Call for Performers - STORYFEST '14

HOT DIGGETY!  Welcome to the fourth annual StoryFest Celebration. Who would have ever thought that we would have made it to FOUR?  This was the StoryFest Event that started them all!

WHAT IS IT?

"StoryFest" is a partnership between the Branwen Arts Coop, Seanchai Library, and the Stories Unlimited!, Produced by StoryFest Events.  Our goal is to present a day of stories presented in a variety of live performance forms:  Traditional Telling, Literature, Theatre, Dance etc. 

WHEN & WHERE?

Sunday, March 23rd at “Here Be Pictsies!” in Bran - 10am to 5pm. 

Presentation slots will be available in 30 minute increments with a very few 60 minute slots potentially available.  Multiple performers can share a single slot (please specify which when waving your hand at us and saying "Me! Me please!")

WHO IS INVITED TO PRESENT?

Anyone who is currently presenting stories in Second Life in any manner that is a live performance.  Presentations should fit within 30 minute slots, and be presentable in live Voice.  Some limited performance slots for more elaborate, or longer presentations are possible.  No stream will be available for individual performers. 

INTERESTED? . . . PERFORMERS AND VOLUNTEER HOSTS NEEDED

Contact Caledonia Skytower or Dubhna Rhiadra via notecard by the end of the virtual day on March 12th.  Please be sure to include the length of slot you are interested in, some reference to what and where you currently present on the grid, what you intend to present at StoryFest, and any technical needs you might hope for (prims needed etc.). PLEASE NOTE AGAIN: No Stream will be available for individual presenters.

The StoryFest performances will be confirmed by March 18th, and a schedule published at that time.

The organizers reserve the right to review the performers submitting and accept those performances & performers that they feel best fit the goals of the festival.

NOTE: World Storytelling Day, which celebrates Traditionally Told Tales, will be the previous week on March 20th around the world, with this year's theme of "Monsters and Dragons."  Performers are welcome to present at StoryFest from that theme, but should not be limited by that. Questions?  See Dubhna or Cale.  Notecards are best, as we both often get messages capped cause we are just friendly folk!

LAST DAYS of this year's DICKENS PROJECT - December 26th & 27th

Thanks to everyone who has helped to make this year's Project a great, and fun experience!

God Bless you, everyone!



Thursday, December 26th at 1:00pm ~ Short Stories & Selections with Caledonia

All sessions are presented Live, in Voice.  All times are SLT.
 http://slurl.com/secondlife/Cookie/64/36/32  

Don't forget to check out the "Christmas Past" skybox section!  The teleport is to the left as you enter Dickens Square, over by the "Christmas Past" Illustrations and the Muffin cart - look for the Red Teleport Disc on the cobblestones in front of the banner.

THE DICKENS PROJECT's last day for this year is tomorrow: Friday, December 27th.

CHRISTMAS WEEK at The Dickens Project!

We roll into our final week of this year's Dickens celebration with stories both familiar, and less so . . .

 Sunday, December 22nd

• Noon - Other Works of Dickens: Selections from Mrs. Lirriper's Legacy 

Freda Frostbite graces THE DICKENS PROJECT stage with selections from "Mrs. Lirriper's Legacy".  It was among several collaborative works published in ALL THE YEAR ROUND, a Victorian weekly literary periodical founded and owned by Charles Dickens. "Mrs. Lirriper's Legacy" appeared in the Extra Christmas Number (1 December 1864[13]) and was a collaboration with Charles Allston Collins, Rosa Mulholland, Henry Spicer, Amelia Edwards, & Hesba Stretton.

 Presented live in voice. 

 Monday, December 23rd, &Tuesday, December 24th

• 4pm Both Days - A Christmas Carol in Two Parts
  

"'It's Christmas Day!' said Scrooge to himself. 'I haven't missed it. The Spirits have done it all in one night. They can do anything they like. Of course they can. Of course they can. Hallo..."

So, you missed hearing the timeless words of Charles Dickens' story of transformation and redemption during "By-the-Stave" week?  No worries!  Caledonia Skytower shares her personal holiday tradition of performing the entire text, unedited, in the days immediately before Christmas.  Presented in two approximately 90 minute parts (because Cale's voice won't last for 3+ hours)

 

All sessions are presented Live, in Voice.  All times are SLT.
 http://slurl.com/secondlife/Cookie/64/36/32  

Don't forget to check out the "Christmas Past" skybox section!  The teleport is to the left as you enter Dickens Square, over by the "Christmas Past" Illustrations and the Muffin cart - look for the Red Teleport Disc on the cobblestones in front of the banner. Open now for your exploration, and maaayybe there'll even be a reading there.  Stay tuned!

 

"BY THE STAVE WEEK" CONCLUDES - Plus an Important Announcement

We've enjoyed some wonderful performances this week, thanks to all!  

Klannex Northmead

Kayden Oconnell

Dubhna Rhiadra

Corwyn Allen

 

Ixmal Supermarine

Still to come . . .




Thursday, December 19th 

•  Stave Four ~ "The Last of the Spirits" at 1pm with Dubhna Rhiadra & 5pm with Corwyn Allen

• 9pm - Dickens Late Night - Caledonia Skytower and Finn Zeddmore in Dickens Square

 Friday, December 20th 

• Stave Five  ~ "The End of It" (actually a bit of Stave Four + Five) at 1pm with Ixmal Supermarine & 5pm with Caledonia Skytower in Dickens Square 

•  9pm - Dickens Late Night - Caledonia Skytower & Kayden Oconnell 

 Sunday, December 22nd

• Noon - Other Works of Dickens: Selections from Mrs. Lirriper's Legacy with Freda Frostbite
  in Dickens Square 

All sessions are presented Live, in Voice.  All times are SLT.
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SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT:
It is will sincere apologies that we announce that the planned "Walk Through" Sections of this year's  Dickens Project will not all be opening as planned.  The sections were all begun, but RL circumstances and internet challenges (plus prims) have conspired against completing these areas to our standards, and realizing this goal has ceased to be realistic.

We are pleased to announce that we will be opening the "Christmas Past" area today (12-19) and it will be available for exploration through the balance of this year's Project.  We hope to schedule an impromptu reading of Stave Two with guests invited to explore while the reading is in progress to experience the "Greater Vision" of The Dickens Project.

Look for the teleport station near the "Christmas Past" Illustration slide show.

Thank you all for your support, and a Happy Holidays!

THIS WEEK at The Dickens Project . . . more, more, more!

All sessions are presented Live, in Voice.  All times are SLT.
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Monday, December 16th 

• Stave One ~ "Marley's Ghost" at 1pm Dubhna Rhiadra & 5pm with Kayden Oconnell in Dickens Square

Tuesday, December 17th

•  Stave Two ~ "The First of Three Spirits" at 1pm with Corwyn Allen & 6pm with Caledonia Skytower

Wednesday, December 18th 

• Stave Three ~ "The Second of Three Spirits" at 2pm with Ixmal Supermarine & 6pm with Kayden Oconnell

 Thursday, December 19th 

•  Stave Four ~ "The Last of the Spirits" at 1pm with Dubhna Rhiadra & 5pm with Corwyn Allen

• 9pm - Dickens Late Night - Caledonia Skytower, Shandon Loring and Finn Zeddmore in Dickens Square

Friday, December 20th 

• Stave Five  ~ "The End of It" (actually a bit of Stave Four + Five) at 1pm with Ixmal Supermarine & 5pm with Caledonia Skytower in Dickens Square

• 9pm - Dickens Late Night - Caledonia Skytower & Kayden Oconnell in Dickens Square

The Dickens Project iSL 2013 is offered freely to Second Life Residents, with tips accepted to benefit War Child North America   ~ working towards a day when no child will know war.

THANK YOU ONE AND ALL FOR ANOTHER GLORIOUS FESTIVAL!

It was an amazing day, with an incredible variety of stories, wonderfully presented.  Dubhna and I slapped ourselves in the last hour, realizing we had forgotten to take pictures!  Here's the proof of the pudding of what we raised and what was deposited in a fully functioning War Child Donation Bin ...

 

And here are the photos we have of folks at the story circle as our day came delightfully to a close with Singh Albatros (Imma tellin' you, those of you that miss his sessions miss something rare and unique!).  Thanks to Safi for the shot of Dubhna and I just after our performance of Equal Rites. Thank you one and all!  Audience, Storytellers, Dancers!  Thank you all for a Wonderful Day!

 

STORYFEST SL'S Next scheduled event will be BARD ON THE VIRTUAL BEACH  in August.  There is a possibility that we may partner in on something around SLB10, but that is still in the supposition stage.

WEDNESDAY, Dec 26th - Other Dickens Day!

Charles Dickens wrote more than A Christmas Carol (*GASP!!!*). In a literary career that spanned more than three decades, he penned 20 novels, nearly 30 short stories, 12 collaborative projects, and a handful of non-Fiction, Poetry, Plays, Articles, and Essays.  If that seems incredible, play this fun video clip and have a chuckle ...

Before The Dickens Project *poofs* into the virtual mists, we would be remiss if we did  not take a moment to celebrate some of those other works.   We have some great selections prepared to share today.  So spend your holiday recovery day with us, have a toddy and enjoy.


Welcome to Other Dickens Day!
     @ 10am: Caledonia Skytower & Elegia Underwood with Oliver Twist & David Copperfield
     @ Noon: Klannex Northmead with a selection from Little Dorrit
     @ 2pm: Dubhna Rhiadra with a selection from the Ghost Stories of Charles Dickens
     @ 4pm: Caledonia Skytower with a selection from Great Expectations

All times slt.  All sessions live in voice.

SUNDAY & MONDAY, Dec 23rd & 24th: "A Christmas Carol" in Two Parts

Everyone has their holiday traditions.  Mine used to be about baking cookies and how much of the contents of my decoration boxes I could get out and up in the house.  Several years ago I was asked by then King Marik Zarco of the Bloodlines SL Clan of Blood Evolution to read A Christmas Carol out loud in their Kingdom.  That became an annual tradition which, in many ways, fed the kernel of an idea that eventually lead to The Dickens Project.

Caledonia (me) will be reading the entire text, "soup to nuts" December 23rd and 24th at 3pm SLT live in voice.  The sessions will be 90 to 120 minutes in length and divide the novella into two parts.

Come and hear the words one more time (or for the first time if you haven't already) live in voice, and explore The Dickens Project - celebrating the words and works of Charles Dickens.
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Info%20Island/179/204/23

Benefits the Community Virtual Library.

FRIDAY, Dec 21st: Stave Five ~ "The End of It"

And so it come about ...

"Yes!  The bedpost was his own.  The bed was his own, the room was his own.  Best and happiest of all, the Time before him was his own, to make amends in!"




... We'll actually begin a tiny bit back into Stave Four to savor fully the reclamation of a soul - Ebenezer Scrooge's!

Today: Stave Five of A CHRISTMAS CAROL
@ Noon with Elrik Merlin
@ 4pm with Caledonia Skytower (all of Stave Four & Five)

@ 8:30pm - DICKENS LATE NIGHT w/ Caledonia
By request, Caledonia will be at The Dickens Project at 8:30pm with her store of Dickens, and she'll read to whomever desires it ... "A Christmas Carol", "Bits of "Oliver Twist", some Christmas Short Stories ... Who knows?  Come and find out!
All times SLT, all sessions live in voice.

Benefits The Community Virtual Library

ENJOY some wonderful shots of Thursday's Avatar Repertory Theater performance of A CHRISTMAS CAROL taken by zzbottom and generously shared in a slide show on her flickr stream

THURSDAY, Dec 20th: Stave Four & More!

Dubhna Rhiadra as "Ebenezer Scrooge"

At Noon: Stave Four ~ The Last of the Spirits
" The Phantom slowly, gravely, silently approached.  When it came near him, Scrooge bent down upon his knee; for in the very air through which the this spirit moved it seemed to scatter gloom and mystery."

@ Noon - Dubhna Rhiadra 
Live in voice - all times SLT. 

 (Note: Caledonia will be presenting Staves 4 & 5 in an evening session on Friday) 

 At 3:30pm SLT : The A.R.T. presentation of A CHRISTMAS CAROL

 Adapted by Ada Radius and Directed by Corwyn Allen, A.R.T. presents this one hour 

performance featuring 9 unique voices, snippets of carols, and with Kayden Oconnell as 

"Ebenezer Scrooge."  So popular last weekendthat it crashed the sim.  Avatar Repertory

Theater generously shares their version of this holiday classic. Presented Live in Voice.

Photo taken and shared by Elin from Saturday's performance