The mighty MegaCon Comic Convention has added TORn friends Emerald Rose to this month’s convention in Orlando, Florida. The band be returning as the featured musical guests for the three day comic marathon to be held Feb 27 – March 1st at the Orange County Convention Center. The band will be performing Friday night from 8 – 9:30 pm, Saturday from 8 – 9 pm and Sunday afternoon, 1:30 pm – 2:20 pm. In addition, they will be wandering minstrels for the long ticket lines and at small gatherings around the convention. Check out the details at www.megaconvention.com or at the band’s website, www.emeraldrose.com. The band’s website features links to YouTube, where numerous clips of their live performances and music videos can be found. Emerald Rose is currently working on rebuilding their studio to allow for video production editing and live band recordings. The group has taken a break from national touring to focus on new music and storyboarding an upcoming DVD project about the band’s fifteen year career.
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Chris Bouchard writes: Just wanted to give you advanced notice that The Hunt For Gollum will be released on May 3rd 2009 for online free streaming in HD. Thanks for supporting this ambitious fan film!
Press Release: 30th January 2009
Independent Online Cinema presents: ‘THE HUNT FOR GOLLUM’
Coming soon FREE on the 3RD MAY 2009
Exclusive World Premiere on DAILYMOTION.COM and THE LONDON SCI-FI INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL.
‘The Hunt For Gollum’ is a ‘Lord Of The Rings’ Fan Film made by fans for fans. Inspired by notes in the appendices from ‘The Lord of the Rings’ book, ‘The Hunt For Gollum’ follows Aragon as he sets out to find the creature Gollum and discover the truth about the Ring… Continue reading “FanFilm: ‘The Hunt For Gollum’ Online May 3rd”
The Lord Mayor is formally accepting the gift on behalf of the city and the Two Volume set of conference proceedings are to be lodged at Birmingham Central Library so that the city’s inhabitants can freely access them for general interest, academic study, or scholarly research, and pleasure.
Tolkien 2005: The Ring Goes Ever On was a 5 day conference marking the 50th anniversary of the complete publication of JRR Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings, and the largest gathering of fans and academics from around the world. Over 750 people gathered in Aston University, Birmingham to give or attend papers, lectures, panels, and workshops on Tolkien’s life and works.
Word to us has come across the web in regards to the Alan Lee book tour we posted about a little while ago.
The *only* place to get early copies of TALES FROM THE PERILOUS REALM will be at Alan Lee’s bookstore events in October, as well as at Faeriecon — the very first place the book will appear in public. TALES FROM THE PERILOUS REALM will not be in wide release until November, so Alan’s events offer a very special opportunity for fans to be the first to get their hands on copies!
Liza sends in this announcement: Community Library in Salem, WI will be hosting a 2-day event celebrating Tolkien’s Ring Trilogy, September 19-20, 2008. Called Frodo Fest, this free event will feature live bands, lembas bread tasting, art, classes in how to speak Elvish, and more. Continue reading “Frodo Fest Schedule Posted”
To celebrate the appearance of Alan Lee as the Guest of Honor at FaerieCon International on October 10 – 12 in Philadelphia, PA, FaerieCon is offering a special 50% Discount off any FaerieCon ticket for The One Ring Community. Don’t miss this rare opportunity to meet Alan Lee and get your favorite Tolkien book signed. To order your ticket and get your discount, please visit our special discount section of the FaerieCon website via the following link. [FaerieCon.com]