fund raising – Page 7

April 18, 2017

Fantasy Faire 2017 Quest – Farion The Pixie Needs Your Help!

Many would say that the whole of Fantasy Faire 2017 is a quest, indeed I’ve had many a quest at past Fantasay Faire locations without actually being in the official quest area.

However there will be an official quest this year, and this one is The Bard Queen’s Song, which involves Farion The Pixie realising that his boss, The Bard Queen, has been missing for a bit longer than usual and this makes Farion realise something may very well be amiss.

FARION SUNBREEZE IS A PIXIE WITH A PROBLEM.

His boss has gone missing and he (and The Lads) have come to the conclusion that, while she’s been known to do this sort of thing before, something’s not right about this one. Were Farion a noodle seller from Kakushi Pasu this wouldn’t be a problem, but Farion (and The Lads) work for the Bard Queen – and an absent Bard Queen is bad news for the Fairelands.

Farion (and the lads, although they are not quite as keen as Farion) would like a bit of help finding out what has happened to The Bard Queen.

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April 18, 2017

Fantasy Faire 2017 Takes A Look At The Sponsors

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Fantasy Faire 2017 is just two days away and Sonya Marmurek has been busily publishing a number of posts in which she speaks to sponsors of the event.

These posts are very interesting because they give you an idea of the wide and varied designs and use cases of Second Life in terms of Fantasy, the obvious ones such as roleplaying, skins and building and then use cases you may not initially associate because they go beyond Fantasy, such as animations and dances.

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April 7, 2017

Still Time To Fill The Cauldron

Filling The Cauldron, a fundraiser to help Second Life creator Elicio Ember and his family is still very much running, indeed it runs until April 9th, so there’s still plenty of time to visit.

The event has featured people whom I’m familiar with from Fantasy Faire, such as Sonya Marmurek and Caitlin Tobias who are amongst the artists mentioned in a Meet The Artists blog post :

Filling the Cauldron features eight art displays in the main event space, located next to the Welcome Area. The art of display comes from a mix of Invited and Guest Artists, and has a focus on Elicio Ember’s creations.

Our Invited Artists are Alisaundra Andel, the official Fantasy Faire photographer; Sonya Marmenuk, official Fantasy Faire webmistress and talented photographer and Caitlin Tobias, official fantasy faire blogger and photographer. Our Guest Artists are Ursula Floresby, Deoridhe Quandry and John Brianna, all of whom responded to our invitation to artists to display their art at Filling the Cauldron, and they are joined by Vecchio Barbosa and myself.

You can read more about the artists in that blog post.

There’s also a blog post about the marketplace at the event, this mentions my chief elf!

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March 31, 2017

Filling The Cauldron – A Fundraiser For Elicio Ember And His Family

Most of the words in this post are brought to you via a press release for Filling The Cauldron, a fundraiser for Second Life creator Elicio Ember and his family at a time of great distress for them, which will be explained in those words.

Inara Pey and Saffia Widdershins are very much involved but I would also like to thank everyone who has helped, who will help, who are creating sparing their time and donating funds for this event. The rest of this post is from the press release.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

DATE: March 29th, 2017

CONTACTS: Inara Pey (inara.pey@gmail.com)
Saffia Widdershins (saffia.widdershins@gmail.com)

WEBSITE: https://cauldronweb.wordpress.com/

FILLING THE CAULDRON: ARTISTS, MUSICIANS, AND CREATORS
COME TOGETHER TO SUPPORT ONE OF THEIR OWN

Residents are familiar with the large scale fundraising activities on the Second Life Grid: mustering a world-wide volunteer base on an economic virtual platform to raise thousands of dollars for such causes as the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life, Live and Learn in Kenya’s “Feed a Smile,” Creations Park’s work to benefit the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research. Hundreds of volunteers donate time, talent, and treasure to make these virtual activities have a real world impact.

Every now and again the opportunity comes along for such efforts to be personal. Filling the Cauldron – Saturday April 1st through Sunday, April 9th – is such an opportunity.

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March 30, 2017

Sci-Fi Convention Runs Until April 2nd

The 10th anniversary of SCi-Fi Alliance’s Science Fiction convention opened in Second Life on March 24th and the good news is that the convention will run until April 2nd, so there’s still time for you to visit.

The convention, as well as being about many things Sci-Fi in the Second Life virtual world is also part of the Relay For Life fundraising efforts in Second Life, so it’s fun and for a worthy cause.

The about page on the organisers website informs us :

What started in 2008 as a single region Sci-Fi Meet & Greet charity party, has grown into a six sim festival of creativity and purpose; hosting parties, discussions, interviews with notable Actors of Sci-Fi, epic Trivia Showdowns, and one of the best theatricals the grid has to offer The Milky Way Cabaret.

Yes, there’s entertainment here.

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