Shelob writes: Many brazilian fans have been celebrating Bilbo and Frodo’s Birthday this Sunday, September 21st. The Smial Sao Paulo, one of 14 Smials that belong to the Conselho Branco (White Council Tolkien Society), had its Second Hobbit Party as part of the festivities. [More]
Month: September 2003
Shelob writes: Many brazilian fans have been celebrating Bilbo and Frodo’s Birthday this Sunday, September 21st. The Smial Sao Paulo, one of 14 Smials that belong to the Conselho Branco (White Council Tolkien Society), had its Second Hobbit Party as part of the festivities.
In the largest city of Brazil, many Hobbits, Elves, Dwarves, Dúnadan, Rohirrim, Nazgûl, Istari and Valar – even Spiders as myself! – got together to honor the two beloved Hobbits. You can see some of our pictures here…
The Party lasted all day, featuring our tradicional Costumes Contest (won by Nimloth the ElvenMaid and Elda Minyagon the Warrior Elf), the “House of Vairë” Storytelling (our audience heard the “Cuyviényarna” and “The Fall of Gondolin” tales), Role Playing Games set in Middle Earth, a great campaign to collect toys for an orphanage, and, of course, lots of food (it was a Hobbit Party, after all). Well, the party is over and all we can do now is wait until December comes, when we are planning to celebrate PJ’s Return of the King… with more hobbit food, I guess!
Anthea writes: Howard Shore is going to be conducting the Columbus Symphony Orchestra playing music from The Lord of the Rings on March 26th, 2004 in Columbus, Ohio. [More]
Not that we forgot or anything….we love you Sala! Today, September 22nd is Sala Baker’s (Sauron) birthday! Sala was born on September 22nd, 1976 in Wellington New Zealand. That makes him 27 today! Happy Birthday Sala!
No word if Galadriel foresaw this one in her magic bird bath, but Lord of the Rings star Cate Blanchett has revealed she’s in the family way. Blanchett’s publicist confirmed Thursday that the Australian-born actress was pregnant with her second child by film editor-screenwriter hubby Andrew Upton. The baby is not expected to make its debut until spring 2004. No further details were released. [More]
When The Lord of the Rings Location Guidebook by Ian Brodie was released in November 2002, to coincide with the worldwide film release of The Lord of the Rings: Two Towers, it went straight onto the bestseller chart, and sold an astounding 75,000 copies in New Zealand and Australia alone in its first five months. The book enjoyed 18 weeks at No 1 on the New Zealand Bestseller List and by September 2003 has sold a phenomenal 90,000 copies. [More]