Haddy and friends write in with another report from Collectormania 4, and some nice pictures of Elijah and Dom.
Me and my friends arrived at Milton Keynes at about 4am Sunday morning and sat in the freezing cold until we were eventually let in at about 9am. The queue for Elijah was already extremely long and so we joined it immediately to get our tickets. We were approx. 100th to be seen so we went to pick up tickets to see Dominic and Sean.
The centre was buzzing by 10am and it was already clear that people were going to be disappointed – only 1000 tickets were to be handed out for each guest and they had almost gone already.
We didn’t see Elijah for a couple of hours but when we did it was worth the wait 🙂
We weren’t encouraged to take pictures WITH him due to the lack of time to see all guests but I managed to spend enough time with him to make me overly-excited and, as my friend ended up in the same giggly predicament she also knocked Elijah’s coke all over his desk……not a good first impression!
Dom was just as nice, it didnt take long for our tickets to be called out and we were getting our pictures and autographs before we knew it. He was really nice and friendly as was Sean Astin, who we were allowed to spend a little more time with.
The whole day was amazing, the guests nicer beyond all hope and plenty of memorabilia to keep us little hobbits busy for hours!
Haddy xx
(plus Abi, Rachael, Rosie, Gabby, Tasha, and Sophie)
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Calogero writes: I was at the event on Friday, I went specifically to see Lawrence Makoare, Brent Mcintyre, and Sala Baker (for the second time, I met him at the last one).
While I was there I was disappointed to see again that Sala Baker had no queue, he didn’t last time either, which is strange as he is Sauron. But Lawrence Makoare had a big queue most of the time, and Lawrence was such a nice guy, he was so friendly, as was Sala Baker again, and Brent Mcintyre was really cool, but seemed a little shy.
I also waited for one and a half hours to see Kristanna Loken, but it was worth the wait. She was so great, and seemed pleased to meet the fans.
I also went to meet Neil and Adrian Rayment, and I also met Robert Davi. I just got back from the screening of The Two Towers, and on sunday I am seeing Fellowship Of The Ring, and then going back on Monday to meet Elijah Wood, Andy Serkis, Sean Astin and Dominic Monaghan.
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Where to see the ROTK trailer in NZ? Thankfully there’s a bit more choice than I thought: Adam emailed Hoyts NZ, and they replied that the trailer for ROTK would be playing in NZ attached to Pirates of the Caribbean, Bad Boys 2, Tombraider 2, Legally Blonde 2, American Pie: The Wedding.
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Ericka writes: I’m from Nova Scotia, where we have a yearly pumpkin people event in a nearby community (Kentville). This year’s theme was the movies, here is the LOTR entry. Enjoy! [More]
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EsteTook writes: Hi! I just wanted to tell people that there are some cool events going on in Cleveland Ohio for ROTK from November 20- 22! There are some Tolkien workshops, a ROTK marathon reading, and Prizes! [More]
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Ringer Spy Aleta writes: I just attended the Royal Scottish National Orchestra classic children’s concert, Magic and Monsters, at the Usher Hall in Edinburgh with my youngest daughter. Billy Boyd was there, narrating a brand new piece. Here’s my report! [More]
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Ringer Spy Aleta writes: I just attended the Royal Scottish National Orchestra classic children’s concert, Magic and Monsters, at the Usher Hall in Edinburgh with my youngest daughter. Billy Boyd was there, narrating a brand new piece. Here’s my report:
Well, we’re back! I wish I could have frozen ourselves in time to make it all last longer. The Royal Scottish National Orchestra was first-class, along with the RSNO Junior Chorus (about 100 kids). Most of the music was familiar, including the theme from Babe, overture of the Magic Flute, Fantasia & The Sorcerer’s Apprentice. There were several compositions I hadn’t heard, but had a familiar style–one was kind of like the theme from Jaws.
In honour of Billy Boyd being there, the orchestra played several tunes from Lord of the Rings–I want to say that you haven’t heard the Lord of the Rings music until you’ve heard it played live by a full orchestra!!! That was the highlight for me. Oh, the shivers when Fellowship theme boomed through the concert hall, and goosebumps when they played the Hobbiton theme. The Junior Chorus sang the song that’s sung during the closing credits of FotR.
Then Billy came out (amidst great shouts, whistling & stomping by the delighted audience, young and old alike) and narrated a brand-new piece called “Misterstourworm and the Kelpie’s Gift” (about 15 minutes long, by Savourna Stevenson, words by Stuart Paterson) while the orchestra played out the story. Really fun to see him put his heart & soul into the narration. It was about a flying water-horse who tempted unwary travellers on to its back only to drown them as it plunged back down into the depths, then the story of Misterstourworm (I love the way Billy pronounced that), a terrible, fire-breathing, snake-like monster. The music was played in Peter-and-the-Wolf-style, but with added narration. It was an exciting story, and I wish I had it written down to read it again. In the end the dragon gets burned by its own fire, and when it dies in the water, the bits of the dragon that weren’t burnt turned gradually into the Hebridean Islands off the west coast of Scotland.
The last tune was, of course, the William Tell Overture. Everybody clapped & stomped their feet (on the most expensive wood floor in the most of us will ever see–the conductor’s words) all the way through, and the best part was that Billy conducted the whole WTO!! He was hilarious, and kept turning around, smiling & waving at the audience, leaning back and going through gyrations while he actually conducted the orchestra. I think he was enjoying himself as much as the audience!
Our seats were in the Grand Circle (normally the most expensive seats, but cheaper since it was a children’s concert), looking down on the huge stage from the front right-hand side so we could see every instrument. The sad thing was that no photographs were allowed at all–something to do with fear of child pornography :>( Usually, in that kind of lighting from that far away, no photos would have come out anyway. I might have just tried to sneak a couple, but I we had an official-looking lady usher sitting almost right behind us, and I knew she’d come up behind and tap me on the shoulder if I got out my camera. No one else took pictures either, except for the guy from the newspaper with the huge lens, so we’ll be watching the papers the next few days.
So, there’s my report. Sorry I couldn’t send you any photos. I wish I could have picked up the whole stage & concert and sent it to you, along with Billy!
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