Review of Renaissance Island

Sherpa Voyager at Second Seeker reviewed Renaissance Island in a post yesterday. Her review was generally positive. She wrote that she was "was delighted to find myself in a community that has some claim to historical accuracy." The most exciting thing was seeing my place, the Poet's Corner, in the first picture.

Book of Poetry

For a while, I've been putting a different one of my poems on an easel outside my house on Renaissance Island. I finally put them all together in a book and put it outside. The price is L$100. I've been thinking about creating books of some poetry from Tudor England as well.

Successful Renaissance Festival

At one point there were close to 50 people on Renaissance Island for the festival last Saturday. I got to be the queen's lady in waiting. (Floria is in the red dress in the picture.)

The jousting went quite well, and a lot of people want to do it next time.

Article on Naming of Ship

This week's issue of the Metaverse Messenger has an article (starting on p. 22) about the christening of the Gloriana on Renaissance Island on August 18. I was mentioned and pictured in the article because I submitted the name that was chosen for the ship in the contest.

Educational Uses of Second Life

I saw this video at http://elearndev.blogspot.com/ and thought it did a good job of presenting Second Life's educational potential. It also showed the Globe Theatre on Renaissance Island, where I "live" in SL.

Gloriana

The ship on Renaissance Island has been completed. The managers held a contest to name it. I submitted three entries, and one of them was the winner: Gloriana. The other two names I suggested were Ariel and The Golden Dragon.

Triangle Stool

I did some building in SL this week. First I made some bookshelves for the library that's being created in the manor house on Renaissance Island. Then I discovered a web site with pictures of a type of stool used in the 15th and 16th centuries. I created some in Second Life. Two, one dark wood and one light, don't have the smaller vertical pieces, and two more, one each color, do. I have some ideas for other pieces of Tudor and Elizabethan furniture I'd like to try making.

The Poet's Corner

Since my house on Renaissance Island is on the village square, I decided to create a sign and give it a name. I called it The Poet's Corner and put out a poem of the day at the corner of my house and the intersection. I'm rotating the poems so there's different one every day. Maybe this will motivate me to start writing more.

Sonnet for Theater Opening

I've been working on a sonnet for the Grand Opening of the Globe Theatre on Renaissance Island (in SL). Here's the first complete draft, which still needs some work:


To a New Globe

The deaths of lovers end their families’ strife;
a feckless prince becomes a warrior king;
a jealous husband kills his faithful wife;
the king and queen of fairies dance and sing;
a king’s ungrateful daughters drive him out;
a duke usurped receives his own afresh;
an indecisive prince gives voice his doubt;
a maiden saves a merchant’s pound of flesh--
these scenes have oft been played upon thy stage.
With topics elevated and benight
in poetry like music on the page,
the bard will still enlighten and delight
within thy walls--in second life or third--
arising as the legendary bird.

Globe Theatre Grand Opening

Globe Theatre Grand Opening
Renaissance Island (204, 45, 27)
Sunday, July 22, 2007
1 PM-6PM

The original Globe Theatre opened a few years back in the Autumn of 1599 in Southwark on the River Thames. Join our scholar and builder as they discuss the history of this remarkable Elizabethan theatre.

There will be two discussions/Q & A sessions, fireworks, and a dance, too! Not to worry--William Prynne will not be reading from his loathsome Histriomastix against theatre and dancing. Do feel free to wear your favorite Renaissance/Tudor period attire! (Visitors will find free attire in the welcome center located at 69, 183, 150).

Here is the schedule:

1-2PM Discussion by Dolgoruky Umarov (in RL Dolgo has a PhD in English and Theatre Arts and has performed in 4 major Shakespearean roles; he has also researched the Globe Theatre extensively). Dolgo will be joined by Globe builder extraordinaire Charlene Trudeau. A Q & A Session will follow.

2-5PM Globe(al) Dance Party with Fireworks around 3.

5-6PM Dolgoruky and Charlene will repeat their earlier program.

Parish Poet

On Sunday I agreed (volunteered actually) to be the poet for the Parish of Reading Primley (i.e., Renaissance Island in Second Life).

I have ideas for a couple of sonnets to celebrate upcoming events. I hope I'm able to get them finished.

Renaissance Classroom in SL

Here's a snapshot of me (Floria) outside the Renaissance Classroom on Renaissance Island in Second Life.

Literature Alive! Renaissance Classroom

I finished making a presentation on the sonnet for Desideria Stockton's Literature Alive! Renaissance Classroom in Second Life. I also created a t-shirt to be distributed for free.

There are now four members of CCC SLED.