With the wonderful help of a new Green Books assistant webmaster, WeeTanya, Green Books is off and running with a boatload of new May material!
Check out 15 new Q&A articles, including:
May brings many wonderful brand new fan-written Moon Letters!
Turgon, Ostadan, Quickbeam, and Anwyn each have a new column this month. Anwyn’s Counterpoint takes a mild biographical look at Tolkien’s views on war, while Quickbeam’s Out on a Limb takes a more humanistic view of the same subject, exploring how he has learned from great writers like Tolkien how to deal with the oppressive cloud of war; Turgon’s Bookshelf details a huge stash of forthcoming Tolkien books for 2003; and Ostadan’s Lore and Letters deals with a problem of translation very dear to the hearts of Jackson fans!
We want to spotlight some Tributes and a Special Guest article!
Last but most certainly not least, it is the triumphant return of Tookish’s Ticklers! The Ticklers are loaded with humor submitted by you, TORn’s readers!
Look for a new Green Books update in June, and don’t forget to check out TORn’s very own book, The People’s Guide to J.R.R. Tolkien, available now in bookstores and at Amazon.com!
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Press Release from BeastieBunny: Summer is here and it is time to get out doors! Announcing the Summer 2003 SF Bay Area LOTR Potluck Picnic and Apple Cook-off. We have been able to secure the wonderful location of last June’s event at Stern Grove in San Francisco. Festivities will take place on SATURDAY, JULY 26, 2003 between 11:00 am and 4:00 pm. [More]
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Edward sends us more news including comments from the producer, which appeared on BBC News online. [More] He also found this link to the Guardian online where their talkback page is asking ‘who would you cast in a LOTR musical? [More]
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Deseret News has a thoughtful review (written by TORN’s own MrCere!) of Gary Russell’s gorgeous The Lord of the Rings: The Art of The Two Towers book. [More]
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Costumes created by fans of TORn received five major awards at BayCon 21, the San Francisco Bay Area Science Fiction and Fantasy Conference, held in San Jose California between May 23-26 2003. [More]
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Costumes created by fans of TORn received five major awards at BayCon 21, the San Francisco Bay Area Science Fiction and Fantasy Conference, held in San Jose California between May 23-26 2003.
Over thirty individuals and team entries competed for prizes in the Novice and Professional classes. Entrants were judged on technical costume making, and on over-all presentation in front of an audience. According to Trystan Bass of the Greater Bay Area Costuming Guild, one of the event’s sponsors, the quality of this year’s costume entries were the best in over ten years.
Best of Show was won by the One Ring Circus, a group of ten who portrayed members of the Fellowship and performed a hilarious skit to the tune of “The Pitch (Spectacular Spectacular)” from the motion picture Moulin Rouge, as if Peter Jackson was “pitching “Lord of the Rings” to New Line. Spectacular is the only word for their costumes, too. Members of the troupe included Carolyn Staehle (Frodo), Leah Jakusovsky (Sam), Kelly Bolton (Merry), Cathleen Trowbridge (Pippin), Mitch Steinberger (Aragorn), Aimee Steinberger (Arwen), Kelly Lima (Eowyn), Gordelia Willis (Legolas), A.J. Wu (Ringwraith) and Gimli (Judi Grivich). (See http://oneringcircus.stitchinbabes.com/orcindex.html for
lyrics and more photos).
Best Fantasy Novice was a tie between two entries. Philip Gust as Theoden, who performed the famous “Arise, riders of Theoden!” speech. In a separate entry, Kathe Gust as Eowyn dramatized the moment when Eowyn first resolves to go into battle. (See http://celefinniel.webhop.net for more photos and costume descriptions).
Best Workmanship, Professional Class went to Judi Givich as Gimli for her stunningly accurate recreation of John Rhys Davies’ dwarf costume and makeup. The costume was complete with hand-made chain mail, leather work, shoes, helmet, beard, wig, and facial prosthetics.
Best Workmanship, Novice Class went to Philip Gust as Theoden. The costume, created by Kathe Gust, was a near-perfect replica of Bernard Hill’s costume, with hand sewn gold trims on the green wool cloak and brown velvet surcoat, a hand embroidered horse patterns on the neck and front of the leather-laced black under tunic, brooch, boots, sword, and belt.
The Greater Bay Area Costuming Guild’s Rising Star Award was given to Kathe Gust as Eowyn for her recreation of Miranda Otto’s court dress of greenvelvet, with brocade underskirt and lined front skirt panel and sleeves, hand sewn gold yoke trim, boots, jeweled belt and necklace.
Also competing were Jeanette Peters as Arwen, and Sam Peters as Gaffer Gamgee, with prosthetic hobbit feet and a long pipe.
Silviane Mann-Willrich as a Elven Maiden won a special “hall costuming award” presented to costumed participants for notable costumes spotted by special judges while walking around BayCon.
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