It’s Mar­di Gras week­end here on Vir­tu­al Com­mu­ni­ty Radio, and our cel­e­bra­tions on Feb­ru­ary 26 and 27th cen­tre around the Cre­ole Queen, our tra­di­tion­al river­boat, docked at Chest­nut Hills in Sec­ond Life.

TODAY Sat­ur­day, Feb­ru­ary 26th — Our Fea­tured Genre will be the music of Car­ni­val and Mar­di Gras from New Orleans to Latin Amer­i­ca and beyond, plus some old-time R&B and Trad Jazz.

Then at 1–2pm Pacific/SLT — Come along to the Cre­ole Queen for a Live Tarot Read­ing with VCRa­dio’s Tarot @ Teatime co-host Hon­ey Heart. Stroll on the banks of the riv­er and request a per­son­al read­ing of the cards. All read­ings are free, con­duct­ed pri­vate­ly in Voice, and are strict­ly con­fi­den­tial and for enter­tain­ment pur­pos­es only.

And at 12 noon and 4pm Pacific/SLT (8pm or mid­night in the UK) tune in for a spe­cial Mar­di Gras edi­tion of Where Have You Been? which cov­ers some of the his­to­ry and back­ground to Mar­di Gras and Car­ni­val and sug­gests an addi­tion­al venue you might like to vis­it between now and “Fat Tues­day” itself, March 1.

TOMORROW, Sun­day, Feb­ru­ary 27th from 2–4pm — Dance Par­ty on the Cre­ole Queen, live in Sec­ond Life.  DJ Cale­do­nia Sky­tow­er will be play­ing jazz, Cajun, and Zyde­co music on the ele­gant riv­er boat envi­ron­ment, appro­pri­ate­ly decked out for the occa­sion. No need to bring your beads — we’ve got them! Join us at The Queen, or on-the-air, as we Lais­sez les bons temps rouler !

SLURL (avail­able for post­ed events only):

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Chestnut%20Hills/155/51/2823

All times SLT/Pacific.