Category: Events

Relay for Life of InWorldz kickoff rally

Posted on by Inara Pey

August 25th will see the start of the first ever Relay for Life season held in InWorldz, with a special kick-off rally.

The three-month event will run through until November 17th and has the full support of the American Cancer Society.

Other key dates for the season include:

  • Saturday September 22nd: RFL of InWorldz Half-way Event
  • Friday November 2nd through Sunday November 4th: RFL of InWorldz Relay for Life Weekend
  • Saturday 17th November: RFL of InWorldz Closing Party.

The theme for this inaugural season is Colour of Hope, as featured in the season’s banner, as seen in the video, above.

The kick-off rally will be held on Dreamscapes of Poseidon (IWurl), commencing at midday IW time (PDT). It presents a chance for participants to learn how their involvement benefits the American Cancer Society’s goal to save lives and create more birthdays and the opportunity to meet the Society’s IW representative as well as gain inspiration from DJ KyFire Oakleaf’s library of originals created by all those who have been involved in the fight against cancer, including survivors, caregivers and loved ones of those who sadly succumbed to the disease.

Kick-off Rally Schedule

  • 12:00 pm KyFire Oakleaf – RFL Songs
  • 12:15 pm Hairy Thor Chair
  • 12:22 pm RFL Video
  • 12:30 pm TIGGS Beaumont
  • 12:37 pm KyFire
  • 12:40 pm Sting Raymaker
  • 12:50 pm KyFire Oakleaf- closing.

Following the kick-off rally, the season will comprise a number of events held within InWorldz, culminating in the Relay Weekend itself at the start of November. In it, individuals and teams will camp out, picnic, dance, play games and take turns circling around a track “relay” style to raise funds and fight cancer. The Relay Weekend will open  with cancer survivors leading the way around the track and being honoured in the Survivor Lap. They will be followed throughout the day by groups, teams and individuals participating in the track walk which will continue over 24 hours, and the weekend will include the beautiful, moving and silent luminaira ceremony, in which lights are lit in memory of a loved one who won the fight against cancer or in remembrance of a special someone who lost their battle.

Relay For Life represents hope in that those lost to cancer will not be forgotten, that those who face cancer will be supported, and that one day, cancer will be eliminated.

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BURN2: Dates, theme, parcels

Posted on by Inara Pey

Details have been released for this year’s main BURN2 celebrations in Second Life.

The theme for this year is, in keeping with the real-world Burning Man event, Fertility, and it will take place from October 20th through 28th, 2012.

Parcels and Prices

Once again BURN2 will be held across six regions, centred on Burning Man – Deep Hole. A total of 61 parcels are being offered for sale, with a further 34 to be given away. Pricing for the parcels on sale are:

  • 1024sm camps (with 234 prims) are L$3,500
  • 2048sm camps (with 468 prims) are L$7,000
  • 4096sm camps (with 936 prims) are L$14,000

There will be a lottery for seventeen 512m camp plots, with tickets costing L$10. Entries are restricted to one per person, and these parcels can not be transferred nor sold.

Parcels are currently available in Burning Man – Deep Hole.


A video by Missy Restless showing the 2011 BURN2 temple build

Juried Arts and Camps

Eight parcels (three 2048sm and five 1024sm)  will be given away specifically for juried art exhibits. Additionally, five 1024m juried theme camps are being offered.

To apply one of these parcels, please visit the BURN2 submission page for the guidelines / submission requirements and application form.

Events

BURN2 will offer a range of events both during the week of festivities and in the run-up to it. The week will feature the work of four invited artists (details to be released at a later date). Events during the week will include the Skin Burn, and ahead of the week, activities such as a porta potty building workshop, which will be held on the 19th August at 17:00 SLT!

Claudia222 Jewell’s “Rites of Passage” from BURN2, 2011

Volunteers

Those wishing to volunteer to help during the event as a greeter, guide, translator, etc., please visit the BURN2 volunteer sign-up page.

DJs and live performers who might be interested in having a set at the event should contact Buttermilk Panacek.

What is BURN2?

From the Burn2 website:

BURN2 is an extension of the Burning Man festival and community into the world of Second Life. It is an officially sanctioned Burning Man regional event, and the only virtual world event out of more than 100 real world Regional groups and the only regional event allowed to burn the man.

The BURN2 Team operates events year around, culminating in an annual major festival of community, art and fire in the fall – a virtual echo of Burning Man itself.


Burning the Man 2011, a video by Debbie Trilling

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Information taken from the BURN2 Town Hall meeting notecard, with thanks to Marianne McCann. 

Duché de Coeur: third Annual Music and Arts Festival

Posted on by Inara Pey

The weekend of the July 27th through 29th will see the Academies Royale de Musique and Peinture hosting the The Duché  de Coeur’s third are proud to present the 3rd Annual Music and Arts Festival.

The event commences at 13:00 SLT on Friday the 27th July, with Tamra Sands performing at the Languedoc Opera House Ballroom. Events will then continue throughout the weekend at venues across the Duché’s regions in Second Life, featuring a number of familiar artists as well as names new to the Duché, with a grand total of 20 artists performing over the three days of the festival.

The Music and Arts Festival is presented in appreciation for the continued support of our audience and as a part of The Academies Royale de Music and Peinture’s mission to support and showcase fine music and art in Second Life. The Academie itself will be open throughout the festival and well feature many of the artists performing over the weekend.

Schedule of Events

As posted on royalcourts.ning.com and may be subject to update (all times SLT).

Friday July 27th:

  • Languedoc Coeur Ballroom
    • A Reception & Auction Opens the Festival
    • 13:00: Tamara Sands
    • 14:00: Therese Nightfire
    • 15:00: Clarice Karu
    • 16:00: Joaquin Gustav
  • Isla Pequena
    • 18:00: Voodoo Shilton
    • 19:00: SaraMarie Philly

Saturday July 28th:

  • Languedoc Coeur Beach
    • 11:00: JooZz Magic
    • 12:00: Mapoo Little
    • 14:00: Ceci Dover
    • 15:00: WaltKeys Faith
    • 16:00: Maxx Sabretooth
  • Queen’s Hamlet
    • 18:00: Kitty Zeddmore
    • 19:00: Ichie Kamachi
    • 20:00: Noma Falta
    • 21:00: Prowess Rayna

Sunday July 29th:

In-world Contacts

For more information about the Duché de Coeur of any of the festival events, contact Duc Bedrich Panacek, Duchess Tatiana Varriale or Duchess SkyeRyder Varriale.

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RFL 2012: Underway!

Posted on by Inara Pey

RFL of SL’s 2012 Relay Weekend has commenced. The sims are open, and the survivor / caregiver walk has set the stage for 24 hours of lapped themes around the track. The weekend kicked-off with a grand opening ceremony – which I have to confess to having to miss as I couldn’t get into the 4 regions where the ceremony was taking place – and will now run through until 10:00 SLT on Sunday 15th July, with track laps taking place at the start of almost every hour, and a host of events and activities taking place across the track regions.

From the visitor’s guide

If you are planning to walk the track, donate, and joy in events – and of course, you are planning to do just that! – make sure your first port-of-call is the welcome centre, where you can collect your pedometer and walk-and-talk attachments, as I mentioned last time around. Here to you can also get your RFL of 2012 Visitor’s Guide, which you can also view on-line.

Welcome centre

From here you can use the teleport system to randomly TP you to a point on the grid, or jump directly to one of the points of interest – the RFL blog has a list of events taking place at the various stages throughout today and tomorrow.

A look along the track

The weekend is liable to be popular, so please try to be as low-lag during your visit as possible and detach any / all unneeded attachments. Gift bags line the track itself, allowing you to drop your Lindens into them at any time, and you can of course opt to swing off the track at any time and enjoy any of the fabulous builds along the route before continuing on your way – the themed walks last an hour, which should provide a decent amount of time for admiring builds as well as for putting in your laps!

Given this year’s theme is Time for a Cure, many of the builds feature time and clocks within them – often in the most imaginative of ways. All the builds offer something special and are worth a visit in their own right, and really are worth visiting and exploring – and give you ample time to join in for a lap or two!

I’m hoping to join-in for at least two of the themed laps over the course of the weekend – I have my costumes at the ready – and look forward to see you there as well :).

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RFL: 2012 The Relay Weekend is upon us

Posted on by Inara Pey

Tomorrow, Saturday 14th July, sees the start oF RFL of SL Relay Weekend. Events will commence  at 10:00 SLT with the Opening Ceremony, after which the laps of the track will begin.

When visiting the RFL track, make sure you head for the Welcome Center when you first arrive. Here you can obtain the Pedometer and the Walk and Talk attachments by touching the Track Tools sign. These will measure your progress around the track and allow you to socialize while automatically walking around the track.

The RFL 2012 track

While at the Welcome Centre make sure you also click on the Luminaria sign and receive a reference to the colors of the Luminari and the Themed Laps sign for anotecard on the themed laps for the weekend.

Track Tools -credit: photo by Lyr Lobo

As well as the track walks, there will be a lot going on across all of the track regions. There are three music stages and there will be a wide range of activities throughout the weekend, including: an art show, flea market, silent auction, snail races, a breedables auction and water activities.

RFL 2012 Relay Weekend SLurls

Machinima Expo 2012: submissions open

Posted on by Inara Pey

Pooky Amsterdam has tapped me about this, and I’m happy to slip-in this post for her.

This year marks the 5th annual Machinima Expo, a three day virtual machinima festival which bridges Second Life and the real world. The Expo will be held over the weekend of the 17th-18th November 2012, and submissions are now open for those wishing to participate.

There is no maximum running time for entries to the event, but a couple of rules must be adhered to:

  • Entries must comprise at least 50% machinima
  • Entrants must not have previously submitted the film to the Expo.

Note that films do not have to be filmed in Second Life (or any other virtual world – although entries created in any virtual world are obviously welcome), just so long as they are at least 50% machinima. The closing date for submissions is September 30th 2012, and you can find the entry form on the Expo website.

A look at a couple of entries from last year’s event

The Expo itself will take place largely inside Second Life during the weekend of the 17th-18th November (venue to be confirmed) and films will be simultaneously streamed in-world and to the Expo website. As well as showing this year’s entries, the Expo will comprise:

  • An awards ceremony featuring a grand prize, plus three Jury prizes. This year’s prizes include sound effects collections, a full license of Lightwave 10, copies of iClone5 Pro and much more
  • Panel discussions, live filmmaker interviews, a keynote address and live presentations on the craft/art of making machinima
  • Workshops.

Additional details on events and event streaming will be posted on the Expo website nearer the weekend.