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TMoTM S04E05: Five Lessons — Carey Wong

October 17, 2025   Programming

RESCHEDULED

Due to tech­ni­cal issues, this pro­gramme has been delayed and will now go out on Octo­ber 25th, 2pm SLT/Pacific Time, when it will be time for a new edi­tion of The Mag­ic of The Musi­cal with Cale­do­nia Skytower!

This month, Cale­do­nia con­tin­ues her “Five Lessons” sub-series of The Mag­ic of The Musi­cal, where she inter­views actors, direc­tors, design­ers, dancers and oth­ers who have spent time and life in musi­cal the­atre. They share the lessons that being a part of a per­form­ing com­mu­ni­ty have taught them about life, the stage, and humanity.

If you are lucky, you get to inter­view your heroes. In this month’s episode of The Mag­ic of The Musi­cal, host Cale­do­nia Sky­tow­er (aka Judy Cullen) shares her con­ver­sa­tion with one of her heroes as they dis­cuss art, music, and stage design: friend and men­tor Carey Wong. Dur­ing a career span­ning over 50 years, Carey has designed sets and cos­tumes for more than 300 pro­duc­tions, includ­ing operas, plays, musi­cals, and bal­lets, plus art exhi­bi­tions and oth­er cre­ative spaces. Tune in for a fas­ci­nat­ing dis­cus­sion! More about Carey Wong.

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TMoTM S04E04: What Theater Taught Me

September 20, 2025   Programming

This show is now avail­able to Lis­ten Again on Mixcloud.

Sep­tem­ber 20th, 2pm SLT/Pacific Time: it’s the third Sat­ur­day in the month and time for a new edi­tion of The Mag­ic of The Musi­cal with Cale­do­nia Skytower!

“Why would you get a degree in the­ater?” It’s not always about dreams of bright lights and paparazzi. The­ater is a col­lab­o­ra­tive art form that teach­es much more than just the art of mak­ing it. Host Cale­do­nia Sky­tow­er (Judy Cullen) shares her con­ver­sa­tion with three of her col­lege class­mates as they reflect on their dif­fer­ing paths and the lessons that cre­at­ing the­ater hath wrought, plus the musi­cal the­ater songs that have had the great­est per­son­al mean­ing to them.

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TMoTM S04E03: Five Lessons #1 — Sharry O’Hare

August 16, 2025   Programming

This pro­gramme is now avail­able on  Mixcloud.

August 16th, 2pm SLT/Pacific Time: it’s the third Sat­ur­day in the month and time for a new edi­tion of The Mag­ic of The Musi­cal with Cale­do­nia Skytower!

This month, Cale­do­nia rolls out a new sub-series of The Mag­ic of The Musi­cal. In “Five Lessons” she inter­views actors, direc­tors, design­ers, dancers and oth­ers who have spent time and life in musi­cal the­atre. They share the lessons that being a part of a per­form­ing com­mu­ni­ty have taught them about life, the stage, and humanity.

In this debut episode Cale shares a con­ver­sa­tion with actress Shar­ry O’Hare, explor­ing the expe­ri­ences of 65 years of musi­cal the­ater per­for­mance. Ms. O’Hare shares some of the lessons musi­cal the­atre has taught her, with select­ed musi­cal num­bers to accom­pa­ny them. Think tread­ing the boards is just about find­ing your light and how many songs you get? Guess again.

 

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The Last Dance at The Dickens Project

January 6, 2024   Programming

On Sun­day Jan­u­ary 7th, Vir­tu­al Com­mu­ni­ty Radio’s DJs Elrik Mer­lin & Cale­do­nia Sky­tow­er host the “last dance” at the 2023 Edi­tion of The Dick­ens Project live on-the-air and at the Dick­ens Skat­ing Pond.

“We’ve got a new year, now what do we do with it?” — Rik and Cale spin no doubt very dif­fer­ent music inspired by the theme “opti­mistic inten­tions” for 2024.

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Caledonia Skytower at SL20B — Sunday 2nd July, 3pm

July 2, 2023   Programming

This show is now avail­able on Mixcloud!

Sun­day 2nd July, 3pm SLT: Join our star pre­sen­ter Cale­do­nia Sky­tow­er for an hour of selec­tions from motion pic­ture and tele­vi­sion sound­tracks that look to the future — includ­ing the works of Alexan­der Courage, Jer­ry Gold­smith, Michael Giachi­no, John Williams and more! LIVE from the Vir­tu­al Com­mu­ni­ty Radio exhib­it at the Sec­ond Life 20th Birth­day cel­e­bra­tions! Be there in per­son — or tune in to Vir­tu­al Com­mu­ni­ty Radio for the live broadcast!

Host Cale­do­nia Sky­tow­er explores our fas­ci­na­tion with space through pop­u­lar enter­tain­ment, focus­ing pri­mar­i­ly on the music of Star Trek and Star Wars. These fer­tile fran­chis­es, each with their own rocky begin­nings, have had a major impact on the enter­tain­ment indus­try and pop­u­lar cul­ture as they con­tin­ue to hon­or their begin­nings and explore new paths. Strap on your light saber and pre­pare to beam-up for an hour of glo­ri­ous music of The Stars!

Here’s your trans­porta­tion… and talk­ing of trans­porta­tion, while you’re there, why not hop on a sky­cy­cle and see the exhi­bi­tion from a dif­fer­ent angle?

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Caledonia Skytower at SL20B — Sunday 25th June

June 25, 2023   Programming

Sun­day 25th June, 3pm SLT: Join our star pre­sen­ter Cale­do­nia Sky­tow­er for an hour of inter­stel­lar-space jazz LIVE from the Vir­tu­al Com­mu­ni­ty Radio exhib­it at the Sec­ond Life 20th Birth­day cel­e­bra­tions! Be there in per­son — or tune in to Vir­tu­al Com­mu­ni­ty Radio for the live broadcast!

 

Here’s your trans­porta­tion… and talk­ing of trans­porta­tion, while you’re there, why not hop on a sky­cy­cle and see the exhi­bi­tion from a dif­fer­ent angle!

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