A medieval dinner followed by a fund-raising reading marathon of J. R. R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, will be held on September 19-20th on the Hilbert College campus in Hamburg, New York (outside of Buffalo).
The Medieval Dinner will take place in the Campus Center Dining Hall from 5:30 to 7:00 p.m., with doors opening at 5:00 p.m. Those wearing costumes will be eligible for a costume contest where a king and queen will be crowned.
The LOTR all-night reading marathon will take place in the Palisano Lecture Room of Bogel Hall. The continuous readings will begin September 19th at 7:30 p.m. and run to 1 p.m. on September 20th or until all the pages have been read. The marathon will include midnight snack and breakfast buffets, LOTR costumes available to wear for the night (or bring your own!), a LOTR book exhibit by Barnes & Noble, trivia contests, raffles for LOTR-based prizes, LOTR merchandise for sale, an Elvish writing expert, and much more. Hands will be stamped to permit those in attendance to go in and out at will during the evening.
The admission fee for the marathon, including buffets, is $2, with funds supporting Hilbert’s student magazine, Hilbert Horizons. Free to Hilbert students, the Medieval Dinner costs $12 per person or $10 for those in costume, and with a separate price schedule for Hilbert faculty and staff. Those attending the dinner may also attend the reading marathon at no extra charge. Please e-mail Evenstar_81@hotmail.com for more information.
