Operation Ichabod

[mollyringle]

This is the official sign-up post for Operation Ichabod, in which your job is to read aloud one line of "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow." All are encouraged to join! Here's how it will work:

1. Leave a comment here if you want to participate. Sign-up period ends in one week, October 24.

2. Shortly after Oct. 24, having counted up how many people are signed up, I will assign your lines to you.

3. You record yourself speaking the lines and post them as a LJ voice post, or email the sound file to me if you're more tech-savvy. I know .wav and .mp3 files will work with my software, and conversion of other types might be possible. We can try.

4. If choosing the voice-post option, let me know by email or LJ comment that you have posted it. I might miss it otherwise.

5. All accents and ages welcome!

Now sign up!

Comments

[mikailborg.livejournal.com]

Official participation comment. :)

[mollyringle.livejournal.com]

Okay! Your appointed line(s):

In the dark shadow of the grove, on the margin of the brook, he beheld something huge, misshapen and towering.

Please record in .mp3 or .wav format and email the file(s) to me (my ladyirony earthlink address); or do it as a voice post, then comment here to point me to the post. You have till October 30, so I can splice them together and (hopefully) have the file ready for general listening on Halloween. I'll be listing everyone's LJ names (or whichever names they prefer, for those not on LJ) along with their lines so we can stick voices to names as we listen.

Thanks so much for joining in!

[mikailborg.livejournal.com]

Sent mine along. If you have any problems receiving the mail, or just could use another option, you'll find it at: http://elfie.org/~mikail/journal/horseman.wav

[astroman-rich.livejournal.com]

I'll officially sign up for myself, Katy, and two tots. :-)

We'll email you MP3 files - one for each of us.

[mollyringle.livejournal.com]

Okay! Your appointed lines (4 parts, to divide among yourselves):

It stirred not, but seemed gathered up in the gloom, like some gigantic monster ready to spring upon the traveller.

The hair of the affrighted pedagogue rose upon his head with terror. What was to be done?

To turn and fly was now too late; and besides, what chance was there of escaping ghost or goblin, if such it was, which could ride upon the wings of the wind?

Summoning up, therefore, a show of courage, he demanded in stammering accents, "Who are you?"


Please record in .mp3 or .wav format and email the file(s) to me (my ladyirony earthlink address); or do it as a voice post, then comment here to point me to the post. You have till October 30, so I can splice them together and (hopefully) have the file ready for general listening on Halloween. I'll be listing everyone's LJ names (or whichever names they prefer, for those not on LJ) along with their lines so we can stick voices to names as we listen.

Thanks so much for joining in!

[serai1.livejournal.com]

I would totally be up for this.

[mollyringle.livejournal.com]

Okay! Your appointed line(s):

He received no reply. He repeated his demand in a still more agitated voice. Still there was no answer.

Please record in .mp3 or .wav format and email the file(s) to me (my ladyirony earthlink address); or do it as a voice post, then comment here to point me to the post. You have till October 30, so I can splice them together and (hopefully) have the file ready for general listening on Halloween. I'll be listing everyone's LJ names (or whichever names they prefer, for those not on LJ) along with their lines so we can stick voices to names as we listen.

Thanks so much for joining in!

[serai1.livejournal.com]

Yay!

Okay, the post is over HERE.

Can't wait to hear how it all comes out!

[mollyringle.livejournal.com]

Sweet! You sound very sinister. That's awesome. :D Thank you!

[bluesound.livejournal.com]

Oh go on then.

[mollyringle.livejournal.com]

Okay! Your appointed line(s):

Once more he cudgelled the sides of the inflexible Gunpowder, and, shutting his eyes, broke forth with involuntary fervor into a psalm tune.

Please record in .mp3 or .wav format and email the file(s) to me (my ladyirony earthlink address); or do it as a voice post, then comment here to point me to the post. You have till October 30, so I can splice them together and (hopefully) have the file ready for general listening on Halloween. I'll be listing everyone's LJ names (or whichever names they prefer, for those not on LJ) along with their lines so we can stick voices to names as we listen.

Thanks so much for joining in!

[joemorf.livejournal.com]

I would like to read a line.

~j

[mollyringle.livejournal.com]

Okay! Your appointed line(s):

Just then the shadowy object of alarm put itself in motion, and with a scramble and a bound stood at once in the middle of the road.

Please record in .mp3 or .wav format and email the file(s) to me (my ladyirony earthlink address); or do it as a voice post, then comment here to point me to the post. You have till October 30, so I can splice them together and (hopefully) have the file ready for general listening on Halloween. I'll be listing everyone's LJ names (or whichever names they prefer, for those not on LJ) along with their lines so we can stick voices to names as we listen.

Thanks so much for joining in!

[kalquessa.livejournal.com]

Me! Me me!

[mollyringle.livejournal.com]

Okay! Your appointed line(s):

Though the night was dark and dismal, yet the form of the unknown might now in some degree be ascertained.

Please record in .mp3 or .wav format and email the file(s) to me (my ladyirony earthlink address); or do it as a voice post, then comment here to point me to the post. You have till October 30, so I can splice them together and (hopefully) have the file ready for general listening on Halloween. I'll be listing everyone's LJ names (or whichever names they prefer, for those not on LJ) along with their lines so we can stick voices to names as we listen.

Thanks so much for joining in!

[kalquessa.livejournal.com]

http://kalquessa.livejournal.com/473625.html

Whee!

[darthbeckman.livejournal.com]

I'll do it!

[mollyringle.livejournal.com]

Okay! Your appointed line(s):

He appeared to be a horseman of large dimensions, and mounted on a black horse of powerful frame.

Please record in .mp3 or .wav format and email the file(s) to me (my ladyirony earthlink address); or do it as a voice post, then comment here to point me to the post. You have till October 30, so I can splice them together and (hopefully) have the file ready for general listening on Halloween. I'll be listing everyone's LJ names (or whichever names they prefer, for those not on LJ) along with their lines so we can stick voices to names as we listen.

Thanks so much for joining in!

[mollyringle.livejournal.com]

*poke*

Not too late to record your line! :)

[darthbeckman.livejournal.com]

Okie dokie, here you go. (http://darthbeckman.livejournal.com/812139.html)

[lalael.livejournal.com]

That sounds like an awful lot of fun! Count me in!

[mollyringle.livejournal.com]

Okay! Your appointed line(s):

He made no offer of molestation or sociability, but kept aloof on one side of the road, jogging along on the blind side of old Gunpowder, who had now got over his fright and waywardness.


Please record in .mp3 or .wav format and email the file(s) to me (my ladyirony earthlink address); or do it as a voice post, then comment here to point me to the post. You have till October 30, so I can splice them together and (hopefully) have the file ready for general listening on Halloween. I'll be listing everyone's LJ names (or whichever names they prefer, for those not on LJ) along with their lines so we can stick voices to names as we listen.

Thanks so much for joining in!

[mollyringle.livejournal.com]

*poke*
Not too late to record your line! (Though we'll fill in here if we have to.)

[lalael.livejournal.com]

I've sent mine off to you though i'll understand if it was too late. completely slipped my mind... :-( Sorry about that. Can;t wait to hear it!

[rachel2205.livejournal.com]

Go for it!

[mollyringle.livejournal.com]

Okay! Your appointed line(s):

Ichabod, who had no relish for this strange midnight companion, and bethought himself of the adventure of Brom Bones with the Galloping Hessian, now quickened his steed in hopes of leaving him behind.

Please record in .mp3 or .wav format and email the file(s) to me (my ladyirony earthlink address); or do it as a voice post, then comment here to point me to the post. You have till October 30, so I can splice them together and (hopefully) have the file ready for general listening on Halloween. I'll be listing everyone's LJ names (or whichever names they prefer, for those not on LJ) along with their lines so we can stick voices to names as we listen.

Thanks so much for joining in!

[mollyringle.livejournal.com]

Where's you and your lovely accent then?? :)

[shmuel.livejournal.com]

I'm in!

[mollyringle.livejournal.com]

Okay! Your appointed line(s):

The stranger, however, quickened his horse to an equal pace. Ichabod pulled up, and fell into a walk, thinking to lag behind--the other did the same.

Please record in .mp3 or .wav format and email the file(s) to me (my ladyirony earthlink address); or do it as a voice post, then comment here to point me to the post. You have till October 30, so I can splice them together and (hopefully) have the file ready for general listening on Halloween. I'll be listing everyone's LJ names (or whichever names they prefer, for those not on LJ) along with their lines so we can stick voices to names as we listen.

Thanks so much for joining in!

[kali-kali.livejournal.com]

Sure, I'm in!

[mollyringle.livejournal.com]

Okay! Your appointed line(s):

His heart began to sink within him; he endeavored to resume his psalm tune, but his parched tongue clove to the roof of his mouth, and he could not utter a stave.

Please record in .mp3 or .wav format and email the file(s) to me (my ladyirony earthlink address); or do it as a voice post, then comment here to point me to the post. You have till October 30, so I can splice them together and (hopefully) have the file ready for general listening on Halloween. I'll be listing everyone's LJ names (or whichever names they prefer, for those not on LJ) along with their lines so we can stick voices to names as we listen.

Thanks so much for joining in!

[kali-kali.livejournal.com]

Ack, it's October 29 and my microphone headset has decided not to work. I'm going to hopefully borrow my roommate's tomorrow morning, and if all else fails, call in a voice post. But I should have something for you by tomorrow afternoon!

[kali-kali.livejournal.com]

Okay, I've emailed it! Crisis averted.

[mollyringle.livejournal.com]

Hmm, I haven't received it yet. Which address did you use?...

[kali-kali.livejournal.com]

I emailed it to the ladyirony address in your profile. Maybe it got sent to the spam filter? I was using my Yahoo email address, maybe I should try again with a different address?

[kimuracarter.livejournal.com]

I would really like to sign up myself and my fiance. However, we are on vacation until 10/27. Can we still participate? :-(

(I'll let you know if I can get my parents to do it, too. They have Irish and English accents, respectively. Have to ask them first though, heh.)

Even if I can't do it, I think this the coolest idea ever. ^_^

[mollyringle.livejournal.com]

I think you can still do it. This is just the sign-up deadline--the deadline for recording the lines will be, I guess, just before Halloween; say, the 30th. So as long as you think you can manage that, you're in! And yes, parents too if they are willing! Let me know. Thanks for the enthusiasm! :)

[mollyringle.livejournal.com]

Okay! Your appointed lines (4 to divide among yourselves):

There was something in the moody and dogged silence of this pertinacious companion that was mysterious and appalling. It was soon fearfully accounted for.

On mounting a rising ground, which brought the figure of his fellow-traveller in relief against the sky, gigantic in height, and muffled in a cloak, Ichabod was horror-struck on perceiving that he was headless!

...but his horror was still more increased on observing that the head, which should have rested on his shoulders, was carried before him on the pommel of his saddle!

His terror rose to desperation; he rained a shower of kicks and blows upon
Gunpowder, hoping by a sudden movement to give his companion the slip; but the spectre started full jump with him.


Please record in .mp3 or .wav format and email the file(s) to me (my ladyirony earthlink address); or do it as a voice post, then comment here to point me to the post. You have till October 30, so I can splice them together and (hopefully) have the file ready for general listening on Halloween. I'll be listing everyone's LJ names (or whichever names they prefer, for those not on LJ) along with their lines so we can stick voices to names as we listen.

Thanks so much for joining in!

[kimuracarter.livejournal.com]

We'll record tonight!

[dirae.livejournal.com]

Kev and I will do it.

[mollyringle.livejournal.com]

Okay! Your appointed lines (one for each of you):

Away, then, they dashed through thick and thin; stones flying and sparks
flashing at every bound.

Ichabod's flimsy garments fluttered in the air, as he stretched his long lank body away over his horse's head, in the eagerness of his flight.


Please record in .mp3 or .wav format and email the file(s) to me (my ladyirony earthlink address); or do it as a voice post, then comment here to point me to the post. You have till October 30, so I can splice them together and (hopefully) have the file ready for general listening on Halloween. I'll be listing everyone's LJ names (or whichever names they prefer, for those not on LJ) along with their lines so we can stick voices to names as we listen.

Thanks so much for joining in!

[judytheteacher.livejournal.com]

I'm game!

[mollyringle.livejournal.com]

Okay! Your appointed line(s):

They had now reached the road which turns off to Sleepy Hollow; but Gunpowder, who seemed possessed with a demon, instead of keeping up it, made an opposite turn, and plunged headlong downhill to the left.

Please record in .mp3 or .wav format and email the file(s) to me (my ladyirony earthlink address); or do it as a voice post, then comment here to point me to the post. You have till October 30, so I can splice them together and (hopefully) have the file ready for general listening on Halloween. I'll be listing everyone's LJ names (or whichever names they prefer, for those not on LJ) along with their lines so we can stick voices to names as we listen.

Thanks so much for joining in!

[mollyringle.livejournal.com]

*poke*

Not too late to record your line! :)

[new-iconoclast.livejournal.com]

I'm good for it!

[mollyringle.livejournal.com]

Okay! Your appointed line(s):

This road leads through a sandy hollow shaded by trees for about a quarter of a mile, where it crosses the bridge famous in goblin story; and just beyond swells the green knoll on which stands the whitewashed church.

Please record in .mp3 or .wav format and email the file(s) to me (my ladyirony earthlink address); or do it as a voice post, then comment here to point me to the post. You have till October 30, so I can splice them together and (hopefully) have the file ready for general listening on Halloween. I'll be listing everyone's LJ names (or whichever names they prefer, for those not on LJ) along with their lines so we can stick voices to names as we listen.

Thanks so much for joining in!

[allisona.livejournal.com]

Sure, I'd like to sign up, if it isn't too late.

[mollyringle.livejournal.com]

Okay! Your appointed line(s):

As yet the panic of the steed had given his unskilful rider an apparent advantage in the chase, but just as he had got halfway through the hollow, the girths of the saddle gave way, and he felt it slipping from under him.

Please record in .mp3 or .wav format and email the file(s) to me (my ladyirony earthlink address); or do it as a voice post, then comment here to point me to the post. You have till October 30, so I can splice them together and (hopefully) have the file ready for general listening on Halloween. I'll be listing everyone's LJ names (or whichever names they prefer, for those not on LJ) along with their lines so we can stick voices to names as we listen.

Thanks so much for joining in!