The Sound of Middle-earth -> reading from LotR

[Gwathagor]

Originally Posted by The Might

I fully agree with what Legate just said.
Furthermore, I feel we shouldn't do this too often, otherwise it won't be as special anymore.
However, I guess once a month is ok, 12 times in one year sounds like something that won't become boring in time.
For example late April something to do with Aragorn's coronation?

Let's do it!

[Aganzir]

Also, do people prefer weekends or does anything go? If both Europeans and Americans (and Asians etc.) are going to participate, either we should stay up very late or Americans should try to find some time during day. Considering that I'm inclined to vote for weekends.

How about something like Saturday the 24th of April as the next reading session?

Aragorn's coronation sounds fine enough as well as something from the Hobbit. If somebody has any time to spare, they could maybe search for more good passages and post them here (the situation & the number of speakers) for future reference.

[PrinceOfTheHalflings]

Sorry I missed it. I'll try to make the next one!

[The Might]

I agree, the 24th sounds great, and I also agree that we could also do the Hobbit instead.

[Legate of Amon Lanc]

Originally Posted by The Might

I agree, the 24th sounds great, and I also agree that we could also do the Hobbit instead.

Yes. So let's set 24th as the "base date"? If there are any problems or demands, we can change it, but let's set it for now so that we have a stable date?

I was thinking that e.g. the Trolls in the Hobbit would be a nice scene (although... we should've better picked some 'Downers with Londoners' accent... on the other hand, with a bunch of international people, the accents might be even more peculiar and interesting). Depending of course on how many people we have, and we might as well set the length of the scene also depending on that, but I think that one's pretty lively one, and might be fun.

[Gwathagor]

If we're missing an certain accent among the participants, I can probably feign it.

[Legate of Amon Lanc]

Originally Posted by Gwathagor

If we're missing an certain accent among the participants, I can probably feign it.

Nah, I think there's no need to and it's even better that way. No limits to performance - Tolkien could not have written about Bert having Finnish, Tom German and William Czech accent, since the audience would not be familiar with them and thus it would prove confusing, however, we can have any accents no problem... even American ones