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Crims Memorial civic banner: a teal-and-ochre mark bearing his circular hat insignia.

Material Reclamation Division

Eighth Annual Gen. Regent Crims
Memorial Showcase

5 days past UniCalendar Mid-Marking

Featured archive recording / Entry 03

Liberandos “Flow Through Me”

Live acoustic performance

Public replay

Chamber 8-6, Lower Reclamation Room. After the second shared meal.

Stringed instruments
Hand percussion · Three voices

A note from the observance committee

Thank you all for a successful day.

To the performers, players, table stewards, and everyone who gathered to remember Crims: thank you. The eighth observance has concluded; its music and company stay with us.

Music Showcase

SIX ENTRIES / REGISTER 08

The original music program, held across indoor and outdoor listening areas, is retained below. Listen to the available recordings, or open an entry for more information.

01Beth Prismian Wind Whisperers Ensemble
The Beth Prismian Wind Whisperers Ensemble performing with wind instruments, tambourine, and harmonium in a candlelit hall.

Snarzlat Yourgrar Chumpkeem Sleem-ji

Audio relic · 0:29

More info

The ensemble opened the proceedings with an original work under the direction of Kleep Jowel, in remembrance of Gen. Regent Crims.

02The Municipal Reed Assembly
The Municipal Reed Assembly playing reed instruments on a wooden balcony above the audience.

The Clambering Shramzog Bug

Audio relic · 1:01

More info

A three-part piece for reed instruments celebrating the Shramzog Bug, a fanciful insectoid native to the region. Its three movements evoke the creature’s curious pauses, quick scuttles, and determined clambering. Presented before the second shared meal. The recording preserves a portion of the opening movement.

04The Mulluti Ceremony
A distant view from the opposite side of the candlelit stone hall: six younger and older men in pale robes and brimmed hats perform with a black tin kettle, Karo Flute, frame drum, shaker, and voices beyond rows of seated listeners.

Uhl-Lee Ahtawey

Audio record · 1:51

More info

Recently reclaimed music from the Out-Dwellers, believed to be 800–900 years old. “Uhl-Lee Ahtawey” is thought to have accompanied a wedding or other celebration, as both song and dance. The Mulluti Ceremony re-enacts the work faithfully.

Instrumentation: tin kettle, percussion, Karo Flute, and voice.

05The Lightning Prismatics
The Lightning Prismatics performing in front of colorful murals.

A Dirge and Flight for Maholbady

Audio relic · 2:16

More info

Presented near the end of the proceedings, the performance used electric string instruments and sustained tones outdoors at the Painted Wall listening area. The final note was held until the steward signaled the close.

06The North Sluice Choir
The North Sluice Choir performing in a candlelit hall.

Closing Return

Audio relic · 0:22

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Unaccompanied voices closed the eighth observance in Chamber 8-6, Lower Reclamation Room.

Shared meals / 01

The public table

The public table serves two shared meals, at 12:00 noon and 5:00 p.m. Bread, broth, preserved fruit, and water are provided before the evening chamber performances.

Visitors may bring food in a serving vessel for the common table. No registration is required to eat. A place is kept for newcomers, and the table is cleared only after everyone has been served.

SHELTER INSTRUCTION
Escape shelters are clearly marked. Table stewards will act as shelter chiefs in the event of a BREACH.
Match schedule / 02

LipSide Ball

Loose pencil sketch of four LipSide Ball players in a masonry courtyard, with spectators watching from the sidelines.
Lipside Ball on the South Court - Rendered by Memorialist Vinnia Olle

Each pro-amateur pair consists of one experienced player and one amateur entrant. They compete together under a shared pair number on the South Court.

Pairings are announced at 9:30 a.m. Match times below are scheduled starts in Southern Beth-Prisma local time. Results are kept in the annual register.

South Court / Original match schedule
TimeMatch
10:00 a.m.Opening round · pairs 01–04
11:00 a.m.Opening round · pairs 05–08
1:30 p.m.Semifinal I
2:30 p.m.Semifinal II
4:00 p.m.Memorial final
Rain delays & revised starts

If rain makes the South Court unsafe, play is suspended. The court steward posts the revised start time at the chamber entrance and public table, with a court inspection every 30 minutes.

Delayed matches resume in program order. If the court remains closed at 4:00 p.m., unfinished matches move to the following morning at 10:00 a.m. Shared meals and indoor transmissions continue as scheduled.

PAIRING INSTRUCTION
One experienced player and one amateur, entered together.
The life we remember

A life of
public service

Gen. Regent Crims
Remembered in the eighth annual observance

Archival photograph of Gen. Regent Crims with a broad white moustache, sideburns, tall civic hat, and ceremonial reclamation overalls.
“One person can dig a hole,
but a crowd can dig an ocean!”

An exacting worker, a boisterous colleague, a beloved music fan, and a friend to animals in need. Crims’s long public service began in the reclamation division.

Born Glibbeth Nicera Crims near the Arctic observatory, he came to Southern Beth-Prisma after finishing school. He began his working life in the reclamation division, where his attention to detail quickly earned the respect of his fellow workers.

As lively as he was thorough, Crims was popular among the crews. He rose through the ranks without losing the habits that made him a trusted colleague.

A guitaria player, he would often gather fellow Reclaimants for songs after his shift. He taught others to play, making music part of their shared life beyond the working day.

Crims earned three Directorate Trophies in LipSide Ball. He also cared for animals in need, remembered for noticing what needed attention and doing something about it.

He had three progeny: Clefhold, Ikinnia, and Villarold.

The eighth annual observance honors his public service through music, a shared table, and LipSide Ball pairings. His belief in collective effort remains the memorial’s guiding motto.

From the reclamation archive · 0:32

Crims and the work crew

An archival recording of Crims singing with his work crew, accompanied by his mini guitaria. The lyrics echo the words remembered here: “One person digs a hole, but a crowd can dig an ocean.” Such songs were his way of encouraging pride in the work, shared effort, and good spirits among fellow Reclaimants.

Enclosure A / Service record

Repair & realignment

Benji Mada
Electronics Repair
Emporium

Receiver service slip

Equipment
Chamber 8-6 receiver
Reported fault
Radiant echo after the second meal.
Work performed
Contacts cleaned. Receiver returned to phase.
RETURNED TO SERVICE

The room is part of the recording.
Do not remove the echo.

For further alignment: consult the protocols ↗

Enclosure B / Photographic record
The two Liberandos musicians in olive work clothes on an industrial walkway at night.

Operators, exterior passage

Date not entered in the register.

Pre-observance announcement

Community bulletin / Music & remembrance

Beth Prismian Wind Whisperers Ensemble Announces 8th Annual Memorial Performance Honoring Gen. Regent Crims

SOUTHERN BETH PRISMA — The Beth Prismian Wind Whisperers Ensemble will present their original piece “Snarzlat Yourgrar Chumpkeem Sleem-ji” at the 8th Annual Memorial Performance honoring Gen. Regent Crims - A gathering celebrating a tradition of music, remembrance, and community that has continued to grow through years of change and uncertainty.

Now in its eighth year, the performance honors Gen. Regent Crims through music while celebrating the musicians, educators, and community members who have helped sustain the region since the beginning of the age marking the ATMOSPHERIC PHASE SHIFT. The program serves as both a remembrance and a reflection on the enduring ability of music to bring people together, even when circumstances make gathering difficult.

“Music has always been about connection,” said Kleep Jowel, the current director of the Beth Prismian Wind Whisperers Ensemble. “The years when we couldn’t perform together in the traditional way reminded us just how important that connection is. This performance is a celebration of that resilience, and of Gen. Regent Crims’ place in the story of this ensemble.”