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     Some people dance around Maypoles or enjoy a day-trip to the seaside, if you’re a film fan however the Bank Holiday Weekend is all about May The Fourth or National Star Wars Day!

     Yorkshire-based special events company, Hullywood Entertainment will be hosting another of their famous Movie Buffs Collectors Fairs in the airy atrium of Prospect Shopping Centre (Kingston upon Hull, UK) on Saturday 4th May from 10am – 4pm.  Special guest, Ian Whyte – all seven-foot one of him – will be meeting guests and signing autographs.  Ian played the iconic Predator in Aliens vs. Predator (2004) and The Space Jockey in franchise revival Prometheus (2012).  Genre fans will also know him from Clash Of The Titans (2010) Harry Potter (2005) and his first dramatic role as Gregor Clegane “The Mountain That Rides” in HBO’s award-winning TV Show, Game Of Thrones.

     Britain’s Got Talent favourite, The Entertainer-nator – who reached the live semi-finals with his Arnold Schwarzenegger impersonation – will also be putting in an appearance, releasing his “Keith Lemon Clone” and treating fans to a few new characters.

     As well as the usual specialist stalls selling Movie, TV, Sci-Fi and Fantasy collectibles and memorabilia there will be opportunities to take photographs with a Back To The Future Replica DeLorean and a scaled-down Tim Burton style Batmobile complete with Hullywood Entertainment’s own Mini-Joker.  You can  get up close and personal with an amazing Captain Jack Sparrow Lookalike-Impersonator and view a variety of rare movie-themed props and exhibits.

     Ian Whyte will be supported by The UK Predators costume group.  The UK Garrison will be attending with a variety of costumed characters from the world of movies, games and television and, if you’re experiencing any problems with the paranormal, you’ll be able to consult costumers from the UK Ghostbusters.

     Attending Movie Buffs: May The Fourth in fancy dress is positively encouraged.  Children who attend the event in Star Wars themed costumes will gain free entry and there will be plenty of folk from the Hull Cosplayers group to show you how it’s done.

     The event marks the fifth anniversary of Hullywood Entertainment’s launch and The Force is sure to be with them!

Links for event information

Official Website  http://www.moviebuffs.co.uk/MovieBuffs/Home.html

Send a friend request on Facebook  https://www.facebook.com/hullywood.crew

Follow on Twitter  https://twitter.com/HullywoodCrew


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     Beltane (meaning “bright fire”) or May Day is one of eight festival days marked upon the ancient seasonal calendar known as The Wheel Of The Year.

     Beltane heralds the beginning of Summer as it lies halfway between The Spring Equinox (Ostara) and The Summer Solstice (Litha).  It is a time when daylight hours are long, trees blossom and herding animals are turned out to pasture.

     Beltane was originally observed by the Gaelic people of Ireland, Scotland and The Isle Of Man who performed protective rituals for their crops and livestock whilst The Celtic Tribes of Western Europe and Britain also celebrated mating rituals and male potency.

     Beltane is named for the Celtic Sun God, Bel (Belenos/Belenus) who is associated with West Cornwall, formerly Belerion.  The Romans dubbed him the “British Apollo” and – like many solar deities – he carries the sun in his chariot and is associated with inspirational light and healing waters.

     Beltane also celebrates The Spirit Of The Greenwood in the guise of The Green Man; known variously as The Celtic Antlered-God Cernunnos, Herne The Hunter, Jack-In-The-Green and even Robin Hood.  Cernunnos consorts with The Mother Goddess at Beltane to assure the birth of the following Spring from the dead of Winter.

     Collecting May blossoms or “bringing in the May” is a euphemism for this time of sexual licence.  Beltane remains a popular time for marriage ceremonies and traditional handfastings.

     Jumping over a broomstick on May Day symbolises crossing the threshold from Spring to Summer and combines the masculine (handle) with the feminine (brush)… no sniggering at the back please ;)

     Dancing around Maypoles at Beltane is still practiced today throughout Europe, Scandinavia and The British Isles.  The origins of this tradition are lost but Folklorists believe the pole represents the ancient reverence for sacred trees or a phallic symbol!

     Pre-Roman tribes danced and walked themselves and their herds around or between protective Beltane fires.  These bonfire celebrations are enjoying a modern revival attracting fire-eaters and coal-walking.

The Beginner’s Guide To The Wheel Of The Year

Imbolc (birth of Spring)

Ostara (Spring Equinox)

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     Ostara (Old High German) or Ēostre (Old English) falls upon 20th March 2013.  It is one of eight ancient Wheel Of The Year festivals denoting seasonal shifts.

     Ostara marks The Vernal (meaning “youthful”) Equinox: the height of Spring.

     Daylight and darkness are balanced at The Equinox, prior to the lengthening of days: a period sometimes referred to as Lent.  It is a time to celebrate fecundity and growth.

     Ostara is named for an ancient Germanic goddess and the month that bears her name; Ôstarmânoth, now April.

     Ostara is a dawn goddess associated to the Greek Eos and the Roman Aurora.  She represents the resurrection of light following the death of Winter.

     Ostara’s totem animal is the hare: a symbol of fertility dating back to prehistoric times.  The hare was admired for its enthusiastic mating rituals and it’s associations to moon goddesses and the female reproductive cycle.

     Eggs are an ancient symbol of renewal, fertility and life-force.  They can be decorated to represent the wishes we hope will manifest in the coming summer.

     Eggs were used to play a number of festival games such as treasure hunts, races and relays (our modern egg and spoon race).

     Ostara is a solar festival so bonfires, hearth fires and candles can also be lit.

     The daffodil or “harbinger of Spring” is the traditional flower of the Ostara festival.

 

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     Lily Wight ~ The Arcade Of Arts & Arcana is one year old today!!!

     That’s 315 posts, over 37,000 visitors, 4,240 followers across 8 social networks, recommendations and shares from Anne Rice and Clive Barker and a personal record of  1,835 visits in one glorious day.

     I never envisaged such an encouraging response when I launched my first hesitant blog post.

     Please re-acquaint yourself right here: http://lilywight.com/2012/12/18/blog-post-of-the-year-2012-number-3/

     What is a birthday without presents?  I would like to thank and recommend the authors who gifted me these much appreciated blog awards;

Thank you http://enchantedsolitaire.com/ for the second star on my Blog Of The Year 2012 Award.

Very Inspiring Blogger Award gratefully received from http://bellnight.wordpress.com/

     Now, time to party… ;)

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     In lieu of next week’s Oscars why not visit these Gargie Award winning Blogsprites and find out what they are wearing on the Blogosphere’s red carpet.

http://beverleyhaines.wordpress.com/

http://booksbonesbuffy.com/

http://missaliblahblah.wordpress.com/

http://erzulieredeyes.wordpress.com/

http://modernoracle.wordpress.com/

http://spidergoddess.wordpress.com/

http://clairecappetta.wordpress.com/

     Congratulations everyone!  Just click the smiley for more information about this award  :)

 

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     Oh My Gooooooooooooooood!  I don’t belieeeeeeve it!  This is SUCH a surprise!  There are so many amaaaaaaaaaazing Blogsprites out there… it’s an incredible honour just to be nominated for this award.

     I‘d like to thank Stephen King for frightening the pants off me with Salem’s Lot and Dr. Who for giving me that unhealthy obsession with sinister marionettes.

     Thanks to Usborne Books’ Mysteries Of The Unknown for the sleepless nights and stop-motion animation for being so absolutely insidious.

     Most of all I’d like to thank J.E. Lattimer of Arcane Arrangements for presenting me with The Gargie Award!!!!

     Thank you…  thank you so much…

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     I am thrilled and incredibly grateful to receive the online blogging community’s Blog Of The Year Award 2012.

     There is a pleasing synchronicity to accepting this award on the day I renewed my website and blog’s domain name: so I would like to thank InkAshlings http://inkashlings.wordpress.com/ for presenting me with the award and awakening motivation and inspiration for 2013!

     As a special festive treat I will be presenting a single much-coveted Blog Of The Year Award to one lucky Blogsprite on Christmas Day – Good luck ;)

     Click below to learn more about the Blog Of The Year Award

     http://thethoughtpalette.co.uk/our-awards/blog-of-the-year-2012-award/

     https://www.facebook.com/groups/BlogoftheYear/

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     If you are a confirmed Movie and Cult TV fanboy what do you do if you can’t find a buzzing but affordable event in your area?  The answer is simple: create your own.

     In 2008 special events company Hullywood Entertainment™ launched in Yorkshire with support from The Prince’s Trust.  You can support their dedication and share their enthusiasm by adding these dates to your diaries:

     ~ 10am – 4.30pm, Saturday 10th November 2012, Staff House, The University Of Hull, East Yorkshire.

     ~ 10am – 4.30pm, Sunday 2nd December 2012, The Royal York Hotel, York (by the railway station), East Yorkshire.

     You’ll find a link to the events’ official website in the homepage sidebar all month.  Please share this information and – you never know – you might even run into a certain elusive blogger ;)

 

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     Thank you fellow Blogsprites for presenting me with the following and much-appreciated awards :)

Illuminating Blogger Award, August 2012.  Presented by http://thelifeandtimesofaforeverwitch.wordpress.com/

One Lovely Blog Award, September 2012.  Presented by http://gothicheartsandbatwings.wordpress.com/

Liebster Award, September 2012.  Presented by http://gothicheartsandbatwings.wordpress.com/

Wonderful Team Member Readership Award, September 2012.  Presented by http://clairbrown1992.wordpress.com/

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     Hi Blogsprites,

     

     If you are lucky enough to live in Hull, East Yorkshire, U.K. you can head to the New Theatre this week for Horrible Histories.

     The Terrible Tudors and Vile Victorians are too good for kids, so borrow someone else’s and get yourself along.

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     I hope you enjoyed movie month at Lily Wight ~ The Arcade of Arts & Arcana :)

     I would like to say a huge thank you and send virtual hugs and squeezes to the bloggers who presented www.lilywight.com with the following awards;

Sunshine Award presented by http://thelifeandtimesofaforeverwitch.wordpress.com/

Sunshine Award presented by http://stayforaspell.wordpress.com/

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In what I think is a wonderful show of support, The Dark Knight Rises star Christian Bale visited with victims of the Aurora, Colorado movie theater shootings yesterday, pictured above with patient Carey Rottman.

Bale spent two and a half hours with victims, medical staff and first responders, and then visited the memorial set up outside the theater (below). As he walked among the 12 crosses erected for each of the slain victims, many people didn't realize who he was or chose to leave him alone.

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Thanks for this, Stephen. It's a lovely post.

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     It is a long time since I won a netball trophy and I fear I have missed the selection process for the 2012 Olympics Egg And Spoon Relay.  I am however suitably chuffed with the blog awards recently presented to me by the following Blogsprites.

Kreativ Blogger Award from http://sherrykey.wordpress.com/

The Versatile Blogger Award from http://parlorofhorror.wordpress.com/ 

One Lovely Blog Award from http://bluebutterfliesandme.wordpress.com/

One Lovely Blog Award from http://goodoldworld.wordpress.com/ 

One Lovely Blog Award from http://emelinemimiemorin.wordpress.com/

One Lovely Blog Award from  http://dbryantsimmons.com/ 

Daisy Award from http://letterstodom.wordpress.com/ 

 

     Huge virtual squeezes to the presenters of these awards and do take a peak at their websites and blogs x

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     We could not allow Puppet Month to go by at The Arcade of Arts & Arcana without wishing a very Happy Birthday to Mr. Punch who is celebrating 350 years of terrifying minors with his anger-management issues.

 

     Here are a few Punch facts to peruse if the pictures haven’t made you run screaming from this post ~

*  Punch & Judy performers are known as “Professors” and are sometimes assisted by a “Bottler” who corrals the audience, collects money and provides musical accompaniment. 

*  Mr. Punch is a manifestation of the mythological Trickster archetype.  His current anglicized form was adapted from the sixteenth century Neapolitan character Pulcinella from the Italian Commedia Dell’ Arte. 

*  Diarist Samuel Pepys recorded Punch’s début in London’s Covent Garden in 1662.

*  Punch regularly beats the other characters with a wooden baton known as a “slapstick”, a name now used as a collective term for a genre of physical comedy.

*  The Punch & Judy Show was originally intended for adults.  Contentious characters such as The Devil and Punch’s mistress Pretty Polly were sidelined in the late Victorian era as the performances were adapted for children.

*  The device which creates Punch’s familiar rasp is called a swazzle.

 

     Click the smiley for lots more information :)

 

 

Punch & Judy Pub, Norfolk, UK.

 

 

     Finally, a little treat from Stop-Motion Maestro Jan Svankmajer.  Don’t have nightmares, Blogsprites! 

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     The Beverley Arts Trust are hosting their popular biennial Puppet Festival from Friday 13th to Sunday 15th of July this year!  If you have never visited the market town or its colourful festival before I can heartily recommend both.

     The event features a wide range of performances, exhibitions and workshops for all age groups with free and ticketed shows.

     The Puppet Festival has a very comprehensive website featuring printable programmes and details of all shows, activities and prices.  Just click the picture of The Three Billy Pigs to link to all the information you will need.

     If you require any more persuading here are a few clips showcasing 2012′s performers and if you live close by please share this link and help to promote The Beverley Puppet Festival :)

     I may see you there… 

     Noisy Oyster from Frome, Somerset, UK.

     Stephen Mottram (Oxford, UK) Animata.

     Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre.

     Indigo Moon Theatre.  Alice And The White Rabbit, Beverley (East Yorkshire, UK).

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     I am very grateful to have received some awards for my website and blog, Lily Wight ~ The Arcade of Arts & Arcana.

     It is inspiring to know that people out there are reading and enjoying my posts.  Please continue to leave your comments, drop by the homepage for a chat, peruse the Gallery and share the links.

     A huge thank you and virtual squeezes to the folk who presented me with the following awards (links to their sites are included) xxx

 

     Very Inspiring Blogger Award.  Presented May 2012 by Christopher Charron at Off The Wall.

     One Lovely Blog Award.  Presented June 2012 by Julie A. Eastin  at Butterfly Julz.

     Liebster Blog Award.  Presented July 2012 by Sal Kaye at Still Dark @ Heart.

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In search of something new to do in Brussels, I stumbled upon a sandwich-board sign for a marionette show at Theatre Royal de Toone. It pointed down an alley to a courtyard and a cafe/bar, so I wandered down to find out more. The bartender said that there would be a show at 8:30. "Hamlet," he said. 

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I would love to see this Hamlet Marionette Show in Brussels! Such a lovely find for Puppet & Marionette month at www.lilywight.com

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     Hello Blogsprites,

     

     If you like rude and musical puppets (who doesn’t ?)  I can recommend Avenue Q at Hull’s New Theatre (UK)  from tomorrow night until Saturday 7th July 2012.

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     I was very grateful to receive The Versatile Blogger Award last month and it is my solemn duty *ahem* to present further accolades to the following fine Blogsprites.

     Well done, everyone xx

 

     http://stilldark.wordpress.com/

     For darkly romantic grown-up Goths.

 

     http://victoriannightsblog.wordpress.com/

     Keeping The Age of Empire alive!

 

     http://inkashlings.wordpress.com/

     Awarding inky stars hither and thither :)

 

     http://steamart.wordpress.com/

     Sexy, sexy Steampunk goodies.

 

     http://bohemianromance.wordpress.com/

     You haven’t seen jewellery until you’ve seen this site!

 

     http://professormaelstromme.wordpress.com/

     Craft and curios from The Age of Steam.

 

     Click for a post you might like :)

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     As a winner of The Versatile Blogger Award I am thrilled to present three more bloggers with the same certificate :)

     Do check out their excellent work…

     http://brideofthebookgod.wordpress.com/

     Smart, insightful and diverse.  A library in blog-form.

     http://countryandvictoriantimes.com/

     Everything you ever needed to know about American Victoriana.

     http://rhiarti.wordpress.com/

     A talented crafter and lover of Steampunk.

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     The Orange Prize for Fiction has now reached its seventeenth year.

     You can link, via the image, to the official website and add the nominees to your “must read” pile.

     The winner will be announced on Wednesday 30th May 2012.

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     The Hay Festival gets bigger and better every year so head to Wales for all things bookish and click the image for the official site.

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     With The Olympics on the way The Brits have gone sports mad!

     Reading and athleticism seldom go hand-in-hand but, believe it or not, there are actually books about sport and a literary awards ceremony devoted to them.  Who knew?!

     You could however just prepare for The Olympics by dusting off your old copy of The Iliad ;)

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     As a winner of The Versatile Blogger Award I am thrilled to present further accolades to the following Blogsprites.

     Congratulations everyone! xxx

 

     http://vampirebibliographica.wordpress.com/

     Thoughts and images for discerning vampirologists.

 

     http://cannonballread4.wordpress.com/

     Reading as an extreme sport!

 

     http://prettybonesjefferson.wordpress.com/

     Turning Art and Literature into Fashion.  Such a beautiful, beautiful lady xx

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