WELCOME TO THE
"SUMMER SCHOOL IN FORKS:
A TWILIGHT SYMPOSIUM"
NEWSLETTER
January Issue #2
In this issue:
-NEW REGISTRATION PROMOTION
-ANNOUNCING JOHN GRANGER
-VENDOR UPDATE
-VOLUNTEER UPDATE
LIFE, Inc., now a non-profit corporation, is proud to announce:
"Every 50th wins an ipod!"
Start your "Summer School in Forks" trip off right!
Register for the symposium to win a specially engraved
ipod nano
with the Twilight Movie soundtrack already loaded!
Every 50th paid registrant will win an ipod nano
($149 value!)
as a memento of our symposium. The ipods will be red or black to celebrate Twilight
and will be engraved with "Summer School in Forks."
The winners will be announced and the ipods presented at the
"Pizza with Charlie Orientation Dinner".
Don't miss your chance to win one of the coolest new
music players out there!
It's made by Apple, perfect for every Twilight Fan!
For complete guidelines, please visit our site at:
http://twilight.litfanevents.org/promo.html
We are also proud to announce a new speaker at SSIF:
John Granger
John Granger is best known for explaining the artistry, meaning, and popularity of Joanne Rowling's Harry Potter novels. His four books, How Harry Cast His Spell (Tyndale, 2008), Unlocking Harry Potter: Five Keys for the Serious Reader (Zossima 2007), The Deathly Hallows Lectures (Zossima, 2008), and Harry Potter's Bookshelf: The Great Books Behind the Hogwarts Adventures (Penguin, 2009) are used in University classrooms from Princeton to Pepperdine because they are the only books in print that discuss the literary merits and cultural impact of Ms. Rowling's novels. He has been a Featured Speaker at seven academic and fan conferences and his theories and thoughts have been written up in the Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, and The Philadelphia Inquirer. In addition to almost one hundred radio talk show appearances, John has been interviewed on CNN, MSNBC, and A&E. The DVD of the Order of the Phoenix movie even includes an interview with John in the DVD extras.
As an ordained Orthodox Christian Reader (Psalte) and classicist trained at Phillips Exeter and the University of Chicago, John takes his bearings from the western and eastern traditions, spiritual and philosophical. In addition to talks on Harry Potter, John has also been a Featured Speaker at a C. S. Lewis International Conference (Past Watchful Dragons, 2005) and the New York C. S. Lewis Society (February, 2008). He delights in explaining the relevance and brilliance of the medieval imagination and traditional psychology for understanding not only the popularity of Lewis, Tolkien, and Rowling but how we are meant to live in order to be fully human. John believes great authors help us achieve with story what Lewis said was the end of human existence, that is, "conforming the soul to Reality."
John is a relative newcomer to the Twilight series; his two teenage daughters at home as well as many Harry Potter fans now reading Ms. Meyer's work urged him to read the books! His insights about the themes, story-scaffolding, and meaning that drive the popularity of the Forks Adventures, however, have already established him as a 'Twihard' geek and fan favorite. His Spotlight: An X-Ray View of the Artistry and Meaning of the Stephenie Meyer Twilight Novels promises to be the first and best non-Meyer book about the series.
VENDOR AGREEMENTS
Vendor agreements will be sent out in February. Please complete, sign and return per the directions listed.
VOLUNTEERS
Our Volunteer Coordinators, Lani P and Lani J, have been contacting all people who sent in volunteer applications. If you are interested in volunteering, but have not yet signed up, do so now.
DON'T FORGET TO REGISTER AND PAY NOW FOR SSIF...YOU COULD WIN AN IPOD NANO!!
SEE YOU IN FORKS!
The Officers of LIFE, Inc.