9:00 am - 9:30 am Pick-up pre-purchased tickets; purchase tickets at the door
9:30 am - 10 am Opening Ceremony:
Opening Speech: Anthony Burdge/Jessica Burke
Gathering of the Fellowship Special Announcement:
GOTF President Ed Rodriuges
Reading from The Lord of the Rings: Michael D.C. Drout
Prize Raffle Drawing
10:00 am - 10:40 am Professor Michael D.C. Drout:
"The Returns of Kings, from King Alfred to Aragorn"
10:40 am - 10:45 am Prize Raffle Drawing
10:45 am - 11:25 am The Lonely Mountain Forge
"The Arms and Armour of Middle-earth and Ancanar"
11:25 am - 11:35 am Reading from The Lord of the Rings: Ted Nasmith
11:35 am - 12:20 pm Ancanar Presentation
12:20 pm - 12:55 pm Minstrels of Middle-earth:
"The Old Troll" (Glass Hammer)
Sing-along Jeremy Hitosubashi (mandolin), Aidan Farhi (cello), and Thaddaeus Andreades(guitar)
"Gondor," "Forth, Eorlingas" (Howard Shore)
Constance and Mercer Schuchardt on fiddle
"Lord of the Mark" Poetry reading by Namiko Hitotsubashi
"Masters In This Hall" (English trad.) Constance Schuchardt, fiddle
"Lament of the Rohirrim" reading by Namiko Hitotsubashi
"O the Deep, Deep Love" Constance Schuchardt, fiddle
"Tinuviel" reading by Namiko Hitotsubashi
"Twilight and Shadow" (Howard Shore) dance by Namiko Hitotsubashi
"Leaves of Gold" (Tolkien/Hitotsubashi) song by Jeremy Hitosubashi and friends
"Dwarf and Orc" (Glass Hammer) sing-along
Jeremy Hitosubashi (mandolin), Aidan Farhi (cello), and Thaddaeus Andreades(guitar)
12:55 pm - 1:25 pm Lunch & Open Mic, Prize Raffle Drawing
1:25 pm - 2:05 pm Ted Nasmith:
"Eye Contact: Illustrating The Silmarillion, and other Tolkien Subjects"
2:05 pm - 2:20 pm Reading from The Lord of the Rings: Joe Piela -
Prize Raffle Drawing
2:20 pm - 3:00 pm Panel: Honoring Tolkien: 50 Years of The Lord of the Rings
Panelists include:
Ted Nasmith, Michael Drout, Joe Piela, Jenna Brocious, Giuseppe Festa and Lingalad, Professor Read Schuchardt, Anthony S Burdge, Jessica Burke
3:00 pm - 3:10 pm Final The Lord of the Rings reading: Ed Rodrigues
Final Prize Raffle Drawing
3:10 pm - 3:40 pm Small Unit Battle Tactics of Middle-earth:
The Lonely Mountain Forge: Joe Piela/Jenna Brocious ---
The New York Tolkien Society: Anthony S Burdge/Jessica Burke
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm A Giuseppe Festa and Lingalad Concert & Closing