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May 11, 2019

May 11 Celebration of Fran Serenade

Full Press Release below
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Fran Serenade’s 
CELEBRATION OF LIFE


​- Full Press Release r2 -
April 29, 2019  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                 
EVENT DATE:  May 11, 2019

Abstract:  A Celebration of the life of Fran Serenade at Savoy Ballroom in Creations Park on Saturday, May 11, 2019, from 11AM to 9PM, featuring some of Second Life’s very best performers.

PR COPY
On March 3rd, 2019, Creations Park lost its original inspiration, and Second Life lost its most celebrated senior.  Fran Serenade passed away at 92 after a lifetime of loving and serving others in both of the worlds she lived in. Fran was beloved by all who knew her, including her Linden friends. Her daughter, Barbie Alchemi, and son, AlmostThere Inventor, built Creations Park in Second Life to be a wonderworld to stimulate the mind, specifically for Fran and others with Parkinson’s.   The Draxtor video about Fran and the medical research into Parkinson’s done at Creations Park was called one of the most important ever made about Second Life by Linden Lab’s CEO Ebbe Linden.  

A Celebration of Fran’s life will be held at Savoy Ballroom in Creations Park on Saturday, May 11, 2019, from 11AM to 9PM SLT.  Some of the very best live singers in Second Life will be performing in her honor.  Most knew Fran and some had performed at her 90th birthday party, also at Savoy. All talent will be performing for tips only, and like all events at Creations Park, this will benefit Team Fox for Parkinson’s Research. 

By June 1, 2019, a memorial honoring Fran and this celebration will be located in-world at the Savoy Swing Era Museum, and will be available online at SavoyBallroom.org/fran

ENTERTAINMENT SCHEDULE                  
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TIME          ARTIST                           AGENT/SL CONTACT
11:00 AM    Samm Qendra             direct
12:00 PM    Putri Solo (putrisolosinger)    Jamila.lanley
1:00 PM    Luciano Lionheart        Helen (Helendar Bailey)
2:00 PM    Phil Setner            Alessia Setner (alessia.rodeyn)
3:00 PM    Agatha Knowles        Troy Nelson (troyjaimes)
4:00 PM    Savoy Dance Troupe        Jackie Brown (antarctica.ferraris)
5:00 PM    Max Kleene            Kat Vargas            
6:00 PM    Ronnie Artano            Missy (lilmiss54)
7:00 PM    Savoy Stars Showcase    Carlyle Chaparral
8:00 PM    
JaeSands            direct


Second Life Official        ‏@SecondLife Mar 7         Replying to @draxtor 
Our hearts are broken. We will always remember her incredible enthusiasm for life and what a joy she carried with her everywhere.


RESOURCES

Event Flyer

Event Schedule

VIDEO
  
The Drax Files: World Makers 5:00m [Episode 13: Creations for Parkinson's]
Shorter Version 3:40m     Fran’s story, with Barbie and scenes of Creations for Parkinson’s

Draxtor  Despres November 1, 2013

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Living the dream in Second Life  2:00m   (People with disabilities in a virtual world)
Colorado Public News    July 4, 2013

ABOUT FRAN

Farewell, Fran       Inara Pey: Living in a Modem World  March 7, 2019

Fran Serenade in Second Life Has Sadly Passed Away Aged 92
Daniel Voyager   March 8, 2019

2017 Person of the Year Runners Up: Barbie Alchemi and Fran Serenade
Second Life Newser  December 29, 2017

FRAN & PARKINSON’S RESEARCH
First They Got Sick, Then They Moved Into a Virtual Utopia
Wired.com  Backchannel - Kristen French  February 13, 2017

Fountain of Youth
Anthropologist studies Fran in Second Life
UCI School of Social Sciences   John Wescott February 6, 2017

"This Is Who I Am": Why A Woman With Parkinson’s Sees Both Her SL Avatar & Her Physical Body As Real (Excerpt, Coming Of Age In Second Life)
N
ew World Notes September 10, 2015

Parkinson’s Research Project Seeks eXtension 3D Assistance
Terry Meisenback  September 8, 2014

Transcending Parkinson’s in a Virtual World
Virtual Connections - Nancy J Smith  November 7, 2013

Parkinson’s patient exploring virtual world

The San Diego Union-Tribune - Pam Kragen September 24, 2013

Second Life's Best (Perhaps Only) Killer App: An Immersive, Open-Ended Social Platform For The Disabled
New World Notes February 13, 2013

Woman With Parkinson's Reports Significant Physical Recovery After Using Second Life - Academics Researching  
New World Notes  February 7, 2013

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CREATIONS PARK

About Creations Park      Creations Park Blogsite 

Creations for Parkinson’s     SLNewser   Deaflegacy February 19, 2018

See the Cosmic Circus at Creations Park and Support the Michael J Fox Foundation
Living in a Modem World  Posted on April 12, 2015 by Inara Pey


Great Second Life Destinations:  Creations Park
Eddie Haskell  Saturday, May 25, 2013

Creations For Parkinson's, An SL Sim & Support Group For People With The Disease, Their Caregivers, And Researchers
New World Notes  Hamlet Au February 8, 2013

BOOKS  
Coming of Age in Second Life  
An Anthropologist Explores the Virtually Human
Tom Boellstorff   2009 Princeton University Press








PRESS DISTRIBUTION for May 11

Email:

Lanai, SL Enquirer
Bixyl, SL Newser
Electra, Showtimemagazine
Second Life Magazine  thewhisperersl@ gmail.com  (https://thewhisperer.wordpress.com/category/second-life-magazine/  )
AttentionMagazineSecondLife.com  athenaisc1119@gmail.com
Drax Videos   Drax@draxtor.com
Living in a Modem World - also emailed


DM:
Nalates Things & Stuff  http://blog.nalates.net  messaged via website
DanielVoyager  https://danielvoyager.wordpress.com   messaged via website
New World Notes  https://nwn.blogs.com, Twitter to Hamlet (Wagner James Au)  awaiting reply
Culture and Fun = FB Message to Annie Brightstar/Culture and Fun (full PR sent)
Kultivate magazine  messaged via website
The Teleporter  (DM via FB)
Living in a Modem World - Inara Pey  messaged via website
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