The Long Undoing: On the Transmission of Oral History
Signum University invites you to join us on Saturday, 7 March for Sunshine Moot 2026. This hybrid event will take place at the Drury Plaza Hotel Orlando – Disney Springs Area in Orlando, FL, USA. For our return to the Sunshine State, we invite you to join us for an unique workshop, “The Long Undoing: On the Transmission of Oral History”.
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- $50.00 USD for In-Person Attendance
- $25.00 USD for Remote Attendance
Enjoy complimentary breakfast, popcorn & soft drinks, and dinner (Drury Inn’s ‘Kickback’ Meal) with your Sunshine Moot ticket!
There is no Call for Proposals for Sunshine Moot.
What happens when history becomes legend? Legend becomes myth? And some things that should not have been forgotten become lost? How do stories change as they are passed from one person to the next, from one generation to the next? This year’s Sunshine Moot invites you to participate in a unique and immersive experiment in the preservation of memory. We will explore the very methods by which the peoples of Middle-earth, from the Elves of Tirion to the Dwarves of Khazad-dûm, would have kept their histories alive before Cirth and Tengwar.
What to Expect:
In this one-of-a-kind all-day workshop, attendees will become the keepers of a forgotten age. We will gather not as a passive audience, but as an active community of loremasters tasked with a vital mission: the reconstruction of a lost chronicle. Our Moot will be visited from “strangers from distant lands”. (Why have they come? What is their purpose? You will have to register to learn the whole story!) Moot attendees will be divided into small, dedicated circles. All circles will be assigned different foundational stories throughout the Moot from Tolkien’s legendarium: the Music of the Ainur and the rise of the Valar, the trials of the Second Age, the adventures of the Third Age, etc. (See the schedule below for the different topics).
Your task is to recollect and retell. You and your circle will collaborate to piece together these epic narratives from your collective memory. Debate the key events, embody the important characters, and decide which important details are most crucial to preserve the Spirit of the Tale. Each circle will speak with a Stranger, who will take down what you tell them, and recap it to the rest of the Moot at the end of each session.
The Grand Finale:
The workshop, and the Moot, will conclude with a plenary discussion where we reflect on our collective experience. What did we remember? What did we, perhaps universally, forget or alter? What does this teach us about the nature of oral history, the fragility of facts, and the power of story? We will connect our own hands-on experience directly to the themes of loss and recovery that are so central to Tolkien’s work.
Come to Orlando and be prepared not just to sit and listen, but to step forward and speak, to remember, and to become a part of the living tradition itself.
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Schedule of Events (All Times Local to Orlando – Eastern Time)
9:00 – 9:30am: Welcome to Sunshine Moot and the Arrival of the Travelers
9:30 – 10:10am: Session One – The Music of Creation and the Powers of the World
10:10 – 10:50am: Session Two – The Two Trees, the Silmarils, and the Great Exile
10:50 – 11:30am: Session Three – The Great Tales: Beren & Luthien and The Children of Húrin
11:30 – 11:45am: Elevenses (A Break)
11:45am – 12:25pm: Session Four – The Fall of Gondolin and the End of the First Age
12:25 – 1:05pm: Session Five – The Rise and Downfall of Númenor and the Second Age
1:05 – 2:05pm: Lunch Break
2:05 – 2:45pm: Session Six – The Early Third Age: The Line of Kings, The Nazgûl, and the Watchful Peace
2:45 – 3:25pm: Session Seven – The Quest of Erebor
3:25 – 3:40pm: Afternoon Break
3:40 – 4:20pm: Session Eight – The Late Third Age: The War of the Ring and the Crowning of a King
4:20 – 5:20pm: There and Back Again – A Plenary Session on Your Thoughts
