In its first official week on the grid, Antiochia made
important strides towards is goal to become a noted educational, entertainment,
and cultural hub in SecondLife, and
to assist its partner organisations to succeed in accomplishing their own
objectives. Some of the highlights are:
Education
Yesterday, Antiochia reached an important
agreement with VIRTLANTIS
(http://www.virtlantis.com), a
virtual Languages Education Community active mainly in SecondLife, to work together in order to help Antiochia Scholarship Trust Scholars acquire the
English language skills they need before they arrive to Canada to pursue their
studies.
Sponsored by the Oxford School of English (http://www.oxfordschool.de),
VIRTLANTIS has been active in SL for almost a decade and has developed a network
of volunteer professionals specialising in providing, in particular, English
language and culture workshops to anyone interested, free of charge. As AST Scholars will start to participate in AST's virtual home, Antiochia, they will be introduced
to VIRTLANTIS members, will go through an
individualised assessment period, and will then be provided with the necessary
assistance to improve their English language skills, in preparation for their
university studies in Canada.
This partnership marks an important step in accomplishing ASTs vision of assisting its scholars to realise their
dream of pursuing their studies in Canada. The ability to form a virtual
community well before their arrival here, to get to know each other, study and
create together, and acquire the skills necessary for a successful study period
in Canada constitutes a milestone in this process. We look forward to working
together with VIRTLANTIS for a long time to
come, for the benefit of all our students. To visit VIRTLANTIS, please use this
SLURL:
or contact in-world
Kip Yellowjacket (kip@virtlantis.com).
Entertainment
Antiochia is also offering, on a weekly basis, some of the best live
music in SL. Latin Guitar player Joaquin
Gustav and R&B Vocalist Mihaere
Shamen now appear regularly in our main venue, Forum Valentis. Please join
us there next Sunday, January 25, from noon slt to 2 pm slt, when Rock
and Blues dynamo Gweeb will start
the party and will be followed by Joaquin
Gustav and his amazing guitar.
Due to Sandia Beaumont’s
great success with her piano recital on the Opening Day of the sim, we now have
dedicated an APA Piano Series, where
in addition to Sandia’s French Flair, you will be able to enjoy the art of pianists
Tip Corbett and Zachh Cale.
Tip Corbett (Gregory Hall in RL) has been
performing weekly live concerts of classical/compositional improvisation in
Second Life since March 2009. About the
"Mysteria", his classical improvisations: "For many years I have
striven to develop a style of classical improvisation. The art of improvising did not fare as well
in classical as in popular and jazz musics in the last century. I am interested in helping to revive this
lost art, once practiced by the great classical composers as readily as
composition itself." Tip will be
performing in Antiochia on February 1, at 11:30 am slt. Zachh Cale is also a veteran SL performer who in addition to his classical/pop
mix piano selections, also has amazing vocals. More about Zach as we get closer
to his performance date – March 8, at 1 pm slt. You can listen to excerpts of
Tip’s music here (http://youtu.be/0_ia5EP66gE) and to Zach’s here (http://youtu.be/gsQVRxnTErY). For further details about Antiochia’s events, please consult our
website’s calendar here (http://apa.antiochiatrust.org/activities).
Our New Website
Finally, we have just activated our community’s new website, which can
be accessed here: http://apa.antiochiatrust.org . We hope you will find it
intuitive, accessible, and informative. In addition to our events’ calendar,
you will also find our pictures on our Flickr account, brief descriptions of
all Antiochia partners’ activities, how to contact us both in the Real and
Virtual Worlds, a fascinating history of virtual Antiochia from its origins in
5000 BC to 600 AD (the epoch the sim is situated in), as well as our community
blog. Please bookmark it and consult it
often if you wish to stay informed of our entertainment and educational
activities.
If you have any questions or wish to find out more information about us,
our partners, and our activities, please contact in-world AlexOlteanu Unplugged or Bromo
Ivory – or use the Contact Us
section of our website to send us an e-mail. It will be our pleasure to get
back to you within 24 hours.
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