The programme will consist of lectures and workshops about various subjects: Tolkienite or creative or anything the participants know about and want to share. The basic language of the programme is Hungarian, but we will try to make translation available where possible. You are also very welcome to give a workshop or lecture (1.5 or 3 hours) of your choice: creative, cultural, scientific, sportly or Tolkienite—if you are uncertain whether your idea would fit or not, tell us and we will discuss the possibilities.
The meeting is usually attended by about a hundred people, mostly members of our community but also a few newcomers. It is a perfect opportunity to meet many of us and engage in different activities together. Traditionally, this used to be our most international event: since 2008 we have received guests from Slovenia, Austria, Slovakia, and the Czech Republic. We would love to bring back this tradition!
Venue
The event will take place in a school building in Seregélyes. (Google Maps >>>) The travel from Budapest to the venue is about 1 hour by car and about 2 hours by bus/train. (If you use public transport, we are happy to help you with all the details.) Basic accommodation is provided in the classrooms of the school, so you need your own sleeping bag - bringing your own mattress is useful as well, but we can also provide some. (If that is not comfortable enough for you, there are private accommodation options in the area as well.)
We can provide lunch and you can buy coffee and toast at the venue, but there will be a microwave for heating your own food as well. Please bring your own plates and cutlery.
Programme
For the most part of the programme, you will be able to choose an activity for yourself of several parallel options. There are three types of these activities:
- You can choose one main activity of several sessions, which we call "order": these usually have something (e.g. exhibition, play, concert) to show to the other participants in the end.
- There will be some "workshops": this usually means one session of some activity which is either creative or perhaps tolkienite at least in some obscure way. (During the full time of the event there will be time for three different workshops.)
- The third type has an even stranger name, but let's call them "lectures": they can be about any subject somebody wants to share their knowledge of (e.g. their work, hobbies, or travel experiences). You will be able to choose one or two of these.
Day by day
19. October (Friday)
19:00-20:00 Workshops/lectures A. (please choose in advance >>>)
20. October (Saturday)
09:00-12:00 Workshops/lectures B. (please choose in advance >>>)
12:00-14:00 Lunch (provided only upon request)
14:00-17:00 "Order" session 1. (please choose in advance >>>)
20:30 Ball (ballroom dances)
21. October (Sunday)
09:00-12:00 Workshops/lectures C. (please choose in advance >>>)
12:00-14:00 Lunch (provided only upon request)
14:00-17:00 "Order" session 2. (continuing session 1., same choice)
19:00-20:30 Workshops/lectures D. (please choose in advance >>>)
20:30 Karaoke
22. October (Monday)
09:00-12:00 "Order" session 3. (continuing the previous sessions, same choice)
12:00-14:00 Lunch (provided only upon request)
14:00-17:00 "Order" session 4. (continuing the previous sessions, same choice)
19:00-20:30 Show of "order" productions
20:30 Party
23. October (Tuesday)
09:00-12:00 Workshops/lectures E. (please choose in advance >>>)
12:00-14:00 Lunch (provided only upon request)
Orders
The orders are scheduled in 4 continuing sessions: Saturday afternoon + Sunday afternoon + Monday morning + Monday afternoon.
It's all right, if you are not here full time to participate in all 4 sessions, but for the time you are here, you should choose only one of these, and stick to it.
You can choose of:
- Juggling for beginners (staff and poi)
- Heritage in graphics (Elvish heraldry, calligraphy, maps, family trees, symbols)
- Chinese martial arts (tiger, crane, snake and leopard)
- Mythopoets (writing and telling of myths)
- Autumn creations (crafting of decoration items)
- Dance (standard and latin dances, rock&roll, line dance)
- "DuneDance" - musical (singing and dancing - at the same time, for stage?)
- Bead jewellery (bring a lot of patience and make beautiful things)
- Picture-tellers (creating scenes and taking photos)
We are happy to give you more information about any of them which may seem interesting to you.
Workshops/lectures
A. Friday evening (19:00-20:00)
- Invisible world (the everyday problems of blind people and the helpful trics)
- Hermelín making (yes, that's something to eat, just google it)
- Tengwar for Hungarian language (perhaps it looks less strange that way)
- Needle Felting (making of small figures of wollen fibers using needles)
- Board games (e.g. Pandemic, Carcassone, Bang, Smallworld)
- Dance (ballroom dance practice from cha-cha basics to acrobatic rock according to the participants' preferences)
B. Saturday morning (09:00-12:00)
- Writing critiques (tricks and techniques)
- Computers in Hungary in the 80s (interactive lecture and practice)
C. Sunday morning (09:00-12:00)
- "Minimal Spartan" (obstacle course race with tests of skill and strength)
- "Silver pot" (cooking of autumn dishes)
- "Middle-earth adventures" (a short RPG session with D&D and Middle-earth)
- Majorett (practice for beginners)
- Nail Art (nail decoration with acrylic paint - it's recommended to bring your own nail polish for the base color)
D. Sunday evening (19:00-20:30)
- Invisible world (the everyday problems of blind people and the helpful trics)
- Clock design by pyrography (make a wall clock plate by wood burning)
- Everyday Enviromental (how to lead a more enviromental frendly life)
- Drawing and chill out (portrait drawing and chat)
- Eggball basics (how to handle the strangely shaped rugby balls)
- Board games (e.g. Pandemic, Carcassone, Bang, Smallworld)
E. Tuesday morning (09:00-12:00)
- Hatha yoga (relaxing yoga practice for everyone)
- "Should I look for my grandma in the archives?" (family history research in Hungarian archives and online archival databases)
- "What's happening now?" (American football rules for beginngers)
- Facts and lies about eating healthy (What should I eat? What is healthy, what is harmful, who should I believe?)
- Chernobyl (tourists' experiences)
Come along!
Participation (including the programme, accomodation at the venue, lunch on request, and travel from Budapest) is free for our foreign guests.
We ask all of you who consider joining us from abroad to fill in this form >>> https://tolkien.hu/index.php/cam-2018-questions
This allows us to send you more information, and you can confirm or cancel your participation via e-mail later.
If you have any questions (or want to register to the event but skip the questionnaire), send an e-mail to Metaflora (Flóra Orthmayr): metaflora[]tolkien[]hu.
