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It’s the biggest event of the academic year. The decorations are up, the food is ready, the musicians are practiced, rested, and in tune.

The ball lasts just a few hours in Musiverse time but unfolds over a whole month of blog time.

Formal attire required. Fortunately, all clothing is virtual and incredibly comfortable to wear.

For the 2nd Annual May Day Ball, a formal occasion that is the highlight of the Muse Academy social calendar.

*Role-playing game.

Continued from Part 5.

Continued from Vol. I, No. 7.

Celebrating the arrival of winter in the Northern Hemisphere or summer for the Southern Hemisphere.

Gifts for the gift exchange may be dropped off anonymously at the Holiday Party Gift Tree.

The festivities last until the New Year. For more information, please see the Holiday Party Planning Thread.

Place your presents under or on the gift tree for the Secret Gift Exchange.

Note: this thread is only for posting anonymous gifts. All other comments or discussion should be on the Holiday Party thread. When it’s time to reveal the contents, they will be posted here as well.

Post anonymously. (No need for a fancy alias, “Gift” would be sufficient. Items can be referred to elsewhere by comment number. Do make sure you remember which one is yours.)

Describe the outside appearance of your gift. (Wrapping paper, size, general shape, what it sounds like when shaken…however you’d like to describe it.)

Suggestion: for your own reference, find somewhere safe to keep a copy of your posted description along with the comment number when it appears and a description of the actual gift. That way you won’t risk forgetting what you gave.

The ideal hang-out at the school of your dreams. Paker, anyone?

Continued from Part Two.

Volunteers for the organizing committee, please report here.

A place to cool off, chill out, and converse. (Not to be confused with the Astronomy Tower.)

This thread is affiliated with the Muse Academy Halloween Ball, running from October 13 to 31, blog time.

The description below is copied from Raynpho’s summary on the planning thread. If anyone has anything to add or correct, please let us know.

Who: Any MuseBloggers who wish to participate, but costumed and posting under corresponding alter-egoed names. You may send in a picture of your costume to the GAPAs, but detailed descriptions would work just as well.

When: Starts October 13, unmasking will begin around the 29th and progress over several days.

Where: On the Halloween ball thread. On MuseBlog. In Muse Academy, of course, possibly in a rooftop garden, if the weather is warm enough to permit it.

Food and Decor: Appropriate food, such as eclairs and apple cider (see a much more detailed list in comment 13) will be catered by H&H. Decorations will be tasteful and elegant, probably 19th century style, with not a shred of plastic or crepe paper in sight. Typical decor will include jack-o-lanterns and many candles. A giant pumpkin with the Muse Academy logo carved into it is essential.

The Going-ons: As of yet undecided. Possibly a scavenger hunt, if it is, in some way, feasible. Probably will end up fairly calm, with sophistication at every turn and minimal craziness/wild adventures.

Important: No bunnies. You may dress as one if you so wish, but no bunny attacks or the sort. Srsly.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Please check your posts before sending them. The GAPAs will NOT rescue you if you accidentally submit a comment under your “real” blogname here or your “masked” name elsewhere.

Continued from Vol. I, No. 6.

All right, organizing committee — get to work!

Discussions began on the Suggestion Box thread.

Continued from Vol. I, No. 5.

*Role-playing game.

Continued from Part 4.

A place where students can relax over some strange experiment or a rousing game of Paker and meet people from other Houses.

Continued from Part One.

Continued from Vol. I, No. 4.

Prarilius Canix’s original description:

A thread to discuss wungs. What are wungs, you may ask? Animal, vegetable, mineral, subatomic particle? Nobody knows. Yet. This thread could be a place to post recent wung sightings and theories, and to cross-check them with other people.

By now, a fair number of MBers have acquired wung companions, formed the International Wung Appreciation Society, and started planning a campaign to raise awareness of wung-related issues.

Continued from Wungs.

*Role-playing game.

Continued from Part 3.

Continued from Vol. I, No. 3.

Part 2008.1.

The lounge is on campus and is open to students from all houses. It’s much more informal than the Hare & Hedgepig (to say the least). Amenities include a refrigerator and all sorts of games, including a nicely broken in Paker deck. A good place to unwind from academics and to mingle with members of other houses.

Muse Academy’s big spring event, continued from Part 1.

The Organizing Committee thread contains useful reference information, such as a menu of hors d’oeuvres and pictures of some of the gowns students are wearing.

If you need a break from the music and dancing, you can skip upstairs to the rooftop garden.

Just upstairs from the ball, dancers will fine peace and quiet (sometimes) and a lovely moonlit view of the North Atlantic Ocean. Continued from Part 1.

Just upstairs from the ballroom: fresh air and a respite from dancing and music.

*Role-playing game, of course.

Continued from Part 2, also of course.

It’s the biggest event of the academic year — a celebration of light and warmth and spring and youth and (who knows?) romance, awaited all winter, longed for, laboriously prepared for, and now, at long last, here. The decorations are up, the food is ready, the musicians are practiced, rested, and in tune.

The ball lasts just a few hours in Musiverse time but might take all month to unfold in blog time. And before it begins, we hear, a very special event is scheduled to take place.

Now, in true RPG spirit, the rest is up to you…