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  1. Benisse

    Narnian characters: 20 Questions

    How to play: The leader thinks of a named character from any of the 7 Chronicles. Others ask a question that can be answered with "yes or no." The leader responds to it, and then copies that question to his/her original post (so all the questions are listed together for that round). Play ends...
  2. Benisse

    The Great Snow Dance - January 24, 2016

    In celebration of the First Full Moon of the Year with snow cover You all are cordially invited to the Night of the Great Snow Dance Sunday January 24, on the Dancing Lawn (in the Cair Paravel forum) 8 - 10 pm Narnian time (or Central Standard Time) Drop in when you can and stay for dancing...
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    Your invitation to the Great Snow Dance 1/24/16

    In celebration of the First Full Moon of the Year with snow cover You all are cordially invited to the Night of the Great Snow Dance Sunday January 24, on the Dancing Lawn (in the Cair Paravel forum) 8 - 10 pm Narnian time (or Central Standard Time) Drop in when you can and stay for dancing...
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    Contest 22: letters to Father Christmas

    Greetings fellow Lawn Dancers, Contest 22 will take place between now and the Great Snow Dance* (10 pm Central time, 1/24/16). Please compose a letter to Father Christmas from the perspective of one of the Narnian creatures or one of the Sons of Adams/Daughters of Eve who visited there. You...
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    Contest 21: Live Like a Narnian

    Ta-Ra-ta-RaaaaH! Yes, it is new contest time... What: Live Like a Narnian! A. Interview 2 people you know who are not on this forum who have read any of the Chronicles and ask them: 1. Who is your favorite character? 2. Why? B. Report what you have learned to this thread, and add your...
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    Narnia Play Performances

    This is such exciting news, Gg! Thanks also for the lead for Erina Caradus and her Lewis Estate approved adaptations. Hope your preparations for Voyage of the Dawn Treader go well. Sounds like a lot of fun! I've seen a couple of community adaptations of LWW locally, but neither I nor my...
  7. Benisse

    Freud's Last Session

    Mark St. Germain imagined what it would have been like if, in 1939 London, the dying, atheistic Jewish Sigmund Freud had faced off with the novelist, scholar and apologist C.S. Lewis on God/the meaning of life and more. The result? Freud's Last Session, a deep talking-heads drama that is now...
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    Allusions to Narnia

    What books have you notice have made allusions to Narnia? Share those references here, numbering them so we can keep a running tally :) 1. In Inkdeath by Cornelia Funke, Orpheus reads characters out of books while making himself at home in Elinor's library. One of the characters he releases...
  9. Benisse

    A Snicker of Magic

    It's been quite a while since I have read a book that created a sense of wonder in me. As I near the ending of A Snicker of Magic, I don't know which is stronger, my desire to find out what happens to all these spindiddly characters I have come to love or my sadness that the story is coming to...
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    Wade Center: researching Dedication notes, etc.

    Today I am at Wheaton College studying in the Wade Center, which houses a collection of resources, books and manuscripts relating to C.S. Lewis and six other authors who knew or influenced Lewis significantly: G.K. Chesterton and George MacDonald, as well as Dorothy Sayers, Owen Barfield, J.R.R...
  11. Benisse

    2015 Narnian Quote Calendar Project!

    Open Call for collaborators for a Narnian Quote Calendar 2015!! This is not a contest, but is an opportunity for creative volunteers to work together to design a Narnian Quote Calendar for 2015. You can participate as a quote finder, a designer for quote of the month calendar art, or both roles...
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    Focus on the family: radio theater

    @Tirian - Houston traffic can indeed be horrendous! but back on topic: I also really like the sweeping Narnia music them that wells up after the opening teaser at the beginning of each book.
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    Focus on the family: radio theater

    For a while in my family, a road trip was not complete without listening to one of the Radio Theater Narnia books. The music, scripting, voice actors and sound effects are all so well done! Excellent adaptations all...
  14. Benisse

    Lewis: where Fantasy and Reality Intersect

    Timmy of Oz, in the Christianity and Narnia subforum thread, "Christians should/shouldn't write about pagan mythological creatures and space aliens" cites a thoughtful article on Lewis' legacy: I don't want to bring up aliens again, but there is a good article in the Atlantic on being raised...
  15. Benisse

    Contest 20: What would you name the Green Lady?

    For this contest we will be polling your suggestions for a name for the Lady of the Green Kirtle from Silver Chair. 1. Make up a name for the Lady of the Green Kirtle. 2. Optional: Enter your suggestion in the Narnia Sweepstakes. Note: Grand Prize in this sweepstakes means Your Name will be...
  16. Benisse

    New Member Wannabes

    Howdy new member wannabe! You have no idea how much we want you to join and come play on The Dancing Lawn with us! But unfortunately spam-bots have been bombarding our simple membership procedure so badly, we had to CLOSE the portal while we figure out a new defense against them. Please don't...
  17. Benisse

    Congratulations to the new Mods!

    This forum has been blest with many who have inspired, amused, stimulated and blessed us all. Today on behalf of all the mods I would like to highlight five special Narniacs among the many I could name who have made our forum a haven and a home. In recognition of their contributions to the...
  18. Benisse

    Contest #19 - Job Interview With Aslan!!!!

    Imagine yourself (as your TDL self) in a Job Interview With Aslan!!!! Aslan announces that He is offering positions in the Narnian world (thus including places outside the actual Kingdom of Narnia). Forum members, AS THEMSELVES, apply for employment, and tell Aslan what duties they think they...
  19. Benisse

    Contest#18 When he shakes his mane...

    Yay! a new contest! Quick! Get out your cameras (no google images -- just your very own creations) to capture the change from winter to spring. Try to capture the feel of that moment in Narnia when the reign of the White Witch was crumbling, load your pictures onto tinypic.com or some other...
  20. Benisse

    The Prince Caspian Game

    We had another Narniopoly party today, and have had some adjusting of reward amounts on the Tarva and Alambil decks, which is to be expected since the cards were written by five different people. Aslan's resurrection only netted you $50, where as Puddleglum sticking his foot in the fire earned...
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