MUSICIAN SPOTLIGHT: Mike00 Carnell 's guitar gently plays in Second Life- Sandy Demina Reporting...

Staff Reporter • Monday, September 20, 2010

If you ever get the chance to listen to Mike00 Carnell playing live in Second Life you definitely shouldn't  miss this experience! He plays guitar with an amazing talent and you will like both his original tunes and the soulful covers of great musicians such as Eric Clapton and Mark Knopfler.

In SL he plays his fantastic Fender Strat USA deluxe and earlier in the day his new Taylor 414ce electro acoustic guitar. He plays a couple of songs from his favorite musiciand some funky songs, a few slow instrumental softrock songs and some other rock songs.
Mike is not only a great musician but he is also one of the nicest person I ever met inworld.

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SPORTS & LEISURE: Slip Slidin' Away Stacey Cardalines Reporting...

If Super Mario were a French sportswriter, Donkey Kong would look somewhat like this....

Staff Reporter • Monday, September 20, 2010

School may be in session, the NFL has begun, the foliage is starting to turn here in New England, I had the heat on this morning, and I've taken my sweaters out of storage....

... but that doesn't mean that I'll let go of summer that easily..

Now that the kids are back in school, I have the free time needed to go to a water park. Here's one I found on SL, at The Cove Beach Live Music Venue.

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Althena%20Cove/185/174/23 

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JAIMIE EARST ATELIER Charity Fashion Show to Benefit War Child North America /West of Ireland Charity Estate - The Glen -SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 19TH at 1:00PM

• Sunday, September 19, 2010

Jaimie's Designs are Bright, Unique, and Sexy! Come join the Dance Party Atmosphere in the Glen at the West of Ireland Estate and see these bold creations, on display and sale this day only to benefit WAR CHILD NORTH AMERICA (http://warchild.ca)


http://slurl.com/secondlife/West%20of%20Ireland/89/112/22



The Second Life charity estate West of Ireland (WOI) is pleased to announce a new benefit fashion event as part of this coming weekend’s Halfway to Saint Patrick’s Day Festival. The Second Life designer Jaimie Earst will be holding a Fashion Show on Sunday, September 19 at 1pm SLT on the WOI Estate at “The Glen” (Glens na hEirean). The event will showcase 20 ensembles created by the designer and featuring WOI Volunteers as models. Display boards of the featured fashions will be up through out the day with all items being available for sale. Proceeds from sales that day will be donated to War Child North America.

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Fashion Insight - Lacy Muircastle Reporting ...

A beauty pageant from the inside continued ...

Hello, dear readers.

This past week has not been too hectic other than trying to put together the folders for the outfits and accessories to be worn at the event on Sunday. Gulp, Sunday!! Heaven help me. This putting together of the outfit folders has been somewhat challenging on a number of levels to say the least, but I think I am there now. Trying to put the ZHAO II animation override thingy together for the walks and poses is another question altogether. 

Official practices start on the 13th (LM takes a deep breath), poor Payton, if there ever was an avatar that turned grey before your very eyes, it is going to be Payton. Anybody got some virtual tranquilisers for her?
Ms. Costa Rica is allocated an automatic spot in the Miss Virtual World contest and I have ascertained that all the slots barring Ms. Costa Rica have now been filled for Miss Virtual World 2011. I would like to take this opportunity to introduce the 29 confirmed candidates:

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FASHION: Fashion Insight - Lacy Muircastle Reporting ...

Ms. Costa Rica Sims 2011

Staff Reporter • Monday, August 30, 2010

A beauty pageant from the inside.
Ok so I have done something I never in a million years thought I would do, I entered a beauty pageant!
I am not sure what I was thinking, but well now it’s in for a penny in for a pound. The pageant in question, none other than the Ms. Costa Rica Sims 2011.

I have to admit that it has been somewhat of an eye opener to say the least and if nothing else I will come away from this experience with a greater admiration for our SL models.
To enter the contest, head shots and full body photographs were required and I scurried off to my favourite and one of Second Life’s best photographers Kent Nowicka. Kent thankfully made the photo session relatively painless. Photographs duly taken were submitted to the event co-ordinator, the inimitable Ms. Payton Heron. 

Little did Payton realise what she was letting herself in for by allowing a non model to be a finalist in the pageant. People, I have had to learn how to walk ... turn (on the spot), walk some more, turn some more, oh help, how to feel incredibly stupid. I ask myself again ’what on earth was I thinking?’
We have been notified as to the outfits we are to wear for the finals event and been informed that we are to choose suitable poses for those outfits – ‘Poses? There are special poses that will show an outfit off at its best?’ I swear I am going have heart failure before this whole process is over.

And of course there is more – Ms. Photogenic more. Another photo session ‘arrgh’ and you will never guess who the photographer was this time? Mr. Virtual World 2010 himself, Mikey Batriani. The gorgeous Mikey is another fantastic SL photographer and he did all the head shots for the online voting page for Ms. Photogenic.

Well that is where we have got to so far with voting now open on the Costa Rica Sims blog. The Miss Costa Rica Sims web photogenic contest runs from Sunday, August 29, 2010 through Wednesday, September 15, 2010.

http://costaricasims.com/web-vote-for-miss-cr-sims-2011-contestants

To be continued (if I survive)...

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WOI NEWS: JAIMIE EARST FEATURED IN CHARITY FASHION SHOW TO BENEFIT WAR CHILD NORTH AMERICA

"Rocker" is one of the many unique fashion creations to be available at the Charity Fashion Show.

• Saturday, September 18, 2010

West of Ireland, Second Life – The Second Life charity estate West of Ireland (WOI) is pleased to announce a new benefit fashion event as part of this coming weekend’s Halfway to Saint Patrick’s Day Festival. The Second Life designer Jaimie Earst will be holding a Fashion Show on Sunday, September 19 at 1pm SLT on the WOI Estate at “The Glen” (Glens na hEirean). The event will showcase 20 ensembles created by the designer and featuring WOI Volunteers as models. Display boards of the featured fashions will be up through out the day with all items being available for sale. Proceeds from sales that day will be donated to War Child North America. 

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SPOTLIGHT FEATURE: Aspiring Model, Voff Uggla- Lanai Jarrico Reporting…

Staff Reporter • Wednesday, September 15, 2010

People from all over the world join the Second Life community. Some come for the business aspect, other’s for leisure and they discover something new and unexpected.

Originally from Stockholm, Sweden Voff Uggla found herself in Second Life in early 2007 to seek comfort after her beloved dog past away. Looking to Second Life and some comfort from her loss, Voff eventually found her nitch, in the form of everything Fashion, and even found her soul mate.

With her passion for Fashion, Modeling & Photographer, Voff is a contracted model for SSMA, member of Fan Shopping Elyte Models, she models for Marissa Bruun Fashion, and is also a model/student at Bel’Lys Modeling Agency. Voff has an Associates Degree from the Fashion Institute, but is still a student there, taking the advanced runway classes at her own pace. She graduated from MVWA on September 12.
Next on the agenda is MBMA, starting September 20. She was a pre-finalist for Miss Virtual World 2011, set for April, and a pre-finalist for styling Forward, a new reality TV show with semi finals on September 18.

SLE sat down with Voff Uggla to find out more about her history, what she does, how she deals with SL relationships and what she hopes for her future here in Second Life.

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FASHION: Modavia Fashion Week 2010 sizzles - Lacy Muircastle Reporting ...

Staff Reporter • Monday, September 13, 2010

Modavia Fashion Week 2010 got off to an impressive start with the media preview highlights event that both Lanai and I attended. Modavia Fashion week coincides with the real world fashion week in New York (ooh and Vogue.Com being relaunched too!! The site is quoted as ‘pushing interactive and social boundaries’.)
But onto the fashion week at hand. Hat’s off to the Modavia team that have put the fashion week together, they have done an absolutely phenomenal job and their efforts are definitely a tribute the the RL fashion week currently on the go in New York.

Lanai and I were literally gobsmacked at the professionalism of the launch event. The seamless running of the launch highlights show, the stunning music and the stark but stylish decor all worked together to make a memorable occasion.

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MUSICIAN SPOTLIGHT: Benisimo Luik: Songs from the Apartment...- Sandy Demina Reporting...

Benisimo Luik is a singer/songwriter based in the UK.
From his flat , Ben hopes to reach out to music lovers across SL and the world with his performance of covers by some of his favourite artists plus a sprinkling of his own works based on his life of passionate relationships and broken hearts.

He usually does covers from Bob Dylan, The Beatles, Eric Clapton, The Doors, The Steve Miller Band, David Gray, Snow Patrol, James Morrison, The Flaming Lips and many more!
We had a nice conversation about music in Second Life... 

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