Imagination Island,
Second Life –
StoryFest Events, which began with a single story-based weekend in March 2010,
will be closing the cover on event production with one final live literature
event: Fezziwig’s Ball. Storytellers will gather on Sunday, December
21st beginning at 11am SLT to present the entire text of Charles
Dickens’ classic holiday ghost story, A Christmas Carol, followed by a
dance party with tips benefiting the Community Virtual Library. http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Imagination%20Island/189/154/22
“It
has been a fascinating ride and we have had many tremendously successful
events.” explained Caledonia Skytower, StoryFest Events Director, “Not
everything lasts forever, especially in the virtual world, or can continue in
the same form. We’ve gotten to the point
where it has been clear we needed to evaluate where we were going, and what we
needed to become. It’s all good news,
actually. These sorts of celebration events
will continue. It is simply that StoryFest Events as a production entity is no
longer necessary.”
StoryFest
Events has produced StoryFest, Bard on the Beach, and BOOFest
for the last four years, and in 2012 added The Dickens Project. Fezziwig’s
Ball is a condensation of the previous Dickens events, featuring many
of the voice performers that have been a popular part of StoryFests over the
years: Dubhna Rhiadra, Corwyn Allen, Kayden Oconnell, Aoife Lorefield, Shandon
Loring, Freda Frostbite and Bhelanna Blaze as well as Skytower herself. As a sign
that this is a transition and not a finale, John Morland will be introduced as
a new voice among the cast of readers.
“I am really excited about John joining us for this. He has a nice style and tambour that is a
good compliment to the other folks we have,” Ms. Skytower added.
A
Christmas Carol will
begin at 11am with “Stave One: Marley’s Ghost” presented by Loring and
Skytower, and will proceed with a new section of the text each hour, as
performers pass the baton from one reader to the next, as Dickens’ ghostly
story of Christmas and the redemption of a soul unfolds. Following the
conclusion of the story, Dubhna Rhiadra will be spinning some wonderfully
appropriate holiday music as storytellers and story lovers dance in celebration
of four years of great, storied events.
For
details on the presentation schedule, visit http://storyfestsl2011.blogspot.com/
All story presentations
will be live in voice. All the
performers are volunteers and the sessions are free to all Second Life
residents.
StoryFest
Events thanks The Community
Virtual Library for providing the venue for the event, and for their
support of the debut of The Dickens Project in 2012. Many
thanks also everyone who has been so incredibly supportive of StoryFest Events
over the past four years, including: Crap Mariner, Inara Pey, Branwen Arts, Lizzo
Dreamscape, 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!
MEDIA
CONTACTS
Caledonia Skytower, StoryFest Events
thedede@comcast.net
Caledonia Skytower, StoryFest Events
thedede@comcast.net
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