Orodromeus writes: Hello fellow tolkiendili and TORn staffers! Just a few words on the concert of February 11th, 2006 in Lyon, France. For the 2005-2006 season, dates for the Lord of the Rings Symphony in Europe are very few. France got 2 dates, and I believe there are 2 more in Germany. It was the first time the Symphony was presented in France, and oddly enough it didn’t happen in the capital, Paris, but in Lyon. [More]
Category: Old Main News
This weekend, Hall of Fire finally resumes its Silmarillion chats with chapter 16 — Of Maeglin. We’ll explore the tragic tale of Aredhel and Eol, exploring what spurred the White Lady of Gondolin to leave the hidden city and how it set in train a trail of events that leads right up the sacking of Gondolin itself.
‘So you forsake your father and his kin, ill-gotten son! Here shall you fail of all your hopes, and here may you yet die the same death as I.’ Eol at Gondolin. [More]
djdeathskiss writes: Billy Boyd, John Noble, and Weta’s Daniel Falconer are just 3 of the guests so far scheduled to appear at Con-spiracy, the Minnesota Science Fiction Fantasy Festival, September 1-3 in Bloominton, MN. [More]
Meghan, Online Community Manager for The Lord of the Rings Online writes: This week on the LOTRO site we’ve posted two new screenshots. You can find them at the top of our screenshot gallery.
If all goes as planned, next week we’ll be bringing you the last installment of our recent (but not final) series of class updates – the Lore-master. You might have read in the March issue of Computer Games that the Lore-master can have a raven companion!
Andy Serkis, John Rhys-Davies, Sala Baker and Shane Rangi are slated to be guests this weekend at ‘Collectormania G-Mex’ in Manchester, UK. From the press release: This February Manchester will play host to the largest collectors event in the North of England, and to launch the show with a real bang we will be giving you the chance to meet the stars of the greatest tv shows such as Star Trek, Lost and Stargate SG-1, and this Winter’s biggest blockbuster movies, King Kong, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, and Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe! [More]
Orodromeus writes: I’m going to the Symphony tonight! After the cancellation of yesterday’s concert, the latest news is that tonight Terry Edwards’ chief assistant Scott Dunn will be conducting. So the Saturday concert will take place, while the Friday public will be given its money back. I’m hoping tonight’s concert will take place! I’ll be sending an e-mail on how it all went. Keep up the good work!