WINTERFEST IS COMING TO CREATIONS PARK December 1st - January 7th

 

As the snow falls on Creations Park this December, we are bringing you a one-stop event for great designer items, gifts, and musical events. Creations Park has been raising funds for the Michael J Fox Foundation for 10 years and this holiday season will be no exception.

You can browse the many stalls, drop by for weekly gifts or come to see some great live performers and DJs. Winter fest will run from December the 1st through to the 7th of January 2022. While you are here, you can explore the other many wonders of this beautiful sim, with Balloon rides, horseback tours, and our spectacular Savoy Ballroom. There are many wonderful photographic opportunities to be discovered.

Our winter fair last year attracted over 2,000 visitors and we are hoping to make this year even bigger and better. All funds raised during the event go to Team Fox which is a leading charity in research into Parkinson's Disease. We look forward to raising a glass of mulled wine with you!

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A Celebration of the life of Fran Serenade at Savoy Ballroom in Creations Park on Saturday, May 11, 2019, from 11AM to 9PM, featuring some of Second Life’s very best performers.

April 29, 2019  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

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EVENT DATE:  May 11, 2019

On March 3rd, 2019, Creations Park lost its original inspiration, and Second Life lost its most celebrated senior.  Fran Serenade passed away at 92 after a lifetime of loving and serving others in both of the worlds she lived in. Fran was beloved by all who knew her, including her Linden friends. Her daughter, Barbie Alchemi, and son, AlmostThere Inventor, built Creations Park in Second Life to be a wonderworld to stimulate the mind, specifically for Fran and others with Parkinson’s.   The Draxtor video about Fran and the medical research into Parkinson’s done at Creations Park was called one of the most important ever made about Second Life by Linden Lab’s CEO Ebbe Linden.  

A Celebration of Fran’s life will be held at Savoy Ballroom in Creations Park on Saturday, May 11, 2019, from 11AM to 9PM SLT.  Some of the very best live singers in Second Life will be performing in her honor.  Most knew Fran and some had performed at her 90th birthday party, also at Savoy. All talent will be performing for tips only, and like all events at Creations Park, this will benefit Team Fox for Parkinson’s Research.

By June 1, 2019, a memorial honoring Fran and this celebration will be located in-world at the Savoy Swing Era Museum, and will be available online at SavoyBallroom.org/fran

Shorter Version 3:40m     Fran’s story, with Barbie and scenes of Creations for Parkinson’sParkinson’s patient exploring virtual world
Living in a Modem World  Posted on April 12, 2015 by Inara Pey

ENTERTAINMENT SCHEDULE

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TIME ARTIST AGENT/SL CONTACT

11:00 AM Samm Qendra direct

12:00 PM Putri Solo (putrisolosinger) Jamila.lanley  

1:00 PM Luciano Lionheart Helen (Helendar Bailey)

2:00 PM Phil Setner Alessia Setner (alessia.rodeyn)

3:00 PM Agatha Knowles Troy Nelson (troyjaimes)

4:00 PM Savoy Dance Troupe Jackie Brown (antarctica.ferraris)

5:00 PM Max Kleene Kat Vargas

6:00 PM Ronnie Artano Missy (lilmiss54)

7:00 PM Savoy Stars Showcase Carlyle Chaparral

8:00 PM JaeSands direct

Second Life Official        ‏@SecondLife Mar 7         Replying to @draxtor

  

Our hearts are broken. We will always remember her incredible enthusiasm for life and what a joy she carried with her everywhere.

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Event Schedule

VIDEO

  

The Drax Files: World Makers 5:00m [Episode 13: Creations for Parkinson's]

Draxtor  Despres November 1, 2013

Living the dream in Second Life  2:00m   (People with disabilities in a virtual world)

Colorado Public News    July 4, 2013

  

ABOUT FRAN

  

Farewell, Fran       Inara Pey: Living in a Modem World  March 7, 2019

Fran Serenade in Second Life Has Sadly Passed Away Aged 92

Daniel Voyager   March 8, 2019

2017 Person of the Year Runners Up: Barbie Alchemi and Fran Serenade

Second Life Newser  December 29, 2017

FRAN & PARKINSON’S RESEARCH

  

First They Got Sick, Then They Moved Into a Virtual Utopia

Wired.com  Backchannel - Kristen French  February 13, 2017

Fountain of Youth

Anthropologist studies Fran in Second Life

UCI School of Social Sciences   John Wescott February 6, 2017

"This Is Who I Am": Why A Woman With Parkinson’s Sees Both Her SL Avatar & Her Physical Body As Real (Excerpt, Coming Of Age In Second Life)

New World News September 10, 2015

Parkinson’s Research Project Seeks eXtension 3D Assistance

Terry Meisenback  September 8, 2014

Transcending Parkinson’s in a Virtual World

Virtual Connections - Nancy J Smith  November 7, 2013

The San Diego Union-Tribune - Pam Kragen September 24, 2013

Second Life's Best (Perhaps Only) Killer App: An Immersive, Open-Ended Social Platform For The Disabled

New World News February 13, 2013

Woman With Parkinson's Reports Significant Physical Recovery After Using Second Life - Academics Researching  New World Notes  February 7, 2013

CREATIONS PARK

  

About Creations Park

Creations Park Blogsite

Creations for Parkinson’s  SLNewser   Deaflegacy February 19, 2018

See the Cosmic Circus at Creations Park and Support the Michael J Fox Foundation

Great Second Life Destinations:  Creations Park

Eddie Haskell  Saturday, May 25, 2013

Creations For Parkinson's, An SL Sim & Support Group For People With The Disease, Their Caregivers, And Researchers

New World News  Hamlet Au February 8, 2013

BOOKS

  

Coming of Age in Second Life

An Anthropologist Explores the Virtually Human

Tom Boellstorff   2009 Princeton University Press

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CREATIONS FOR PARKINSON'S RED, WHITE, AND BLUE EVENT May 27, 2016 to June 6, 2016

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WEBSITE: https://creationspark.wordpress.com/

Creations For Parkinson’s, an official charity of The Michael J. Fox Foundation, is pleased to announce it’s very first annual Red, White, and Blue event! This event will take place from May 27, 2016 to June 6, 2016 and will include live djs, live performers, tribute concerts, an art auction, shopping, gachas, a hunt, and a special carnival!

The event is sponsored by Windlight Magazine, Azul, and Chop Zuey Fine Couture Jewellery. The following merchants are participating: alme, Azul, Entice, KL Couture, Like Design, Meshopotamia, Miss Darcy, Paris Fashion, %Percent Furniture and Lighting, Spyralle, Tashi, TRS Designs, Whimsical Happenings, & Windlight Workz.

A special art auction will feature work by the following artists: Barret Darkfold, Carley Noonan, Cherrycar Resident, Eleseren Brianna, Jamie86 Resident, Johannes1977 Resident, JolieElle Parfort, KodyMeyers Resident, Muse4u Resident, Myra Wildmist, Otcoc Resident, Rage Darkstone, Rinzlerkitty Resident, Sheba Blitz, Syphera Inaka  & Theda Tammas.

About Creations For Parkinson’s:

100% of all donations go to our official Creations for Parkinson's Team Fox for The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research. Please be sure to watch our award winning video about the benefits of SL for my 87 "years young" RL Mom who has Parkinson's. This will touch your heart! Ebbe Linden (CEO of Linden Labs) has called this the most important video ever made about Second Life!  The Drax File: World Makers- Episode 13 Creations for Parkinsons:

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyiiWxNguGo&feature=youtu.be

For More Information:

https://creationspark.wordpress.com/

http://www2.michaeljfox.org/site/TR/TeamFox/TeamFox?pg=team&fr_id=1890&team_id=19152

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