Tolkien Events 2013 - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Faramir Jones · 08-30-2013, 04:56 AM

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?

Aganzir · 08-30-2013, 06:26 AM

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.

Pervinca Took · 08-30-2013, 09:21 AM

Will be there, but only on the Saturday and Sunday.

Estelyn Telcontar · 08-31-2013, 03:27 AM

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.

Bêthberry · 08-31-2013, 04:08 AM

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.

Kath · 09-20-2013, 05:24 PM

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 ...)

08-30-2013, 04:56 AM	#1
Faramir Jones Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Lonely Isle Posts: 706	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?

08-30-2013, 06:26 AM	#2
Aganzir Woman of Secret Shadow Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: in hollow halls beneath the fells Posts: 4,511	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. __________________ He bit me, and I was not gentle.

08-30-2013, 09:21 AM	#3
Pervinca Took Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Treetops, C/O Great Smials Posts: 5,035	Will be there, but only on the Saturday and Sunday. __________________ "Sit by the firelight's glow; tell us an old tale we know. Tell of adventures strange and rare; never to change, ever to share! Stories we tell will cast their spell, now and for always." Last edited by Pervinca Took; 09-03-2013 at 03:35 PM.

08-31-2013, 03:27 AM	#4
Estelyn Telcontar Princess of Skwerlz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles) Posts: 7,499	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. __________________ 'Mercy!' cried Gandalf. 'If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you. What more do you want to know?' 'The whole history of Middle-earth...'

08-31-2013, 04:08 AM	#5
Bêthberry Cryptic Aura Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 5,984	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. __________________ I’ll sing his roots off. I’ll sing a wind up and blow leaf and branch away.

09-20-2013, 05:24 PM	#6
Kath Everlasting Whiteness Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Perusing the laminated book of dreams Posts: 4,533	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 ...) __________________ “If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.”