Get ready to sit down with friends and family to celebrate the 5th Annual Tolkien Reading Day sponsored by The Tolkien Society. Each year, Tolkien Reading Day is a chance for grownups and children to read together and share their thoughts about stories by Tolkien that they have read and to maybe discover new ones. Here at TheOneRing.net we encourage fans to virtually connect with our ‘Reading Room‘ discussion area and if you are planning on getting together in the real world, the Tolkien Society is offering free posters and free publicity for your event. Continue reading “March 25th is Tolkien Reading Day!”
Category: Meet Ups
To Celebrate Professor Tolkien’s birthday, The Lord of the Rings Cruise and Tour are offering a 1-category upgrade for new bookings on January 3, only. So if you were on the fence, don’t delay – book today! [Cruise Details]
After the torrential rains of the previous day, the sun was shining. Of course there was no avoiding the usual bees and yellow jackets (our friend Saruman was stung and showed a badly swollen hand), but overall everything was ideal. There was plenty of food, and everyone ate their fill (it’s not a hobbit picnic for nothing!). Games were played (Golfimbul…), trivia questions were asked and answered, scenes from the movies and the books were re-enacted. And lots of trophies were won. Two birthday cakes were devoured, and raffle prizes were distributed.
We would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone for participating in this weekend’s events, both the picnic and the wonderful Hall of Fire organized by our friends from Tolkien Forever on Saturday. It was a great Tolkien weekend in the LA area, and we look forward to seeing everyone soon again!
Reminder to all Los Angeles Tolkien fans: This Saturday September 22nd is Tolkien Forever’s Annual Hall of Fire starting at 4pm in Glendora. It will be an enchanted evening filled with fun, food and fellowship. There will be music, art, poetry, and costumes are encouraged. The dinner is potluck, so please bring a dish to share. Please RSVP to Saystine@att.net for specific directions to the event.
Tamara writes: We are gathering on the weekend of September 22nd, to celebrate the Birthday of Bilbo and Frodo Baggins and we invite any interested Ringers to attend.
On Sunday, September 23rd, we will meet at 2PM at the Boston Common, across from the AMC Movie theater for a potluck, trivia, readings, discussion and lots of fun. Please RSVP here and join our Yahoo discussion group, onewhitetree, for more details on this and future events. We look forward to seeing all of you and renewing our fellowship!
Our good friend White Lady of Rohan sends along this tidbit about ‘A Long Expected Party’ coming in Sept 2008:
“Greetings fellow Hobbits and other Middle-earth denizens! Bilbo would like to take this opportunity to invite you to the celebration of his birthday, during the weekend of September 25th-28th, 2008 (( that’s next year folks )) at Shaker Village in Central Kentucky. Shaker Village is as much like the Shire as any place on Earth. We will have games, music, guests and much more! Bilbo is waiting for hear from you. Please check out our site and come join us for the fun and Fellowship!”
TORn met the organizers of this event at DragonCon and are pretty impressed with what they have planned. Check out their official website!