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Jim Dale to present at Portus 2008
We are very happy to break the news that Jim Dale, narrator of the US Potter books, will be presenting at HPEF's Portus 2008 this July! Portus representative Aziza Aba Butain talks about how excited they are to be hosting him:"We've just confirmed that Jim Dale, the amazing "reader" of all the HP audio books for the US , Broadway icon and the narrator of ABC's new hit series "Pushing Daisies", will be presenting at Portus in July. This will be Jim Dale's first HP conference. We're all very excited and honored to have a guest so involved with the series be apart of Portus's Programming. Mr. Dale is quite the dynamic, accomplished speaker and we can't wait for Portus to arrive.
Portus's monthly newsletter, The Portal, will be updating soon with the latest on Jim's programming. This will, undoubtedly, be a must-see conference for Harry Potter fans. We cannot wait to find out what Portus and Jim Dale have to offer!
If you're interested in attending Portus, you must register! Visit Portus2008.org for more information. Don't forget, MuggleCast will also be hosting a podcast at the conference as part of their Podcast Palooza. This is one conference that you definitely will not want to miss!
Posted by Andrew on Mar 5th |
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Woo-hoo! Can't wait to hear him at Portus!!!
Awesome!! He'll be fantastic!
Woo! Can't wait. Top 5. yeeah.. haha
oh man i love him!!!! hes so perfect at every little detail!!!! i never knew it was him narrating 'pushing daisies'!!! i love that show......oh and jim dale!
WHOOO TOP 5!!!!!!
Oh my God. I so wish I could go. He was SO awesome on the CDs. *sigh*
That is so cool! Now I wish I was going to Portus, but I can't go :( 6th!
That's awesome. Top 10!
wow have fun everyone who's going to Portus! (btw that's a-part, two words. you might say apart from, but then i don't think they would be excited.)
that is so freaking amazing!!! i cannot wait to see him and all the mugglecasters, only four more months!!
OMG!!! That's so awesome, I love him. *sigh* I would like to go to portus
yayy i just finished writing an english paper on why Laura Mallory's accusations against Harry Potter are unbased. i love jim dale! :)
I want to be Jim Dale when I grow up. Wait, I am grown up. I just want to be Jim Dale. That must be the coolest job in the world.
aww thats my grandpa!
Jim Dale is the man! If Harry Potter ever goes annimated, I hope they keep him in mind. Now there is an idea to consider! A Harry Potter cartoon or cg series! Jim could be another Mel Blanc.
Jim is awesome.
Jim Dale does a marvelous job at narrating the Harry Potter books for audio. I own all of the Harry Potter audiobooks, along side the Harry Potter books and i listen to them before i go to bed,cause when i am not reading the Harry Potter books i can at least hear them before i go to bed. Harry Potter is the best book series ever,nothing can top HP.
Wow! I clicked on the link to the Portus site - what an AMAZING amt. of material! Sounds like a well-planned conference. They're still looking for volunteers, so if you can be in Dallas in July, you can attend free in exchange for some work. I'm thinking about it...
coooool [=
Why are Harry Potter conventions so outrageously expensive to get into?
Um... I'm pretty sure that volunteers don't get to attend the conference for free. The chairs don't even get to attend for free. But as someone who has volunteered in the past, it's one of the coolest experiences ever. I made so many friends at Lumos and had such a good time that Prophecy was like a huge reunion for us. I totally think that if you can go to Portus (and you should cause it's gonna be totally awesome -OMGJIMDALE!) that you should volunteer. It's so much fun. I can't wait!!
Sounds like a really fun time I should think about going. lol
omggg sounds like a blasttt! now all they need is jo herself! (: i really wish i could go though, but it's in like texas or something, right? *could totally be making that up* jim dale rocksss tho!
Jim dale is part of al my trips!... ive the hp books in my ipod and im obsessed with hearing him:P... he does it perfect!... oh!... and i lvoe the starting music it has!:p... its so funny xD
It would be amazing to go to Portus, but my parents would never let me.
omg...yay...i love jim dale!!!!! the little voice in my head has adopted his voice after years of listening to the harry potter recording :-D
I really do want to go to one...I was going to go to the Chicago convention but a Spring Break vacation turned up instead. I just think it's a ridicoulous amount to ask...100-200 dollars? I have been to conventions before and they are normally 30-50. I just dont get why they are so expensive? :(
Jim Dale is AMAZING at reading the Hp books!!! I wish I could go. =o(
I WISH I COULD GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!
Awwww........... he's my hero!!!!! I really wish I could meat him! : )
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JIM IS AWESOME!!!
I'm not crazy about him like how all you guys seem to be but I guess he's all right.
I like the way this narrator reads the Harry series and the way he gives life to the charathers, so what ever he tries to do will be good for many people and even for himself.
jim is the best, good for him go to azgardian.myminicity.com, help me build my city, thanks!
Yeah, I knew it, he's gay.
Jim is cool! Ilike his voice!
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@I've never heard him, so I can't give my opinion on him. However I'm pretty sure that his sexual oriention has nothing to do with his narrating ability, if you were kidding and if you were not that doesn't matter, you shouldn't have said that.
Is everybody taking crazy pills? I bought a Jim Dale HP audiobook and absolutely hated the way he read. Hated it. His pace and inflection are just way off. Also some of the voices he does for female characters are almost laughable. I literally cannot listen to him for more than a few minutes before I can't take it anymore. What is more, I don't know why people aren't giving Stephen Fry his due credit. He read this series about as well as it could be read. After I sold my Jim Dale audiobook on eBay I bought Philosopher's stone ready by Fry. Liked it so much I bought every audiobook ready by him. All are done extremely well. I still can't believe how people seem to love Jim Dales weezy renditions of these books. Just awful. On a scale of 1 to 10 for these two narrators, Fry would easily pull a 9/10 while Dale would be about a 3/10. Seriously, if you haven't hear Stephen Fry narrate this series, please do so before you claim Jim Dale the king of the world.
I happen to like both Fry and Dale very much. They have different styles, and that's what makes them unique. I wish I could go to Portus... *sigh*
He's gay? Umm, isn't that a little off-topic? And _j_ you're entitled to your opinion. But don't be mad. Fry and Dale are both very talented. Try to voice yourself less forcefully.
Oh, how I love his voice!
Jim Dale is awsome, his voice is the best choice for any type of book reading!
hey! ive heard this guys voice!!!!! :D lol anyways... TOP 50!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #### 45!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!
Is Portus like Lumos? Well, that's really cool for everyone who's going who loves him! I've never really understood why he's so famous with HP fans or why they love him so much, but ... they do! So it's great.
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