Entries tagged as ‘Renaissance Island’
November 2, 2009 · Comments Off
PARISH OF READING PRIMLEY, RENAISSANCE ISLAND
Events for November 2-8, 2009
Parish Calendar
Parish Website
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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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Categories: Technology
Tagged: second life, Renaissance Island, virtual worlds, Tudor England, jousting, fencing
July 2, 2009 · Comments Off
Photos of Henry VIII’s coronation on Renaissance Island on 27 June 2009:









Categories: Instructional Technology
Tagged: second life, Renaissance Island, virtual worlds, Henry VIII, Henry VIII coronation
June 28, 2009 · Comments Off
Photos of Henry VIII knighting new Knights of the Bath on Renaissance Island on 27 June 2009:







Categories: Instructional Technology
Tagged: second life, Renaissance Island, virtual worlds, Henry VIII, Henry VIII coronation, Knights of the Bath, knighting
June 24, 2009 · Comments Off
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!!
Categories: Instructional Technology
Tagged: second life, Renaissance Island, virtual worlds, Henry VIII, Catherine of Aragon, Katherine of Aragon
April 23, 2009 · Comments Off
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
Categories: Education
Tagged: literature, second life, Renaissance Island, William Shakespeare, history
Last night I took some snapshots at the tournament on Renaissance Island. Here are some of the better ones:







Categories: Instructional Technology
Tagged: second life, Renaissance Island, tournament
February 1, 2009 · 1 Comment
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.
Categories: Education
Tagged: second life, Renaissance Island, virtual worlds
January 17, 2009 · Comments Off
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.
Categories: Education
Tagged: second life, Renaissance Island, music
January 9, 2009 · Comments Off
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
Categories: Instructional Technology
Tagged: humanities, Renaissance Island