Music for Caledon's 5th Anniversary

This weekend marks the 5th Anniversary of the founding of our beloved State of Caledon in Second Life by Guv'nor Desmond Shang, and to mark the anniversary, many events are being held, especially in the garden region of Caledon Rothesay, between Friday and Monday. You can read more about them here; there may also be other events around Caledon during the weekend documented elsewhere. Do please join us for the festivities.

Thus, throughout the weekend we are playing music for the people and land of Caledon. Today, Elrik Merlin will be playing a wide selection of traditional Dance music, including English Country Dance, Morris and Folk Dance and much more.

Artists featured will include Bare Necessities, Childgrove, the Baltimore Consort, Spiers & Boden, Ashely Hutchings, and many more. A good time is guaranteed for all.

The ZBS Radio Hour

Then join us at 11am and 7pm Pacific Time, that's 19:00 and 03:00 GMT, for two brand new adventures from our friends at ZBS Foundation in the ZBS Radio Hour. At the top of the hour, Jack Flanders returns to where it all began - his aunt's mysterious Victorian mansion where all manner of strange goings-on unfurled and he discovered many other worlds both within and without, over 35 years ago, in Return to Inverness. Then at the bottom of the hour it's a new adventure with Ruby the Galactic Gumshoe, in Ruby 5. Take a break from the festivities and join us.

Today's programme is presented by Elrik Merlin and produced by gullar sahir in conjunction with our friends at the Alexandrian Free Library Consortium of Second Life. You can listen to the programme in-world now at http://main.radioriel.org, or simply click here to start your player, if your browser is configured to do so. Listeners in the United States are encouraged to tune in using this link: http://loudcity.com/stations/radio-riel/tune_in

For more information on the Alexandrian Free Library, current exhibits and the work of Consortium members in general, please visit the Alexandrian Free Library website, or one of their branches in-world.

4th Caledon Harvest Festival – Opening Dances!

It's that time of year again, and the Steampunk/Victorian region of Caledon in Second Life is hosting its fourth annual Harvest Festival – and this year it's bigger than ever, with stalls, special events, livestock exhibitions and lots of vendors. It'll be fun for everyone.

Most of the action is happening on the central square in Caledon Rothesay, but there are two special Harvest Festival Dances today that will be held on the stage next to Caledon Rothesay Station – do come by train as airship parking is limited.

The dances take place at 1pm and 8:30pm Pacific time – that's 21:00 and 04:30 UK time. Elrik Merlin will host the first and Gabrielle Riel the second. The music will be traditional English Country Dance – (well, Mr Merlin warns that he might interpret that a little liberally).

Do join us in person for an excellent time – but if you can't get there, you can tune in to the music on gullar sahir Reverie – http://reverie.radioriel.org.

Meanwhile on our Main Stream we'll be playing the Music of Caledon throughout the weekend. Tune in: http://main.radioriel.org.