2017 SL Christmas Expo Opens December 1st Shopping, Entertainment & More in support of the Relay For Life of Second Life

The 7^th Annual SL Christmas Expo opens Friday December 1^stand will run through Sunday, December 10^th .  More than 70 merchants spread out over 4 regions will offer shopping for Fashion, Home & Garden,Breedables and more.  Forty-five live performances, DJ& Live Radio shows, Dance Troupes and Tribute shows will provide nearly 70 hours of entertainment to shoppers.  Gotyas, raffles and contests will round out this year’s offerings at SL’s Premier Holiday shopping event.

The theme is “HOLIDAY WINDOWS” and merchants will be decorating their shoppe windows as part of the Holiday Window Contest.  There will be sleigh rides, ice skating, a Christmas tree lot and a Snowman building contest.

The Expo, which is sponsored by Athena Couture, BattlebeastBreedables, Botanica, Ever An’ Angel, T1Radio and WHIP Radio supports the American Cancer Society and the Relay For Life of Second Life and will conclude with the 8^th Annual Holidays of Hope Gala Ball, Sunday December 10^th 2-7pm .

For more information contact Nuala Maracas or visit http://slchristmasexpo.com

Contact Nuala Maracas  nuala.maracas@gmail.com

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Registration for the 2017 Second Life Christmas Expo is open!

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

The 7th annual Second Life Christmas Expo and Winter Breedables Fair will run December 1 to 10, 2017 and is held in support of the American Cancer Society and the Relay For Life of Second Life (RFL of SL).

The expo has a variety of merchant and non merchant sponsorships available, as well as a variety of advertising options.  Breedable creators also have the opportunity to have a complimentary shop and an additional display area at the Expo. 

This year our theme is Holiday Windows with an over all Retro feel to the streets (It's A Wonderful Life, Miracle On 34th Street). Merchants have the option to participate in our Holiday Windows Display by decorating their shop windows.  Visitors to the Expo will vote for their favorites.  

NEW for 2017 is our  Christmas Collaborator Collection. A special area has been designed for invitation only SL designers which will showcase  New and Exclusive Limited Edition creations only for sale only at the Expo.  

As always, we are excited to include the Winter Breedables Fair in the Expo and we are so pleased to have the Breedables merchants back for the holidays again. The highly anticipated One Of A Kind Breedables Auction is back this year as well.  Breedable Creators have given generously of their time and of their hearts to create these special OOAK  Breedables.  And of course, Breedable Auction Houses are welcome and encouraged to one or more of their Auctions at the Expo. 

We will once again be providing recorded promotional on air advertisements prior to and during the Expo. Premiere Event Sponsor Merchants will be mentioned in the recorded promotions as part of their Expo sponsorship again this year. These generic radio promotions are available for all Radio Stations, Clubs and DJ's across Second Life to use to help us promote the Expo. Premiere Event Sponsor Merchants will also receive a copy to distribute as they like.

We are always looking for Media partners in both on air stations and in print. Interested parties should contact Nuala Maracas at nuala.maracas@gmail.com

Registration fees, sponsorship fees, kiosk donations, hunt, raffle, auction, gotya and RFL vendor donation items are paid to the Relay For Life of Second Life.  Registration, sponsorship, and auction items over $20 US (L$5,200) are eligible to receive a tax receipt from the American Cancer Society if requested.

The 2017 Second Life Christmas Expo Coordinator is Nuala Maracas.

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About the American Cancer Society:

For more than 100 years, the American Cancer Society (ACS) has worked relentlessly to save lives and create a world with less cancer and more birthdays.  Together with our global partners and millions of supporters, the American Cancer Society carries out its mission to Save Lives, Celebrate Lives, and Lead the Fight for a World Without Cancer.  

For More Information:

http://slchristmasexpo.com

http://relayforlifeofsecondlife.org/

http://www.cancer.org/

For More Information Contact Nuala Maracas

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RELAY FOR LIFE OF SECOND LIFE TEAM REGISTRATION OPENS FEBRUARY 12, 2017

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Second Life Residents Invited To Participate in the World's Largest Virtual Fundraising Event!

Relay For Life of Second Life Team Registration opens at 6 am SLT on Sunday, February 12, 2017.

Led by Event Leadership Team chair Nuala Maracas and co-chairs Leala Spire and Grace Devin, the 2017 season kicks off March 5th and continues through Relay For Life Weekend in Second Life on the 15th & 16th of July. The theme for the 2017 Relay season is “Passport To Hope".

Team Registration Details

•    Captains may register their teams beginning Feb 12th by visiting http://relayforlifeofsecondlife.org/    

     and clicking the TEAM REGISTRATION button.

•    Teams are recommended to have at least 5 members

•    Captains will be asked to set a goal for their team.  

•    Teams who meet the minimum fundraising levels will be eligible for a campsite and for real life prizes and awards.

A new Supporter category has been created to give credit to non-team entities who in the past have

raised funds for Relay using General Donations kiosks.These businesses, clubs or organizations can contact PrettyKitty Gumbo in world to be assigned a “Supporter” number and receive fundraising tools.

"This year we are not just going to think outside the box," said  event Chair Nuala Maracas. "We are going to Break The Box! Together we are going to make a difference. Together we are going to help our American Cancer Society finish this fight!"

About Relay For Life of Second Life

Relay For Life is the signature event of the American Cancer Society and has been active, and continually growing in Second Life for 13 years. In 2005, the first Relay For Life of Second Life (RFL of SL) was attended by a few hundred avatars and raised almost $5,000 US dollars for the American Cancer Society. As of July 2014 RFL of SL ranked number 17th in donations received among more than 5600 relay events held worldwide. As of January, 2017 RFL of SL celebrated raising 3 million US dollars to support the mission of the Society to 'Save Lives, Celebrate Lives and Lead The Fight for A World Without Cancer!

About the American Cancer Society

For more than 100 years, the American Cancer Society has been working to create a world with less cancer and more birthdays and is the world leader in the fight to end cancer. Together with our global partners and millions of supporters, the American Cancer Society carries out its mission to Save Lives, Celebrate Lives, and Lead the Fight for a World Without Cancer.

For More Information:

www.relayforlifeofsecondlife.org

www.cancer.org/involved/participate/relayforlife/second-life

WEBSITE: WWW.RELAYFORLIFEOFSECONDLIFE.ORG

For More Information Contact Serina Juran

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T1RADIO ANNOUNCES TENTH ANNIVERSARY PARTY TO BENEFIT RELAY FOR LIFE OF SECOND LIFE- June 14, 2015

OLDEST CONTINUOUS RADIO STREAM IN SECOND LIFE WAS BEGUN JUNE 12, 2005

Arinultra Cay, Second Life   T1Radio announced their plans for party on June 14, 2015 to celebrate their 10th anniversary.  

The party will take place from 3 to 7pm at Relay dAlliez and will feature T1Radio's current air-staff, alumni and special surprise guests.

T1, the long time Official Broadcaster of  Relay For Life of Second Life, is the sponsor of the Relay Rockers team, and the party will be held as a benefit for Relay.

In January 2005, Trader Whiplash, who began the station along with Nuala Maracas, was a host for the late Alliez Mysterio's La Vie En Rose.  When Alliez and Tony Beckett decided to begin broadcasting to the club as Radio dAlliez, Trader was given the opportunity to learn to DJ.  He crafted his sets around classic rock and roll, a change from the pop and electronic music popular in SL clubs at that time.  The station broadcasted to La Vie en Rose and the Rue dAlliez sim, one of the first private 'islands' created in world.  By June of 2005 Alliez and Tony had turned their attention to the establishment of dAlliez Estates and were about to close the station and the club when Trader reached an agreement to maintain both. He changed the name to T1Radio and along with his best friend Nuala Maracas, began to build a staff.  Early members of T1Radio included Anthony Wesburn, Java Mama,  Sassyblonde Hebert and Rex Tardis, and Radio Riel's Gabby Riel.  Diana 'Dee' Wolfe and Madelyn Majestic also joined the station and continue to broadcast weekly shows.

The station remained in Rue dAlliez where it operated its home base club LEGENDS Classic Rock until 2011 when it moved to its own sim.

T1Radio and Relay For Life have become almost synonymous. When Jade Lily organized the first Relay For Life in Second Life T1Radio was there to support the fundraising.  Trader, a leukemia survivor, Nuala and Alliez began a team based at La Vie en Rose.  The team became known as the Relay Rockers and has participated in every Relay held in world. In 2006 T1Radio was asked to fill in when the scheduled audio was unable to continue following a grid crash and Trader and T1 stepped in and rocked the track well into the night.  The following year Fayandria Foley asked T1 to return and thus began a 10 year relationship between the biggest event and the oldest station in Second Life.  In 2014 the American Cancer Society and Relay For Life recognized Trader, Nuala and T1Radio for its dedication and contributions to what has become one of the largest Relay For Life fundraisers in the world by inducting them in the RFL of SL Hall of Honor. 

Today T1Radio remains a fun station with friendly DJs, great mixes of music and 24/7 Classic Rock the Way YOU Like It.  Hosts and DJs can apply to T1 by contacting Trader, Nuala or LEGENDS Manager Xyza Armistice.

T1Radio, Trader and Nuala remain dedicated to providing entertaining music for everyone. They remain dedicated to supporting Relay For Life as well as the Dreams community and the AviChoice Awards.

Some Other T1Radio Highlights:

•    2006  – 1st Relay For Life weekend broadcast

•    2007 –  Provides voice to Opening, Closing and Luminaria Ceremonies

•    2008  – 1st Broadcast of Kick Off, Halfway There and Wrap Up

•    2010 –  Sponsors 1st Holiday of Hope Ball

·         2011 - Moves To Arinultra Cay

•    2012 – Introduces Relay Rap – the Talk Show For and About the Relay For Life of Second Life

•    2012 – Becomes AviChoice audio producer

•    2014 – Nuala, Trader and T1Radio Inducted into Relay For Life Hall of Honor

•    2015 – Trader and T1Radio are AviChoice finalists and T1Radio and staff garner 5 nominations over all

You can tune to T1Radio at http://t1radio.serverroom.us:8242 or on the TuneIn App http://tunein.com/radio/T1-Radio-s113797/ 

Second Life residents can keep up to date with T1 by joining the T1Radio Listeners Group: secondlife:///app/group/609a700e-65bd-a3dc-5629-a720a5b58cef/about

Current T1Radio DJ Line Up :
(All Times SLT)
All Events Held At Arinultra Cay http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Arinultra%20Cay/197/46/27 except as noted*

Sunday
3.30-4.30pm              Trader Whiplash                  Relay Rap - Talk Show for and about the Relay For Life                                                                                     of Second Life
5.00-7.00pm  Trader Whiplash                  The Time Machine ( 60s Classic Rock )
7.00-9.00pm  Scott  Criss                            The Sunday Show

Monday
5.00-7.00pm  Nuala Maracas                     Rock N Roll Stew
                                                                        (1st Monday of Month - Musical Speed Build at            Dreams                                                                                    http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Dreams/47/41/26 )

Tuesday
5.00-7.00pm  Dee Wolfe                             Rockin' The 80s

Wednesday
5.00-7.00pm  Trader Whiplash                  Rockin' Happy Hour

Thursday
5.00-7.00pm  Nuala Maracas                     Rock N Roll Stew Too

Friday
5.00-7.00pm  Trader / Nuala                      Friday Blues

Saturday
5.00-7.00pm  Madelyn Majestic                 It's Saturday Night
7.00-9.00pm  Fuzzball Ortega                    Saturday Night Dance Party


CONTACT: TRADER1 WHIPLASH (trader@t1radio.com)

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Spotlight on Relay Rockers and T1Radio- Interview with Trader1 Whiplash and Nuala Maracas

Everyone in Second Life has a unique story. How they discovered the virtual world and what inspired them to do what they do various from person to person.  Some may see Second Life as just another online game and to others it is much more than that.

Trader1 Whiplash is a cancer survivor and an avatar whose name is familiar to many who are involved in Relay for Life in Second Life. He is also co owner of T1 Radio and a founding member of Relay Rockers. Together with his best friend Nuala Maracas, they have worked tirelessly in the Second Life community with T1 Radio and Relay for Life events. 

It is people like them that add humility, purpose and inspiration to this virtual world, but you don’t have to take SLE’s words for it.

Interview with Trader1 Whiplash and Nuala Maracas

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