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Green Dragon Friday 10th Anniversary Main Party
By Lina Willowwood ((OOCGreen Dragon Friday is 10 years old, and we must celebrate! This is the main party! Welcome hobbits! Bring all yer hobbit friends!  Date: Friday May 11 Time: 7:30PM ((UK, 2:30PM servertime)) Location: Green Dragon Inn, Bywater, The Shire. Plans for the main party:
Green Dragon Friday is home to many hobbit performers. As usual, we ask our performers to:
Please note that Green Dragon Friday is an in-character roleplaying event for hobbits. Travelling dwarves are welcome as always. )) |
Green Dragon Friday 10th Anniversary Rooftop Warmup Party
By Lina Willowwood ((OOC Green Dragon Friday is 10 years old, and we must celebrate! This is the warmup roof party! Welcome hobbits!  Date: Friday May 4 Time: 7:30PM ((UK, 2:30PM servertime)) Location: Green Dragon Inn, Bywater, The Shire. Since the LOTRO anniversary celebration is on this Friday, the Green Dragon will be invaded by players who run around the inn looking for floating remembrance books for a quest. This is somewhat disruptive when you try drink ales and have a good time, and one of the books is even placed bang in the middle of our regular meeting spot ((shakes fist at the LOTRO quest designers)). So, this Friday, we’ll celebrate outside, starting on the roof of the Green Dragon. Activities planned are:
Entertainer sign-up Green Dragon Friday is home to many hobbit performers. For the parties, we encourage sign-ups in advance:
During the warmup party on May 4, there will be a "stealth" outfit competition running through the night. A jury will choose which outfits they feel celebrate the spirit of Green Dragon Friday the best. Prizes will be awarded near the end of the night. The only rule? Your outfit has to have a green theme! That's it! It won't have to be fully green (I hear good things about yellow...), but the main colour must indeed be green. Apart from this, feel free to try express GDF through your chosen clothes or cosmetic items (including hand-held items). There will be no sign-up for the competition, just come dressed in your best greens. Lots of prizes will be handed out, to both grand and silly costumes. if the flute player outside of the Dragon gets annoying, remember that it is now possible to filter away particular sound effects – just remember to filter out all three of the songs he plays! Please note that Green Dragon Friday is an in-character roleplaying event for hobbits. Travelling dwarves are welcome as always. )) |
Shire May Queen (and King) Election 2018
By Nannie Tis hard ter believe that it will be the sixth year we've been searching! Each year around this time, the call goes out and the Shire decides which of the brave lassies who come forward, will be ter next wearer of the floral crown. From humble housewife ter hard working crafters, the race is open ter all Now, as the leaves on the trees change every year, tis only fair that ter Queen be renewed every year, otherwise we'd be keeping the same lassies and no giving others the chance.  So... Are ye a lassie of the Shire? Do ye have what it takes ter be Queen of the May? If so, then don't delay, send yer name to me, Nannie, and ye could be the lucky one! Over the years we've many a fine queen of the May. Miss Acorne to Miss Amorey and now Miss Dassa holds the crown, yet her time draws ter a close as it must. So, lassies dust off yer dresses and pluck up yer courage - a wee dram may help with that one - Drop me a wee message via the Quick post - oh those laddies dunna like this coming month as they ken they'll have ter earn their ale! - or if ye see's me at the Green Dragon or market, let me know and ye too could be wearing the floral crown come May 5th! Now ah hope ye lads are no thinking ah've forgotten yet this year! Oh no! So laddies here's yer chance! King Potty has worn the crown well this past year, but his time too is coming to an end. Who will he be passing it too is the question? If ye think ye have what it takes ter be the King o' the May, then drop me yer name and we'll see what we'll see!  Queen Dassa and King Potty the First Ye have one week ter get yer names in ( so before or on April 27! ), then voting will open for those brave souls. The event is open to all Hobbits of the Shire and beyond, results ter be announced at the party on May the 5th Date : 5th May (Saturday) Time : 8 pm ((BST, 3pm servertime)) Location : 4 Brookbank Street, Brightdown |
Help wanted!!
By Bonkadoc Looking for volunteers to hard labour on turnip fields.  Bonkadoc Turnip Juice Industries is looking for additional help because of a record spring turnip bounty. Any
able-bodied hobbits are invited to hard labour at 6 Chalk Road,
Goatbottle, at dawn, for the next two weeks. First and Second breakfasts
are provided on site. Master Juicer Bonkadoc henceforth issues this statement. "I
am immensely pleased with the bounty this year. We farmers are at the
mercy of the weather, which in the Shire is affected by our ancient
ceremonies. None is more important than the selection of May Queen and
King. At this time I would like to express my pleasure towards our May
Queen Dassa and May King Potty, without whom this would not have been
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The Return of the Flute, a Spring Musical
By Lina Willowwood Them say that Shire badgers greet the spring with song, after having run into mad ol' Jethro back in the day. Total nonsense of course... but wouldn't it be fun if it were so? Date: Saturday April 21st, 2018 Time: 7:30PM ((UK, 2:30PM servertime)) Location: Overhill, The Shire  As usual, we'll just have to go try find those singing spring badgers in the Shire forests. As usual, we'll probably be disappointed. So, the Brandy Badgers have a backup musical for the night, telling the tale of ... mad ol' Jethro, the one who first ran into the mystical musical badgers back in the day. 50 years after he started making music in the Shire, he has lost is flute! He needs a new one! The toolsmith won't give him one! Things are bad! Things have to get better! Welcome to a tale of high drama, low comedy, hard tests and soft berries! And lots of standing on one leg while playing the flute. Come join us! (( OOC details: The event will be a musical, based around the real-life music of Jethro Tull. After all, they celebrate their 50th anniversary these days. However, the story and song lyrics are performed in the /say channel and will all be somewhat LOTRO lore relevant. The musical will be performed by The Brandy Badgers, an in-house music collective of the Grand Order of the Lost Mathom. This is a hobbit-themed tale, although if there are travellers from out of bounds who have good reason to be into hobbit music and badger mythology, then by all means come! Just remember to behave well and stay at the back, so you don’t block the view of the locals! This is also a roleplaying event, so please keep chat in-character and don't discuss things not belonging in Middle Earth. )) |
the Hope, 50th concert!
By Toadflax Nosely Please note, that this is on a Saturday, not on a regular Thursday! Starting time is as usual: 7:30pm ((UK time, 2:30pm servertime))When I was contacted concerning this event, I asked my daughters how much Fifty is and they replied "A lot" and "More than you can count to", respectively, and I also understood that Fifty is important because it is a Round Number and I know that Round is good, for that is what all Hobbit lasses strive to be! Be that as it may, our friends in The HOPE have previously performed at the Yard Party and when they asked if they could play their 50th concert here I was very pleased, which everyone should be since The HOPE is a very capable band, ambitious in their repertoire and guaranteed to make even the rocks shake, rattle and roll!  So come dance in the Bird and Baby Yard on June 2nd and let's all have a beautiful day!  All
good people are welcome at the Bird and Baby Yard Party, a weekly
event featuring you, our patrons! Sometimes there are visiting bands or
other planned events, at other times, entertainment is provided by you,
the patrons! |
April OAKS.. with a twist (and a twirl)
By Acorne Oakley Hiya! I want ta thank all of the Dulcet Tones fer makin the OAKS the first stop on their Show on the Road tour. That was a fun time! Sum times it's hard ta tell whether the band or the audience has the most fun...and this band had many askin fer "ANOTHER ROUND" thanks ta Miss Leddy....ya can grab an ale & enjoy it all over agin... (( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04qiPHRax9c&t=25s )) Did
ya ever take a walk by a tall Shire oak and from way up in the tree ya
hear a single songbird singin all about how wonderful life is when ya be
free? Or ya walk a little further and hear the soft murmur of water
fallin over sum rocks in a nearby brook? Just one bird...or one lil stream...can make such a truly lovely sound it almost makes ya cry cause it touches yer heart wit its beauty..  A few years back when I first came ta live wit my Gammer Oakley, there be a lot of folks that played music down in the market square in Michel Delving..and mostly all by themselves. Nowadays
most folks like to play in bands...and sum of them are really BIG bands
what has plenty of folks playin..and that makes fer sum beautiful
harmony wit the many different instruments :) But
on the uther hand I no many, many folks in our Shire and beyond in
Middle Earth who can play marvelous music all alone ....from a lively
jig....ta a soft soulful melody..often wit touchin or maybee funny
lyrics that bring a smile ta yer lips. Actually two
many ta put inta one concert...*giggles*...so I picked a few ta come and
share their solos wit us fer the April OAKS. Yup
..that's rite! The April OAKS will be all solo artists! I have
asked many mighty fine musicians ta come ta show how entertainin just
ONE can be Come join us in Oldfurlong on the first Saturday in April fer an OAKS wit...a twist...a solo twist
*grins* Maybee sumone will even play a song we can enjoy wit a twisty dance....or...maybee even a new twist on an old melody ...or.... *falls down laughing* where: the town square of the Oldfurlong neighborhood in the Shire homesteads ((Altfurch auf Deutsch / Longuevieille en français)) when: Saturday April 7th at seven and a half bells in the evenin (( 19:30 UK time / 20:30 CET / 14:30 server time )) Warm hugs ta everybodee, Acorne
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April 19th - Reprise of the Return of Son of Black Salad Day
By Toadflax Nosely The Yard Party has celebrated Black Salad Day for three years running, and perhaps persevering is flogging a dead horse, but the members of The Traveling Bilberries wants to do it again and who knows, perhaps there will be a song or three added to the repertoire this time. So come dance, bang your head and enjoy songs like "Mud Pigs", "Hobbits in Boots", "Shire, Lovely Shire" and many more once again as The Traveling Bilberries perform the music of the incomparable BLACK SALAD!  All
good people are welcome at the Bird and Baby Yard Party, a weekly
event featuring you, our patrons! Sometimes there are visiting bands or
other planned events, at other times, entertainment is provided by you,
the patrons! |
The ARDA with Acorne Oakley
By Toadflax Nosely The Yard Party on March 29th features The ARDA assisted by our own Acorne Oakley. Mr. Strovar of ARDA, who is a Dwarf, talks much about "hard rocks" and "heavy metal", which are natural conversation subjects for his people but says they will play various genres including "cute" stuff and some songs featuring the new invention, the Fiddle! Further, Mr. Strovar says: "It is a great pleasure for us to perfrom on this event, especially for me, because I very love the Bird and Baby party! We hope that all listeners will be happy to listen and dancing by the good music! Let's rock the Shire together!  All
good people are welcome at the Bird and Baby Yard Party, a weekly
event featuring you, our patrons! Sometimes there are visiting bands or
other planned events, at other times, entertainment is provided by you,
the patrons! |
Cross the Road to a wonderful Socks Party!
By Taigeis Why did the chickens cross the troll? To get to the sock party!  The
group of hobbits known collectively as the Socks are having a little
party of silliness in April. If you have ever wondered why elves crave
salad melons or orcs need so many handles come and find out.  Anyone can be silly on one day. It takes a Sock to be silly all year. So, Use your h̶a̶t̶-̶c̶o̶v̶e̶r̶e̶d̶ brain, and be a smarty! Come and join the Spring Sock's Party Date: Sunday April 8th Time: 7:30pm for an 8pm start ((UK Time, 3pm start Servertime)) Location: 4 Myrtle Court, Shortshot, Shire Homesteads
\ Don't try this at home, chucks! This year we D̶O̶N̶'̶T̶ want you to wear hats! Wear a cap, caps are n̶o̶ hats also.
The Socks look forward to seeing you, Taigeis, Woot, Penina and Tinsella ((OOC Although there is definitely a chicken related theme, you do NOT have to visit in session play as a chicken. Now, that would be silly! )) Again, the editors want to apologise for what seems to be a breach in the Gazette's security. We've been h̶a̶c̶k̶e̶d̶ pecked.
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