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Continue Readingfrodo’s girl writes: I don’t have a scanner so I took digital snaps of the Embassy Trust Theatre ad in the Dominion Post. All you folks who don’t live in Wellington and can’t get a copy could see their name in print. [More]
For more information on the Embassy Trust, click here.
There is a new guest added to the Best of Both Worlds convention in Canberra, Australia – none other than John Noble, who will appear as Denethor in ROTK.
BOBW has also added a Guest Table Auction. Organiser Adele writes:
Following several inquiries re the possibility of an auction for spots at the official tables, the following are the guidelines if you wish to bid.
Rules for Banquet Auction for the Lord of the Rings Convention.
There are two places available at each of the official tables at the banquet:
Table 1: Craig Parker, Bruce Hopkins, John Noble
Table 2: Sarah McLeod, David Weatherby and Ben Wootten
– Please note: No cameras are permitted at the banquet, however a
photographer will be available to take photos of you with the guests at
your table, and copies of these will be available on Sunday (2 free 5*7″
prints)
– Bidders must already be attending the convention during the weekend and
have a ticket for the banquet. If you have not booked yet for either,
please do so when you make your first bid.
– The winning bids will be payable immediately the auction ends.
– You may bid for either table, or both (of course you can only sit at one
on the night, so be prepared to choose!!).
– If you want to bid for seats for both yourself and a partner please tell me when you are placing two separate bids.
– Bids will be in Australian dollars. You can place a bid in your local
currency and in the reply accepting your bid we will tell you what that
means in aussie dollars (that way you know how much you are spending as
well as how it stacks up against other bids).
– All bidder details are private and will not be disclosed.
– When you place a bid, you will be added to our bidders email list. Each
evening Australian time we will email all bidders the current bids for each
table in order (but ONLY the bid amounts, no names or pseuodonyms – you
know what you bid so you’ll know immediately how well your bid stacks up
against everyone else’s). Note: you won’t see this list unless you first
place a bid – we won’t be spamming everyone.
– You may make as many bids as you like during the auction period.
– Bidding shall start on Monday sept 1st September and cease at the end of Monday Sept 8th September, Australian Time. The final bidders list will be emailed as usual, and the top two bids for each table will be the winners.
– If a place is tied, the people concerned will be allowed to make ONE
FINAL bid to separate them.
– The judgement of BOBW regarding the winners is final, no correspondence
will be entered into.
Talk to you soon,
Adele
News from BOBW in Australia. Adele writes: “As most of you would know, Brad Dourif cannot join us as he will be filming, we look forward to his company at our next LOTR event. “We were very lucky and were able to secure David Weatherley & Ben Wootten to complete our line up for our first LOTR event.”
So here goes:
The first Lord of the Rings Australian convention
Bruce Hopkins aka Gamling,
Guardian of Helm’s Deep ( Two towers)
Sarah McLeod aka Rosie Cotton
Craig Parker aka Haldir,
Guardian of Lothlorien
David Weatherley aka Barliman Butterbur
Innkeeper of The Prancing Pony
Ben Wootten one of the Senior Designer
WETA WORKSHOP LTD
Dates: Sept. 20 & 21, 2003
Venue: Rydges Lakeside Hotel, London Circuit, Canberra City
The costing for the LOTR events is as follows:,
1) Basic passes:
cost $135.00 per person per day, may not be eligible for autographs
2) Gold passes cover the following:
cost AUD $190.00 per person per day
rows 8th to 12th seating, autographs are guaranteed, however we cannot
guarantee professional photo availability.
3) VIP tickets cover the following:
cost AUD$250.00 per person per day guaranteed 3 to 7th row seating,
included is 1 professional photo with 1 guest , the ability to have a photo taken
with the other guests, and of course autographs are available with the purchase
of official merchandise.
There are only 100 of these places available.
Cocktail party / banquet, and wrap party places are only available to convention
attendees and cost as follows:
1) Cocktail party place $55.00 pp
2) Banquet place $75.00 pp
3) Wrap party place $55.00 pp
Accommodation rates:
1) Single / double / queen size rooms @ $120.00 per room per night,
2) Upgrades at $40.00 per night extra, namely $160.00 per room per night.
Adele & Brian
BOBW
Best Of Both Worlds Sci-Fi Conventions
E-Mail: alc@bobw.com.au
Phone: +612 6259 1619 Fax: +612 6258 0319
Mail: PO Box 960 BELCONNEN ACT 2617 Australia
The folks from csuohio.edu write: We’re very excited to let you know about our current plans for the upcoming 3rd ANNUAL J.R.R. TOLKIEN’S “LORD OF THE RINGS” MARATHON READING CELEBRATION @ Cleveland State University’s historic MATHER MANSION, 2605 Euclid Ave, November 20-22, 2003, in Cleveland, Ohio. This event is a cooperative effort between The EDGE: Lutheran Campus Ministry & Art Gallery and the Cleveland State University English Department. All events are FREE and open to the public. [More]
We’re very excited to let you know about our current plans for the upcoming 3rd ANNUAL J.R.R. TOLKIEN’S “LORD OF THE RINGS” MARATHON READING CELEBRATION @ Cleveland State University’s historic MATHER MANSION, 2605 Euclid Ave, November 20-22, 2003, in Cleveland, Ohio. This event is a cooperative effort between The EDGE: Lutheran Campus Ministry & Art Gallery and the Cleveland State University English Department. All events are FREE and open to the public.
Anything you could do to publicize the event on your site, to encourage people to be involved, would be greatly appreciated.
We would love to have viewers of your website who could make it to Cleveland, Ohio, to be involved in this event, to attend the workshops and/or be readers in the Marathon Reading itself, or just come and listen.
If you have any questions or comments about this event, please don’t hesitate to email us or visit our website at www.csuohio.edu/lotr/
We will be reading “The Return of the King” this year. In addition to the Marathon Reading itself, we also have four Workshops, a keynote lecture, the DVD movie version of “The Two Towers,” a Reception, several drawings in which we give away over $2,000 worth of books and related “Lord of the Rings” merchandise (donated graciously from Houghton Mifflin and New Line Cinema). We also have a Walden Books booktable at all the events with all sorts of interesting books and related Tolkien merchandise available for sale.
This LOTR Reading Celebration promises to be the best one yet. We’ve got a FANTASTIC LINEUP of Presenters for our Workshops and Keynote Lecture!!!!!!!!
We’ve got Tom Shippey coming and Joseph Pearce as well. They are incredible Tolkien Scholars. Shippey is the foremost Tolkien scholar around these days.
Our Celebration is an inter-generational event with people ranging from college students and faculty, to high school and elementary children, to other interested adults, local authors, actors, etc…, all from our Northeast Ohio area.
Below is the Schedule of events for the 3rd ANNUAL J.R.R. TOLKIEN’S “LORD OF THE RINGS” MARATHON READING CELEBRATION. Attached is the Flyer as a Word Document about the event that could be posted on your site. We also have a current Brochure which can be mailed to you that has ALL THE DETAILS that the Flyer does not.
Peace and blessings,
Pastor Gordon
The EDGE: Lutheran Campus Ministry at CSU & Art Gallery
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20: 4 WORKSHOPS
6 – 7:30 PM:
1) “The Lord of the Rings” on the Screen: Does it Work? (Prof Bruce Beatie, CSU)
2) Tolkien and Wagner: The Two Rings (Prof Ed Haymes, CSU)
7:45 – 9:15 PM:
3) Tolkien: Truth & Myth (Prof Joseph Pearce, Ave Maria College)
4) Trees, Chainsaws, and Visions of Paradise in Tolkien (Prof Tom Shippey, Saint Louis Univ)
FRIDAY, NOV 21: THE MOVIE
12 NOON – 3:30 PM
A Special Edition DVD extended version of “Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers”
FRIDAY, NOV 21: MARATHON READING RECEPTION
6 – 7 PM:
Free Food, Refreshments, Live Music, Mt. Doom Cupcakes, Raffle for GREAT PRIZES, as we gather for the Keynote Speaker & Marathon Reading of “The Return of the King”
FRIDAY, NOV 21: KEYNOTE LECTURE
7 – 8:30 PM:
J.R.R. Tolkien: Author of the Century (Prof Tom Shippey, Saint Louis Univ)
FRIDAY, NOV 21 – SATURDAY, NOV 22: MARATHON READING
9 PM: The MARATHON READING of “The Return of the King” will begin and conclude 1 PM on Saturday.
FREE ADMISSION FOR ALL EVENTS: (Registration required for workshops and to read). Lots of FREE Prizes! Call 216-241-7120 to register, or visit www.csuohio.edu/lotr/
Slime writes: Silme here writing from Canada to send in a nice photo I got of the life-sized Gollum statute that’s in my local Walmart right now. Doesn’t he look preciousssss? [More]
