The Chilbo Road Press

The week has gone by with a blink of an eye! Today, Chilbo celebrates the closing of the Summer Faire with a Main Street Parade on Route 10 and a Fund-Raising Block Party at the Community Sandbox in Madhupak immediately following. The Main Street Parade will feature distinguished members of the Chilbo community, as well as participants from the Community Showcase.

Scheduled Line Up:

Yokohama Marching Band
Fleep Tuque - Chilbo Community Building Project & Second Life Community Convention
Memorial Dae – Noru Sim, Parade Grand Marshall
Monarchy Republic & Alleara Snoodle – Homecoming Queen, Madhupak Sim
Kristine Kristan – Madhupak Sim, Mad Wax Records, K2 Gallery
Corcosman Voom – Chilbo Sim, Corcosmia Gallery
Calissa Leclerc – Kuwol Sim
Maggie Larimore - Soyeonpyeongdo Sim, Azire, Greater Chilbo Zoo
The Lyrical Poets Cafe
Leah Shim – NCI Building Blitz Winner
RacerX Gullwing & the Snail Racing Community

The parade starts around 10am slt on Route 10 and ends with a party in Madhupak. Festivities will run until 12noon.

In partnership with Operation Squeegee, Chilbo will host an Faire-Well Fund-Raising Block Party to help raise funds towards clean up efforts in the Gulf Coast. The Party starts immediately after the parade. Donation buckets have been set up at the entrance of the party tent. Please feel free to invite your friends as we celebrate the end of a wonderful week in Chilbo!

To watch the parade, viewers can head over to the Chilbo Town Hall and walk out onto Route 10. The parade route runs from Mangyeong to Mindulle.

Chilbo Town Hall: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Chilbo/112/230/121

Faire-Well Block Party Location: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Madhupak/122/239/90

All right snail racing fans! It’s time to come out of your shells! RacerX Gullwing’s famous Giant Snail Race will be happening live right here in town. From 11am-12pm, Chilbo, Madhupak and Kuwol will be transformed into an out-and-back race course full of snails, slugging it out for first place in the 3-sim road race. Winner gets bragging rights. Loser gets served with garlic and parsley. (Kidding!) Just watch out for the giant yellow mushrooms on the road!

Want to join in on the action? Head to the Giant Snail Race showcase and pick up your free gastropod gear!

Starting/Ending location:

Community Showcase Area: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Kuwol/14/81/89

Some choice viewing areas:

Chilbo Town Hall (and along Route 10): http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Chilbo/115/182/118

Mad Wax: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Madhupak/39/218/97

Germelhausen Coffeehouse & Bakery: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Madhupak/25/221/97

Madhupak Community Sandbox: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Madhupak/125/220/89

K2 Gallery: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Madhupak/184/210/91

Your chance to watch all of Thursday’s wonderful Storytellers “Relay for Life” Concert at Summer Faire – enjoy!

TT Sports have set up a volleyball and basketball court for the duration of the Summer Faire. There’s also a bumper car track set up nearby to get your road rage out, so grab your buddies and get physical!

General Sports Area: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Madhupak/228/213/90

If you’d rather enjoy the calm ocean breeze, the East River Community will be hosting free sailing classes throughout the day from 9am – 8pm. Just head over to their Community Showcase to pick up your free boat and gear, and a LM to the sailing location.

Community Showcase Area: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Kuwol/14/99/94

Tonight, there will be a live performance at the Storytellers Stage by Kikas & Marmaduke, also brought to you by the lovely folks of East River. Show starts at 7pm.

Storytellers Stage: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Chilbo/82/53/103

Looking for something a little less strenuous? Then exercise your right to vote for your favorite photo taken in the Chilbo area. The Beauty in Chilbo Photography Contest brings a new opportunity to see Chilbo through residents’ unique lens. Voting ends tonight at 9pm, so on over to the Photo Contest Area and click on the most artistic photo. Top three winners receive a prize.

Photo Contest  Area: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Kuwol/21/234/110

Today, Chilbo will be host to the Storytellers Event to Benefit Relay For Life. This is a live event that combines original songwriters and storytellers. Beginning at 2pm to 8pm slt, 11 the authors, poets and musicians will be taking the stage. Each musician will play about 40-45 minutes, all original songs they have written and each one prefaced with a story of the song. The last 15-20 minutes of each hour will be for folks to share spoken word stories.

The scheduled line-up:

2:00pm    Opening with Kristine Kristan
2:15pm    Hazideon Zarco
3:00pm    Escape Unplugged
3:15pm    Beth Odets
4:00pm    Matthew Perreault
4:45pm    Crap Mariner
5:00pm    Starflower Orbit
5:45pm    Chibi Lexenstar
6:00pm    strum Diesel
6:45pm    Mary Wickentower
7:00pm    LANCE Rembrandt
7:45pm    Winston Dufaux

Storytellers Stage Location: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Chilbo/78/42/103

Time flies when you’re having fun! We’ve got plenty more events and activities through Sunday, so stop on by!

Today, the awesome NCI crew will be hosting a toob race over at the Noru fairgrounds at 11:30am-12:30pm. Challenge your digital dexterity by racing through a sky course while fighting lag!

Tonight, Eternity Sims will host a 3-hour event. The joust will run from 6pm-8pm. Everyone is welcome to participate or spectate. Eternity members will roleplay the joust as they would on their home SIM of Eternity. They will be in full attire and be on hand answer any questions on jousting, combat in general and RP in a medieval Celtic community.

After the joust a beginners joust class will be hosted by Eternity. This will be open to anyone interested in learning more about jousting. This class will begin at approximately 8pm. Visit the Eternity Medieval Market to pick up your free horse and joust for the class, then head on over to the Noru Fairground to get your jousting on!

Eternity Medieval Market:
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Tir%20na%20Lor/191/192/25

Noru Fairground:

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Noru/100/18/138

For a full schedule of events at the Chilbo Summer Faire, click here.

Got some postcards to share with us? Send it over (chibilexenstar [at] gmail [dot] com) and we’ll post it here!

The Chilbo Summer Faire, a week-long celebration of communities and partnerships in Second Life, will kick off July 4 and run through July 11 — and everyone’s invited!

The following is a schedule of daily events and week-long exhibitions that will be happening throughout the next week. (All times are in SLT)

SUNDAY, JULY 4:

Chilbo’s Fourth of July Barbecue & Faire Kick Off Celebration
Time: 2-3pm
Location http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Chilbo/132/49/96

The History of Chilbo Walking Tour
Time: 3-4pm
Location http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Chilbo/112/230/121

MONDAY, JULY 5:

Party at the Greater Chilbo Zoo
Time: 5-7pm
Location http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Soyeonpyeongdo/103/180/69

TUESDAY, JULY 6:

NCI Hosts Parade Float Building Blitz
Time: 4-5pm
Location: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Noru/100/18/138

WEDNESDAY, JULY 7:

NCI Toob Race
Time: 11:30am – 12:30pm
Location: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Noru/100/18/138

Eternity Sims Joust Tournament & Beginners Joust Class
Time: 6-9pm (Joust class begins at 8pm)
Location: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Noru/100/18/138

THURSDAY, JULY 8:

Relay for Life Storytellers Benefit Concert
Time: 2-8pm
Location: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Chilbo/82/53/103

FRIDAY, JULY 9:

The East River Community Presents Free Sailing Lessons
Time: 9am – 8pm
Location: TBA

East River Community Music Event at The RFL Storytellers Concert Stage
Time: 7-8pm
Location: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Chilbo/82/53/103

SATURDAY, JULY 10:

RacerX Gullwing’s Giant Snail Races
Time: 11am-12pm
Location: TBA

SUNDAY, JULY 11:

Chilbo Community Main Street Parade &
Operation Squeegee Fund-Raising Block Party
Time: 10am – 1pm
Parade Location: Route 10 (along Mangyeong, Chilbo, Kuwol, Mindulle)
Block Party Location: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Madhupak/128/205/89

WEEK-LONG ATTRACTIONS & EXHIBITIONS

Community & Partnership Showcases
Location: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Kuwol/14/99/94

The Beauty in Chilbo Photography Contest (contest ends July 9)
Location: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Kuwol/22/235/110

Reflections of Las Vegas: a photographic sampling ~ Cecilia Delacroix
Location: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Madhupak/20/129/75

Carnival Rides & Games
Location: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Chilbo/150/91/105

Gem’s Bumper Car Track
Location: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Soyeonpyeongdo/33/227/86

The Beauty in Chilbo Photography Contest brings a new opportunity to see Chilbo through your unique lens. Contestants of all abilities are encouraged to participate and enter. The contest is open to all Second Life residents, and will run in conjunction to the Chilbo Summer Faire, which is from July 4-11, 2010.

Contest Rules:

All photos must be taken within the Chilbo and Greater Chilbo areas. (Sims: Chilbo, Madhupak, Mangyeong, Mujigae, Mindulle, Kuwol, Soyeonpyeongdo).

Chilbo Summer Faire Landing Zone: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Chilbo/155/92/105 (Open your world map and look for the sims)

Winners are determined by the number of votes. A photo wall will be set up in Kuwol for viewers to vote on their favorite photo.

The photo wall will be set up on July 3 and will be open for votes from July 4-9.

Photo Wall: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Kuwol/21/234/110

Winner will be announced on Saturday, July 10 at 1pm slt at the location.

Top 3 entries win Linden prizes. Chilbo Road Press (courtesy Cecilia Delacroix) will award $1000/$500/$250 to the top 3 entries.

Winning photos will be published in the Chilbo Road Press, and exhibited for the duration of the month.

To enter the contest:

• Embed your photo and a landmark of where you took the photo in a notecard.
• Rename your notecard to “CHILBO PHOTO CONTEST – NAME” and send your submission to Cecilia Delacroix. (Please make sure your photo texture is full perm!)
• Deadline for contest: 9pm slt – July 2

Good luck!

The Chilbo Summer Faire, a week-long celebration of communities and partnerships in Second Life, will kick off July 4 and run through July 11 — and everyone’s invited!

The Faire will feature daily events and special week-long exhibits to be held in Chilbo, a vibrant, diverse community of individuals engaged in activities and communities all over the grid.

“The notion of a fair began a couple of years ago when we were brainstorming ideas for something fun and summery to do,” says Chilbo founder Fleep Tuque. “What better way to celebrate and showcase all the great things in the community than to have a big community fair?”

All Second Life residents are invited to participate in the festivities, which will include rides and games, workshops, storytellers, live music, tours, builds and exhibits — even a parade.

Communities are encouraged to host an event during the week to showcase their Second Life sims or groups.

“Everyone enjoys some solitude to build or work on projects or be creative,” Tuque says, “but the best thing about Second Life is sharing the things you care about or the things you’ve made with others — and that’s really what the Summer Faire is all about. It’s an opportunity for us to invite our friends and neighbors to come see what we’ve made and to invite them to bring their own creations and show off their great stuff, too.”

The Faire will culminate in the first annual Main Street Parade & Best Float Contest, scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. SLT on Sunday, July 11. The parade floats will be judged by the parade’s Grand Marshall and members of the Chilbo Executive Committee.

Communities are invited to participate in the Best Float Contest with a “wearable” float that best represents their community or organizational focus. Each float must contain a notecard that provides parade-goers with information about the organization and/or sim represented.

Following the parade, awards will be presented in a number of categories, including:

• Best Community Representation
• Most Creative Float
• Viewer’s Choice

Winning floats will be on display for the remainder of the day.

“Our theme for the fair this year is Community Partnerships,” Tuque notes, “because we all recognize that Chilbo wouldn’t be what it is without the networks of friends and communities we interact with and learn from every day.”

And how will this year’s fair differ from its predecessor — the first Chilbo fair held in 2008?

“We’ve had a terrific growth spurt since then,” Tuque says, “so we have much more to see and do than ever before. We’ve also improved much of the infrastructure in the community, so it should be easier to get around and find things.”

Communities interested in hosting an event during the Summer Faire should contact Calissa Leclerc.

All other questions should be directed to the Faire’s director, Chibi Lexenstar.