Ash 7.8 | The National Anthem of Elgaland-Vargaland #6
Out now – a three-track 7″ of The National Anthem of Elgaland-Vargaland #6, as performed by START!
This 7” is the fourth in a series of vinyl acoustic versions of the National Anthems of Elgaland-Vargaland. See also the Mariachi version [Ash 7.2], the Klezmer and Afrobeat versions [Ash 7.4], and the Norwegian School Marching Band and Underwater versions [Ash 7.6], issued between 2007 – 2008 by Ash International. All four are available as a 4×7″ Bundle in TouchShop…
These recordings were regally made during the unofficial inauguration of the KREV Ministry of Bankrupt Shopping Malls in Porto, Portugal, on October 10, 2008, in the presence of the KREV Ambassadors Mike Harding and Heitor Alvelos. Mixed by: Anselmo Canha, Heitor Alvelos, Mike Harding and Philip Marshall. Cut by Jason at Transition. Sleeve photography: Heitor Alvelos and Anselmo Canha.
Genuflections to the Future Places digital media festival, University of Porto Masters in Image Design and the University of Texas in Austin, and Transmedia Brussels.
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The Kingdoms of Elgaland-Vargaland National Anthem as Performed at Utopics, Biel/Bienne
Among the participants of Utopics, the 11th Swiss Sculpture Exhibition in Biel/Bienne, Switzerland, the Kings Carl Michael von Hausswolff of Vargaland and Leif Elggren of Elgaland annexed the language boundary in Biel/Bienne. Biel/Bienne is bilingual, a French and German speaking city, called Biel in German and Bienne in French. To announce the assimilation of the language boundary, the Jugenorchester (youth orchestra) Biel/Bienne performed the National Anthem of the Kingdoms of Elgaland-Vargaland.
Ladies and gentlemen, please be upstanding and visit www.vernissage.tv to hear the Anthem.
The King’s Speech at the Inauguration New Consulate in Lisbon | 12th September 2009
King Carl Michael 1 speaks…
New Consulate in Lisbon | 12th September 2009
First reports from a great occasion can be read here [in Portuguese].
King Carl Michael von Hausswolff , and the Portuguese & UK Ambassador inaugurate the new Consulate in Lisbon, Portugal
More information can be found here
12th September 2009
1830 – 1945
King and Ambassadors arriving | Speeches | Diplomatic Discussions | Inaugurations | Marching Bands | Public Dinner and more
Announcing Abbot General of Elgaland-Vargaland
The Pontifex Maximus has appointed himself Abbot General of Elgaland-Vargaland.
Address him as “Dear Father Abbot”.
KREV in Frankfurt/Karben, Germany
The KREV consulate in Frankfurt/Karben, Germany is now open on Sunday until middle of June.
Address:
Konsulat von Konungarikena Elgaland-Vargaland
Burg-Gräfenröderstr.2
61184 Karben
Contact:
info(at)leonhardikulturprojekte.org
“Leonhardi Kulturprojekte, an association based in Frankfurt am Main, is pleased to invite to the occasion of the KREV Consulate from The Kingdoms of Elgaland-Vargaland [KREV] to reception and banquet at the clubhouse in the Leonhardi Parc in Karben.
Kings Michael I of Vargaland and Leif I of Elgaland are pleased to welcome you to the inauguration on April 11th 2009, 3 pm.
The national anthem will clink in international variations from Taslima Ahmed, Marc Behrens featuring Yôko Higashi (hamaYôko), Nicolas Ceccaldi, Eric D. Clark, Guillermo Faivovich, Sam Forsythe, Maria von Hausswolff, Oliver Heinzenberger, Ilja Karilampi, Klaus Kamptner, Michele di Menna, Ayaka Okutsu, René Schohe, Stephen Suckale, Joe Walsh and Immediate Memory.”
Please click here for further information. Click here for photos from the opening ceremony.
Breaking News | Citizen’s Passport Confiscated in Bolivia
Roxanne Harvey writes:
“Unfortunately I have some sad news about my Elgaland-Vargaland passport. Having managed a few stamps already in South America (Argentina and Chile were infinitely more accommodationg than the stuck-up immigration in Australia and New Zealand who rudely refused) and overly confident with my newly acquired Spanish, I tried it in Bolivia where it was confiscated. I guess I’m lucky that’s all that happened.” [Roxanne Harvey by email…
More information to follow…
KREV Annexes Antarctica
The Minister of Nostalgia and the Minister of Inconsolability & Piercings have annexed Antarctica.
The Antarctic Treaty: Signed in Washington 1st December 1959 by 12 countries. Treaty entered into force on 23rd June 1961. Now 46 countries have joined the Treaty.
“No acts or activities taking place while the present Treaty is in force shall constitute a basis for asserting, supporting or denying a claim to territorial sovereignty in Antarctica or create any rights of sovereignty in Antarctica. No new claim, or enlargement of an existing claim, to territorial sovereignty in Antarctica shall be asserted while the present Treaty is in force.”
EV flag flown on Minerva in Drake passage (discovered September 1578) on 9th February 2009.
EV flag placed on Half Moon Island, South Shetlands, Antarctica for 15 seconds on 12th February 2009. Flag removed in accordance with the 1991 Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty, set out in recommendation XVIII-I adopted at the Antarctic Treaty Meeting, Kyoto, 1994 and ratified in January 1998.