It is indeed a great honor and privilege for the Incipient College of St. Stephen -- Another Fine Product of the Barony of Ponte Alto! -- to serve as the host chapter for the University of Atlantia. It is doubly an honor for me, because it happens to fall on my birthday!
Directions
The site will be Robinson Hall, on the Fairfax campus of George Mason University. (This was the site used last year for Collegium Borealis.) Please note that parking will be in the Visitors Parking Deck, and will cost $3 for all-day parking. Tell the parking lot attendant that you are here with the SCA.
FROM POINTS SOUTH: Take I-95 north. Exit onto the I-495 (Washington Beltway) to Rockville. Exit at Braddock Road west. (This is the first exit, so get over into the right lane quickly!) Go about 5.5 miles on Braddock Road. Turn right onto Roanoke Lane, an entrance to George Mason University. (There should be a gas station and University Mall on your left.) At the fork in the road, bear right. (You should be passing a lake on your left side, and the Patriot Center on your right.) Turn left onto Mason Drive. (This is the first left after the lake.) The parking deck will be on your right.
FROM POINTS NORTH: Take your best route to the I-495 (Washington Beltway), and exit at I-66 west. (The I-66 exit is at around 9:00 on the Beltway, if you think of it as if it were a clock.) Exit at 123 south (Exit #60). Go about 7.6 miles on 123. Turn left onto Braddock Road. Turn left onto Roanoke Lane, an entrance to George Mason University. (This is the first stoplight. There should be a gas station and University Mall on your right.) At the fork in the road, bear right. (You should be passing a lake on your left side, and the Patriot Center on your right.) Turn left onto Mason Drive. (This is the first left after the lake.) The parking deck will be on your right.
(If you must drop off equipment at the site, you may use the cul- de-sac to the side of Robinson Hall. To get to the cul-de-sac from Roanoke Lane, bear left at the fork in the road, so that you pass the lake on your right. Turn right onto the second street on your right (Lot I will be on your left). Bear right at the fork in the road. Continue going straight until the street ends; Robinson Hall is on the left side of the cul-de-sac, to the left of the statue of George Mason.)
To get to the site from the parking deck: Leave the parking deck from the third floor exit (to the Information Kiosk). Cross the cul-de-sac, and walk through the plaza past the statue of George Mason. Robinson Hall is on your left.
Victuals
The Barony of Ponte Alto is providing a small noontide repast for a small donation.
There will be a dessert revel in the evening, after classes. Please bring a dessert to share and feast gear/paperware for yourself. (Site autocrat's note: It's my birthday party, and everyone's invited!) The dessert revel will be held in the middle and back ballrooms at Student Union Building II, a short walk from Robinson Hall. The site will close at 10:30 PM.
Crash Space
Several individuals in the Barony of Ponte Alto have volunteered to host out-of-town guests for University. If you are in need of crash space, please contact the site autocrat via farspeaker at (703) 993-5504 or (703) 476-5683, or via electronic carrier- pigeon at kgreen2@osf1.gmu.edu.
Babysitting
Babysitting will be available during class hours. The charge will be $5 per child.
Well, I suppose that's about it ... I'm looking forward to meeting everyone at University of Atlantia, and don't you forget to come to my birthday party!
Yours in Service to the Dream,
Lady Karen Larsdatter med det Usigelige Efternavn fra Skyggedal
Seneschale of the Incipient College of St. Stephen -- Another Fine
Product of the Barony of Ponte Alto
Site Autocrat for University of Atlantia
On June 14th, 15th and 16th, Caer Mear will be celebrating our 21st anniversary. We will be having a truly medieval event, that is to say, PRIMITIVE. The site is Sawyer's Field, near the corner of Azalea Avenue and Meadowbridge Road in Richmond, Virginia. We will be camping, so bring your pavilions and your coolers, your camp stoves and your imagination. Also your water, as this is, indeed, a primitive site. The site is discretely wet, no original containers.
We are planning a gala event, with activities for large and small alike. For heavy fighters, we have a cornucopia of fighting activities, featuring counted bearpits, team melee's and a Grand Melee'. This is a 300 acre field (or more). If there is an army, there may even be a War Practice, at his Excellency's discretion. Rapier fighters will be offered the choice of either an early tournament or a late tournament or both. For competitors of a gentler nature, there will be games typical of a mid-thirteenth century Bavarian festival. Arts and Sciences will be represented by works in progress, so bring your current project. Come evening, a simple feast of beast and bread, with fruits of the season, will be served. ("Hey BooBoo, its a picanic") Lemonade will accompany the feast. A grand Bardic circle will follow with a sumptuous prize awarded to the best entertainment, as judged by a panel of gentle ladies. Sunday morning may, we hope, bring Cambok with the sun.
Fees for the event have been kept to a minimum, to encourage attendance by all and sundry (especially sundry). Four dollars buys admission to the site. A further four dollars brings dinner with it. Reservations made after Emerald Joust must include two dollars premium for inattention (that is, reservations after Emerald are $6/10). Make cheques payable to "Barony of Caer Mear, SCA, Inc."
Directions to the site are as follows:
From the North or South, make your best way to I-295, the Beltway in Richmond. Take the Meadowbridge Road South Exit and proceed down this historic highway until you come to a swamp. Just across the swamp, there is a set of Railroad tracks. About six hundred yards beyond the tracks, on your left, is the entrance to the site. Signs will be posted, at intervals, to assist the lost. If you have any questions, feel free to call me, Werhener von Ingolstadt (AKA Vernon Willet) at (804) 226-2303 (before 10:00). Reservations may be mailed to 2407 Carlisle Avenue, Richmond Virginia. 23231. A paid reservation is a made reservation. Come join us for a Birthday Party to make Bilbo's head spin. Your Servant,
Ingolstadtus Autocratus
I would like to take this opportunity to invite you to a wonderful event in northern Atlantia. The event is on June 22 and 23 in Hagerstown, MD, so should be accessible to our cousins in the East and the Middle.
The Shire of Roxbury Mill is hosting the rapier portion of the event; Highland Foorde is hosting the remainder (archery, heavy weapons, and A&S). The event itself is a demo during the day (so there will be lots of people with questions) and ours in the evening at the Jonathan Hager House. The only cost is for the feast ($7 before June 10, $8 thereafter). Camping. Dry by day, discreetly wet after dark.
Hereafter are the details for the rapier portion:
Rapier activities will include the playing of Prizes, a Bear Pit list, melees and training for melees, the Lady Jane Scenario, a Schlager Demonstration, Grass Before Breakfast (Sunday dawn duels), and possibly a Round Table Discussion regarding what rapier combat is about, what it means, and the regional differences found in Atlantia. The activities will start early and run into the evening, with a lunch break during the heat of the day. Grass Before Breakfast will be duels held at dawn or so on Sunday. They are intended to be a high persona activity, spectators are not expected. Autocrat(rapier): Tadhg macAedain uiChonchobhair, (301)942-9551; Autocrat(event): Gordon the Righteous, (301)473-8015.
9:00 Prizes for Scholar and Freescholar and Open Practice
11:00 Bear Pit
12:00 Grass Before Breakfast sign-up ends
12:30 Schlager Demo
1:00 Lunch and Roundtable Discussion
Topic: Are we Fencing or Dueling, or Both?
3:00 Lady Jane Scenario and Open Practice
4:30 Melees and Melee Training followed by Open Practice
8:00 Open Practice Ends
First Light Grass Before Breakfast
Directions:
FROM THE EAST AND WEST: Take your best route to I-70 towards Hagerstown, MD. When you enter Maryland, follow I-70 to I-81 North. Take I-81 to exit 5, Halfway Blvd (first exit north of I-70). Follow remainder of directions from (*). FROM THE NORTH AND SOUTH: Take your best route to I-81 towards Hagerstown, MD. When you enter Maryland, follow I-81 to exit 5, Halfway Blvd. (*)Go east past Valley Mall on right. At the 3rd traffic light past the mall, turn left onto Virginia Ave. (US 11N). Continue straight through 2 traffic lights, (US 11 turns left, do not turn with it), past the city park on the left. You will come to a stop sign at the traffic circle. Go around the traffic circle 270 degrees, and enter the park. Go straight. Hager house is on the right across the railroad tracks.
Competitions:
You may enter the Pentathlon by submitting entries to five separate A&S categories. Any art or science covered in the Kingdom A&S manual is an acceptable entry, so choose your weapon! We will be using Full and Fair Judging from the criteria provided by Lady Dierdre, our Kingdom MoAS. Your local officers have this criteria for your perusal.
Proposed Activites: (starting at 11:00am) (items may be added, sub., etc)
1. Kostka's juggling.
2. The Second Shepherd's Play (Baelfire Dunn group).
3. Gawains jack or bottle demo (leather).
4. Fabric Swap.
5. Auction for the Eye.
6. Bardic Circle.
7. Authors Game (this is the game where people sit in a circle and one person
starts a story, stopping at a particularly exciting place, and the next
person carries on, and so forth).
8. Gaming Table.
Cost: Free!!
Autocrat: Lady Demetria della Stanza, mka Cat Hannah, 109-A Leeper Ave. Belmont, NC 28012. (704) 825-9388. No calls after 10:00pm please. catmuse@aol.com.
Directions:
From the North: Take your best route to I-77 South. Take exit 5 (Tyvola Road exit) and turn left, away from thye coliseum. Go through 5 traffic lights (approx. 1.2 miles) and Smith Middle School will be on your right. Turn into the first parking lot. There will be signs to direct you.
From the South: Take your best route to I-77 North. Take exit 5 (Tyvola Road exit) and turn right, away from the coliseum. Go through 4 traffic lights (approx. 1.2 miles) and Smith Middle School will be on your right. Turn into the first parking lot. There will be signs to direct you.
In reponse to the numerous questions regarding primitive camping at the site, special arrangements have been made to accommodate those without period encampments/pavilions. We will have camping space in the barracks area for non-period camping. This is on a first come, first serve basis. Phone requests are not possible. Please note: There are no fires what-so-ever in this area. The wooded area is still available for those with period encampments (mundane tents are still able to camp within the walls of the encampments so long as their tents are not visible from the field) Check with troll for detailed campsite rules.
Come and join us in Forth Castle, there will be fighting, frolicking, rapier activities, Arts & Sciences, Merchants, combat archery, children's activities ! The fighting will consist of various large group melee scenarios using Pennsic rules! If fighting is not your area of interest there will be classes which we are sure will pique your interest. The site opens Thursday, June 27th, at 4:00 PM.
This being an event to benefit Toys-for-Tots and the Make-a-Wish Foundations, a new toy valued between $5.00 and $10.00 is encouraged. The Kingdom donating the most toys will win a special prize. A two toy donation per family is sufficient, however multiple donations will be appreciated.
The A&S competition categories will be for the best period toy, best war banner, and best period container. Winners will receive a Queen's Token during Royal Court. There is ample space for all Gentles wishing to display other A&S projects.
Please note the site is discreetly wet, however we would like to remind you the event is on a Military base and the legal drinking age, 21 in Georgia, is strictly enforced.
Fees will be $10.00 Daytrip, $13.00 Primitive Camping, $15.00 Barracks. Non-members please add $5.00 to these prices. The donation of a toy entitles you to a $3.00 discount on these event fees. Make checks payable to Shire of Forth Castle. SCA, Inc. Prepaid reservation cut-off date is June 15. We will NOT be accepting checks at troll. Cash only please.
Hampton Inn (912) 876-4466
group discount rate: $47.00 plus tax
Holiday Inn (912) 368-2275
group discount rate: $55.00 plus tax
Days Inn (912) 368-4146
group discount rate: $54.00 tax included
Location: Donovan Field, NGTC, Ft. Stewart, Georgia.
Directions: Take best route to I-95. Take Exit 15, Richmond Hill/ Ft. Stewart, Georgia. Go west on 144 approximately 17 miles. Go past Alpha Firing Range. Turn left at the SCA sign. Go approximately 2.5 miles, bear right at the fork. The site will be the LARGE field on the right.
Autocrat: Lady Dennet de Poitou, (912) 786-6008 email: denise_mahaffey@mhsmail.gulfaero.com
Reservations: Shire of Forth Castle, c/o Lady Margret Agnes Clarke, P.O. Box 3210, Savannah, GA. , (912) 236-3160
Merchants Contact: Duncan Enan Mac Faelaen, (912) 748-1603
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Gregory Blount of Isenfir (lindahl@pbm.com)