April Fools distracted us from our New Moon posting schedule!  We have so much to discuss before Eclipse comes out in August, so we will move through these chapetr discussions pretty quickly.  Today we have Chapter Three ready for you to read and talk about at the message boards!  Look for more next week!

Alphie

We just opened a section for Eclipse Prom Tee Shirt over at our Cafe Press Shop. The fronts all say "Eclipse Prom 2007 Lexiconer" and the backs all say, "So, What’s Your Screen Name?"  This section of our shop is a limited edition section. The Eclipse Prom Section will close on April 30th, so order early.

The shirts can be worn to before and after prom events so you can identify fellow Lexiconers. You never know who you’ll meet at the airport, you never know who’s going to be on your flight. They are NOT…I REPEAT NOT…TO BE WORN TO THE PROM. THE PROM IS FORMAL!

Pel~

Various online sources such as Walmart and  Harper Collins are reporting that The Prom Nights From Hell will be available April 10, 2007. Start looking in stores, you never know if it may pop up early.

That’s right folks.  Prom is officially sold out.  I’m not sure if you can still get on a waiting list or not, but as soon as we know, we will pass that information on to you. 

When Pel said that we do not have tickets, she meant that we don’t have any to give to YOU.  Pel and I do have a ticket and she WILL be there for certain.  The question is if I can be there or not.  I would have to skip my daughter’s very first dance recital if I did, and I’m not sure if I can live with myself as a mom to choose Prom over my baby.  I have to think about it.  I really want to be there, and I’m leaning towards it more and more, but I won’t make a final decision until Saturday.  Pel WILL be there, so you WILL see her at the first Prom.  I promise!

Lastly, in case you are wounded by all the prom news and mix ups, we invite you to listen to our April Fools Forks – Cast which kind of got lost in the shuffel of all the Prom news. 

Alphie

Ok folks, straight from the mouth of Stephenie Meyer and Faith of the Changing Hands Bookstore (the supplier of the tickets) this is what you need to know:

1.  If you were lucky enough to get tickets when they were available on April 1 and sold out ,those tickets are for the first time of 2:00pm-5:00pm.

2. If your name is on the waiting list, when the new block goes on sale on Wednesday April 4th (they open at 10:00am keep the times zones in mind they are in Arizona) you need to call 480 – 730 – 0205 or 480-730-1142 and state specifically that you were on the waiting list and what name was given on the waiting list. THEY ARE NOT CALLING YOU; YOU HAVE TO CALL THEM!  DO NOT EMAIL THE STORE TRYING TO ORDER. The email is for questions that may arise.

3. The tickets may be picked up at the Changing Hands Bookstore anytime starting next week up until Friday, May 4th at 9:00pm when the store closes. You cannot pick up tickets the day of the prom from the store. If you do not pick your tickets up by May 4, you will have to get them from the "will call table" located outside the entrance doors of the prom (I will find out how early they will be out there and post that at a later time).

4.  Tickets for the second prom (May 5th 6:00-9:00pm) go on sale tomorrow, April 4th when the store opens (they open at 10:00am keep the times zones in mind they are in Arizona). You need to call   480 – 730 – 0205 or 480-730-1142 to get tickets. DO NOT EMAIL THE STORE TRYING TO ORDER. The email is for questions that may arise.

5.  You bought what you bought, Changing Hands is not doing ticket swaps. In other words, if you have tickets to the first prom and your friend has tickets to the second prom Changing Hands isn’t going to let you trade in your ticket so you and your friend can be together. It’s like a concert or Broadway show, what you bought is what you bought.  Now, people are certainly on their own allowed to hook up and make private trades, and in order to help these people meet the Lexicon has posted a swap thread. As is posted, do so at your own risk.

 
6. Both proms are identical, there is no difference. No prom is better than the other.

7.  Alphie and I do not have tickets DO NOT EMAIL US!

I think that about covers it all. If there is any new news, we’ll let you know.

The folks at Changing Hands would like us all to note that the e-mail contact is for questions only.  they advise you to NOT send your credit card number via e-mail.  Call them instead.

On those same lines, there seems to be some trouble with the phone number listed below.  You can call the office line if you have difficulty getting though.  That number is               480-730-1142        .

Thanks!

Alphie

Pel and I recorded the podcast detailing how everything went down for the April Fools prank.  It includes information on where the idea came from, how we pulled it off, who helped, and what went wrong.  Yes, we answer the question "Who was who?" and potentially spoil the fun, so if you don’t want to know who was really responsible for posting as which characters, then don’t listen.  But if you want a good laugh, download it and laugh at our silliness.  It runs about 45 mins in length.

Alphie

This is copied directly from an e-mail I just recieved from Stephenie –

ECLIPSE PROM 2.0
 
Due to popular demand (500 tickets sold out in about six hours!), we will be having TWO Eclipse Proms on May 5th.  The first will be from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. and the second will go from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.  I will be reading the first chapter of Eclipse at both proms, and all the same fun contests and signings and pictures and snacks and surprises will happen at both.
 
If you did not get tickets to the first Eclipse Prom, tickets to the Eclipse Prom 2.0 will go on sale Wednesday April 4th at Changing Hands Bookstore. (480 – 730 – 0205 or  [email protected]) The waiting list will be called first.

In case you didn’t catch on, we had one heck of a day here at the lexicon!  I hope it was as fun for all of you as it was for us.  Thanks for playing along and for letting us take the day off from normal chatter to let the characters run lose.  There WILL be a podcast about today’s events.  Stay tuned for that sometime later. 

And if you see anything out of place, please let us know!

Alphie

PS. Note from Pel~ "We’re back to normal, whatever that is."