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Bay City New Year 2022/23 prim drop in Second Life

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Bay City 2022/23 New Year Prim Drop, Saturday, December 31st, 2022

Saturday, December 31st 2022 will once again see Bay City celebrate the turning of the year with their annual Prim Drop festivities.

An outdoor, black tie attire and/or full dress event, the Prim Drop is open to all Second Life residents, with festivities opening at 23:00 SLT at the Bay City Fairgrounds in North Channel. Marianne McCann will be providing the music and fireworks in a 2-hour extended DJ set, and food and drink will be provided.

This will also be the final opportunity in 2022 to donate to Child’s Play Charity,  a US 501c3 non-profit organisation which helps seriously ill children around the globe during their hospital stays with the purchase of games and gaming equipment. So even if you can’t make it to the event itself, do please consider taking a couple of minutes out of your SL day and stopping by the Bay City Fairgrounds and making a donation via one of the collection bins there. 2022 has already seen over L$260,900 raised for Child’s Play – so why not hop along and join the fun and help push the funds even higher!

Get your photo taken at the Bay City Prim Drop 2022/23

About Bay City and the Bay City Alliance

Bay City is a mainland community, developed by Linden Lab® and home to the Bay City Alliance. The Bay City Alliance was founded in 2008 to promote the Bay City regions of Second Life and provide a venue for Bay City Residents and other interested parties to socialize and network. It is now the largest group for Residents of Bay City.

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Seanchai Library: Dec 12th-18th, 2022 in Second Life

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Seanchai Library

It’s time to highlight another week of storytelling in Voice by the staff and volunteers at the Seanchai Library – and this week previews the launch of a very special event.

As always, all times SLT, and events are held at the Library’s home in Nowhereville, unless otherwise indicated. Note that the schedule below may be subject to change during the week, please refer to the Seanchai Library website for the latest information through the week.

Monday, December 12th, 19:00: Call Me Joe

How do you explore an utterly hostile, alien environment; a place so utterly different, humans cannot possibly survive, and which is awash with lifeforms which, even if a human could survive on the surface, would rip him or her apart on contact?

You send in artificial constructs – creatures as powerful and strong as any of the predators roaming that world – creatures controlled by the human mind using psionics.

One such creature is Joe. Incredibly strong, Joe is more than a match for predators on this hostile world; unfortunately, he is controlled by the bad-tempered, wheelchair-bound Ed Anglesey. A man less than popular with his colleagues aboard the space station orbiting this alien world – but a man nevertheless capable of operating the artificial life-forms they send down to the world below.

Equally unfortunately, Joe – like the other units Anglesey has controlled – keeps suffering small, but irritating malfunctions. But are these caused by the environment and the fights Joe faces, or are they something more subtle; such as a manifestation of Anglesey’s fears at being so exposed on this alien world, despite the power and capability inherent in Joe’s body?

Or could the answer be in something else entirely? That’s the task assigned to psionic expert Cornelius, brought to the station in order to discover what is happening. And what he finds come as quite the surprise.

First written in 1957, Poul Anderson’s short story-turned-novella offers what might now be regarded as a quaint view of Jupiter as a world, and (possibly) a nugget of an idea used 50-ish years later by a certain film director.

With Gyro Muggins.

Tuesday, December 13th, 19:00: Selections from Terry Pratchett’s The Hogfather

With Caledonia Skytower at the fireside.

Wednesday, December 14th, 19:00: Seanchai Flicks

Films, popcorn and fun at the Seanchai cinema space.

Thursday, December 15th, 21:00: Seanchai Late Night

Sci-fi / Fantasy with Finn Zeddmore.

At the Dickens Project

The Dickens Project 2022 Edition
  • Thursday, December 15th, 12:00 noon: Dickens CVL Tour – Virtual Worlds Education Roundtable at the Research Centre.
  • Friday, December 16th:
    • 17:00: A Misfit Christmas Show – presented by Misfit Dance and Performance Art SL.
    • 20:00: Fezziwig’s Ball performance by TerpsiCorps Artwerks – Evolution Dance.
  • Saturday, December 17th:
    • 12:00:
    • Fezziwig’s Ball performance by TerpsiCorps Artwerks – Evolution Dance.
    • 14:00: The Magic of The Musical: Christmas on The Musical Stage presented by Virtual Community Radio at The Opera House.
    • 19:00: Rockin’ Around the Dickens Project with DJ Iniry Vaher presented by Eclipse Club & Resort.
  • Sunday, December 18th, starting at 12:00 noon: The Big Read: A Christmas Carol presented by live in The Opera House.

Team Diabetes 2022 Winter Showcase in Second Life

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Team Diabetes Winter Showcase 2022

The 2022 Team Diabetes of Second Life Winter Showcase event is currently underway in Second Life and will run through until December 14th, 2022. As with previous years, the event includes live performers, DJs, dancing, ice skating, and the Winter Showcase for shopping and the Kultivate Winter Art show. All of which is to raise money for the American Diabetes Association (ADA), through Team Diabetes of Second Life, ADA’s official and authorised in-world fund-raising team.

As is traditional for the event, it occupies one half of the Kultivate Magazine home region, with the Showcase shops for merchants and artists boutique style galleries bracketing the  central events and activities area. The merchants paricipating in this years event are:

Potomac Homes, Ever Green, !!Firelight!!, Pendragon Designs, Studio Line, MG Designs, Couture Chapeau, Dalrymple Designs, ART & FASHION, Artisan Antiques, Cosmos Boutique, Broomsticks & Cauldrons, The Undiscovered Jewel, QUE RICO Deign, Angel Fae Boutique, Fire Within, Peeps, Tchelo’s, PAJAMARAMA, Dollicide, Llama Inc, BE BOLD, Manikin, L’Artistan, DINKIEWEAR, Telsiope’s Couture, ::GK::, The Annex, Mystical Dreams and Fashion, & The Front Porch

Merchants are each offering at least one item among their displays with 100% of proceeds from sales going directly to Team Diabetes of Second Life.

The full shopping guide can be found on the Team Diabetes of Second Life website.

The artists participating in the art show are: Bagnu Resident, Chic Aeon, Eucalyptus Carroll, Hannah Starlight, HarlowJamison Resident, Jamee Sandalwood, Jessamine2108 Resident, Llola Lane, maggiemagenta, Myra Wildmist, & Johannes Huntsman

All artists are also offering at least one item of art for sale with 100% of proceeds going to Team Diabetes of Second Life.

In addition to the shopping and art, the event features a special hunt with prizes to be claimed. The 2022 Reindeer Hunt is an open hunt with tiny reindeer scattered throughout the 2019 Winter Showcase, in stores and in art displays. Find each reindeer and pay L$10 to receive a prize. 100% proceeds of the hunt goes to Team Diabetes of Second Life.

Team Diabetes 2021 Winter showcase

There is also daily entertainment through the event, with the remain days comprising (all times SLT):

  • Saturday, December 10, 2022, 12:00 noon SLT: live performer Grace Loudon
  • Sunday, December 11, 2022, 1300 SLT: live performer Kris Composer
  • Monday, December 12, 2022: TBA
  • Tuesday, December 13, 2022, 17:00 SLT: live performer Angelikus
  • Wednesday, December 14, 2022:
    • 16:00 SLT: live performer Max Kleene
    • 17:00 SLT: live performer Khiron
    • 23:59 SLT: Reindeer Hunt and Winter Showcase End

See the Team Diabetes 2022 Winter Showcase pages for more information on the event.

About the American Diabetes Association

Established in 1940, the American Diabetes Association is working to both prevent and cure diabetes in all it forms, and to help improve the lives of all those affected by diabetes. It does this by providing objective and credible information and resources about diabetes to communities, and funding research into ways and means of both managing and curing the illness. In addition, the Association gives voice to those denied their rights as a consequence of being affected by diabetes.

About Team Diabetes of Second life

Team Diabetes of Second Life is an official and authorised fund-raiser for the American Diabetes Association in Second Life. Established with the aim of raising funds in support of diabetes treatment and to raise awareness of the disease in SL, Team Diabetes of Second Life was founded by Jessi2009 Warrhol and John (Johannes1977 Resident).

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Lab announces 2022 seasonal events and offers

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Winter Wonderland

On Thursday, December 8th, Linden Lab announced the core Lab-supported / provided winter / Christmas seasonal events for 2022 in Second Life.

Winter Wonderland and Annual Snowball Fight

As usual, headlining the season is the re-opening of the Winter Wonderland regions. These bring with them the familiar Village of Lights, snowboarding, snowmobiling, ice-skating, snowy walks and more. Plus, as always the snowball fight arena, open for casual and group games – and, of course, the annual Lindens (and Moles vs. residents snowball fights.

The battles take place on Monday, December 19th, 202 from 10:00-11:00 SLT and 14:00-15:00 SLT. Spots are limited, so be sure to get there early to grab your free snow-launching weaponry from the vendors around the arena, and be sure to read and accept the local Experience.

Seasonal Gifts and Offers

This year, gifts are available through two options:

  • Limited Premium / Premium Plus subscribers seasonal gift  – a holiday light kit for your Linden Home available through the Premium Gift kiosks.
  • The December Premium / Premium Plus land offer in Second Life – no set-up fees on regions ordered during the month, as previously announced – read here for more.
  • A limited selection of seasonal Last Names.

Shop and Hop

The 2022 Holiday Shop & Hop this year with 320 participating Merchants across 16 shopping regions, bringing you loads of festive fun! Every store will have at least a 20% discount on all items and a free (non-group) gift for shoppers or a gift certificate valued at L$300 or above! Check the Shop & Hop blog post for more – including the event SLurls.

Previewing The Dickens Project 2022 in Second Life

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The Dickens Project, a seasonal celebration of the life, times and work of Charles Dickens with a focus on what is perhaps his most famous story, A Christmas Carol, officially opens to the public on Thursday, December 8th 2022s.

Now a tradition within Second Life – the first edition of the event was held in 2012 (and which itself grew out of a special presentation made in 2008), the Dickens Project offers a mix of reading, storytelling, music, events and activities, each year introducing something new to the mix to add a little more magic for visitors to enjoy – and 2022 is no exception.

Organised by Seanchai Library, The Dickens Project presents visitors with an immersive environment across two regions evocative of Victorian England in Dickens’ time and which is both home to settings from A Christmas Carol and stage upon which a range of events and activities take place throughout the Project’s month-long run, which concludes on January 3rd, 2023. However, this year’s event brings with it some changes.

This year we challenged a lot of assumptions about how we configured the land to tell the story, so Dickens Project fans will discover is a layout that is very different from past Projects, but still has narrative sense. It feels like a lot ‘more’, somehow, and yet will still have the friendly familiarity that many will expect.

Caledonia Skytower, Seanchai Library

The Dickens Project 2022 Edition

One of the key changes this year is the use of an Experience based teleport system and a skybound Landing Point.  The latter provides a map of the event’s two regions, information in events and requirements for visiting The Dickens Project (e.g. Victorian era costumes are not required, but if visitors wish to dress the part, they are welcome to do so).  This landing point also includes a series of teleport portals to different points within the setting – and this is where the Experience teleport system comes into play.

On walking through any of the portals for the first time, visitors to The Dickens Project 2022 visitors will be asked to accept the local Experience, allowing the portals to teleport them to their destination. Note that in keeping with the SL Experience system, acceptance only needs to be done once; thereafter all teleports through any portals will be seamless. This approach means that the regions themselves lack a common welcome area visitors to previous Dickens Project events might otherwise anticipate, but it also means visitors can have a greater freedom of exploration.

The Dickens Project 2022 Edition

Joining Seanchai Library in presenting the event this year are Virtual Community Radio, Innsmouth in SL and The Community Virtual Library, who will again provide research and information on Victorian life in the time of Dickens’ works. For 2022, the Project and its activities include:

  • Two scenic regions to explore and enjoy.
  • Live music, DJ sets, spoken word, dance events and performances.
  • Dozens of performers, presenters.
  • Educational and interpretive content featuring different aspects of Victorian life.
  • Horse rambler tour, and a hot air balloon ride.

In addition:

  • Four different dance companies – Idle Rogue Productions, TerpsiCorps Dance, Misfit Dance and Performance Art SL, and Virtuoso Dance – will present unique performances through the event.
  • Eclipse Club and Resort will contribute music sets in addition to a variety of independent DJs and musicians.
  • SL Hawks Aerobatic Team will return for a single performance of their popular “Ghost Flights of Christmas” air show in the skies above Dickens Harbour, this season with wing walkers.
The Dickens Project 2022 Edition

Of course, no edition of the The Dickens Project would be complete without Carol Week, featuring readings of A Christmas Carol. However, for 2022, things will be done a little differently. The week will begin with The Big Read on Sunday, December 18th at 12:00 noon SLT. This relay-style presentation involves a chorus of voices in a continuous reading of Dickens’ famous novella from the beginning to end. Following this, there will be daily readings of the story from December 19th, 2002 through to December 22nd, each day presenting a stave of A Christmas Carol within the various locations within the regions inspired by the story.

To keep up-to-date on the Project and its daily events, be sure to keep an eye on the Seanchai Library website and the Dickens Project calendar.

The Dickens Project 2022 Edition

About Seanchai Library

Seanchai Library (pronounced Shawn-a-kee, which means “Storyteller” in Irish Gaelic.) was founded in March of 2008 in Second Life. The program remains dedicated to promoting the power of stories to transform and inspire through live voice presentations: “We bring stories of all kinds to life, in Second Life and other virtual worlds.”

In presenting The Dickens Project 2022 Edition, Seanchai Library acknowledge the support and sponsorship of Linden Lab and the particular support of Patch Linden and the Land Team.

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Bay City 2022 Tree Lighting fund-raiser in Second Life

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Bay City Tree Lighting 2022

On Sunday, December 4th, 2022, Bay City will once again be hosting their annual Christmas Tree Lighting and fund-raising event. With it comes an opportunity to support Child’s Play Charity, a 501c3 non-profit organisation offering on-line communities such as the Bay City Alliance the ability to help seriously ill children around the globe during their hospital stays with the purchase of games and gaming equipment.

Activities will commence at 13:00 SLT and run through until 16:00 SLT, taking place at the Bay City fairgrounds. On offer will be:

  • Live entertainment by performers Evee Blackstar and FrankLee Anatra, and music by DJ GoSpeed Racer.
  • A skating party around the base of the tree.
  • The tree lighting itself.
  • Refreshments and fun.

Funds will be raised via a silent auction that will run through until the close of the event. On offer is an impressive range of items kindly donated by designers and creators from across Second Life. Bids are made via vendor, and  should your bid be exceeded by another, your Linden dollars will be automatically refunded. You can, of course, increase your bid if you wish. Items will be awarded to the highest bid when the auction closes.

In addition, donation kiosks are be provided in the Fairgrounds for those who would like to support Child’s Play without participating in the auction.

Bay City Tree Lighting 2022

About Bay City and the Bay City Alliance

Bay City is a mainland community, developed by Linden Lab™ and home to the Bay City Alliance. The Bay City Alliance was founded in 2008 to promote the Bay City regions of Second Life and provide a venue for Bay City Residents and other interested parties to socialize and network. It is now the largest Bay city group, and home to most Residents of Bay City. To find out more, contact Marianne McCann in-world.

Bay City and the Bay City Alliance and Child’s Play

Bay City and the Bay City Alliance have a long history of fund-raising for Child’s Play, and in 2016, they received special recognition by the charity, being awarded Silver Level sponsor on the Child’s Play’s website.

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