An Old West Fantasy

Sadly RL has kept me from many dances and events of late but I still enjoy heading out for a dance.

Last Friday was a Fantasy theme for Steelhead. The sort of things you find inside the mushroom ring. Not the sort of thing involving PVC nurses uniforms.


Miss Laval, Editor of the Steelhead Anvil, looking very purple.


Otenth, the Duke of Murdann, in a tumble dried dragon


Miss Riven Holmwood


Yours truly as a nasty Redcap. There were several comments of "Eeewww" after I explained how they got their caps red.


Christine, looking rather elfin.


O'Toole the troll


Maev Ceawlin as a student of Hogwarts.


Melissa


Miss Katt


Searra Weatherwax


The one thing worse than going away in Steelhead is announcing you're going away before you actually do. As the Duchess of Loch Avie discovered :-)

Welcome to 1888*

In one of Caledon's most ambitious events, the Many Midnights Ball ran almost continuously for 20 hours. Beginning at 5:00 AM SLT with myself presenting the music, we welcomed in the various Australian New Years Eve times. Starting with the Melbourne/Sydney, then to Adelaide, and finally Brisbane. Apologies to both of the Perth people I know for not sticking around for Perth NY.


The Gaiety stage showing the four clocks and the relative times of each of the major locations.



Refreshments and tables provided by Rosehaven Recipes and the lovely Countess Primbroke.


Guests at the Australian Ball danced away the time...


...until the clock chimed midnight and the balloons dropped!

After that I went off to bed and let my Darling Duchess take over the music.
I dropped back in for for the London dance, and again for the New York party where my dear wife was busy performing Hostess duties.




I didn't manage to steal a dance with her despite the lag.


Even a rather handsome drop-bear came out to party with the revellers.

A guid New Year to ane an` a` and mony may ye see!

Happy Hogmanay and a prosperous New Year to all.




*While the discussion of exactly when Caledon is has inspired much discussion, I've opted for a time keeping practice of setting the month and date, with the same numeral of the current year but opting for a late Victorian date setting. It's a touch of Theme that allows for letters to be passed between those who follow a similar path.

New Years Eve Ball

Celebrate the New Years as it slowly takes hold around the world.

The Caledon Gaiety Company, Prim Perfect Magazine, Radio Riel and Riel Events cordially invite you to celebrate New Year's Eve in the Independent State of Caledon at the:

Gilded Age Masqued Charity Ball
The Gaiety Theatre - Caledon Penzance

Join us for an all-day extravaganza of formal balls, live auctions, silent auctions and "best dressed" contests! Let's celebrate the new year and give to a worthy cause - "Gardens of Hope"!

* 4:00AM - 6:00AM SLT - Sydney/Melbourne New Year's Eve Ball
* 2:00PM - 3:00PM SLT - Live Charity Auction
* 3:00PM - 5:00PM SLT - London New Year's Eve Ball
* 8:00PM - 10:00PM SLT - New York New Year's Eve Ball
* 10:00PM - 11:00PM SLT - Live Charity Auction
* 11:00PM - 1:00AM SLT - San Francisco New Year's Eve Ball

The Silent Auction will run for 24 hrs starting at 1:00AM SLT December 31st. You can view, and bid on, the items for the Silent Auction in the glass pavillion just south of the Theatre.

Attire: Formal gowns and suits from 1850 - 1910 with masques
Or whimsical, yet tasteful, Victorian period costumes with masques

$500 L awarded to both Best Dressed Lady and Gentleman at each event

The event hosts are donating all auction proceeds to "Gardens Of Hope", an organization that builds greenhouses, tree nurseries, and more in Lesotho, Africa. These gardens are then used as a source of food, firewood and income for several communities in this Southern African nation.

For more infromation visit Better World Island in SL or http://www.solidsaltspring.com/gardens.html .

In case of Sim crash or unbearable lag, we will have Coughton Court in Caledon Carntaigh open for the event as well. Guests can enjoy the simulcast of the event, view pictures of the Silent Auction items, and dance free of lag!

The hussar uniform - finally!

Waaaaaaay back during the SLRFL events there was a little RP called the Neualtenburg War. As part of the activities, our beloved Guvnah commissioned me to create two uniforms for the Caledon Militia. One was the familiar Red tunic, the other was a blue attila favoured by cavalry units.

Earlier pictures may be found in the description of ranks here and in Ordinal Malaprop's recruitment kinoscope.

At the time I had held off putting it on sale until the war was over. But as with many of these things, the war so much as didn't happen as took too long to co-ordinate and people got sick of it and moved on to other things.

However, recent enquiries have lead me to finally finish the uniform in its glory.



Special thanks to Jaeger Edelweiss, former worthy opponent, for assistance with the pelisse.

Disclaimer: Pearse'd & Cut can not be held responsible for swooning, strutting or bravado that may result from the use of this uniform. Horse and Long Weapon not included.

Very amusing

Normally I wouldn't post quiz type things here but I found the answers far too amusing not to share.

Your Superhero Persona by couplandesque
Your Name
Superhero Name	The Scotsman
Super Power	Irresistable Sexuality
Enemy	Martha Stewart
Mode Of Transportation	Motorcycle
Weapon	Baseball Bat

Santa comes to Caledon

Recently I was happy to get an early visit from Father Christmas and his reindeer as they made sure the sleigh was ready for its exertions in the following days.

Recorded for posterity is a very SL looking collection of reindeer, as well as the old fellow himself.







Merry Christmas, Happy Channukah, Fabulous Festivus, and Joyous "insert mid summer/winter festival of choice here."

And hope to see you for the New Year's Eve party in Penzance.

Raising funds in Steelhead

Saturday evening after finishing some RL commitments I was back in Steelhead to help raise some money for the upcoming Steelhead Harbourside



The sim is nearly completed in its prebooking and to help along the finances, the Men of Caledon were put on display as a fundraiser, with the announcement that they'd go topless if the donations reached the L$20,000 mark.


We were shirtless within 20 minutes.

No I'm not sure that it implies that the visiting women were a pack of perverts or that they were overly generous in their funding. Possibly both :-)


Hawc Decosta shows his sash.


Baron Wulfenbach displays some rather garish shorts


Myself and the non-furry Sheriff


My dear wife flashing a bit of thigh


Nice Chest


By the end of the night we had raised over L$75,000 and all sort of people were in all states of undress (including Tensai, who went topless once we reached L$60K, but I'll refrain from publishing the photos).

Great night and great fun and hopefully well on the way to launching the next stage of Steelhead.

Happy anniversary

Saturday also marked the 6 month anniversary of the handfasting of myself and my dearest Christine.

Happy Anniversary my love!

The Caledon-Wintefell Ball

Saturday afternoon was the first joint ball between Caledon and the "Victorian Gothic" themed sims of Winterfell. Hosted by Her Grace of Carntaigh, Gabrielle Riel, and the Senechal of Winterfell, Serra Anansi.

I wasn't able to make it to the start of the ball, originally being held in Winterfell Keep. It seems the combination of high prim jewellery, high prim gowns, AOs, HUDs and a high number of AVs in the sim was too much for Winterfell to bear and it fell over.

The reassembled dancers opted for the recently formed sim that was the cause of the celebrations, Caledon Cape Wrath. And with a quick scattering of dance balls and the tuning of the parcels to the right music, the Ball was under way again.


The dancers reassemble on Cape Wrath


The Senechal of Winterfell, Miss Serra Anansi


Miss Cornelia and Mr. Hassanov


Possibly the largest Ballgown in SL


Myself and Miss Emilly

Sadly time zones and RL commitments prevented me from staying for much more than an hour, but it was nice to see the coming together of the two communities. I look forward to seeing what it brings.

Around Steelhead in 80 Days

Steelhead's recent dance themes have been running the gamut of Victorian Scientific Romances and this week was no exception.

Around the World in 80 days brought an assortment of attire out of the cupboard and onto the dance floor, with a variety of modes of transportation to help them get there.


Balloons, trains and automobiles


My dear Christine in her Middle Eastern attire.


Dia in a wonderful oriental gown.


Lumina in a Christmas themed outfit


Eva in oriental attire


"Come on , shake your body baby, do the conga"


And because you can't travel the world without Daleks.


LordAlbert Heron in one of his rare visits to Steelhead.

Fabulous night was had by all.