From richard_117 at richard_117.yahoo.invalid Fri Jun 1 01:27:21 2007 From: richard_117 at richard_117.yahoo.invalid (richard_117) Date: Fri, 01 Jun 2007 01:27:21 -0000 Subject: Looking for track 9 3/4 Message-ID: Now you will have another reason to visit Florida; it seems a certain themed park is in the works to be built there: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070531/ap_en_mo/harry_potter_park From rachael at rstiegel.yahoo.invalid Sun Jun 3 21:59:02 2007 From: rachael at rstiegel.yahoo.invalid (rstiegel) Date: Sun, 03 Jun 2007 21:59:02 -0000 Subject: Snapecast Episode 17 (1 Year Anniversary!) Message-ID: Snapecast Episode 17 is up for download here: http://snapecast.com/podpress_trac/web/137/0/2007-06-01-SnapecastEp17.mp3 In this episode, we celebrate our one year anniversary of podcasting about Snape. We also feature a medley of Phoenix Rising snippets and a Best of Snapecast mix. Check out http://snapecast.com for pictures from Phoenix Rising and other Snape-tastic stuff. Rachael From andrew.staub at astaub13.yahoo.invalid Fri Jun 22 18:04:09 2007 From: andrew.staub at astaub13.yahoo.invalid (astaub13) Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2007 18:04:09 -0000 Subject: Searching for Harry Potter fans in Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Message-ID: Hey, I'm a reporter in the Wilkes-Barre area, working on a feature about Harry Potter fans. There's no club in Wilkes-Barre, but I was hoping someone here lived in Luzerne County. If you do, and would like to talk, shoot me an e-mail at andrew.staub at .... Thanks, Andrew Staub From poppytheelf at erisedstraeh2002.yahoo.invalid Sat Jun 23 01:10:34 2007 From: poppytheelf at erisedstraeh2002.yahoo.invalid (Phyllis) Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2007 01:10:34 -0000 Subject: You Have Been Summoned: Accio Reprise in Oxford, England 25-27 July 2008! Message-ID: Accio UK is pleased to announce that the next Accio event will be held from 25 to 27 July 2008. Accio 2008 will bring together academics and adult fans to discuss the Harry Potter series in the Hogwarts-like setting of the University of Oxford. The conference will be held at the beautiful Magdalen College, which boasts such alumni as C.S. Lewis and Oscar Wilde. Accio 2008 seeks to enhance the appreciation of J.K. Rowling's novels as works of literature in her home country. Paper presentations, roundtables, moderated panels, debates and workshops will evoke a lively, interesting and thoughtful discussion on the changes the Harry Potter novels have already made to our world, and on the potential for the novels to have a lasting influence. The conference will feature guest speakers, formal programming sessions and informal opportunities for delegates to get to know one another and the city of Oxford. A banquet will be held in Magdalen College's magnificent Dining Hall on the evening of Saturday 26 July. The Programming Committee is currently accepting presentation proposals. Accio 2008's Call for Papers may be viewed here: http://www.accio.org.uk/callforpapers.shtml . We will send out another announcement in the near future to let you know when the registration system opens. For more information, please visit http://www.accio.org.uk/ . You have been summoned! The Accio 2008 conference is an unofficial event and is not endorsed, sanctioned or in any other way supported, directly or indirectly, by Warner Bros. Entertainment, the Harry Potter book publishers, or J.K. Rowling and her representatives. From jmgrogue at jmgrogue.yahoo.invalid Tue Jun 26 23:41:09 2007 From: jmgrogue at jmgrogue.yahoo.invalid (jmgrogue) Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2007 23:41:09 -0000 Subject: For All the TRUE Harry Potter Fans.... Message-ID: Hey Everyone ? I'm a part of this fun growing community at Myfandoms.com and thought I'd spread the word (and the love) they run a contest a week for Fan Art, Fan Fiction and Fan Videos and thought a few of you might well be interested, the details are below! Come and have fun, get this place rocking! JadedRogue www.myfandoms.com www.lulu.com/janetmariejadedrogue ***** FAN ART CONTEST - June 25 - July 1 When: 12:01 am eastern June 25 - July 1 at 8 pm, eastern Fandom: We have SCI FI theme this week. ANY sci-fi fandom art submitted will be eligible. Theme: Your entry must depict a hero or an act of heroism. Judging: All entries with at least 10 comments from 10 different site members that also has a rating of 8 or higher will be JUDGED by a judging panel of site administrators. 1 Grand Prize: Your choice of AUTOGRAPHED SCRIPTS: ? ALIAS--Ep 1.06, "Reckoning". Autographed by Jennifer Garner, Ron Rifkin, Michael Vartan and Bradley Cooper! ? HARRY POTTER & THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS. Autographed by: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Robbie Coltrane, Maggie Smith, Tom Felton, Alan Rickman, Richard Harris. ? HEROES.. "Exclusive Comic Con" Comic Book. (images attached) INVITE YOUR FRIENDS TO COMMENT on your fan art!*** *myFandoms.com membership is required to rate and comment ** There must be a minimum of 10 comments by 10 unique users to be eligible. ***These are valuable prizes, so we do check to make sure registrations are genuine and not just multiple registrations from the same person. From elanor.isolda at elanor_isolda.yahoo.invalid Tue Jun 26 20:42:37 2007 From: elanor.isolda at elanor_isolda.yahoo.invalid (Elanor Isolda) Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2007 21:42:37 +0100 Subject: Sectus 2007: Registration Closure and Programme Message-ID: <6493bc80706261342t3a60a8b8g6cd2f965594ad5fc@...> *Registration for Sectus 2007 will close on Saturday June 30th.* This means that in order to be registered, you have just five days left. You can register online at www.sectus.org. Booking for Not the Yule Ball will close on Wednesday July 4th. There will be a limited number of places made available on the day, but for guaranteed entry (and a lower rate) you must register in advance. For reference, the on-the-door rates will be: Thursday: ?20 Friday: ?20 (valid 10am - 6pm) Saturday: ?25 (valid 10pm Friday - 5pm Saturday, to include Reading Party) Sunday: ?15 These rates will only be available on the door: we can only sell four-day registrations in advance, priced at ?65. *Guests and Programme* If you have not done so already, check out the provisional event timetable at www.sectus.org/timetable.php for a taste of what is in store. We are lucky to be joined by the following Guest Speakers: - Steve Vander Ark, aka Lexicon Steve, creator and webmaster of the Harry Potter Lexicon (see www.hp-lexicon.org) - Colin Manlove, author of From Alice to Harry Potter: Children's Fantasy in England - Mary Baumann, author of A Detective's Analysis of Harry Potter and the Mysteries Within - David Langford, author of The End of Harry Potter? - Catherine Driscoll, Chair of Gender and Cultural Studies at the University of Sydney - Michael Bronski, Professor of Women's and Gender Studies and Jewish Studies at Dartmouth College. We also have a variety of scholars and well-known fans presenting their theories and analysis in subjects as diverse as Physics and Politics, as well as a constant stream of fanfiction-related programming. Every taste and interest will be catered for, and throwing in the release of the final Harry Potter book, this will truly be a once-in-a-lifetime event. Full details are available at www.sectus.org. If you have any queries, please contact the Sectus Bookings Office on info [at] sectus.org Best wishes, Elanor Isolda Conference Chair Sectus 2007 -- This conference is not endorsed, sanctioned or in any way supported, directly or indirectly, by Warner Bros. Entertainment, the Harry Potter book publishers or J.K. Rowling and her representatives. Sectus is not connected with the University of Westminser, and this event does not form part of the University's activities. Sectus is a trading name of Sectus Ltd, registered in England and Wales. // Registration number: 6130297 // Registered Office: 11 Murray Street, London NW1 9RE From hpfgu-announcements at jeffguillaume.yahoo.invalid Wed Jun 27 05:48:48 2007 From: hpfgu-announcements at jeffguillaume.yahoo.invalid (Cheeser) Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2007 05:48:48 -0000 Subject: Last chance! Book 7 Release Packages from HP Fan Trips Message-ID: There are less than 20 spots left on the HP Fan Trips London and Edinburgh Book 7 Release Trips. You can choose to stay for three or four nights in a three- or four- star hotel, or spring for the big one and stay at the five-star Balmoral Hotel in the VERY SUITE JK Rowling finished writing "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" -- exclusively offered by HP Fan Trips. Separately, there are a few seats left to ride the real, used-in-the- movies "Hogwarts Express" train. Other trips claim to offer this, but HP Fan Trips has exclusively chartered these carriages since 2004 and no other private tour group in the WORLD offers it. For information and booking (and testimonials and pictures from previous trips): http://www.hpfantrips.com/ While this year's full trips are all sold out, we will continue to offer trips EVERY SUMMER as long as the interest is there. These are all-inclusive tours of London, Oxford, Edinburgh and other locations in the United Kingdom of interest to Harry Potter fans, led by "Blue Badge" accredited, LOCAL tour guides and storytellers. HP Fan Trips: Where Magic Travels Together