moon Aerandir
12:30pm - Gyro Muggins
1:00pm - Aoife
1:30pm - Corwyn Allen
2:00pm - Freda Frostbite
2:30pm - Crap Mariner
3:00pm - Caledona Skytower

(Content descriptions for each 30 minute session will be posted Friday evening, along with other schedule updates.  Stay Tuned!)

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Also Benefiting Feed a Smile this weekend:

BOOSTOCK! Saturday, October 18th from. 2-5pm  

Be afraid, Be very afraid!!!  On the eve of Boofest, the Bran Estate hosts Boostock!!! music and more.

Featuring . . . .

2 pm -  Mavenn singing her halloween set. 

3 pm - Frankentinies (aka Pitter Patter Dance company) doing a truly scary horror show. 

4 pm - Songbird Sorbet, the tiny opera singer. 

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Bran/26/50/1989

CALL FOR STORIES for BOOFest '14

Soon it will be time again to gather round the crackling fire as the air crisps with Autumn, and tell ghosty-ghouly tales.  We'll gather at Bran on October 19th for the 4th Annual BOOfest.

Submissions for story presentations will be accepted for 30 minute time slots.  Some 60 minute slots will be available, and we request those who are interested to claim a 30 minute slot first, and indicate that they would be interested in 60 minutes if one is available.  Our primary goal is to involve as many different storytellers as are interested in participating, to provide the broadest selection of stories & voices for our audience. Literature Readings, Traditional Telling, and Original Works are all accepted.  No "Adult" material, please.

Tentatively, stories will begin at 10am SLT and conclude at 5pm SLT, but that may be subject to change.  Story presentations must be live, not pre-recorded.  Those interested in Presenting should contact Caledonia Skytower or Dubhna Rhiadra in world via notecard (PLEASE!).

Include the following information in your notecard:

    ~ Your name. Whether you are performing solo or with others (please include their names),

    ~ The piece you intend to present if you know it (not required till we actually get to October).

    ~ Time of day preference or any time constraints we need to consider when scheduling you.

    ~ The size time slot you need (Are you interested in a 60 minute time slot if the schedule can accommodate it?)

As with StoryFest, there will be no stream available, and limited rezzing.  Just your voice in the dark . . . Mwwwwahahahahahahahaah!

Submissions to present will be accepted through the end of the Virtual Day on October 10th.

THIS YEAR, BOOFest will be held at The Lavender Fields and 100% of tips will go to benefit Feed-A-Smile Kenya! Check out this Episode of The Drax Files: World Makers to learn more about them:

BOOFest is presented by StoryFest Events, Branwen Arts, and Seanchai Library

ANNOUNCEMENT: BARD ON THE BEACH 2014

We regret to announce that, due to a number of non-virtual conflicts this year - and difficulty scheduling, BARD ON THE BEACH will be on a hiatus this August.  Should the fates, real and virtual, decree that the time is opportune and there is sufficient community interest, BARD will return in 2015.

Thanks for all of your support!