Tolkien Genootschap Unquendor

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'From Hobbits to Dragons:

30 years of strolling through Tolkien's world with Unquendor'

Friday 20 - Sunday 22 mei 2011 ♦ ♦ ♦ Kasteel de Berckt - Baarlo

In a hole, no, once upon a time in a remote corner of Europe there was a Tolkien Society. Quite an old one too... We are of course talking about the Tolkien Society Unquendor in the Netherlands. It was founded in 1981, which means that this yea r we'll be celebrating our sixth lustrum. Needless to say this must be done in style, as we did with the previous lustra. Yes, it's partytime again in the Lowlands! So:

May 2011 Unquendor invites all its foreign friends to its Lustrumfeest.

The most important things for you to know at this moment:

The date

We start the activities late on Friday May 20th, so there’s lots of time for everybody to check in, install themselves, take a stroll through the beautiful surroundings and of course renew or make acquaintances with friends both old and new. The central part of the Lustrumfeest is Saturday 21th, with many programme items and the festive banquet. After lunch on Sunday 22th we will end with the last part The Five Armies Tournament, after which we regretfully have to break up again. Maybe it’s a good idea to mark these dates in your agenda.

The location

The celebrations take place at the castle-like estate ‘De Berckt’. This is situated in a beautiful area in the north of the province of Limburg, which is in the southern part of the Netherlands. Our previous Lustrum in 2006 also took place there. We will reside in a newly-built yet ancient-looking part of the complex, that we have all to ourselves. The place is easy to reach, with a busstop nearby, and has more than enough parking-space.

The working language

It will be no surprise that the lingua Franca of the event will be English. We expect a lot of foreign guests and under those circumstances it is only civil – and convenient – to use a common language. Former events have proven that English is the language that is spoken or at least understood most widely. Tolkien's language, as well as his words, has reached almost the entire world.

The programme

At the moment we are busy working on the programme, which will be diverse and we trust satisfactory for every participant. A few teasers:

• On Saturday there is a conference with Tolkien-scholars from different countries. Guest of Honour is the renowned Tom Shippey.
• Parallel with the conference there will be other programme items.
• Afterwards, at the end of the afternoon, everybody can watch a production from the Unquendor Playing Group.
• On Sunday morning we take a closer look at the recent Frisian translation of ‘The Hobbit’ in the presence of the translator.

A splendid time is guaranteed for all!

The registration

The registration rates are:

This includes:

• two nights stay in Kasteel de Berckt (Friday 20 to Sunday 22 May);
• all meals from diner on Friday evening to lunch on Sunday afternoon.

You can register in two possible ways:

• by using the online registration form;
• by downloading the registration form.

More information

For more information, please send a message to the Lustrum committee. To be kept informed about the event as things progress, you can subscribe to the free e-mail newsletters. Already registered for the Lustrum 2011? Then you will receive the newsletters automatically, if you have given us your e-mail address. You can also follow the developments on this website.

We hope to meet you in 2011!

Other documents

• Flyer
• Newsletter 1: September 2010
• Newsletter 2: October 2010
• Newsletter 3: December 2010
• Newsletter 4: January 2011
• Newsletter 5: March 2011
• Newsletter 6: April 2011
• Newsletter 7: May 2011