| Keltish plays VARF |
[May. 9th, 2008|08:18 am] |
June 14th and June 15th is Celtic Heritage Weekend at the Virginia Renaissance Faire. How appropriate, then, that the featured musical guest is
Keltish. Not only do they have lots of new material, the old material sounds better than ever. I should know, I'm the one they keep awake at nights when they do rehearsals and/or concerts in Second Life. :) |
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GARF Invasoin Info x-posted from ![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) johnbroadfoot |
[Apr. 16th, 2008|12:24 pm] |
This info is posted for whiskeyfyre...
There's a new Invasion Hotel this year. It is the Days Inn in Union City, 6800 Shannon Pkwy Union City, GA 30291. (770)306 6067. It's on the same exit as the previous Invasion Hotel. The code phrase to use when making your reservations "Invasion 2008". The rate is $54.99, but for more than 2 people in a room, it's $59.99. These rates are only good For Invasion weekend, 23, 24 & 25 May. To get these rates, you MUST make your reservations before 16 May. The regular rate is $74.99.
Ya'll have fun! |
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| NCRF 2008 Invasion weekend. |
[Apr. 12th, 2008|11:43 pm] |
At least the first day of it, which is all I could attend.
Exactly 24 hours.
1078 Miles
7 hours at faire.
Lots of pics taken, shows seen, and updates made.
*That* was a fun and hectic day!
[Pics will be up soon]
Shadow Blasko
Rogue #150
IFRP #1265 Captain "The Silver Squirrel"
VamPirate #001
RenMerc #327
AFR God of Loki *thx Vicky ~g~*
Captain, Team Road Rennie-
"4 Wheels, 1.9 Litres, and an Ottertude" 491,000 Miles and counting.
Angus McKenny MacDóbhran
Servo of Sarcastica, Demi-god of film babbling
High Priest to the Goddess of Love
Pookie Bear *g*
5.7% cruel and unusual pure (82 of 87)
15.8% sexually pure (421 of 500)
32.0% draconity pure (68 of 100)
5.5% FaireFolk pure (121 of 128)
94% Freak
http://www.shadowsrealm.com
shadowblasko(at)gmail[dot]com
"In an infinite universe, The highly unlikely is inevitable" |
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| Attention motorcyclists |
[Apr. 9th, 2008|10:44 am] |
| [ | Current Location |
| | 20794 | ] |
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Team Wench is hosting a bike ride!
Complete details can be found on the MAIN RIDE PAGE, but here's the nutshell version:
* Charity fundraiser to benefit RESCU Foundation
* Sunday, June 22
* Starts/Ends at Burba Lake Cottage at Fort Meade, Maryland
* Ride starts early, picnic starts later
* Picnic open to anyone, whether they ride or not
* Live entertainment provided by Mobtown Hipcats
* $45 for drivers, $25 for riders/picnickers
* strictly limited to 100 bikes
Registration is open now |
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| Sooo... |
[Apr. 2nd, 2008|08:36 am] |
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Anyone going to NCRF this weekend have any extra crash space? |
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| MDRF FaireEver Passes |
[Mar. 25th, 2008|10:29 am] |
You can order the passes now and the procedure is the same as last season. They can be ordered on line by sending an email to [email]info@rennfest.com[/email] and providing the name, address, telephone number and photograph, then phoning the festival office 800-296-7304 with credit card information. ($80 each)
More information on tickets can be found at the MDRF website:
http://www.rennfest.com/renaissance-festival-tickets.shtml |
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| Grand Announcement |
[Mar. 24th, 2008|02:43 pm] |
| [ | Current Location |
| | 20794 | ] |
| [ | mood |
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Ahoy maties!
The crew of the 2008 Privateer Feast ("Rising of the Seven Sea Cups") held by Team Wench last month has finished counting your donations.
The night of the Feast we announced a hopeful/preliminary donation total of $12,000.
'Tis my proud duty to announce that the correct and complete total is $12,200. Yes, that's OVER TWELVE THOUSAND DOLLARS raised - with your immeasurable help - to fight breast cancer.
I'd like to also take a moment to send a special thank you, not only to the dozens of folks who worked behind the scenes to make this event a reality, but also to the performers who kept the evening lively. The Privateer Feast could not have happened, much less been successful, without every one of you.
Thank you one and all!
--
Ralph E. Nelson
Chairperson, 2008 Privateer Feast
Team Wench - http://www.teamwench.org/
reposted from Team Wench Events list - distribute freely |
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| NCRF Invasion Weekend 2008 {{Cross-posted}} |
[Mar. 23rd, 2008|09:01 pm] |
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NCRF Invasion Weekend 2008
April, 12th and 13th
If you want to schedule any wenchings, please email me off list at ladypriv at bellsouth dot net.
The Invasion dinner has been scheduled for Sunday April 13th at 7pm at Tir Na Nog.
The address is as follows for anyone who needs to Mapquest from their
home or hotel.
Tir Na Nog
218 S Blount St
Raleigh, NC 27601
Safe travels and we will see you at Invasion!!! |
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| It's only two weeks until the MS Walk!!! |
[Mar. 20th, 2008|05:45 pm] |
It's only two weeks left until the MS Walk this spring, and I'm only a quarter of the way to my goal! Team Wench could use your help to make sure that MS is eradicated from the planet, once and for all!!!
It's been fourteen years since my diagnosis, and four years since I wrote the post that detailed it all. A lot of things have changed since I first was diagnosed, and due in no small part to the funding that the National MS Society and other groups have received, that have been put forth towards the research that brings us closer to a cure every day. When I was diagnosed, the first of the drugs to help reduce MS problems was just coming out on the market, and was so rare they had to put it on a lottery system. Nowadays there are 4 different immunomodifying drugs that help to reduce the frequency of exacerbations, plus two more that also help to reduce the frequency and severity. In the medical world, that's leaps and bounds past what they could ever have done without your help!
Without the funding that they have received from donors like yourself, the NMSS could not give the physical and social assistance they have given to people with MS all over the country. On top of the money they give to research, they have programs that expand awareness of what MS is (many people think that MS is related to Jerry's Kids, or Lou Gherig's disease, or any one of a number of other similar diseases), programs that help people cope with the every day issues that can stem from their MS and their diagnosis, and help to provide durable medical equipment to those people who cannot live their daily lives without it.
I was once one of those people who needed that assistance, and I may likely need it again someday, unless we find a cure.
As stated in the MD Chapter webpage:
"Multiple sclerosis is a chronic, often disabling disease of the nervous system. Symptoms may be mild, such as numbness in the limbs, or severe paralysis or loss of vision. Most people with MS are diagnosed between the ages of 20 and 40, but the unpredictable physical and emotional effects can be lifelong. The progress, severity and specific symptoms of MS in any one person cannot yet be predicted, but advances in research and treatment are giving hope to those affected by the disease.
The National Multiple Sclerosis Society is dedicated to ending the devastating effects of multiple sclerosis."
Every hour someone is diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS). Please join me in supporting the National MS Society's mission to end the devastating effects of MS.
You can support me by making a secure online epledge.
Thank you - together we can make a difference! I want to be able to look at people some day and say "I HAD MS, but not anymore!" I want to know that nobody else will have to go through what it has done to me and so many people I know, or that if it does it won't happen again!
You can donate by credit card on a secure server, directly online!
If you'd like to donate, or if you'd like to join our team, please
click here to go to my donations page! Even if you don't live in the area, we have "phantom walkers" who can walk from anywhere in the world, and the fundraising goes directly to the NMSS! If you have any difficulties with the link, there should be one listed at the bottom of this letter.
For more information about this event, please visit the MS Walk in Maryland homepage.
For more information about the National MS Society, please visit the National Multiple Sclerosis Society homepage.
If you would like to make a donation via check instead of online, please make the check out to "NMSS". If you need my address, email me!
My thanks to those of you who have already donated to the cause, and thanks in advance to those of you who want to help those who have MS, and help MDRF's Team Wench make this eighth annual event a good one!!!
Thanks for all your support!
Cyd (Top 50 fundraiser, Sole Supporter, Gold Soles walker, and Gold Glider rollerblader since 1994) |
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| I'm hoping that this is a joke, but it's not April the First |
[Mar. 18th, 2008|12:19 pm] |
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1034090/
"Two rival Medieval shows vie for supremacy in the world of Renaissance Faires."
Starring Lindsay Lohan, Jack Black, Cary Elwes, Mathew Lillard, David Arquette, Ann-Margret and Orlando Jones. *cringe*
More info here |
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[Mar. 13th, 2008|11:49 am] |
| [ | Current Location |
| | Evanston, IL | ] |
| [ | mood |
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| [ | music |
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This is National Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Week. I have several online friends and one niece who have MS. If you don't know much about it, please take a look. It's not what you might think. It affects people in a way which absolutely DESTROYS any semblance of a normal life but leaves no outward appearance. People with MS are frequently told that they don't "look handicapped". This is a pet peeve of mine; not every challenge a person faces in life can be readily seen.
Please do anything you can. |
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| More from JIm |
[Mar. 7th, 2008|01:47 pm] |
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| this weeks Jim Sweetland update |
[Mar. 6th, 2008|10:07 am] |
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If anyone has complaints with my posting these please go here http://community.livejournal.com/a_f_r/35957.html
and read my response to your complaints...
thank you for your time and hopedully you enjoy todays update..
take care and be good to each other, {{hugs}} |
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[Feb. 27th, 2008|03:40 pm] |
Folks, here is an actual afr feed for your lj.
![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/syndicated.gif) afr_ljfeed |
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| MNRF Oral History project |
[Feb. 27th, 2008|12:03 pm] |
I haven't gotten many contributions yet, but I've started an online "oral" history project for MNRF so if there are MNRF veterans out there who can share tidbits of the history of the the Minnesota show check it out
http://www.historicgames.com/mnrf/tiki-index.php |
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| the adventures of master sweetland from the past |
[Feb. 27th, 2008|12:43 pm] |
I decided to just post the stuff Jim has posted in 2008, if anyone has requests to have anything from 2007 posted, let me know and I will attempt to get those reports posted as well...
{{{{Hugs to all}}}}}
Ariyana Dragowagon,
the hugging wench
IWG #1457, Bard #234
LVH #75
etc........ |
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| more FLARF adventures with the pig... |
[Feb. 27th, 2008|12:41 pm] |
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