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**lindil** · 10-07-2002, 08:56 AM

That would be great indeed elendur!

Well we seem to have 2 types of of folks posting here [well 3 counting those who ive impossibly far away]

bay area:
Daisy Sandy Banks @Mill Valley
Elendur @ Fremont
Dwarin Thunderhammer @ [near] Fairfield
lindil is there on Sat or Fri PM
unknown friend of the great warg - fremont

No.CA:
The Fifth @ Antelope near Sac
Susan Delgado @ Chico [waay N of the bay area] what 4rs ?
Lindil@ Lakeport [1hr north of Calistoga or 45 min E of Hopland/Ukiah

So a couple of q's

#1 - who is willing to go where?

can The Fith and Susan realistically make it to the bay area [ at least as close as fairfeild?]

I almost feel it is pointless to ask wether the bay area folks want to head to the Central Valley, but would you?

Do we want something more or less in the middle Faifeild, is about as geographically central as anything so far mentioned.

Also for the eastbayers ridesharing is a possibillity.

#2 a> do we want to plan it around the Extended FotR release in Nov. [ i.e. in a home or rent a place to see it , I DO NOT personally have a lot of $ to do this]

b> 2 do we want to plan it around the Towers release in Dec.

#3 Do we want [in addition or instead of the movie thing] have a more traditional sort of gathering:
* recite elvish poetry
* read favorite passages
* play our music [I have a bit of M-E inspired stuff] [I can try my linsanwe out on you [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] ]
* read our fanfic
*other things of like nature I have not thought of.

Personally I would like to do something of the latter at least in addition to a movie event, but time wise I suppose that is not feasible w/ some folks possibly driving for hours to watch a 3 hr+ movie. So I guess what is realistic is that we start w/ a movie thing and then maybe we can do a get together seasonally ? And do the arsty-fartsy stuff later such as spring and summer when there will not be a movie or ext vers release!]

So if we do the ext FotR in Nov [ which I favor] we could possibly commandeer one of those party rooms in a restaurant and someone bring the DVD player [could be me] some one bring the widescreen TV [ I hope]
and we should be in [ unless someone wants to also bring a sound system, then we would be really in!]

=or=

we wait till Dec for the 2 towers.

I vote for Nov, because a> it is sooner b> we don;t have to organize a round a theatre and their tickets [esp. if we tried opening night] Come to think of it I will try and get a M-E group going here in Lake Co. on opening night as there is only 1 theatre on this side of the county and at Midnight, every Tolkien -head around for miles will be there. So starting a group here should be as easy as a little flyer distribution.

So I am in for the Nov DVD in fairfeild as a first possibility.

what say ye all...

[ October 07, 2002: Message edited by: lindil ]

10-07-2002, 08:56 AM	#21
lindil Seeker of the Straight Path Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: a hidden fastness in Big Valley nor cal Posts: 1,680	That would be great indeed elendur! Well we seem to have 2 types of of folks posting here [well 3 counting those who ive impossibly far away] bay area: Daisy Sandy Banks @Mill Valley Elendur @ Fremont Dwarin Thunderhammer @ [near] Fairfield lindil is there on Sat or Fri PM unknown friend of the great warg - fremont No.CA: The Fifth @ Antelope near Sac Susan Delgado @ Chico [waay N of the bay area] what 4rs ? Lindil@ Lakeport [1hr north of Calistoga or 45 min E of Hopland/Ukiah So a couple of q's #1 - who is willing to go where? can The Fith and Susan realistically make it to the bay area [ at least as close as fairfeild?] I almost feel it is pointless to ask wether the bay area folks want to head to the Central Valley, but would you? Do we want something more or less in the middle Faifeild, is about as geographically central as anything so far mentioned. Also for the eastbayers ridesharing is a possibillity. #2 a> do we want to plan it around the Extended FotR release in Nov. [ i.e. in a home or rent a place to see it , I DO NOT personally have a lot of $ to do this] b> 2 do we want to plan it around the Towers release in Dec. #3 Do we want [in addition or instead of the movie thing] have a more traditional sort of gathering: * recite elvish poetry * read favorite passages * play our music [I have a bit of M-E inspired stuff] [I can try my linsanwe out on you [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] ] * read our fanfic *other things of like nature I have not thought of. Personally I would like to do something of the latter at least in addition to a movie event, but time wise I suppose that is not feasible w/ some folks possibly driving for hours to watch a 3 hr+ movie. So I guess what is realistic is that we start w/ a movie thing and then maybe we can do a get together seasonally ? And do the arsty-fartsy stuff later such as spring and summer when there will not be a movie or ext vers release!] So if we do the ext FotR in Nov [ which I favor] we could possibly commandeer one of those party rooms in a restaurant and someone bring the DVD player [could be me] some one bring the widescreen TV [ I hope] and we should be in [ unless someone wants to also bring a sound system, then we would be really in!] =or= we wait till Dec for the 2 towers. I vote for Nov, because a> it is sooner b> we don;t have to organize a round a theatre and their tickets [esp. if we tried opening night] Come to think of it I will try and get a M-E group going here in Lake Co. on opening night as there is only 1 theatre on this side of the county and at Midnight, every Tolkien -head around for miles will be there. So starting a group here should be as easy as a little flyer distribution. So I am in for the Nov DVD in fairfeild as a first possibility. what say ye all... [ October 07, 2002: Message edited by: lindil ] __________________ The dwindling Men of the West would often sit up late into the night exchanging lore & wisdom such as they still possessed that they should not fall back into the mean estate of those who never knew or indeed rebelled against the Light.