Clan Do

By far the biggest number of events on Opensim are musical. Whether it's a DJ spinning a few, or a karaoke style performer, or a live musician playing in real time, each brings a unique style and contribution to the community. But even if you're not particularly into opensim as a source of your tune-based entertainment, our second destination will wow you without a single note being played!

The magnificent Club Escotia is a 2x2 var on AMV grid, the full Address is, of course, at the end of the post. To greet us, the magical Webby Merlin and everyone's favorite precipitation, MidnightRain Glas.

Webby Merlin: Welcome to Club Escotia, home base for the phenomenal singer Clan Escotia and his various clan members from all over the metaverse. Welcome home all ye who enter here! A custom castle fit for a Scotsman surrounded by various themes of performance venues, 22 in all!

Alex Salamander: Hello :-)

Star Ravenhurst: Hello!

Luna Lunaria: Hi Webby :-)

Lavia Lavine: rubs the top of my head because somebody landed on it  LOL:::

Webby Merlin: Lavia hope your hair's ok! For your tour today, please click the HG Safari Welcome Sign for a TP MENU HUD. Once you ADD this from your inventory, it mounts on the left side of your screen, a click will toggle it open and closed. 

Tosha Tyran: the hud is very neat

Luna Lunaria: Yes I love the hud

Webby Merlin: We won't have time to visit all our venues in an hour, but feel free to return anytime and explore :) On the land you will hear Clan's Band Radio, a 24/7 stream of Clan's songs clipped from our shows - take a copy of the little purple sign to the right of the TP menu.. place on your land and click to hear us any time

Luna Lunaria: got mine

Webby Merlin: This is THE LANDING, the first performance venue. Our first visit will be CandleDance... the second one in the top row - CLICK it and then walk up the ramp to the venue! The venues have evolved from ideas from the band, someone has an idea and if we can imagine it, it gets built.

Luna Lunaria: a lovely place :-)

Webby Merlin: This changes theme for every show we do here about one a month - currently it's MAY FLOWERS

Thirza Ember: wow  Webby so you keep it fresh and new all the time! /tries to imagine what Webby would do with event plaza, has looked the same for about 10 years LOL

Luna Lunaria: It has!

Webby Merlin: If you have sounds on, you can hear the rain outside - but we're safe in here... for now

Luna Lunaria: my poor hair and this humidity

Luna's hair looking humidity-proof!

Thirza Ember: Webby, how many of you are there in the Band?

Webby Merlin: from 3 to 5, sometimes more, Clan does the singing and all musical direction of our shows. Webby builds the venues, portable stages, choreographs the animations, scripts etc. Rain is constantly on the lookout for great show ideas, settings and outfits we can make use of. Read: Shopaholic! San Junipero creates many of the men's outfits and all the male NPCs. 

'Miko Osaka' is an NPC made by Webby, she's a little bit goth, the strong silent type, with a personality all her own.

Forest.Azure: /me totally relates to that

Webby Merlin: 'Chance Encounter' is an NPC made by San, who joins us occasionally and plays bongos and rhythm guitar in the Elvis Aloha Hawaii show

Thirza Ember Chance Encounter sounds like the classic guy in the band just hoping to meet the ladies LOL

Webby Merlin: Yes he's a bit of a ladies man lol

Chance Encounter... feeling lucky?

Webby Merlin: Next stop on your TP Menu... The Red Hen.

Webby, Rain, and ... Luna at the bar (of course)

 Webby Merlin: In winter you can ski in, lol, but the chair lift still works (scripts by Kayaker but PMAC chairs by me - he uses my chairs now lol)

Forest Azure: I thought, what is that rattling above my head... now i know :)

James Atlloud: nice ride!

MidnightRain Glas: this is my fav place, it's so fun

Tosha Tyran rides the chair lift - photo courtesy Lucy Afarensis

The perfectly upholstered chairlift actually passes right through the Red Hen, so you can jump on and off and never miss a round of drinks. Complete with sounds and the perfect sporty manspreading pose, it's another example  of a 'hidden' treasure on this region. If you just tp in to dance to some beats, you're only aware of the tip of the creative iceberg here.

Luna Lunaria: I gravitate to the bar

Webby Merlin: We got the idea when Lilie sent us a Red Hen plaque, its over the fireplace... and we can't get enough chickens! 

Webby Merlin: We change decor in here too, currently a kind of a spring vibe

Thirza Ember: it has the feel of a real place!

Luna Lunaria: yes nicely done

Webby Merlin: Next stop: Neptune's Undersea Garden, Hold your breath...

Alex.Salamander: beautiful

 MidnightRain Glas: Webby can build anything ( give her an idea and she can produce it

Thirza Ember: yes Rain it's amazing! It takes a moment to rez but what a spectacle! - does Clan plan his music around the stage you are performing on?

Webby Merlin: Yes. He usually picks a theme, if i don't have a stage for it i build one. That's his King Neptune NPC on stage now.

Thirza Ember: wow he is a lucky singer! Who else in opensim, or even SL, has this kind of 'backing group' - in every sense of the words

James Atlloud: That's part of what makes OpenSim so great.

MidnightRain Glas: we each have our own instruments to play while swimming on stage

Tosha Tyran: those mermaids are phantastic, I am totally thrilled by them

Star Ravenhurst: I like their hair. Fantastic!

James Atlloud: Oh, the mermaid costumes are mesmerizing.

Tosha Tyran: yes, they are, James, I am staring at them all the time, so beautifully done.

Webby Merlin: we are devoted to Clan that is for sure

Thirza Ember: Webby, how long have you been building in virtual?

Webby Merlin: I started in SL when SL was 3 years old, so a while, lol. I have been in opensim now for about 12 years

Tosha Tyran: lol, more or less like me -  oldies but goodies we are, haha.

Lucy Afarensis: 2008 for me

James Atlloud: 2007 here

Webby Merlin: since BEFORE SCULPTIES. My first "couch" made from prims with no sculpts

Forest.Azure: /me does not even know what sculpties are

 Webby Merlin: I wish I had kept it.. it was bad lol

Webby Merlin: Next stop: Gypsy Camp.. 8th on your TP MENU HUD... 

Webby Merlin: Be sure to put sounds on - custom ambiance sound. This venue was inspired by Rain and her obsession with Vardos!!

Thirza Ember: Rain you are a mine of ideas

Webby Merlin: "WE NEED A CAMP" she says, here take this vardo and see what you can do" ... ok!

Alex Salamander: all looks very good

Webby Merlin: Full band stage or DJ Clan here, made out of tree stumps and Rain as fully furnished these vardos. CAM to the left and you will see THE SWAMP, complete with gators and the Creole Queen, and to the left of that is The Docks.. our Pirate themed venue

James Atlloud: so much in this region!

Tosha Tyran: how many different scenes, terrific

Webby Merlin: 22 venues in all, and some we have removed to make way for others lol - we have a Once a Year Pumpkin stage. Come back in October to see that one...  next stop: SOCCER FIELD

Magnificent goal by Wintermyst Tangarae

Webby Merlin: The ball is physical, you can kick it, when it goes thru the goals it SCORES! We will play GUYS vs DOLLS again next Thursday the 18th

Forest.Azure: behind the goal ok too?

Webby Merlin: lol no, has to go in the front. We have outfits for team members

Thirza Ember: five a side?

Webby Merlin: roughly yes lol

Grace Noel: webby is very good awesome creator she does very good work in creating very nice things

James Atlloud: GOAAALLLLLLLLLL

Webby Merlin: the bleachers hold spectators as well, and notice the score boards changing automatically

James Atlloud: I saw that - so cool!

Webby Merlin: Funny to watch ladies in heels kicking a soccer ball lol

Webby Merlin: Next stop the SUNFLOWER HOUSE 

Webby Merlin: The Sunflower House was built by Rain and myself as part of the AMV Builders Class, made from a RL blueprint design (more or less).  We use both floors for events both full band and DJ nights. The entire structure is color-sensitive and can be tinted with a 45-color hud,  which is interactive from the second floor stage for all to have fun changing the colors in the house and our band outfits. The sunflower is the national flower of Ukraine, the house built at the start of their conflict with Russia, we named it in support.

James Atlloud: Oh how thoughtful!

Thirza Ember: How long have you guys been here on AMV grid?

Webby Merlin: about 3 years. Grid owners are the best in the business by far, Cliff and Cat^^

James Atlloud: The grid is handling safari really well.  We're moving around a lot.

The Sunflower house where the furnishings can change color to match the mood

Thirza Ember: Webby about how many NPCs do you guys have in the region?

 Webby Merlin: that varies of course, we don't have them in, unless there is a reason. I have about 45 NPC versions of MIKO, San has about 30 versions of himself and Chance, I have maybe 70 versions of Rain

Thirza Ember: Oh no Rain... YOU'VE BEEN CLONED!

MidnightRain Glas: lol, it does help out the band a lot when one of us can't be here, of course Webby and Clan can never be gone

Thirza Ember: it's a great solution, indeed! less stress for everyone, with NPCs

Webby Merlin: Time for one last stop? MAIN STAGE! This is sim center where it all began, our custom dance floor made by the owner of a grid no longer with us, as far as we know we are the only ones who have it... this is now set up for BIKER WEEKEND coming up this Fri/Sat

Star Ravenhurst: Great dance floor, Subtle and pretty

James Atlloud: The color beneath the floor is great, nice touch

Webby Merlin: and when it Rains it puddles, we make it rain for most of the RAIN songs lol... umbrella anyone?

Forest Azure: always prepared :)

Thirza Ember: Webby and Rain, thank you very much for showing us around and giving us a bit of a glimpse into what happens here

Tosha Tyran: it never rains - it pours... thanks for showing us - really an amazing place.

Star Ravenhurst: Thank you for the visit!

Lucy Afarensis: It has been fun. Thank you.

James Atlloud: Webby and all here, thank you so much - this is so impressive. and Fun!

Webby Merlin: Come back any time and visit the rest of the venues. that TP menu works from ANYWHERE in AMV

Lavia Lavine: thank you for sharing, this is great!

Forest.Azure: great as always!

James Atlloud: It's a shame to go back to work!

MidnightRain Glas: if any of you want to come Friday it's 1pm

Wintermyst Tangarae: Thank you for the tour.  Absolutely beautiful.

HG  Address:  alternatemetaverse.com:8002:Club Escotia

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