Tag: study

Schedule of Weekend Events

We’re thrilled about all of the events coming up in just a few days! Here’s a complete rundown of the weekend, along with links to purchase tickets to those events you might still be interested in attending.

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  • Friday, January 3, 2020
  • Saturday, January 4, 2020
    • 9am – 12:30pm: Discussion Groups (purchase individually or in packages for a discount) – conference rooms
    • 6pm: Dungeon Introduction (for all General Admission ticket holders who have checked in to the Masque) – Virginia suites
    • 7pm – 1am: The Masque Ball -Commonwealth Ballroom
      • 7:15pm: Processional of the Court of the Night Blooming Flowers
      • Midnight: Enactment of the Marriage of the Winter Queen to the Sun Prince
    • 8pm – midnight: Dungeon open for presale ticket holders – Virginia suites
    • 9pm – midnight: Dungeon open for same day ticket holders – Virginia suites
  • Sunday, January 5, 2020
    • 8am – noon: Brunch – Dominion room

We can’t wait to see you for the Masque weekend!

Raising Funds for the Libraries

Libraries are valuable resources in our communities and it’s important that we support them.    After all, without libraries, how would Phédre ever have solved the mystery of the Master of the Straits and saved her dearest friend?  Plus, isn’t this event based on a series of nine books (if you follow Phédre, Imriel, and Moirin – which you should – through all of their adventures)?

FCPL logoSo, it is in this spirit that the 2020 Masque will be raising funds for the Fairfax County Public Library system.  The FCPL consists of 23 branches – 8 regional branches, 14 community branches, and a branch dedicated to serving customers who have special accessibility requirements – serving the over 1 million residents of Fairfax County “through programming, community spaces, technologies, and collections of educational and recreational resources.”

Proceeds from ticket sales will go directly to the libraries and, in the coming weeks and months, you will be hearing from the Dowayne of Bryony House about some exciting fundraisers.

If you would like to make a personal donation to the libraries, you can do so by clicking the Donate Now button on the Fairfax Library Foundation homepage.  You can add “Longest Night Midwinter Masque” in the notes if you wish.  Select “FCPL” as your home library.

Master Piero’s Discussion Series: Request for Proposals

In Kushiel’s Scion, Imriel travels to the University of Tiberium to study under the eccentric Master Piero di Bondi and his famous pigeons.

picture of a pigeonTo further immerse you in our weekend in Terre d’Ange, we will be hosting a short series of discussion groups on Saturday, much like those Imriel, Eammon, Brigitta, and Lucius held in the tavern long after class.  We invite you to submit proposals for these discussion topics, worthy of those inspired by Master Piero – no pigeons needed.

Groups will last approximately 60-90 minutes and should be designed for no more than ten (10) to fifteen (15) participants.  Please limit your topics to direct discussions of the Kushiel’s Legacy books.  If your topic is chosen, be prepared to lead an in-depth discussion of your topic and bring any materials your participants may need, such as question handouts or printouts of supplemental information.  Include the names of any Kushiel’s Legacy books that participants need to bring.

To submit your proposal, send an email to info@thelongestnightmasque.com with the subject Discussion Group Topic and attach your proposal to the email.  Do not type your proposal in the body of the email.

Proposals will be accepted no later than 11:59pm, May 1, 2019. Proposals will be reviewed by a committee and those whose topics have been chosen will be informed by May 15, 2019.

Tickets to Master Piero’s Discussion Series will be made available once subjects have been chosen and group leaders confirmed.