The Shire of Stierbach invites you to the Northern Region War Practice and Stierbach Birthday Feast . The site is the practice fields at Metz Jr. High in Manassas, VA. The field is spacious but has little to no shade so bring your pavilions and water. There will be plenty of parking available and an unloading area for your convenience.
The site fee is $3 in advance or at the door. However, the Feast must be paid for in advance. The money must be in Lard Leifr's hands by the Stierbach's July 4th Demo at Costello Park in Manassas Park. Adults Feast is $8, Children 12 and under $4, make checks payable to Shire of Stierbach, SCA Inc.
There will be a prize of goblets for the best liveried lance (unit of 3 to 6 heavy fighters and water bearers, archers or rapier fighters). There will also be an A&S display with a theme 'It works at War'.
The troll will open at 9 am, Officers call for everyone above the rank of lance leader will be at 10 am. Authorizations and Archery will be held throughout the day.
A Feast will be served at 6:30 and we will have to throw you off the site at sunset.
For more information please contact the autocrat: Lord Liefr Johansson (Lance Harrop) 703-368-9658.
For motel or crash space or dietary concerns contact: Baroness Annejke (Martha Wallenhorst) (703) 257-0363.
DIRECTIONS : From the North and West--Take your best route to I-66 Westbound from the Washington Beltway. About 10 miles west off the Beltway, take exit 53, Route 28 South towards Manassas. After about 5.5 miles, turn left at the stoplight onto Liberia Avenue. Drive 1.7 miles to the second stoplight; turn right onto Fairview Avenue. The school is 3/4 of a mile ahead on the left.
From the South and East--Take your best route to I-95 Northbound; take exit 152 (Manassas/Montclair), and drive north on Route 234. After about 14 miles, turn right onto Richmond Avenue just before you get to downtown Manassas. Drive about 1 mile down Richmond; the school is on your right.
From the West--Take your best route to I-81 Eastbound, then take I-66 east to Manassas (about 47 miles). Take exit 47 off I-66 (Manassas) unto Route 234. Proceed south on Route 234, including turning right off Sudley Road unto Grant Ave (follow the Route 234 sign) for a total of about 4.5 miles. Turn left on Richmond Avenue after you pass through the downtown area. The school is about 1 mile ahead on the right.
It will be held at Davis Lakes Campground in Suffolk, Virginia. This event is a collegium for Pennsic complete with fighting and competitions. Test your camping equipment before the war, prepare your arts and sciences entries, learn how to survive at Pennsic and get in all the fighting you can stand! The site opens on Friday at 3 p.m. and closes Sunday at noon. This site is discretely wet, and pets are allowed. Bring your swim wear and fishing line to make full use of the lakes.
FIGHTERS: There will be a Woods Battle, a Bridge Battle, Small unit practice, a large Field Battle, Individual practice, Combat Archery practice (hopefully) and possibly a children's boffer tourney (smalls - bring your armor and weapons).
CLASSES: Encampments (preparing one, running one, period ones), care and feeding of your fighter, health / safety at Pennsic, preservation of steel, shopping, garb, service to camp and visitors, field armor repair, and hopefully more!
CHILDREN'S CLASSES: Doll and pony construction, camp etiquette for children and their parents, making necklaces, Go game instruction, and "Real stuff to do". There will be a cabin available for naps (do NOT leave your child unattended), but no babysitter will be provided.
A&S COMPETITIONS: Most period encampment, best heraldic encampment, best period needle work (any medium - Kingdom fundraiser by penny voting!), best heraldic table display, most elaborate promissory scroll for an AoA, most amusing death of the day, most chivalrous fighter, best looking period armor, most chivalrous young gentle, most helpful young gentle. (works is progress will be accepted and prizes will be awarded).
FEAST: Breakfast, lunch and dinner will be served on Saturday. (Any non-paid reservations not claimed by 5 p.m. will be sold to people on the waiting list.) Feast-o-crat is Gunther S. von Sunnastadh (Timothy Carter 511 Lanelle Place, Newport News, VA 23602)(804) 877-0796. Please send dietary concerns to Gunther. EVENT FEES:
Daytrip now to door: $8.00 On-board, $5.00 Off-board.
June 1 to June 29: $9.00 On-board, $6.00 Off-board.
After June 29: $10.00 On-board, $7.00 Off-board.
Young Adults age 5 to 13 years old $3.00.
Under age 5 are FREE! (Feast may not be available at door! So RESERVE EARLY - phone
reservations will be accepted)
AUTOCRAT: (Send Reservations to): Brandwyn Alston of the Rift
(Stella Brindle), 853-5 S. Clubhouse Rd. Virginia Beach, VA 23452. (804) 340-2274 call 5:30 pm
to 10:00 pm eastern time. Assistant Autocrat; Sauna MacLeod (804) 538-1529.
DIRECTIONS:
From East and North: Take your best route to Business 58 into downtown Suffolk. Turn left onto Main Street (south 10, 460, 32). Go South and bear to the left after the bridge on the curve onto Carolina Road. Go a few more miles South to Byrd Street (just after grass median begins) and turn right.*
From the South: Take your best route to 13 or 32 north. Follow north until they merge. Keep going north a few miles until you get to Warren Street on the left. Turn left on Warren. Turn right on Lynch St. and then left onto Byrd St.*
From the West: Take your best route to Business 58 west downtown Suffolk. Turn right on Main St. (460, 10, 32) headed south. Follow directions from East and North above.(SCA signs will be posted).
*Go to end of Byrd Street and sign in at the Troll booth.
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The Incipient Canton of St. Michael's Keep, (sponsored by the Barony of Hidden Mountain), invites you to come to the coast for the return of Kreigspielen(War Games) - one of the last opportunities for our fearless fighters to be authorized before Pennsic. We thought it was time for this event to return from the annals of Atlantia history - we even booked the same site.
Kreigspielen will take place at the Georgetown Country Club (the old Moose Lodge) in Georgetown, SC on Saturday, July 13, 1996. (Only 15 minutes from the beach!) For those wishing to camp the site will open at 6 p.m. Friday, July 12 and close at 12 p.m. Sunday, July 14. There is plenty of camping space. The site is wet but we are asking that no original containers be visible.
Tournament: Double elimination, heavy weapons fighting. Weapons inspection begins at 10:30 a.m., tournament at 11 a.m. (We intend to have a superb prize (TBA).) We will also be holding live archery competitions, and rapier competitions with equally superb prizes.
Activities: A & S competition for `War Banners'. Bring your best and latest. (We will have a superb prize (TBA) for this one as well.) There will also be an A & S display area.
Feast: We plan to have a light feast, since it will be hot and muggy, but there will be plenty to eat. Our feast-o-crat is Baroness Constance Beckwith Bruce. Seating is limited to 80 so send your reservations in early. Also, for those who want to participate, there will be a Neverending Story after feast with a prize for the most entertaining addition to the story. There will also be a prize (TBA) for the best table setting at the feast so bring your best gear.
Remember, the only true reservation is a paid one! Also, there will be a post revel on site with singing, dancing, and the like, so plan to stay late. Games and the like will be going on all afternoon. Merchants and performers are welcome.
Finally, the horrid matter of fees needs to be addressed:
Off-Board/ Off-Board/ On-Board/ On-Board/ After July2 Off-Site On-Site On-Site Off-Site Add: Adult $6.00 $9.00 $15.00 $12.00 $ 3.00 Children 6-12 $3.00 $4.50 $ 7.50 $ 6.00 $ 1.50 (Under 6 free)[ note: i'm not responsible for funny formatting -- gb ]
Event Autocrat: Lord Donovan DeLann (Terry Martin), 708 Rosemary Street, Georgetown, SC 29440, (803) 546-6833. Make checks payable to The Barony of Hidden Mountain, SCA - Inc. Send to Baroness Simone de Barjavel (Sarah McFadden) 165 Tynes Ave., James Island, SC 29412. Inquiries by E-mail send to co-autocrat Lucas Blakthorn (Joe Burch) at JKJBurch@aol.com or call (803) 527-0270 NLT 10:00 p.m. Merchants contact the autocrat or co-autocrat for table reservations.
Take your best route to Georgetown, SC. If you're coming in on US Highway 17, north or south, you will eventually wind up at the Five-Points intersection in Georgetown. If you're coming in on Highway 521, you'll come into Georgetown at the intersection of Highway 17 (Highmarket Street). There is a BP station there. You'll want to turn left onto Highway 17 and take this road to Five Points as well. You'll know you're there when you see the McDonalds and the Famous Pizza restaurant.
From Five Points, take Highway 701 towards Conway. After you pass the Scotchman Convenience Store be on the lookout for SCA signs on the right. Just past the Food Lion grocery store there will be a sign directing you into the Country Club property. If you go to the red-light you've gone to far. If your coming into Georgetown on 701, you'll be looking for the signs and the Country Club on your left, directly accross from the Winn Dixie grocery store and the Anchor Bank. If you need a map, call the autocrat or co-autocrat.
As summer days wax warm in the south, and our neighbors in Meridies dream Olympian dreams, we invite you all to join the Canton of Tear-Sea's Shore on July 19, 20 and 21 to test your skills in Atlantia's original Warriors' Games.
These Games include races, a hammer toss, a mini-caber throw, woods tracking, axe and knife throwing competitions and other interesting contests designed to test the prowess of the boldest warrior. Most equipment will be provided, but we ask those intending to enter axe or knife throwing competitions to bring their own sharp objects. The Shore will provide the targets (inanimate).
You do NOT need to be an authorized fighter to enter the Games. However, if even the moderate athletic exercises of the Games exceed the level of activity you desire in the midsummer heat, there will also be a scavenger hunt and a variety of period games.
The Shore will provide breakfast Saturday and Sunday and non-alcoholic drinks throughout the day. By tradition, the evening's feast is potluck. We ask each gentle to bring a dish to serve six adults. For the sake of those who have dietary restrictions, please provide a list of the ingredients of your dish, if this is possible.
The site is the historic Clarissa's Peak (mundanely known as Duke's Campground). The site opens at 7:00 P.M. on Friday, July 19, and closes at noon on Sunday, July 21. Limited cabin camping is available in addition to copious tenting space.
The cost is five dollars ($5.00). Please make checks payable to the Society for Creative Anachronism - Canton of Tear-Sea's Shore. Send reservations and enquiries to the autocrat, Lady Aoibheal de la Belle Ame (Pam Parr, 3038 Edenborough Road, Johns Island, SC 29455; 803-559-9911).
Directions:
To reach the site from Charleston or interior locations, take your best route to exit 194 on I-26. At the bottom of the exit ramp, head east on Road 16. (Look out for deer and other beasties!) After approximately 5 miles, you will reach the first stop sign. This is Route 176. Turn left onto Route 176 and continue for several miles past the convenience store on the left. Shortly after you will see the entrance to Duke's Campground on the left. There will be SCA signs!
To reach the site from coastal locations to the north, take Route 17 to Georgetown, South Carolina. Take Route 17A south from Georgetown through Monck's Corner to the junction with Route 176. Turn right onto 176 and continue for approximately seven (7) miles until you reach the entrance to the site on the left.
We had to change the site for Collegium Ante-Bellum this weekend.
New directions:
US hwy 52 Exit 134. (Pilot Mountain) NC Hwy 268
Go West on 268 for 10 miles.
Turn left on Copland School Road.
A mile later the road forks. Take the left fork.
Site is behind second house on the right.
There will be plenty of signs.
Here's your chance to get your battle skills ready for The Pennsic War. Classes will be oriented towards group tactics and techniques. Melees will include Heavy with and without Combat Archery and Rapier with and without Combat Archery. Archers wishing to shoot Rapier opponents have the same armor requirements as Rapier.
"Pickup" classes Friday evening on making weapons and armor as interest demands. If you are interested in teaching, contact the Autocrat. Authorizations available all day Saturday. More fighting Sunday morning, one-on-one, if you didn't get enough.
"War For Non-Combattants" - American Heart Association CPR class available and a class for waterbearers.
A&S Competition on the "Accruements of War."
The site is wet. Chivalric behavior is expected. Bring your own feast gear please. Saturday night feast is informal, below the salt, and will not require reservations. Campfires are prohibited. Camp stoves are allowed. Feast and tavern will accommodate vegetarians and diabetics. Simple tavern fare will be available for Saturday breakfast and lunch as well as Sunday Breadfast. Contact autocrat for more information.
This is not a state park with cabins. It is a privately owned field of battle. Bring everything you want to have available. Those having large pavilions they are willing to share for classrooms are encouraged. Bring practice weapons for classes that can be done without armor.
Site fee: $3. Because we're more interested with fighting at this event, feast will be simple - pizza and beverages (cost announced on the site).
Reservations and any questions may be directed to the autocrat: Geffrei Maudelayne (Bill Mauldin) 2073-1 Craig Street, Winston-Salem, NC 27103, (910) 724-7676 NLT 10PM. email: Geffrei@AOL.Com.
EVENT WEBSITE: http://www.wfu.edu/~brackda3/hindscroft/welcome.html
Site: 803 Albion Church Rd. Mt. Airy NC (Westfield, NC)
Directions:
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The Shire of Cathanar invites one and all to our 2nd summer rapier workshop and tournament, Saturday 27 July 1996, from noon - 5 pm.
Our indoor (can you say air-conditioned?) Site will be the Morehead City Community Center, 1600 Fisher St., Morehead City, NC. Since our wing of the building is usually kept closed on weekends, you will have to use the back door. Restrooms and showers are available, though.
The purpose of the workshop will be to bring rapier to those of us on the coast who can't often travel to events. Baroness Ceridwen has graciously offered her services as a marshal; if we can get one more marshal, we will be able to hold authorizations! (Hint, hint!)
After the workshop, any newly authorized fencers will be able to test their skills in their first real tournament. Our Hannah Graham has volunteered to donate a prize.
When the site closes, Christoph and Kat will open their home for a small revel. We'll have bread, cheese, stew, and all the drinks a horde of thirsty fencers could want! We'll show a fencing movie and hang out as late as folks want. (Crash space is very available, particularly if you call ahead.)
The Rapier workshop is absolutely free, though Kat and Christoph are accepting donations of a dollar or two at the revel to defray the cost of the meal. The workshop is bone-dry, as befits a practice with potentially lethal weapons, but the revel will be wet for those of legal age.
For more information or to reserve crash space OR IF YOU'D LIKE TO VOLUNTEER SERVICES AS A MARSHAL contact the autocrats: Christopher Storme of Kintail (Christoph Hintze), Lot 24 Dutch Treat MHP, Hwy 24, Newport, NC 28570-8426, (919) 726-0612 OR Hannah Graham (Cheryl Lunn), 187 Hammock's Landing, Newport, NC 28570, beeper (919) 247-9151.
Directions:
From the North, West and South: Take your best route to Hwy 70 (Arendell St.) through Morehead City. Turn left onto 16th Street *and go two blocks to Fisher. The Community Center will be on your left. There is some parking in front of the building, but you'll be best served to cross Fisher and park on 16th behind the building. Enter through the back doors by the basketball courts.
From the East: Take Hwy 70 (Arendell St.) west through Morehead City. Turn right onto 16th Street and follow from * above.
Directions to the revel will be provided on site, or call Christoph.
The Barony of Black Diamond would like to invite one and all to this year's Assessment Battles. This event will have heavy fighting (war tactics), rapier, archery, and an A&S competition.
At His Majesty's request the fighting will start at 10:00 AM sharp!!! on Saturday. War tactics will be covered including a mountain pass battle and a bridge battle. Fighting will go all day. Authorizations will be AFTER THE FIGHTING, EITHER SATURDAY AFTERNOON OR SUNDAY MORNING. Allowances will be made for those wishing to fight a new weapons form before authorizations. THIS IS THE LAST POSSIBLE TIME TO AUTHORIZE FOR PENNSIC!!!!! There will be archery and a rapier tourney also (format to be decided later).
The A&S competition will be "things used at Pennsic" from garb to feast gear to furniture. There will be a special category for the best use of mundane to medieval. Minimal documentation. For other categories etc... please contact the autocrat.
There may be children's and youth classes and activities.
The Feast will be prepared by Baroness Ragnel. Please address your dietary concerns to her. On-board spaces are limited to the first 150 paid reservations, so reserve early.
Merchants are welcome however you must contact the autocrat for details.
Fee Schedule On-site, On-board On-site, Off-board Daytrip
postmarked by June 1 $13 $8 $1
between June 1 & July 1 $15 $9 $2
after July 1 and at the door $17 $10 $3
A Reservation Paid is a Reservation Made. Family Discounts are available and smalls under 7 will not be assessed the fees. Please mail reservations to the Autocrat, THL Magdalena Kestrel mka Melanie Dietrich at 907 Kabrich St., Blacksburg, VA 24060. The autocrat or assistant autocrat (THL Wulfbrand Weigund mka Mark Cochran) may be reached by phone no later than 10 PM at (540)552-7410.
Directions:
Lake Nelson Campground is located in Arrington, VA between Charlottesville & Lynchburg off of Route 29. Take your best route to 29, at Colleen turn East on Rout 655 and then turn left on to Route 812. The campground is straight ahead. Signs will be posted to direct you.
This one-day event will help you prevent panic in planning for Pennsic (or any other event, for that matter). The Canton of Cyddlain Downs invites you to the Event of the Six P's to be held in the social hall of the Congaree Presbyterian Church, 1221 Lafayette Aveneue, Cayce, SC.
From 0900 to 1800 you will have the opportunity to participate in any of the following activities:1) Shoemaking: Lord Gawain Kilgore will bring all supplies for 12 gentles to make a pair of period shoes in one day. There will be a $30 charge for materials. 2) Fencing Authorizations; 3) Making Field Banners with Mistress Megara (bring your heraldic device and a pair of scissors); 4) Camp Mechanics...how to keep from floating away; 5) Recognizing the Royals/Nobility...six pearls or seven; 6) Camp food that requires little or no refrigeration; 7) Mugging 101; and 8) Good handouts and more.
There will be a potluck lunch with meat, bread, and drink provided. We ask that you share a vegetable, fruit, or dessert to feed six. All of this at an air-conditioned site for the mere pittance of $5 per person.
*Reservations are limited to 12 for the shoemaking class. To reserve a slot, a $15 deposit must be remitted before 15 July.
Please make reservations with the autocrat, Milady Allison Goff (K. Celeste Smith) 3937 West Buchanan Dr., Columbia, SC 29206; (803)738-3149 NLT 2200.
Directions:
From East or West of Columbia, take I-26 to Exit 115 (Hwys 21/176/321) and go North toward Columbia. After about 3.5 miles you will pass Maurice Bessinger's Piggy Park (you'll see his advertisements on the Interstate). Go to the next traffic light and turn right on Lafayette Ave. The church is on your right before the next traffic light (less than a mile). Landmarks for buildings) on your right.
Lafayette Avenue are a Quincy's on your left and Granby Park strip mall (attached, one-story
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