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We are teaming up with Sideshow/Weta Collectibles to giveaway a SOLD OUT 3/4 Scale Gollum head, a set of the highly prized Series 1 Miniature Helms, and some of our brand new TORn items. Check out the contest-home for more!
Sir Ian McKellen will play a pantomime dame as part of Hollywood actor Kevin Spacey’s first season as artistic director of London’s Old Vic theatre. The Lord of the Rings star will play Widow Twanky in a production of Aladdin, Spacey announced on Thursday. [More]
Bekah writes: Here is a photo of my uncle who was in The Battle of the Pelennor Fields, just outside of Twizel. [More]
BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND – It’s central England, not Middle-Earth, but one school is offering its students the chance to learn Elvish. [More]
Learn to speak Elvish, the only way you’ll ever have anything in common with Orlando Bloom or Liv Tyler.
BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND – It’s central England, not Middle-Earth, but one school is offering its students the chance to learn Elvish.
Youngsters at the Turves Green Boys’ Technology College in Birmingham are being offered weekly after-hours lessons in Sindarin, a form of Elvish invented by Lord of the Rings creator J.R.R. Tolkien.
Educational co-ordinator Zainab Thorp hopes the classes help boost students’ self esteem. “The recent success of the Lord of the Rings films has increased the interest in learning Elvish,” Thorp says. “The children really enjoy it. It breaks the idea that education should be simply about getting a job.”
She says that Tolkien was an expert in ancient languages who developed two forms of Elvish. Sindarin was based on Welsh sounds and was more commonly used, while Quenya, which related to Finnish, was largely a ceremonial language.
“A couple of the boys are very into role-playing games. Knowing Sindarin is useful when giving orders to their Elvish armies,” Thorp says. “It’s also very useful if they want to go to university to study, as it involves looking at some of Tolkien’s old manuscripts. This develops some very complex skills.” Whatever works, right?
TolCon’s Rebekah writes: Due to technical difficulties with online registration, TolCon’s pre-registration will be extended to April 26th. For those who have tried to reserve a room at the Sea-Tac Marriott and were told none were available, this was in error and has been corrected. Rooms are still available! We encourage you to call again and make reservations in the TolCon/NW Tolkien Society block. [More]
