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Stephanie Mesler
@stephanie-mesler
17 May 2015 11:48:59AM
93 posts

Decades Ball and Festival -- June 27 Fundraiser for TRC website -- Discussion and Planning


General Discussion

After some discussion with folks with funds, financing has been achieved for a full sim to be available for setting up and hosting The Decades Festival and Ball. The sim will be available starting June 7 for individuals organizing displays and events to start setting up. I ask that all such events and displays be set up by June 14 so that we have a week to bring in the virtual press and to take lots of venue pictures for PR purposes.

Now for the nitty gritty-- Volunteers will be needed to man the sim round the clock on June 21, from midnight to midnight. I can be there a lot of the time, in one form or another. Our friend Trolley has said she can be there too, in one form or another. We will need folks from many time zones to help greet visitors, to tell them where the various exhibits are and to encourage them to donate L's to the cause, maintenance of this site. So, please consider volunteering your time and energy for one or more two-hour shifts at the Decades Festival. I'll post more in a week or so about this. In the meantime, please consider the possibility.

It is already definite that the event will include a Decades Ball at 12 noon SLT on June 21st. There will also be live music events and several exhibits. Are you an sl performer who would like to be considered for a performance at The Decades Festival? Do you know one? If so, please contact me (or Freda Frostbite inworld).

Do you have an idea for an exhibit or performance st the Decades Festival? If so, please contact me.

Do you like poetry and do you read in local voice? If so, please contact me.

Do you run or are you associated with a historical rp venue in SL? If so, please send me information regarding your venue. Include it's name, a brief description of the venue, and an LM for the venue.

Do you have lots of contacts with the sl press? If so, please contact me.

Do you have an "in" with the good folks at Linden Labs? If so, please contact me.

Please consider joining the group inworld known as "RP Bulletin Board." You can find it in Freda Frostbite's groups list. It would be nice to use that group for communication with folks about planning the Decades Festival.

There will be lots more news once my rl settles down again in one week and a day. (How bad is it when you start counting down the days 'til a house guest's departure before the guest has even arrived?) In the meantime, I will be contacting individuals and asking for LOTS of help with this project. Please feel free to IM me with your thoughts and ideas and questions. Just know I may be slow to answer for a few days.

Stephanie Mesler
@stephanie-mesler
17 May 2015 07:23:42AM
93 posts

Decades Ball and Festival -- June 27 Fundraiser for TRC website -- Discussion and Planning


General Discussion

This thread is started for discussion of the upcoming DECADES event. I am happy to lead the charge on this one, as it is a one-time event and I am good at one-offs that can be put together, executed, and completed.

The DECADES Festival will be Saturday June 27 and will include many events over the course of 24 hours. This will include a Decades Ball and a fashion show, exhibits on technology and art, performances of music, drama, and literature. Yep, we're talking about a HUGE event being planned and executed in a very short period of time. There may be more. If you have an idea for an event that fits the theme, please contact me via email (stephaniemesler@gmail.com) or inworld (contact my main, Freda Frostbite, inworld). If you are willing to help in any way, let me know. Do you do great graphics? Take good photos? sing? act? write? read? Could you take a shift as an event greeter? Can you stand on your head under water wearing sequins while petting a boa? (Not sure what it has to do with DECADES, but I'd pay good lindens to watch.)

All proceeds will help to keep TRC website up and running and maybe even improve its lot. Location and specific schedule TBA for the Festival. Stay tuned.


updated by @stephanie-mesler: 06 Oct 2016 06:35:03AM
Stephanie Mesler
@stephanie-mesler
17 May 2015 07:12:06AM
93 posts

Royal Courts Ning: ♥ 2015 Fundraiser ♥ August 1st


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Starting a new Forum thread to discuss Decades Festival and Ball.

Stephanie Mesler
@stephanie-mesler
17 May 2015 07:07:34AM
93 posts

Royal Courts Ning: ♥ 2015 Fundraiser ♥ August 1st


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I feel very strongly that this event should actually be on completely neutral territory. It needs to be evident that it is not the project of any one rp community and is connected to no single historic era. And, yes, I am planning for the multitudes. The locations at the top of my list actually overlap more than one sim so it is possible to have more than 100 avs present at any given moment. Maybe I'm shootion' for the moon, but why not? If we don't shoot for it, we certainly will not hit it.

Stephanie Mesler
@stephanie-mesler
17 May 2015 07:03:23AM
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Yay! I have several things in mind with which I know you have experience and expertise.

Stephanie Mesler
@stephanie-mesler
17 May 2015 07:02:01AM
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Would love to have help, Claire-Sophie. Give me a week or so to get past my daughter's high school graduation and to get the out-of-town guest gone. Then, I'll have more idea what we need and what is possible. In the meantime, I am looking at options for venue. Thanks so much!

Stephanie Mesler
@stephanie-mesler
16 May 2015 11:30:26AM
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I sensed you were MY kind of gal, Tatiana. LOL. I will put it on the calendar and start beating the bushes for help.

Stephanie Mesler
@stephanie-mesler
16 May 2015 07:15:42AM
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Oh good that means we have time to plan an event and see if it brings in enough mullah to keep us up and running. I have a major life-changing event going on in rl this coming week. After Memorial Day, I will have considerably more time at my disposal. I love planning one-time events and I suspect my friend, Trolley, might like to help. Anyone else have skills and time they wish to offer?

Would mid-June be early enough to have a Decades Ball? Can I go ahead and start planning? I am thinking June 21 might be an ideal day, but that is Litha, the summer solstice. Are any of the the rp communities planning a solstice festival that weekend? If so, we could look at June 13 or 14 or 27 or 28. I would prefer the 27th or 28th but can make it work the 13th or 14th. Best of all would be the 21st if that date is not already spoken for.

Stephanie Mesler
@stephanie-mesler
16 May 2015 07:06:52AM
93 posts

Royal Courts Ning: ♥ 2015 Fundraiser ♥ August 1st


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That's good to know. I was confused by the fact the site is names, Royal Courts of Second Life. Maybe others are confused too.

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