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Tinies Revel for a Cause

by on Wednesday, June 13th, 2018

Photo by Quiet Wonder

If you thought you heard the patter of tiny feet around the city on Saturday, you weren’t imagining it. The Tiny Social Aid and Pleasure Club played host to the 8th Tiny Dance in aid of Relay For Life.

Twenty-five people crowded into the little club near the cemetery for two hours of dancing to the Totally Legitimate tunes of Manfred “Mani” Hancroft. A favorite Tiny slogan is “Tinies haz big funz,” and we certainly did. The joint was fairly jumping.

Photo by Francesca Alva


There was a slight moment of discomfort when Patrolman Bacon stopped by, and for a moment everyone thought it was a raid. Happily this upstanding member of New Toulouse’s finest was persuaded, in the time-honored manner (I can always set it against tax), to stay and enjoy the fun.

As reported elsewhere, we raised a staggering L$12,450 on the day, and I am delighted to report that a late donation raised that total to L$13,450.

Photo by Quiet Wonder


See more pictures on page 7 by Tattler society photographer Pieni Cakefox.


Francesca Alva’s favorite song is “Raccoon Around the Christmas Tree.” Pieni Cakefox is a well-known patron of the arts and is not safe around cake. Quiet Wonder moonlights as Big Belle Peppa with the Oh God What Is That marching band.

Tinies kick up their heels for a good cause

by on Tuesday, June 13th, 2017


If you heard the patter of Tiny feet in New Toulouse on Saturday, you weren’t imagining it. The Tiny Social Aid and Pleasure Club held the seventh New Toulouse Tiny Dance in aid of Relay for Life. Those critters raised a staggering L$15,050 in the fight against cancer, and they had a great time doing it.

Mayor Henri Godenot and Miss RMarie Beedit were unable to attend but sent apologies together with generous donations. Among the Tinies present were Miss Eilidh McCullough, who started the ACTS team Tiny Dance tradition, team captain Olde Eldemar, who looked most dashing as a cavalier, and his co-captain and wife, Cassie Eldemar.

The DJ was once again Manfred “Owlbear” Hancroft with his “totally legit” tunes.

Our photographer was there capturing the scene as the cream of Tiny society strutted its stuff.


Frances Lava is a Biggie and intends to stay that way. She lives in Gloryville overlooking her family tomb.

Tiny dance raises big money for RFL

by on Thursday, June 16th, 2016

On Sunday, June 12, New Toulouse Tinies and Team ACTS welcomed Tinies (and Biggies) from near and far to the Tiny Dance in Aid of Relay for Life. This popular annual event was instigated by our own Eilidh McCullough six years ago and was first held at le Vieux Canal in Algiers. Older residents will have fond memories of this establishment and remember the terrible storms of December 1913 that swept away the entire Algiers region. The Green-Eyed Fairy in New Toulouse hosted the event thereafter.

This year, the venue changed. Thanks to the generosity of Miz Niki and the untiring efforts of New Toulouse’s feistiest Tiny, Miss Gigi Lapin, New Toulouse Tinies finally acquired their own club: the Tiny Social Aid & Pleasure Club in Red Drum Place.
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Manfred “Owlbear” Hancroft once again provided the music, and we all enjoyed his “Totally Legit” songs. Team ACTS captain Olde Eldemar displayed an unexpected talent as the city’s newest self-appointed “professor” and tickled the ivories to great effect.

Mayor Henri was there, doubtless relieved that he could still attend the dance in his official capacity.

The good times certainly rolled, and our Tiny contribution was a huge L$25,000.

More pictures by our own Miss Pie can be seen on page 7.


Miss Frances Lava lives in Basin Street and is founder and president of the newly formed Raccoons Out of New Toulouse campaign.

Tiny dance a big success

by on Tuesday, June 4th, 2013

Tinies from Raglan Shire invaded New Toulouse on Saturday, June 1, but it was all in a good cause. Relay for Life team Tiny Steps for a Cure organized a dance at the Green-eyed Fairy, where a great time was had by all, and an amazing L$12,228 was raised for the American Cancer Society.

Music was provided by DJ Manfred “Owlbear” Hancroft. His “totally legit” vintage covers of modern songs entertained us all. Imagine time travelers from the early 1900s, newly returned from the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. Impressed by all the songs they’ve heard, they can’t wait to record their own versions, played in the styles of their time. They use the very latest recording technique: the wax cylinder. That will give you some idea of the music we heard. This writer will never listen to ABBA’s “Super Trouper” in quite the same way again. DJ Mani was supported by the Seals: animated seal musicians. These cute critters were available for purchase from RFL vendors and proved very popular.
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Tiny Steps team captains and bunnehs Neill McCullough and Jennylynn Capalini (wife of DJ Mani) co-hosted with Miss Frannie, owner of the Green-eyed Fairy. Fans of the ChangHigh Trinity Sisters Fireshow will have seen Miz Jen in her biggie form as the Fire Dancer.

Many Taloosters took the opportunity to release their inner tinies. Mr. Lazarus Morane, who has recently relocated his famed oyster bar to Bayou, was a most elegantly attired frog. Mr. Orinoco Beresford, Shotgun Row’s newest resident, appeared as a dapper ferret appropriately clad in Relay for Life “purkle.” Miss Cookie, formerly of Bourbon, was a Pokemon, the “legendary Jirachi” who makes wishes come true. Miz Karima-Kareem (Hoisan) wore a smart black tux and top hat that perfectly complemented the black markings on her tiny white leopard avatar. Miz Gardenia Malheur arrived as a biggie, but she was so enchanted by Mr. Laz’s fly-catching antics that she herself changed into a frog, prompting Miz Jen to ask if it were not more common for the frog to turn into a handsome prince when kissed than for the princess to turn into a frog. Miz Gardie seemed to like her new self and said that we all looked “like a bunch of depraved electrons.” It is unclear whether the word “depraved” referred to her own “nakie” form. Miss Frannie, who embraced her inner tiny after the last New Toulouse tiny dance, was a raccoon and wore a green flapper dress with a fetching cloche hat.

Mayor Henri, fresh from his fact-finding mission to our RL sister sim of Louisiana, took time out from his busy schedule to join the fun, and he was accompanied by Miz Yvonne Follet, who so ably steered the ship of state in his absence. New Toulouse newlyweds Mr. and Mrs. Pazzo and BelAmi Pestana were also among the guests and drew admiring glances as they danced gracefully around the room.
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Miss Cookie’s friends, Bret Foxglove and his sister Taffilia, were a micro-fox and micro-bunneh respectively, and with Miss Momoe Mollari as a sprouting bean and Mr. Boots Shamrock of the Shire as a Dinky, even the tinies present felt like biggies.

We were delighted that members of other teams joined us: Miz Sienna Thor, captain of the Cure Chasers team, and some of her teammates; Lord Eldemar of Winterfell and his wife, Lady Cassie, from the Aether Chrononauts; and Miz Calumn Tomsen of the RFL Committee.

SL’s legendary crankiness did little to dampen our spirits, even after a mass ejection to RL. Once we had all relogged and rezzed, we carried on having fun. The dance ended in customary tiny fashion with a spirited performance of Riverdance, both tinies and biggies joining in with gusto.

We all carry our secret sorrows and scars, our fear and pain. We all want to beat cancer, that scourge that has blighted so many lives. We are all united in wanting to raise as much money as we can to help with the fight. As Saturday’s dance proved, we can have a lot of fun doing it.

Until there’s a cure, we relay.


Frances Lava is the pseudonym of a well-known Talooster who wishes to remain anonymous. She knows nothing about running a bar and would never dream of turning into a raccoon.