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Hey guys,
Marigold, Llinos, and Budgielover, three authors who have competed in past years' MEFAs, are organizing a fan meeting in late September, in Scotland. I am passing on an announcement on behalf of these ladies. If you are interested please do not reply here. You can contact the organizers at the email mentioned at the bottom of this message.
I try to keep this group centred on the MEFA's and so avoid OT announcements like this. However, this might be something some of you are interested in, and so I did not want anyone to miss out because they did not hear about it.
Just to be 100% clear: the MEFA's are not involved in this except to provide the basic information below. We don't endorse it one way or the other, and I don't know any more than I am including below. If this does sound like something you'd be interested in, please email Marigold, Llinos, or Budgielover so they can give you the information you need to decide if this is something you want to do.
Below is a message from Marigold.
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Plans are forging ahead for the 2007 Moot to be held in Scotland!
The chosen venue is now confirmed as somewhere very, very special! It is a real Highland castle - Carbisdale Castle which was built for the Dowager Duchess of Sutherland.
Take a look at it here: http://www.syha.org.uk/SYHA/web/site/Hostels/CarbisdaleCastle.asp?selectPic=carbisdalelarge4! It's a fantastic place, in a gorgeous location!
The next special and amazing detail is the price!
Only £125 ($240) (¬186) for 5 nights including continental breakfast and evening meal and £82 ($158) (¬123) for juniors under 18.
All we require now is a deposit of 20% to confirm your booking for this wonderful event. That is £25 ($50) (¬40) for adults and £16.50 ($32) (¬25) for juniors under 18.
The accommodation will be in dorm style bedrooms and there are some family rooms available, but you will need to book early to secure one of these! For the braver orcs/warriors/elves among you, there are even some haunted rooms! The hobbits have declined this offer however.
The dates are Monday 24th September Friday 28th September 2007 (inclusive)
Some of us will be meeting in Edinburgh beforehand to celebrate The Birthday on the 22nd. This, of course is not included in the cost.
We hope to be able to arrange some type of economic transportation from Edinburgh to Carbisdale nearer the time, once we have an idea of how many folks will be attending.
We have some activities already in mind, including a Ceilidh, a Quest, LotR Quiz and some wheeling and dealing of LotR goods and stuff, but are still happy to take more suggestions. Once we figure up the cost of the Ceilidh we will let folks know, but this will be an insignificant amount, probably no more than £20 or so at most.
This event will be more low key than the usual convention, a chance for Tolkien fans to get together in a truly beautiful setting and discuss& well Tolkien and his works. It will be a good chance to put faces to names and, for you American fans, a good excuse to finally make that European trip you've been promising yourself!
For US deposits you can send checks to Budgielover, the ScotMoot representative in the States. For her address and more details please email her at budgielover@npgcable.com. Please put ScotMoot in the subject line.
If you are in the UK or Europe please email Marigold and Llinos at MarigoldCotton@aol.com.
For more details and any questions you can either email Marigold or join the ScotMoot 2007 Yahoo group dedicated to this event at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TolkienMoot/?yguid=125699485.
We look forward to meeting you!
Marigold, Llinos, and Budgielover, three authors who have competed in past years' MEFAs, are organizing a fan meeting in late September, in Scotland. I am passing on an announcement on behalf of these ladies. If you are interested please do not reply here. You can contact the organizers at the email mentioned at the bottom of this message.
I try to keep this group centred on the MEFA's and so avoid OT announcements like this. However, this might be something some of you are interested in, and so I did not want anyone to miss out because they did not hear about it.
Just to be 100% clear: the MEFA's are not involved in this except to provide the basic information below. We don't endorse it one way or the other, and I don't know any more than I am including below. If this does sound like something you'd be interested in, please email Marigold, Llinos, or Budgielover so they can give you the information you need to decide if this is something you want to do.
Below is a message from Marigold.
=======
Plans are forging ahead for the 2007 Moot to be held in Scotland!
The chosen venue is now confirmed as somewhere very, very special! It is a real Highland castle - Carbisdale Castle which was built for the Dowager Duchess of Sutherland.
Take a look at it here: http://www.syha.org.uk/SYHA/web/site/Hostels/CarbisdaleCastle.asp?selectPic=carbisdalelarge4! It's a fantastic place, in a gorgeous location!
The next special and amazing detail is the price!
Only £125 ($240) (¬186) for 5 nights including continental breakfast and evening meal and £82 ($158) (¬123) for juniors under 18.
All we require now is a deposit of 20% to confirm your booking for this wonderful event. That is £25 ($50) (¬40) for adults and £16.50 ($32) (¬25) for juniors under 18.
The accommodation will be in dorm style bedrooms and there are some family rooms available, but you will need to book early to secure one of these! For the braver orcs/warriors/elves among you, there are even some haunted rooms! The hobbits have declined this offer however.
The dates are Monday 24th September Friday 28th September 2007 (inclusive)
Some of us will be meeting in Edinburgh beforehand to celebrate The Birthday on the 22nd. This, of course is not included in the cost.
We hope to be able to arrange some type of economic transportation from Edinburgh to Carbisdale nearer the time, once we have an idea of how many folks will be attending.
We have some activities already in mind, including a Ceilidh, a Quest, LotR Quiz and some wheeling and dealing of LotR goods and stuff, but are still happy to take more suggestions. Once we figure up the cost of the Ceilidh we will let folks know, but this will be an insignificant amount, probably no more than £20 or so at most.
This event will be more low key than the usual convention, a chance for Tolkien fans to get together in a truly beautiful setting and discuss& well Tolkien and his works. It will be a good chance to put faces to names and, for you American fans, a good excuse to finally make that European trip you've been promising yourself!
For US deposits you can send checks to Budgielover, the ScotMoot representative in the States. For her address and more details please email her at budgielover@npgcable.com. Please put ScotMoot in the subject line.
If you are in the UK or Europe please email Marigold and Llinos at MarigoldCotton@aol.com.
For more details and any questions you can either email Marigold or join the ScotMoot 2007 Yahoo group dedicated to this event at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TolkienMoot/?yguid=125699485.
We look forward to meeting you!
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