Greetings all!
This is Lord Mordred again. I’m still working on things for a haunted event in the hopes that we can get it going and together for next year. As I go over my notes and research, I’ve been thinking about various things related to the haunt industry and have been posting them up to the message boards on the Haunted Attraction Magazine website. You can view them at www.hauntedattraction.com . On the left hand side you will see a link for “message boards -New” Click on there and view all posts by Lord Mordred. If you’re into haunting like I am, have a look around the site - you’ll find all kinds of new ideas! In the future, I’ll post up a list of several books that I have found useful when researching for planning haunted events and such.
I’ve been wondering - how many of you out there are artists, and what is your medium? Let us know - if there is enough interest we may be able to get together online galleries of your works. Also, there is always a need for skilled volunteers for planning and executing some of our upcoming projects.
Sincerely,
Lord Mordred D. Ravensword

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Well, I’ve managed to get on here and make a first posting! My name is Lord Mordred, I am NUP Secretary and a motion picture and event special effects artist, and as such, have been thinking about all of the projects that NUP is capable of doing.
First off, many of you may have heard about the 1930’s themed carnival haunt that was planned for last October. Unfortunately, due to the economy, this event had to be canceled for various reasons. However, we are thinking of making another attempt for this event in 2009. If anyone knows of a good space that we can set this up in, let us know. As to those of you who had expressed interest in volunteering to work on this event - we STILL need creative individuals to help us in the coming year for the theming of events and the like. Please go to the VOLUNTEERS page and fill out the information so that we can gather your information and contact you. Ideally, I envision a NUP “Events Design Crew”, a group of individuals who help to create the amazing theming for events both NUP and for others through NUP. We need many people with extreme dedication and various skills, so check out the VOLUNTEERS page!
Secondly, we have completed the filming of the first NUP how to stagecraft video, how to carve realistic foam tombstones, AKA foam 101. This project has been temporarily held up as we deal with video quality issues, but once these are resolved we will be releasing the DVD and accompanying materials, so keep a look out! If any volunteers have suggestions for additional titles, or would like to either present or crew up production of an upcoming how to video, give us a shout!
Third - being as NUP is an organization that promotes the arts, I’ve been thinking of adding online artists galleries to the site. This will provide exposure for all of the talented artists associated with NUP, and will also serve to draw more people to the site. Also, this will definitely link NUP with dark art and creativity! So, all of you artists out there, get together your best works and get ready to add them when the gallery begins!
Any of you who have experience in film or stage, give me a shout at house_of_ravensword@yahoo.com as we are always looking for talent in these areas, and we can begin a dialogue on the possibility of setting up a NUP Theming crew.

Sincerely,
Lord Mordred D. Ravensword

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