This year’s 2012 Dragon*Con Charity Auction will raise money for the Georgia chapter of ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis). Tolkien fan and former Dragon*Con Tolkien Track director Melissa “Fiver” Kern and her husband Chris at projectfiver are collecting decorated Converse Sneakers to sell at the auction.
How can you get involved? If you find an artist to decorate the sneakers, projectfiver will supply the sneakers! All the decorated sneakers will then be put up for sale at the 2012 Dragon*Con Charity Auction held on Sunday, September 2 2012.
Find out more about this good cause at ProjectFiver and at the Dragon*Con Charity Auction page.
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Ringer Lissuin provides a translation of the Aftonbladet article about the self-sufficient Hobbit village planned for Stockholm in Sweden.
You’ll soon be able to live like a Hobbit — in Sweden
An entire village from The Lord of the Rings is going to be built — on Musk Island. Soon you’ll be able to live like Bilbo in Stockholm’s archipelago. The Lord of the Rings village will entice stressed-out city dwellers to live under the ground. Continue reading “Translation: Swedes plan self-sufficient Hobbit village”
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Thanks to ringer-spy Idni for sending this in:
A Hobbit village is being planned to be built on on the island Muskö in the Stockholm archipelago, the village will have 10-15 small houses for condominium ownership.
John Higson, Marie Eriksston and with the help of Simon Dale are also planning to make the village self-sufficient complete with their own brewery, dairy, bakery and last but not least a pub.
The article from Aftonbladet’s web-newspaper is in Swedish complete with photos take a look!
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“A Party of Special Magnificence”
Red Carpet Tours in conjunction with the TheOneRing.net are having a Hobbit Premiere Costume Party in Wellington on November 26.
You provide your own costume and we’ll provide the atmosphere, music, nibbles and specially invited guests. And what an atmosphere, as hundreds of fans celebrate The Hobbit!
All those booked on the Red Carpet Hobbit Premiere Tour, you have your ticket price included in your Tour payment.
Those of you on the shorter TheOneRing.net Tour and those who will be in Wellington for the World Premiere – you can buy your tickets directly through our Secure Booking Form
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For most Olympians, wearing the colors of there country is enough, but for others an ink gun provides the opportunity to express themselves in a more permanent way.
It seems that Karine Sergerie, a member of the Canadian taekwondo team heading to the 2012 London Olympics is a Lord of the Rings fan, sporting a quote from Gandalf in The Fellowship Of The Ring as tattoo on her forearm from that reads “All we have to do is decide what to do with the time given to us.” now that’s a good mantra to go by!
Thanks to ringer spy Pearl Sandybanks for the spot. [look!] for full size.
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Ringer Tithenmamiwen pointed us in the direction of these very talented fellows.
Lord of the Rings a-capella in just 99 seconds — using all of Howard Shore’s key leitmotifs from the Rings score. Or as they write: “40,920 seconds converted into 99.”
A very cool concept and wonderfully executed. Go and enjoy!
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