Various New Year's Happenings

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By Bixyl Shuftan

2021 was coming to an end. In real life, it had been a rough year with the Pandemic and shortages, and because of Covid people were staying home instead of going to real-life parties. But in Second Life, people were free to go to celebrations. 

Among the events was that by Chanel Harvey. She had an event that I hoped over at 1:30 PM SL time.

There were several people there. On one screen was some live footage of fireworks somewhere in the world where the ball dropped.

Chantal was partying in a robot avatar.

I would also stop by Safra Nitely's party. Unfortunately, most of the pictures I took there were glitched. The only one that wasn't was a map of the world showing where it was Midnight in the world.

I would then join the Burners, such as Mia Wallace, at the "Boomday" event. 

Come and BURN the year away! There will also be a COVID germ burn. We're gonna obliterate that Omicron variant, and if you come, YOU will participate in getting that started! Fire syringes for one and all! What's more, there will be skydiving, drunk hockey, Thunderdome, drive-by shooting gallery, ice skating, aaaaaaaannnnnd fireworks!

People were invited to get a syringe ...

And set the nearby effigies of Covid viruses on fire.

The numbers representing the old year caught fire as well.

The germs finally caught fire.

And the numbers representing the old year were all burnt and collapsed.

The viruses were collapsing as well.

One black unicorn, proudly dressed in Christmas lights. 

Virtual Ability at Cape Heron would also have a New Year's party.

New Year's Eve! Stepin will be DJing from 7pm - 10pm SLT. There will also be fireworks at 10pm, midnight, and possibly other times throughout the day. It's all happening in the Nest, so stop in for a while. Happy New Year!

Furry Fashion would have a New Years Bash with a twist, it's "Abudction Point Event" with DJ Roswell Kepler.

It's the night we've all been waiting for! Abduction Point! We're ready to not only be beamed up but be transported to another dimension! Our incredible DJ Roswell Kepler has an out of this world LIVE mix, and prizes, prizes and more prizes including Spotify giftcards up for grabs! The contest is for Come As You Are (CAYA)  Get over to our New Years Eve celebration asap! Let's get probed together. 5-8p-slt!Your transport beam is waiting.

The Mieville community would have their "New Year's Eve Block Party."

 Among those there was the Mayor's Assistant Wyvern Dryke aka "Wyvvy the Snugglefox," or "flox" as he's often called there, dancing away dressed in Christmas lights.

On Friday nights, I'm usually at Cutlass and the Happy Vixen. On New Years Night, they were closed. Instead, Nydia Tungsten hosted the White Vixen Enterprises staff party at her Mouse Hole Manor.

Today is our annual New Years eve party ALL staff is invite to join us for great music and cash Prizes we will be kicking off with a preshow at  4 pm SLT and we will be going until after midnight, Bring your friends and loved ones and have a great time! ALL clubs will be dark tonight. This will be happening at Mouse hole manor SEE YOU THERE!

There were avatars of various sizes there.

"Total cash prizes tonight was a little over 20,000L's done all for my staff, they work so hard they deserve some recognition and some relaxation. Not including tips for the volunteers."

While some of the Sunweavers went to Nydia's party others went to Caledon Downs where Cynthia Farshore was holding a New Years bash at the Goblin Cave.

As there is no Cutlass tonight you are invited to the yearly Duchy of Downs New Years Eve Party at the Goblin Cave! Party starting at 8 PM and will last till at least 1 AM. Music will be provided by Her Grace Cynthia Farshore.

At Midnight on Eastern Standard Time (9PM SL time), fireworks would go off, both on the inside.

And on the outside (pictures from Cynthia Farshore).

"Happfy newg yeer efferboggy! (Hic)" One girl gurgled after overdoing it on the champagne. Another was more somber, "May this year be better than the last two. I'm sick of losing people." "One can only hope," a friend responded. 

One of the big events was the Prim Drop at Bay City. This was the scene earlier in the day before the event, and all it's lag.

The party started at 11 PM SL time. Due to the lag, no shots of the main crowd.

At 11:59, the prim began to lower.

"10, 9, 8, 7, 6 ..."

"5, 4, 3, 2, 1 ..."

"Happy New Year!!!"

And so, Second Life had rung in a new year. Hopefully it will be a good one, both in reality and virtual reality.

Bixyl Shuftan
 

Bay City Celebrates it’s Third Anniversary

Saturday May 14th marked the official celebration for the third anniversary of the Bay City area in Second Life. The event was marked by a parade across several of the sims down the street, as well as a “Music Extravaganza” on the grounds of the North Channel sim.

Of the parade, Bay City resident Marianne McCain is quoted as saying there were over sixty marchers in the parade. Lalo Telling got a few pictures of it, including giant racing snails, and a Godzilla float. The music event began at 12:30 PM SL time. . First to play was blogger and DJ Mark Dudek. After he signed off at 1:30, JoeUSA Shelbyville began singing for the crowd. At 2:30 Christov Kohnke cam on stage, and at 3:30 Yaro Pinion. Daniel Voyager got a number of pictures, which can be seen on his Flicker.

There were a number of Second Life notables at the Extravaganza. Most notable were some of the founders and staff from Luskwood, including Michi Lumnin. As it turned out, Luskwood is just several sims west of Bay City. Still, for the crew seldom seen outside the Big Tree, there were a few jokes about the “hardships” of the “long journey” over. Descriptions of how many showed up ranged from about 70 to in the 40’s. There was one griefer whom tried to spoil the fun with insulting remarks to blacks and furries, but the response was mockery and chuckles followed by the banhammer.

The celebration could only be considered a success.

The Second Life Wiki describes Bay City as created by Linden Lab’s Department of Public Works (a program focused on improvements related to the experience of living on, or visiting the Linden Mainland) in 2008. The area was built in mind to reflect the golden age of the North American urban experience, “between 1940 and 1965, perhaps best typified by Chicago circa 1950 and marked by a distinct deco influence." Made up of twenty sims in 2010, it doubled in size when its Teen Grid counterpart was placed next to it.

Sources: Daniel Voyager’s Blog, Telling Like it Is (parade pic by Telling)

Bixyl Shuftan