Still haven’t bought your tickets for The Fellowship Festival? Shame on you! But good thinking as well! Because today we will exclusively give away two Silver Day Passes for the festival, and all you have to do to win them is answer one simple question…
The Fellowship Festival is set to be this years convention-not-to-miss. With an amazing lineup including Bernard Hill, John Noble, John Howe and Alan Lee as well as many of the Kiwi actors we all love so much this will be a weekend not to miss. TheOneRing.net is proud to be allowed to give away two Silver Day Passes for this event, entitling you to the following:
* Numbered ticket allocated in the best available seat in the silver section
* Access to Hall of Fire Theatre activities hosted by Craig Parker and Mark Ferguson (includes Q+A sessions with all cast and crew attending)
* Access to The Talan Workshop and Seminars
* Access to The Pelennor Fields live demonstration Arena
* Entrance to the Official Licensed Exhibition where exclusive LOTR collectables are available
* Entry to the entertainment each evening, Saturday Bilbo Baggins sing along, Sunday, Galadriel‘s Ball and Monday, Minis Tirith Library Challenge.
All you have to do to win one pair of Passes is answer the following question:
Craig Parker and Mark Ferguson are co-hosting The Fellowship Festival. Craig and Mark made their convention-debut at the same time at the same convention. Please email us the name and year of this convention.
Entries can only be emailed to leo@theonering.net and must be in before sunday 11am GMT. The winner will receive notification from yours truly. Good luck and see you there!
This week there are plenty of DVD goodies for you to pick up. Take a look at the list below:
Garage Days
Martson Csokas stars in this comedy written and directed by Alex Proyas. The film focuses on a rock band trying to make it big in the music business. [Amazon.com] [Pre-Order on Amazon.co.uk]
13 Going On 30
Many fans were delighted to see Andy Serkis in a small role in this dramatic comedy starring Jennifer Garner. Take a look at this one for a bit of Andy without the CGI! [Amazon.com] [Amazon.co.uk Region 1 Available only]
Hidalgo
Viggo Mortensen stars in this underrated action adventure film. The film is a mix of Indiana Jones and Lawrence of Arabia, with sweeping vistas and plenty of gunfights and bare-knuckle fighting. Catch this one if you missed it in the theatre. [Hidalgo – Widescreen Edition] [Hidalgo – Full Screen Edition] [Amazon.co.uk]
Sliders – TV Series
John Rhys-Davies stars in this Sci-Fi show that follows a team of people who found a way to open gateways to another dimensions. However they are unable to get back home. Get seasons 1 and 2 in one box set! [Amazon.com] [Amazon.co.uk Region 1 Available only]
LadyGreenleaf writes: I watched a bit of the Antiques Roadshow UK just right now because there was nothing else to watch, and also because I love British accents and I wanted to listen to the people talk. I don’t usually watch the show, so I didn’t know exactly how it worked, but I have heard of it, and I knew enough to know what was going on. There was a man, who was the ‘expert’, and a lady, who was the guest, with a bunch of papers and a book.
The papers turned out to be letters from C.S. Lewis, that had apparantely been written to a family member of hers. There was a five-page handwritten one, and another one that was three pages long, but I didn’t see if it was handwritten or just typed. It was not shown exactly who they were addressed to, but both were ended with very kind, appreciative comments, which I didn’t understand clearly, followed by ‘Yours, CS Lewis’.
But that’s not the best part! They mentioned The Inklings, and the ‘Eagle and Child’, or ‘Bird and Baby’, so I knew that it must have something to do with Tolkien. And, of course, it did. The book turned out to be a copy of The Hobbit, and I just did a bit of research and although I couldn’t find the exact book, I did find a picture of the design that was on the cover (it’s the attachment), and I can tell you that it was hardcover, and a pale, sort of olive green colour, so maybe you know which one of the many it is. The man from the roadshow said that it didn’t have a dust jacket so it was quite dirty and the book itself didn’t excite him too much.
But what did excite him was a very good reason to get excited about! Inside the front cover was a postcard written by the author of the book himself!!! They even compared the script writing on the card to the one on the maps in the book, and you could clearly see that it was almost the exact same, the one on the maps a bit neater. The postcard was signed simply ‘JRRT’, and the man complimented the script, es pecially the ‘T’. After this, he said that the postcard from Tolkien was ‘very rare’, and that the letters from Lewis were ‘extremely rare’, and also that the postcard (or maybe the book and the postcard both, I’m not sure) would sell for 500 pounds. I live in Canada and have no idea how much that turns out to be in Canadian dollars, but the woman who owned the items looked quite surprised, and quite happy also, so my guess is it’s a lot.
All I know is that many people would be willing to pay many thousands of dollars to own something handwritten by JRR Tolkien. I was still in shock trying to figure out how that woman was able to get her hands on something so…. ‘precious’, to hear how much the letters by Lewis would sell for, but she was quite surprised by that too, so I’m guessing some other large amount of money. I tried to go on the Antiques Roadshow UK website when the show was over, to see if I could get all the details for you, but unfortunately there were none. I also do not know if this is a recent show, or if it is just a rerun shown in Canada. It was surprising nonetheless.
The Lord of the Rings – Event Exclusive Merchandise
Cards Inc. are please to announce that we will be attending The Fellowship Festival in celebration of The Lord of the Rings on the 28th – 30th of August at Alexanda Palace in London. Fans will have the opportunity to purchase products exclusively designed for the event. These products will only be available to purchase at The Fellowship Festival so book your tickets today to ensure that you don’t miss out.
Two exclusive edition collector plates will be available at the event ‘Gandalf the Grey’ and ‘Smeagol’. Both plates form part of the character plate series and are a must for those fans who wish to complete their collection.
There are also two lithographic artprints entitled ‘The Shire’ and ‘The Grey Havens’ available to buy, both of which have been produced in a limited edition of only 250 of each. Printed on high quality art paper, each print comes complete with a certificate of authenticity.
Fans will also have the opportunity to purchase exclusive merchandise featuring The Fellowship Festival including a baseball cap, T-shirt and mug. A full colour show brochure will also be available.
Look for more information about The Fellowship Festival or to purchase tickets on www.aaaevents.co.uk!
Mind you, TheOneRing.net will be giving away a pair of Silver Day Passes for the event (valued at £150 each) this friday, so stay tuned!
Howard Shore’s THE LORD OF THE RINGS SYMPHONY with The New Jersey Symphony Orchestra
John Mauceri, conductor / Sissel, vocalist / Montclair State University Chorale / New Jersey Youth Chorus
TWO PERFORMANCES ONLY: Friday, December 3, 2004 at 8:00pm and Saturday, December 4, 2004 at 8:00pm
NJPAC and NJSO join forces to present the NY Metropolitan Area premiere of THE LORD OF THE RINGS SYMPHONY: SIX MOVEMENTS FOR ORCHESTRA AND CHORUS, a multi-media extravaganza featuring music from the blockbuster big-screen trilogy whose soundtrack recordings have sold over 4 million copies. This once-in-a-lifetime concert will feature composer Howard Shore’s monumental, Grammy and Academy Award-winning score from all three Lord of the Rings films in a six-movement, two-hour musical journey into the realm of Middle Earth – from the tranquility of the Shire to the horrors of Mordor and explosive Mount Doom. To enhance the musical experience, storyboard sketches from the movie trilogy and original illustrations for the centenary edition of J.R.R. Tolkien’s books will be projected above the orchestra. This spectacular event will incorporate more than 200 performers, including the full New Jersey Symphony Orchestra and two choruses.
Tickets for this performance range from $15 to $68. Tickets are on sale now through, via phone toll-free at 1-888-466-5722, online at www.njpac.org, and at the NJPAC Box Office, One Center Street, Newark, open Mon. to Sat. from 12pm to 6pm, and Sun. from 10am to 3pm. (A $2 facility fee will be added to the price of each ticket purchased through NJPAC. No discounts apply for this special engagement. Please note that the NJPAC Box Office will be closed from August 2 through 29; during that period, tickets will be available online at www.njpac.org and via phone at 1-888-466-5722.)
Etellenie writes: The movie trilogy of The Lord of the Rings will be shown in Parma (Italy) at the summer arena of the Astra D’Essai theater the next three Thursdays: the 5th, the 12th and the 19th. The evenings will be introduced by costumed pageants, music and a buffet dinner offered to the spectators.
The initiative is organized by the Culture Area of the City of Parma – Cinema Office, in collaboration with the Astra D’Essai theater.
The event will consist of the extended versions of the first two movies, i.e. the extended version of The Company of the Ring on Thursday, August 5th – followed by the extended version of The Two Towers on Thursday, August 12th – and finally on Thursday August 19th The Return of the King. On all three occasions the movie will start at 9:30 p.m., but admission is at 8:30 p.m. with the concert starting at 9:00 p.m.
Every evening, before the movie, there will be a pageant of players dressed in costumes based on the originals worn by the actors in the movie, with a concert of musicians and singers specialized in Medieval and Celtic repertoires, followed by a buffet of welcome to the spectators kindly offered by “Slow Food – Convivio di Parma” to introduce everyone gradually into the climate and atmosphere of the sounds and scenes of the movies.
The initiative was made possible thanks to the precious collaboration of the cultural association Yavin 4, to which the fans of the Lord of the Rings belong. They will characterize the three evenings with their costumes, respectively representing the Nazgûls, the Elves and the Gondorians, with the Medieval musical group of the “Lindòrinand” the first two evenings and the Celtic music group “Kalevala” for the last.
The cultural association “Tribe of the Cuckoos” (from Gattatico, Reggio Emilia) will provide the costumes for the service personnel, and several makeup artists from SFX Studios – Parma (specialized in makeup and special professional effects) the evening of August 19 will apply pointed ears to the spectators. Original jewelry and other products will be displayed for promotional purposes.
The cost of the ticket for each movie is € 7, but a specific subscription ticket to all three is available at the price of just € 12.
The initiative was made possible thanks to the contribution of the Monte Parma Bank.
Information: IAT, Tourist Office of the City of Parma: phone 0039.0521.218889 e-mail turismo@comune.parma.it
