Autumn Break is Over!

We hereby happily announce that there will be shows again in our run-down but still beloved theater!
On Tuesday the 19th of November we'll have our wonderful friend Clyde Barrow singing at 1 PM SLT!
That will be a regular weekly date from now on - so please mark that in your calenders.

Doing shows has been difficult lately - due to some hardships we had to go through  and some subsequently needed reconstruction.
Still there is a significant lack of man-power - so we will have just ONE show a week, until we find a way to fill up the schedule a bit more.

So - any help and any idea would be greatly appreciated.
If you think you could add to the fun - please don't refrain from IMing me inworld!

Hope to see you at the theater!

Your's - Misty Payne :-)

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Open Rehearsals Postponed!

Dear Tempelhofers,

unfortunately StFz Wertmuller caught a mean cold so he can't care for the music tonight.
Our pharmacist still hoards some meds - so we just hope our impressario will be better soon!
We'll keep you informed.

Best regards from the dance division and

Misty Payne

Tempelhof Events Calendar

As it doesn't make too much sense to announce our regular artists in separate Blog-entries every week again, we kindly ask you to have a look at the events-calendar on the top right-hand side of this Webpage.
We will of course announce any changes to the program, like new performers or changes in the schedule separately.

Viele Grüße
Tempelhof Staff

Hold the Presses!

Dear Tempelhofers,

this is for sure a bit of a short-term notice, but we are delighted to announce that we have won a new artist for your entertainment:
Many of you aleready know her as part of the Yasmine and Jini Burlesque Events.
Jini will debut as a Tempelhof solo-entertainer today. She will take over our industrial complex and stream contemporary and modern dance tunes, as well as brit-pop for your dancing- and bellyrubbing-pleasure.

Hope to see you around
The Management

This Tuesday at Tempelhof!

02:00 pm SLT - Hogan Baily sings live!
Theatre walls-shaking rock, blues and country tunes, together with his "High-Steppers" dancers. A must see.







Hope to see you around!
Tempelhof Staff

This week at Tempelhof

We will host the following events, this week:

Monday, 19.08. 01:00 pm SLT - Pippa Exonar sings live.

Tuesday, 20.08. 01:00 pm SLT - PhoenixJ plays and sings live.

Both ladies can for sure be called "Tempelhof regulars", their shows  loved by Tempelhof-residents and guests.





 Wednesday, 21.08. 01:00pm SLT - The Tempelhof Girls dancers will do their bi-weekly public rehearsal.

Feel free to drop in if you're interested in joining the show, or simply if you like to watch these amazing beauties dancing.

Event-Photos

cHi has taken some pictures, during last week's events.
Please check them out - they're really good.

Album: TerryLynn Melody - 12.08.

Album: Hogan Baily's show - 13.08.

Album: Clyde Barrow and the Tempelhof Girls - 14.08.

Upcoming Events - This Week

Guten Tag Tempelhofers,

there will be three amazing events in your favourite SL-Location, this week:


 





We'll start on monday, 12:00 pm SLT with something spectacular:
The amazing Terrlynn Melody will debut on the Tempelhof stage, and we are really excited to present you this wonderful Performer.







It's been a long summer break, but finally, we got him back on our stage:
Hogan Baily will for sure rock the theatre for you!

Tuesday, 02:00 pm SLT.




Mark wednesday, 01:00pm SLT in your calendar!

The man who "does Sinatra songs better than Frank himself" will be on his home-stage again.
If you haven't seen or heard him yet, you must most definitely join us for this fabulous event - if you have seen him before, you know what you're missing if you don't show up.
It's a rare privilege to see a master Saloon-Singer practicing his craft, nowadays - not only in SL.



Viele Grüße
Tempelhof Staff

Pictures from last monday

cHi has taken some wonderful shots during Pippa's performance.
They can be found here.

Enjoy!

This Week's Events

Guten Tag Tempelhofers,

Update:
The W. messed it up again. Tuesday is a private Event, where Yas and her girls do filming - sorry.

no "Tanzmusik" this week! We'll be hosting some real artists instead:

Tue, 30.07. - 01:00 pm SLT: Burlesque with Yasmine and Jini
Wed, 31.07. - 01:00 pm SLT: Clyde Barrow sings live

Viele Grüße
Tempelhof Staff

Pippa returns to Tempelhof

 

The much loved Pippa Exonia returned to Tempelhof to re-open the theatre after its summer break.  The displaced Aussie songstress entertained residents and visitors of Tempelhof with her wonderful mix of classic songs.

 

 

Find Photos of Show Here

This Week's Events

Guten Tag Tempelhofers,

Summer Break is over and we're back in Business!
We'll be Hosting two Events, this week:

Monday, 22.07. - 01:00 pm SLT: Pippa Exonar sings live.
Wednesday, 24.07.  - 01:00 pm SLT: DJ Otawan Fouquet.

Hope to see you around.
Tempelhof Staff

What landed me on Tempelhof (part 2)

Ahoy - it's me again. (read part 1)

I promised to offer some more answers - here we go!

If you ever asked yourself how comes a German girl is called "Misty" ...
- that is of course more of a nickname.
Tempelhof has been especially popular among English speaking tourists, so most folks on the island are more or less familiar with that language.
My legal name is Britta ... Britta Pein - but few tourists were able to pronounce that properly.
When I was still learning the ropes as a waitress, tons of things went wrong - so the word the guests heard pretty often from me was "Mist!!" - or even "Mist-Mist-Mist!!!" if I screwed up completely. "Mist" is a mild German form for "shit!" ... like "crap!" perhaps.
One day a friendly tourist who used to joke with me a lot said: "Young lady. This is a wonderful clear and sunny day - no mist whatsoever. But because you seem so fond of that term I might call you 'Misty' from now on - if you have no objections".
That nickname stuck to me. I like it and it is way easier to say and to spell for folks from abroad.
When back home some tourists sent me letters or postcards - most wrote 'Payne' instead of 'Pein'.
So - that's why. Meanwhile even most Germans call me Misty and I'm fine with it.

Why a humble waitress and dancer dashes around in high-tech submarines? 
Well - Tempelhof always was a small naval base. Just a handful U-boats, some minesweepers, some trawlers.

Due to my interest for all things nautical, I spent much of my spare time down by the docks, becoming friends with many of the sailors.
They began to show me around, even took me for short trips (TOTALLY against any military rule of course) and I learned pretty quick how to steer a boat.
That became handy, when we ran short of men during the war.
I helped out testing boats after repairs and improvements or with redeploying them to the (now destroyed) submarine pens.
Of course they never took me on any military mission, because women still ain't allowed to join the armed forces.
So my 'rank' (Fähnrich zur See = ensign on a ship, midshipman), just as any other military task I'm responsible for now, is unofficial.

After the departure of the nazi staff and the death of commander Fehrer, StFz Wertmuller found himself the highest-ranking soldier - so he jumped in and has been in charge of any operations or tactical plans since.
One of the first things he pointed out was (quote) "Also, please take into account that we take great pride in our policy of Equal Working Conditions, where we employ people regardless of gender, sexual orientation or talent."- that's why you even see women operating the FLAK guns and stuff. Some say his encouraging words were just a polite way to tell us: "Move your lazy bum and make yourself useful!". And especially after the 'U-boat incident' I had to think a bit about the 'talent'-part of his little speech.

This directly leads to 'da buzz-bomb': 

We still had one intact V-1 launcher ... as well as some bombs.
But due to the fact we are a bit short on explosives ... and because we don't really believe in the benefices of bombing and terrorizing civilians ... it came to my mind to convert the ramp so it points to the east now - where the mainland lies - removing the explosives from the war heads and to use the freed-up space to stuff letters and postcards into it: TaDa! Airborne mail, Misty-style.
After the war I will see to get this awesome concept patented.
No idea if anything ever reached the addressees - but hey! We tried, didn't we??

Last question you might have on your mind: Why is a chambermaid in charge of the radio station?? 
Hmm... just another of many 'dirty jobs' StFz Wertmuller has seen fit to impose on lil me - mostly because my dad has been an amateur radio operator and I once blurted out I knew how those things work.
And according to my motto "Never ask what your people can do for you - always ask yourself: What can -I- do for my people??" - Bullshit of course: He said "Duckling - YOU operate that thing!" - so I just do it. Cause I'm compliant. What a drag. Anyway.

In part 3 I will tell what happened to the harbor master, the lighthouse keeper - and how we managed to remove the few Jews and other 'endangered species' to a safe place.

Note to the Editor 

Tempelhof, 28. April 1945

Von: Misty Payne, commissarial in charge of Militärische Abwehr
 
Betreff: 'body in the sewers'

Dear Editor,

surprised enough the rats did not finish him off already (might be some kind of courtesy among colleagues) - all I can say is: That are the reminders of Hans Fehrer - former Ortsgruppenleiter of the NSDAP and Inselkommandant of Tempelhof.

Me and my sister found him the day after the other nazi bastards stole our best U-boat and took off to Argentina (some say they actually were heading to 'New Swabia' in the Antarctic).

The commander sat slumped in a puddle of his own blood at his desk.
On that: his Luger Parabellum, some cash (pretty useless on Tempelhof - there is nothing to sell or to buy anymore. We just share what is left) and a "returned to sender" postcard to his sister in Freiburg - thus meaning she might have gotten bombed out during the last severe air raids.
We found some empty bottles of wine, so we aren't sure if he refused to flee with his comrades - or was just too drunk to do so.

Anyway - it was more than obvious he shot himself in the head.
All we did was to unload his gun, wrap his body into a blanket and drag that fat bastard to the sewers. Basically because we just had no idea where else to put him.

I hereby declare we did NOT change anything else on the scene - in case of further investigations.
We still use the radio device (which the staff fortunately did not render useless when they ransacked the office) to keep in touch with our raider-boats or in case anybody in the Reich will try to contact us.

Before the party left they destroyed all evidences of crimes on Tempelhof - that's why the office looks so devastated.
Depending on how the Allies will treat us after the war comes to an end, we might be willing to help with the investigations.

To the best of one's knowledge and belief:
Misty Payne, Fähnrich zur See

Closed for Summer

As all of our staff is on annual leave, there won't be any events until 22.07.

Cheers
Tempelhof Management (sitting on packed bags)

Body Found in Sewers?

Body wrapped in sack?

Tempelhof in Sl has been given a photo that appears to be of a body wrapped in a burlap sack. We have been informed that the photo was taken in the Sewers of Tempelhof.

 

Tempelhof in SL have asked the authorities to comment, but so far they refuse to confirm or deny whether this is indeed a bod or not.  

 

If you have any information about this story please contact the editor.

Body in Sewers
 

This Week's Event

Liebe Tempelhofers,

it's holiday time, and so we have just one event, scheduled for this week:

Tue, 25.06. - 01:00 pm SLT - PhoenixJ plays and sings live.

Hope to see you around.
Tempelhof Stab

Clyde Barrow Perfoms at Tempelhof accompanied by MissUnderstood Lighthouse

Clyde Barrow @ Tempelhof

Clyde Barrow returned to the Tempelhof Theatre this evening to do a show without his usual dancers.  This evening he was accompanied on various instruments by one of the Tempelhof Girls MissUnderstood Lighthouse. 

Clyde's songs this evening were with only one exception dedicated to Tempelhof and its staff and residents.

Clyde a regular performer at Tempelhof has a devoted following and he always puts on a good show.  Clyde is most famous for his Sinatra songs and other Rat Pack classics, but he also performs songs made famous by The Doors, The Kinks and Dire Straits.

Clyde Barrow & MissUnderstood Lighthouse

CLICK HERE FOR PHOTOS BY CAPS

CLICK HERE FOR PHOTOS BY MISSUNDERSTOOD

Animated Tempelhof

Time Lapse of Tempelhof
 

Live Free with Hogan Baily - or Die!

Hogan Baily and Hogan's Hi-Steppers

Hogan Baily took the Tempelhof Theatre by storm accompanied by his Hi-Steppers! Hogan entertained the customers with a range of music including songs originally by Van Morrison, Frank Sinatra, Johnny Cash, John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band, Bruce Springsteen and many more.

As always Hogan wowed his audience with his energetic performance and lovely dancers.

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