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November
30th 2003
Just
added, an interview with
Raiya Corsiglia, Writer/Producer/Actress of Ancanar. Also,
a fascinating article about Tolkien's astrological influences...learn
how Pluto helped shape The Two Towers! Finally, a heads-up
from Mac
Queen Pipes, win their whole pipe set!
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November
22nd 2003
Special Membership Offer: Spend
$100 or more at The Mithril Armoury and you can get:
Also, look
for a special offer available ONLY to Parma Nölé
readers from The Mithril Armoury in the forthcoming November/December
issue!
 Italy's
own Jazz Flutist and Composer Kristian Sensini has composed
a wonderfully enchanting album "Sounds from Middle
Earth." "Now your journey begins… Let
yourself go and follow me to mysterious and spellbound
places, where a soft fog wraps everything and everything
hides its real appearance… Magic landscapes and
enchanting ruins which tell a story of a thousand centuries
ago…My music will lead you there, in the real, deep
meaning of the wonders that live in the lands where fantastic
creatures dwell and where you will choose to stay, cause
the charming melody seems never to end…" Hear
sample of the music that will leaving you spellbound!
Read
More
---Anthony
and Jessica
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November
21st 2003
 Two
more items have just been added to our continuing look at
the Tolkien-inspired film Ancanar:
(1) An Interview with Writer/Director Sam Balcomb, and (2)
Commentary on Chapter 2 "Of the Coming of Harvest",
from the Book of Rammoth, one of the books of lore, the history
of Rammoth Valley. Click
here to read more.
Heren Istarion Member and founder of Skies
of Rohan a Tolkien group for Idaho and Montana, has sent
us a great review for “The Origins of Tolkien’s
Middle-earth for Dummies” Click
here to read more.
---Anthony
and Jessica
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November
16th 2003
 "If
you are attending The
Gathering of the Fellowship next month and plan on attending
the panels and presentations hosted by Heren Istarion its likely
that you already know about the Q&A portion of the programming
that we have scheduled. We would like you to send questions
to us so that if a particular panel or presentation runs over
schedule and we do not have time to open questions to open to
the floor for audience participation we can ask your questions
for you. Please send your questions along with your real name
not a screen name or handle and the name of program in which
you would like your question to be asked.
Please
send them to:
CoChair Jessica
Burke
and put GOTF questions in the subject header
Attending
the The Gathering of the Fellowship? Well now you can plan your
experience at North America's first Tolkien convention, an event
for every Tolkien fan. The GOTF has now posted the official
programming schedule. Click
here to read more.
We
have now posted the beginning of commentary to the Books of
Rammoth, the history behind the Ancanar film. This is in part
to our continuing look at the the Ancanar film, the incredible
forthcoming independant Tolkien-inspired film. The
Gathering of the Fellowship
event in December will be hosting a special presentation of
Ancanar moderated by Anthony and Jessica of Heren Istarion.
Click here to read
more.
From
TheLordofthering.ca : "The Lord of The Rings.ca is holding
it's first annual writing contest. One of the prizes is $500,
click on the banner for more information" Heren Istarion
has become a sponsor of this contest and look forward to hearing
of all the great entries! ---Anthony
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November
13th 2003
Looking
for the latest in Lord of the Rings posters? The
Heren Istarion Marketplace has over 100 posters for sale!
If
you missed out on News of November, book reviews and more
can be found in the news archive.
---Anthony
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November
12th 2003
Under
the Mallorn Tree with Elbren: Bobble Heads of Middle Earth
"Bobble
heads of King Theoden, Gandalf, Aragorn....Eru in heaven!....even
bobble heads of the Hobbits, Gimli, and Saruman. I kid you
not... " Click
here to read more.
---Anthony
and Jessica
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November
10th 2003
Todays begins Heren Istarion's own push toward the Ancanar
Presentation at The
Gathering of the Fellowship. As you may know Heren Istarion
was asked to moderate
their presentation and have humbly accepted. Over the
course of the next few weeks before The
Gathering of the Fellowship we will bring to you a look
at the Ancanar project and interviews with Writer/Director
Samb Balcomb, Writer/Producer/Actress Raiya
Corsiglia ,and actor Gregory
Lee Kenyon who brings to life the legendary title role
of Ancanar.
Click
here to read more.
---Anthony
and Jessica
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November
9th 2003
In
December the wonderful talents of Heren Istarion's own Staff
Artist Catherine
Sparsidis will be center stage as the Sheraton Center Toronto
Hotel is transformed into Middle-earth for The
Gathering of the Fellowship. Whether you are coming or not,
here
is a preview of her work in this enlightening and awesome
preview of The Art of the Gathering of the Fellowship.
Over at Ancanar
they have now posted some great desktops from the film! Click
here to read more. ---Anthony
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November
7th 2003
On
November 5th Houghton Mifflin released two new Lord of
the Rings film related titles:
The Return of the King Visual Companion by Jude Fisher
The Lord of the Rings: Weapons and Warfare By Chris
Smith
Click on the above titles for a review.
---Anthony
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November
7th 2003
In
just under 2 days time Games Workshop will release its initial
Lord of the Rings: Return of the King Strategy Battle Game,
Heren Istarion has been fortunate enough to have a look at
this amazing set. Click here to
read more
---Anthony
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November
3rd 2003
 Last
week we (Anthony and Jessica)were invited by Sam
Balcomb Director/Writer of the Tolkien-inspired film Ancanar
to moderate their presentation at The
Gathering of the Fellowship in December.
From
Ancanar.com: ""Not only is it an honor but we feel that we
are taking part in history," Anthony (and Jessica) recently
stated. "Ancanar, in our opinion, is the only film project
that weaves the heart of Tolkien's themes into its mythical
tapestry."
In coming weeks, Heren Istarion will have interviews with
Writer/Director Samb Balcomb, Writer/Producer/Actress Raiya
Corsiglia ,and actor Gregory
Lee Kenyon who brings to life the legendary title role
of Ancanar. We will also be taking a look at the Ancanar
teaser trailer and The
Books of Lore.
Click
here to read more...
---Anthony
and Jessica |
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November
3rd 2003
"Charles
McCreery has made a notable contribution to the growing body
of music related to the writings of J.R.R. Tolkien. His sequence
of settings from The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings and the
Silmarillion has a number of thematic links between the songs,
and can be regarded as a cycle, although each song could be
performed alone. The style is tuneful and straightforward,
which is well suited to the ballad-like style of many of Tolkien’s
poems..."
Click
here to read more...
---Anthony
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