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Old 08-30-2013, 04:56 AM   #1
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Tolkien Tolkien Events 2013

I've finally noticed the absence of a thread on this. Perhaps fellow Downers would like to put up something on events this year they've already been to.

Speaking of future events this year, I'll be going to Oxonmoot 2013 next month. Is anyone else here going as well?
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Old 08-30-2013, 06:26 AM   #2
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I am going to Oxonmoot with Kath! I wasn't really planning it, but then things happened and I booked a flight.

I'm still trying to work out what we'll dress as for the masquerade.
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Old 08-30-2013, 09:21 AM   #3
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Will be there, but only on the Saturday and Sunday.
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Old 08-31-2013, 03:27 AM   #4
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As always, I've attended the two major events of the German Tolkien Society - the Seminar in spring and the Thing in summer. I lectured on the music of the radio plays at the former and met several Downers - there's a photo on this thread: Minimoot.

I will be attending a very special event next weekend - the opening of the Greisinger Tolkien Museum in Switzerland! I'm delighted that I was invited, as it's not yet open to the public. I can't showhorn two events into one month without annoying my family, so I'm skipping Oxonmoot this year. I do hope to attend again next year.
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Old 08-31-2013, 04:08 AM   #5
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No Oxonmoot for me this year--I'm still resting from all my journeys last year!

Besides, I will be busy reading and evaluating all the submissions for the call for papers on "Humour in and around Tolkien". I've been on the proverbial needles and pins hoping for a good number of good papers but they are flying into my inbox at a goodly rate as the deadline approaches.

Note: this is also a gentle reminder for any Downers here who are submitting abstracts.
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Old 09-20-2013, 05:24 PM   #6
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Oxonmoot!

Aganzir and I would like to say a big "Hello!" (or as Agan put it, bellow) from Oxonmoot! We have participated in the dinner and enjoyed thinking of Numenor (you know, the thing that involves standing up and looking towards the west) and also remembering the Professor. We have taken part in the Tolkien Pub Quiz, coming a respectable middle-ish according to the scorers! We have also discovered that they sell wine in VERY big glasses. Aganzir has the giggles over everything I mistype and I nearly fell over some other poor attendee on the way up the stairs. It's all going excellently!

We miss you Bethberry and Esty! Come soon.

(Addendum to the wine comment: I just asked Agan if any of this didn't make sense. She said yes. I said what? She burst out laughing saying no, no I mean no! As I said, all going perfectly according to plan ...)
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