2010 MardiGras (Steampunk Edition) Comes to a close!

This weekend we wrap up the 3rd Raglan Mardi Gras with Activitehs! First up on Saturday its The 3rd Annual Kings Cake Hunt!  Tiny lil tasty kings cakes will be randomly rezzed and hidden about 4 of the Cluster sims and each cake will have Moneh inside!! it could be $25 L , it could be $50 L, it could be $100 L, it could be $250 L, it could be $500 L , it could be $1000 L!!   Over $17,000L total hidden inside tasty cakes!  Tunes afterwards at the French Quarter!  We’ll start and end up at the Quarter and take out saturday as we head into

SUNDAY!! Its the Grand Finale as we present our 3rd Annual Parade of Floats!!

We’ll start gathering at the Silicube at 11 am and begin the Float Procession at 11:30 am SLT! TOns of folks and their floats will do 3 loops about the South Portion of the Raglan Shire sim along the walkways and then we’ll end up back at the Silicube for pics and madness!!  Then we’ll gather at the Mardi Gras Stage & Pavillion to end Mardi Gras with some Live Music as performed by talented musician Saint Skytower at 1pm!

Kings cakes, Parades & Live Music!  Let the Good Times Rollllllll!

BAM!

The Royal Court crowned at the Black and Purple party on Sunday, February 28th.

(image by Teal Freenote)

The Raglan Shire 3rd Annual MardiGras - Steampunk Edition!

MardiGras ala Raglan began with a lovely service and procession for our friend Stillpink who passed away a few weeks back. We dedicated the MardiGras to her memory and as she would have wanted it, Enjoyed a raucous gathering and shindig on the French Quarter with music and balloons and stories and Beads! Then on Sunday we enjoyed fabulous Jazz and Blues music performed live by Ichie Kamachi at the Steampunk MardiGras Stage!

This coming week we have Steampunk MardiGras themed Primtionary on Tuesday & Friday, plus Hedgehog Dj Shandy playing Steampunk & Mardi Gras themed TunEdge at the Paw & Whisker on Wednesday night and theres rumours of a special debut of Swine proportions coming on friday afternoon… Plus of course theres fun stuff on the weekend as Saturday we present Live Music performed by Zdiva Sorbet at 12pm noon from the Mardi Gras Stage followed by Entertainment from Performance Artist: Cellandra Zon at 2pm

Then on Sunday its the Steampunk MardiGras “BLACK & PURKLE” Masquerade Ball from the French Quarter with music from DJ Shady Fox! Its Formal! Its Steampunk! Its Mardi Gras! And the Theme is Black & Purkle to celebrate Shady’s 5th Rezday  Come dressed in your finest MardiGras/Steampunk Outfits and Accessories (Black & Purkle colorz!) as we dance it up on the Quarter and vote on this years KING & QUEEN of MardiGras!

Its Cogs, Gears, Beads, feathers, Music, entertainment and STEAM as MardiGras Continues and if you’re interested in participating in the Grand Parade of Floats, be sure and pick up a free Float Kit at the French Quarter! All info and instructions at the Float Kit display!

Let the Good Times Roll!

Yesterday morning on Valentines Day, we lost a very dear, sweet, silly and fun loving friend as Stillpink Sandgrain passed away due to cancer.

Anyone who knew Pink knew how silly and funny and compassionate and crazy and warm hearted a person she was.  Pink has been in Second Life since nearly the beginning and while she loved to traverse the grid and had many friends from all over inworld, she made it clear to me personally on the phone how much she loved the Shire community and all the wonderful people who make up our wonderful family of friends.

We will be dedicating the Entire upcoming Raglan Mardi Gras in her memory and Saturday will have a Memorial and dedication in her honor followed by a New Orleans Style Procession about the sims before honoring her memory in a way we feel she would have wanted us to, with music and stories and a celebration of her spirit.

Rest in Peace Pink, we love you and you will be missed.

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UPDATE: The Service for Stillpink will be held in the Heron Shire Forest at 12 pm Noon SLT. Please try and arrive 30 minutes early and if possible, please remove any extraneous scripted items from your virtual person such as radars, huds, mysti tool-esque items and the like. We ask this to help with lag as we expect there to be a lot of people and anything we can do to help is much appreciated.

This will be a New Orleans Style Procession in the spirit of the Raglan Shire Mardi Gras that starts Saturday and which is dedicated to Stillpink.  We will begin the service with some music and spoken word over the stream in Pinks Honor, then we shall dedicate the memorial tree in her name before beginning the First Line procession from the memorial site on Heron Shire through the forest, onto the Wharf and on to Raglan Shire where we will end at the French Quarter where we will then launch into the Second Line which is a  Joyous gathering with music and dancing, stories and rememberances as we celebrate Stillpinks spirit and usher in the Mardi Gras.

During the First Line procession please watch those in front of you. This is a Slow Procession which means we will be staggering our pace. We will be VERY SLOWLY moving from the memorial to the French quarter. It is a tradition to play very sad, somber music for the initial procession before arriving at the destination and where everything kicks into Second Line “party mode” to properly honor the recently departed. 

Expect the usual Lag and other SL obstacles. There will be appropo Swag for the service.

Scripts One ~ Using Easy Scripts ~ 2.15.2010 ~ 11:00 am and 5:00 pm
Ever wondered how to make stuff happen in SL? Things that move, talk, have text, and more are “scripted.” Whether beginner, intermediate or advanced, you’ll get something out of this easy and free class. Take home working gadgets and an understanding of how to read and change LSL scripts.

Basic Scripts:
Scrubber
Default Script
Set Text
Set Texture Anim
Prim Rotation
Give Inventory
Particle Bling
Menu Teleporter

Scripts Two ~ More Easy Scripts ~ 2.22.2010 ~ 11:00 am and 5:00 pm
The Second Life chat system supports communication between Avatars as well as between Avatars and objects, and even objects and objects. This class shows how to make it happen!

Scripts Three ~ Middling Scripts ~ 3.01.2010 ~ 11:00 am and 5:00 pm
Builds on skills from class one & class two; students build a device that informs its owner of location and a random joke generator.

Scripts Four ~ ** More Middling Scripts ** ~ 3.08.2010 ~ 11:00 am and 5:00 pm
Quickly reviews States/ Events / Functions & Variables and ventures into typecasting… how to change one type of variable to another. We’ll make a box that tells us what color it is and an avatar UUID identifier, then launch into Sensor events… creating a 3D avatar radar by the end of class !

How do you find the participating stores? Go to either the Paw & Whisker or the Welcome Center to grab your Walk of Love info kit which includes a map (that you can hold in your paw!).

Walk of Love 2010

Special thanks to Rizzo Taurus, Eleanora Newell and the participating stores!

CHINESE NEW YEARS AND VALENTINES DAY MASSACRE PARTIES!! AYYYIIIEEE!!

Is a busy weekend! In addition to Fryday Primtionary followed by a Dance at the Paw & Whisker hosted by Bloddy & Lego at 7pm SLT that will have a Enchanted under the Sea theme Caturday and Bunday are looking to be off the hook crazy!  On Caturday its the Chinese New Year Celebration.. Its the Year of the TIGER!! at 12 pm Noon its CHinese New Year Fever as folks will gather to kick up their paws to tunes spun by DJ Wolfear! There will be Free SWAG and CHINESE FOOD & FIREWORKS!!  Its a Beautiful Build and should be tons of Phun!

And then on Bunday, Fabuary 14th at 12 pm Noon….Its the ST Valentines Day Massacre Party!!

Tinies are on the run from Elliot Ness and his Tiny G-Men, but somebunny found a garage to decorate for a Valentine’s Day bash!  While we’re on the look-out for revenue agents, DJ Xavian will play songs of loooooove (with some mayhem thrown in for good luck).

Wear your best pinstripes and speakeasy/party duds to win contest Lindens for Best Guy and Best Doll/Moll!

And in the spirit of the day and tiny generosity, all tips will be donated to the American Heart Association!

Its yet another great build/set for a gathering and there will be tunes and Swag and STUFF!!

Plus look for info on the Upcoming Walk of Love where you can grab a map and walk the SHire and visit locations for free Swag!  PLUS, we’re only a week away from the upcoming STEAM PUNK MARDI GRAS FESTIVAL!!   AYYYYIIIEEEEE!!!

*flails arms about*

Fab pic of the Theater as taken by Shmoo! :D

LIGHTS! CAMERA! ACTION!!

A fabulous time was had by all at Bundays

1st ever Raglan Shire Academy of Arts & Sciences Machinima Film Festival!

The audience came decked out in hi society fashion ware to view and cheer on the films and their directors and stars while the paparazzi frantically snapped pics outside the theater. They were not disappointed as all the films told stories and illustrated the creativity of not just the creators but of the community itself. There was drama and pathos and humour and music and silliness and of course.. Waffles…. ON A STICK! AFterwards everyone danced the night away at the grand after party and Otter award winners hefted their awards and furiously signed autographs for the throngs of attendees. In short.. a SPLENDID time was had by all

Listed below are links to all the Machinima Films that were shown at the Festival.

Bravo!! and Thanks to Chaffro and everyone who organized this fun event! *APAWS*

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Pooky Amsterdam & Roscoe Teardrop - Puppy Clips

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Enjah Mysterio - Tiny Alien Invasion

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Bloodsong Termagant - The ‘I Love Awen’ Show

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Daveypup Nirpaw - Karma Kong

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BeeJee Boucher & Surfwidow Beaumont - Saving Tiny Ryan

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Chaffro Schoonmaker - Songbird1028 Sorbet ‘Mummer’s Dance’

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Lara Vidor - Waffles At Tiffany’s

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Pooky Amsterdam, Draxtor Despres & Samuel’s Dream - I’m Too Busy To Date Your Avatar

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Pyewacket Bellman - A Tiny Day

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Blunt Fhang - Tinies On Ice

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Misa Delight - Tomcat

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Chantal Harvey - Second Life of Brian

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Bith Wierwight - The Fly…On A Stick!

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]]> http://raglanshire.com/2010/02/raglan-film-festival-a-grand-success/feed/ http://raglanshire.com/2010/02/fabulous-fabuary-events/ http://raglanshire.com/2010/02/fabulous-fabuary-events/#comments Fri, 05 Feb 2010 07:43:29 +0000 Misa Delight http://raglanshire.com/?p=608 Get ready for some awesome upcoming events!

7th: Raglan Film Festival (11:30 am)
13th: Chinese New Year
14th: Valentine’s Day Dance
12th-21st: Raglan 2nd annual Walk of Love
16th: Raglan Shire Haiku Speed Build (6:00 pm)
19th: Raglan Shire Steam Punk Mardi Gras (through March 7th)

And all month long our regularly scheduled events:
Every Tuesday morning (10:30 am), and Friday night (5:00 pm): Primtionary
Wednesday nights (7:00 pm): DJ Shandy

Keep updated by checking the Raglan Shire Events Calendar!

(Image by Chaffro)

Valentine’s Day Cards with Misa
Monday, February 1st, 5PM
Level: Beginner
(details to be posted)

Kayak’s Chiminea Class
Tuesday, February 2nd, 9:00 am, and 4:00 PM
Level: beginner
Description:
Have fun making a lovely six prim Chiminea with flickering flames for your home or as a gift. Learn or improve your skills at Prim duplication, transparency, texturing, and adding a script to a prim.