Renaissance Island: Events for November 2-8, 2009

PARISH OF READING PRIMLEY, RENAISSANCE ISLAND
Events for November 2-8, 2009

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EVENTS OF THE WEEK:
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JOUST PRACTICE
Tuesday, 3 November, 2009
5:00 pm SLT
Tilting Yard, Renaissance Island

Joust practice in the training arena.  We practice our jousting and fencing. Anyone is welcome to come practice with us or cheer from the stands.  We also have all items necessary available for purchase here in our Village.
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Story Telling
Thursday, 5 November, 2009
5:00 pm SLT
Crown & Rose Tavern, Renaissance Island

Bring your favorite story to tell or just come to listen.  Storytellers can use either text or voice chat.
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En Garde Fencing Tournament
Saturday, 7 November, 2009
1:00 pm SLT
Fencing Area, Renaissance Island

Once again our fair Parish will be hosting a United En Garde tournament at 1 PM SL time, next Saturday, November 7th. The tournament is open to all players ranked Class C and below (and if you don’t know what this means you are likely in that category)

25L Entry Fee, all fees go for prize money.
Feel free to come and enter, or watch.
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Weekly Parish Meeting
Sunday, 8 November, 2009
5:00 pm SLT
Location TBD
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Videos: Celebration of the 500th Anniversary of Henry VIII’s Coronation on Renaissance Island

Video:  “Renaissance Island Volunteers: Planning the Coronation of Henry VIII & Katherine of Aragon“

Video:  “500th Anniversary: Coronation of Henry VIII & Katherine of Aragon (Trailer)“

Video:  “Renaissance Island: Coronation of Henry VIII & Katherine of Aragon“

Henry VIII’s Coronation

Photos of Henry VIII’s coronation on Renaissance Island on 27 June 2009:

Henry VIII Knighting New Knights of the Bath

Photos of Henry VIII knighting new Knights of the Bath on Renaissance Island on 27 June 2009:

Celebration of 500th Anniversary of Henry VIII’s Coronation on Renaissance Island

Five hundred years ago today, Henry VIII and Katherine of Aragon were jointly crowned at Westminster Abbey.

To celebrate this momentous occasion, Renaissance Island will enact the event on the weekend. The Parish is deep in the throes of cleaning the streets and polishing the Abbey!  We hope that you will join us to take part in the pageantry, fun, food, and music, as the 16th century steps out of the history books to meet the 21st!

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

Saturday, June 27

11:30 am SLT (PDT) — Knighting
Location: Church
Two days before coronation at the Tower of London, 26 new Knights of the Bath, including proud fathers Thomas Boleyn and Thomas Parr, were made.

12:00 noon — Procession/Coronation/Banquet
Location:  Lagswell Manor, Streets, Church
“The royal procession through the city the next day to Westminster followed a route hung with tapestries and cloth of gold. . . .” (1)  The royals will process from Lagswell Manor through the streets to the “Abbey.”  Scrumptious banquet to follow at the knot garden!

4:00 pm — Coronation Ball
Location:  Lagswell Manor/Knot Garden
Minstrel Gabrielle Riel will spin her magic music. There will be much merriment and dancing!

5:00pm — Fireworks
Location:  in the sky

Sunday, June 28

11:00am — Concert by Atheene Dodonpa
Location: Church
Mistress Dodonpa is a minstrel maiden — a musical storyteller who uses various instruments to accompany her soprano voice: recorders and pipes, symphonie, bowed psaltery, rebec, bells and medieval harp.

12:00 noon — Jousting Tournament
Location: Tilting area
Lord Merlin and Knights of the Bath will joust in a tourney with His Majesty bestowing tokens to the winners.

(1)  Lucy Wooding.  Henry VIII. London: Routledge, 2008.  Available through libraries and bookstores everywhere!!

Renaissance Island: Shakespeare’s Birthday Celebration 2009

Saturday, April 25, 3-6 p.m. SLT (PDT)

Globe Theatre, 3:00 p.m.

Sonnet reading
Introductory remarks
Scene from Romeo and Juliet
Discussion with audience

Arena, 4:30 p.m.

Fencing

Rose and Crown, 5:15 p.m.

Storytelling

Sunday, April 26, 12-3 p.m. SLT (PDT)

Manor House Garden, 12:00 noon

Sonnet reading

Arena, 1:00 p.m.

Fencing
Jousting

Globe Theatre, 2:00 p.m.

Scenes from Much Ado about Nothing and  Henry V
Discussion with audience

Both Days

Commons Area

Faire with merchants, games, and dancing

Demonstrations, Tours, and Lectures

Kitchen
School
Globe Theatre
Gardens

Snapshots from Feb. 3 Tournament

Last night I took some snapshots at the tournament on Renaissance Island.  Here are some of the better ones:

Tournament – Feb. 3

A Royal Joust will be held Tuesday, February 3,  at 5 p.m.  PST (SLT) on Renaissance Island, with cash awards for first- and second-place contenders.

Come and cheer on the knight of your choice!!

There be a rumour that good Queen Bess may officiate.

Concert of English Renaissance Music – Jan. 18

Thom Dowd and Gorse Ferraris will be performing English Renaissance music at noon SLT (PST) on Sun., Jan. 18, in the manor house on Renaissance Island in Second Life.

Royal Boar Hunt – Jan. 10

Royal boar hunt followed by feasting and dancing with Queen Elizabeth I and residents of Renaissance Island

Date:  Sat., Jan. 10
Time:  noon SLT (PST)
Location:  Forest, Parish of Reading Primley, Renaissance Island, Second Life
Cost:  Donation of any size to Renaissance Island Continuation Fund