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Oh, the things we do for the things we love... - Page 6

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As soon as the contestant assurred Jincey he wanted the "really, really tough" questions, she gave him one. He guessed at the answer and got it right, which impressed all of us no end, and when it came his turn again he tried a second "really, really tough question". "From whom did Bungo Baggins inherit the headship of the Baggins family?" Jincey asked accordingly. Nearly everyone in the room went, "Whoa!" (incuding me, because I couldn't remember the answer.) After a moment of silence on the contestant's part I felt I might have encouraged him a little too much to try a hard question, so I asked Jincey to give him another one, and the audience quickly added their support. "Who was Terence Tiller?" Jincey asked. The audience immediately cracked up (and I have to admit I was laughing, too -- not at the poor contestant, but at the absolute obscurity of the questions). We got him to ask for a less demanding question, but I guess he was shaken up by the first two as I think he got the answer wrong anyway. (BTW -- without checking the book, I think the answer to the Baggins headship question is Laura Chubb-Baggins, who took over as head of the family when her husband, Bungo's father died. Jincey read the answer to the audience. And Terence Tiller wrote and produced the first BBC radio production of "The Lord of the Rings" in 1956.) Someone asked me where I got these questions, and I told him that since Jincey had specifically asked for hard questions, I took all the books, laid them out, and went to sections I rarely perused when answering questions for people on the Internet. So these were topics I don't know very well myself (and don't think I know very well, either). There have been some neat moments at the convention. Unfortunately, the schedule changes have forced me to miss most of the convention. Corvar of TheOneRing.Net and I handled the "Ancanar" preview presentation, but unfortunately technical difficulties prevented that from going off smoothly. We still plan to be involved in the online reporting and promotion of "Ancanar". I regret that we weren't able to work out all the details in advance of the convention, but I gave it my best shot and hope Elemental Films is not disappointed. Glass Hammer showed up and they brought their much-anticipated "Arwen" video with them. They are intent upon completing it (the video was originally filmed six years ago for a song from the "Journey of the Dunadan" CD) and making it available to (Glass Hammer and Tolkien) fans everywhere. The audience was quite impressed with the video, which was filmed by a professional video producer. Glass Hammer has just released a new CD (a concept album about a music fan who gets involved in concept albums) and they are working on two new projects, including a new Middle-earth album tentatively called, "Glass Hammer, Live from Middle-earth". The songs will be presented as if they were recorded in various inns and pubs around Middle-earth, and the band is inviting fans to help provide background sounds for the various cuts. They'll post details on their Web site.

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