Come join the Canton of Buckston-on-Eno for our annual Boat Wars. This year the event is at a new location south of Raleigh, the Optimist Farm. In addition to the melee fighting scenarios which have made Boat Wars famous, we will be holding a bardic competition, an A&S competition, a quest and having good times for all! The site opens at 8 pm on Friday, and closes at noon on Sunday.
The fighting will include a booty battle so be sure to bring booty ($5.00-$10.00 items of a non-alcoholic nature). Our mighty navy is preparing for war so be ready to fight in close quarters.
The A&S competition will be for the best Norse or Celtic garb for a teddy bear or other stuffed animal. There will also be an open A&S display.
The bardic competition will be similar to last year's with winners based on audience appreciation. An outdoors bardic circle is planned for the evening, as well as dancing in the hall.
Our feasthall this year is somewhat smaller than our usual, so advance registration is necessary to be sure of a spot on board. Our head cook is Jocetta Thrushleigh (as she was last year), so the feast should be excellent.
For the non-combat oriented, we will have a Celtic and Nordic themed quest with booty, Norse runes and target archery all featuring prominently.
Site fee is $6.00 per person and the Feast fee is $4.00. Make checks payable to Buckston-on- Eno/SCA, Inc. Tent camping is available and encouraged but there are no cabins. The site is discreetly wet. Send reservations to: Katherine Luvel, P.O. Box 62071, Durham, NC 27715, (919) 682-0551.
Head Scapegoat, I mean autocrat: Ezekiel the Slightly Demented (Scott Snyder), 125 Lynch Street, Durham, NC 27701, (919) 683-9670. email: dss10@acpub.duke.edu
Directions:
Take your best route to I40/440 south of Raleigh. Go South at exit 297, the Lake Wheeler road exit then approximately 6 miles and turn right at secondary road Ten Ten. Go about 1.5 miles and turn left at Johnson Pond Road. Go 1 mile and turn right on Optimist Farm Road. Go 0.5 miles and look for the Optimist Farm sign on the right. Address of site: 2908 Optimist Farm Road, Apex, NC.
| Monstrous morning | - | monstrous season |
| hosts in turmoil | - | kings cast down |
| necks broken | - | a red sun |
| three hosts crushed | - | by the host of Ulster |
| about Conchobor | - | woman struggle |
| herds driven | - | the morning following |
| heroes felled | - | hounds cut down |
| horses mangled | - | tunics torn |
| the earth drinking | - | spilt blood |
| of gathered hordes. | ||
Beltane is here and, yet again, Storvik has heard rumblings that the Celts don't have quite enough cattle for their celebrations. Through our spies we heard, a confederation of Celtic clans has volunteered our Barony's herds for their greedy consumption. Storvik requests your aid in protecting our herds and fields. Or, if you're so inclined, you can join members of Anglesea, the Concusare, the KinderFodder, the Head Clan, Delradia, and Clan Preachaine (or, the Celts) on the field in the attempted (we hope!) Cattle Raid on Storvik. The days fighting will include Cattle Raids, Grand Mêleés, and a War God Tournament, and will continue until every fighter is lying on the field in pools of their own blood (figuratively, of course). There will be A&S Competitions for the best woading and the best early period crafts; minimal documentation required (no need to write us a term paper), and a Shoot the Barbarian Booth to entertain the masses. Sir Xenophon has even graciously offered to grill up the cattle who accidentally die in the fray. Also, we have heard that they will welcome your herds of sheep, your flocks of geese, and bevies of swine (Celts get so darned hungry pillaging). The site is discretely wet, and once we're all wet enough, we'll sing and play quaint Celtic musical favorites. (Please remember that the legal drinking age in MD is 21. . .)
The site is Watkins Park, 301 Watkins Park Drive, Largo, MD 20772. This site has water, toilets, and showers!
Site set-up begins at 12:00 noon, Friday May 2, If you arrive to early - You are drafted! Site closes 2:00 P.M. Sunday, May 4. If you stay to late - You are drafted!
The costs are as follows: $5.00 Off-Board; $10.00 On-Board, children under six are free, children 6-12 are half price.
Reservations must be received no later than April 28, 1997. Make checks payable to: SCA, Inc/Barony of Storvik
The Autocrat for this event is: Courtney of Anglesea (Courtney Coulson) 7901 Pebble Brook Court, Springfield, VA 22153, (703) 451-8655. email: bcmartin@pen.k12.va.us
Directions:
Make your way to the east side of the DC Beltway, I-95, exit at Route 214 East toward Largo, MD. Watkins Park Drive will be on your right.
Tourneys: There will be the Novice Heavy and Novice Rapier tournaments. The novice heavy is restricted to -1- fighters authorized in sword & shield less then two years. and -2- fighters authorized in any other weapons for less than two years . The novice Rapier is restricted to fighters authorized less than two years . Prizes will be awarded to the winners of each. For all fighters regardless of experience, Sacred Stone's House of Corvus will once again sponsor the Argent Rave Tournament for heavy fighters, and The Argent Wolf tournament for Rapier. These are both timed, points tourneys with prizes awarded in silver. A Lady's Gallery will award their prize of gold to the most chivalrous of all four tourneys.
Contests: A&S will be an open display as well as two competitions. All works either finished or in progress are welcome for display. The competitions consist of a novice A&S competition where entries are in a medium learned within the last year, and the second competition is Viking garb and accessories from the period 800 AD to 1000 AD. Documentation is not required, but will provide more points.
Feast: Will be in the Evening after Her Excellency's Court. This will be prepared by Master Bran Trefonnen, and any special dietary concerns should be directed to him at: Scot Myers, PO Box 2981, Davidson, NC 28036, {704) 896-0250, email: swmyers@aol.com. A complete menu with a list of ingredients will be available by April 4th via email.
Site: Camp York in Kings Mountain State Park, and will open at 5:00 pm and close at noon on Sunday. This is a lovely wooded site featuring cabins with beds, and floor space. Unfortunately, park rules expressly prohibit tenting. There are hot showers and a beautiful lake, it is unfenced, and no life guard will be on duty. The site is discreetly wet.
Autocrat: Anastasia Rublev (Linda Jones), 220 Mount View Court, Danville, VA 24549, (804) 836-1249. Please send all reservations to Baroness Susan Douglas of Andover (Susan Osborne), 1281 Andover Road, Charlotte, NC 28211, (704) 365-8239.
Fees: Make checks payable to The Barony of Sacred Stone/SCA, Inc. Cost is $14.00 onsite/onboard, $10.00 onsite/offboard, $10.00 onboard/offsite, $5.00 offsite/offboard. Children 6-12 are half price, and children 5 and under are guests of the Barony. Family rates apply: pay fees for two adults and the two oldest children only.
Directions:
From the South: Take your best route to I-85 just north of the SC/NC border. Take Exit #2 (Kings Mountain National Military Park.) Go South Right turn on 216 through the military park to Kings Mountain State Park. Turn right at the sign marked group camps, then at the Y bear right to camp York. Please obey the posted speed limit.
From the North: Take your best route to I-85 in North Carolina just South of Charlotte. Take Exit # 8 (Kings Mountain.) At top of ramp turn left. When the road comes to a fork bear right. You will stay on this road for about 7 miles until you see a small field with a split fence on the right hand side. Turn right after the fence into the entrance of Kings Mountain State Park. (There is a package goods store on the left of this T intersection.) Follow the road through the park to the living history / organized camp sign and turn left. At the Y bear to the right to camp York.
Come one, come all to the Incipient Canton of Cymnewydd in the Barony of Black Diamond for a day of tournaments, ladies and fun. As Lady Meede showed William Langland the way to truth and happiness we will honor her with the main tournament of the day being a Ladies' Choice Tourney. In this tournament the consort will choose the weapons form of the fighter in half the rounds and of the fighter's opponent in the other rounds (fighters, even if you only have one weapons form, come and play!) There will also be melees and a rapier tournament if interest warrants. The tourneys will start at 11 am. The day's events will be open to the public so bring your pretty stuff and get ready for questions.
The A&S Competition will be favors presented by a consort to their fighter. Favors will be judged for creativity, originality and authenticity.
The feast will be two wonderful removes cooked by Aeronrhea. Any dietary concerns should be addressed to the autocrat.
The site is a town park and is very, very, very DRY. All pets must be on leashes and cleaned up after. The site opens at 10 am and closes at 9 pm. There is no camping on site. Crash space is available in Blacksburg, and there are many local hotels. Please contact the autocrat for details.
Following the days festivities and feasting a postrevel will be held in town. Directions will be available on site.
The event is free to any all who join us. The feast is a mere $5 per person and must be reserved by May 1, 1997. Please make checks payable to the Canton of Cymnewydd/SCA, Inc. and mail reservations to the autocrat.
The autocrats are Baroness Magdalena Kestrel and Baron Wulfbrand Weigand (Mel Dietrich and Mark Cochran), 907 Kabrich Street, Blacksburg, VA 24060, (540) 552-7410 (NLT 10 pm).
Directions:
The site is Nellies Cave Park in Blacksburg. Take your best route to 460 West to Blacksburg (Virginia Tech). Take 460 West Business (Main Street) to Blacksburg, after the second light turn right onto Marlington Street. Go to the stop sign and turn right onto Grissom Lane. SCA signs will be posted. Nellies Cave Park is on your left.
The Canton of B‘lfire Dunn invites all to spend the day with a knight. All fair gentles are asked to assist in a day long demonstration full of rapier tourneys, dancing, and games to welcome in the spring. Any talent that the public might enjoy is requested. (keep it in the clean, we don't want to scare the public either!)
The site is the Statesville Arts and Science Center in Statesville, NC, and it opens at 10:00 am and closes at 6:00 pm. It is extremely dry. Activities include a rapier tournament for the enjoyment of the public, there will be an open display of A&S, and dancing classes taught all day. Singers, drummers, musicians of any kind, please attend! Plus merchants are very welcome!
The Canton will sell lunch and drink items throughout the day. There are also many fast food places near by. If it rains, please still come for there is an back up plan! Anyone wishing to stay the night in our beautiful Canton may call the autocrat for more information. Any other questions may be also directed to the autocrat. The cost of the event is free to all.
Autocrat: Alison MacLeod of Lewis (Alison Rhodes), 1323 G Forest Park Terrace, Statesville, NC, 28677, (704) 838-1725. email: wolfe@hickory.net
Address of the event: The Arts and Science Center, 1335 Museum Road, Statesville, NC, 28677.
Directions:
From Hickory- go 40 east towards Statesville. Get off on exit 150, which is highway 115, turn left at the light. ****Go approx 1/8 mile to Millsaps Road. Turn right. (the road is in between a BP and Citgo station) Follow it to out to a stop sign. Turn right onto Museum Road. There should be log cabins in front of you. Turn right and the museum is on the right with parking on the right and left.
From Winston-Salem- go 40 west towards Statesville. Take exit 150, highway 115, and turn right at the light. Follow Hickory directions ****.
From Charlotte- go 77 north towards Statesville. Take 40 west towards Hickory. Get off on exit 150, highway 115, Turn right at the light. Follow Hickory directions****.
Please join the Barony of Ponte Alto in welcoming in the summer with a day of fighting and arts. This is your opportunity to show off your heraldry in as many forms as possible (banners, guidons, surcotes, tabards, etc) and fight (in as many forms as possible). There will be both single combat and melee' tourneys as well as authorizations. The tourney will include a Passage of Arms. Non-combatants are encouraged to bring instruments, games, and any A&S projects in progress with them to share their talents with the populace.
A light lunch will be served to all. The evening feast will be a pot-luck, with the Barony providing Roasted Beef and Ham, and will be outdoors near the tourney field. The site for this event is Lake Fairfax Park in Reston, VA. As this site is fairly open, feel free to bring your pavilions and day shades to add beauty and shade for the day. Please note that the site is DRY!! Site opens at 10 am, and closes at 7:00 pm/Dusk. Fees for this event are: $5 off board, $8 on-board. (Off-board fee includes lunch). Children 6-12 need only pay half, those under 5 are guests of the Barony. Please make checks payable to Ponte Alto/SCA, Inc.
For more info and to make reservations, please contact the Autocrat, Lord Thomas of Calais (Tom Hundley), 6280 Edsall Rd #204, Alexandria, VA 22312, (703) 751-2101
NOTICE: Contrary to prior announcements, this event WILL NOT BE VIDEOTAPED. For more information on this, contact the seneschal, Lady Aislynn Fyrlocc at (703) 569-9743 (or email: kspears@fdic.gov
Directions:
Take your best route to the Capitol Beltway in Northern VA. Take Exit 12 (Dulles Toll Rd) and go West. Take the Toll Road to Hunter Mill Rd (Exit 14). Toll will be $0.75. Go north on Hunter Mill Rd to Baron Cameron Ave. Go Left on Baron Cameron and take your first Left onto Lake Fairfax Dr. SCA signs will guide you into and through the park from there.
The chocolate mines of Bordervale Keep are productive this year, so we invite all you good gentles to share in our bounty. You could think of this event as Chocolate Mines with a Middle Eastern "bint". Compete for honor and chocolate in heavy arms and archery while the children quest and create for the same. There will be dancing, both court and Middle Eastern, so put on a hip scarf and prepare to learn some basic steps and have a terrific time! A&S displays will be exhibited with a Middle Eastern theme. Merchants are invited to sell their wares and, as always, volunteers for children's activities are most welcome.
A feast will be held in the evening with lots of delicious Middle Eastern fare, prepared by our own Lady Diana Francesca Della Mirandola. Please contact Lady Diana (Kathy Crow) with any dietary concerns at (706) 796-1590. Entertainers are encouraged to perform during and after the feast.
The site is Camp Tanglewood, a beautiful Girl Scout Camp in Martinez, GA. Cabins and camping are available with running water, power, and shower facilities conveniently located. The site opens at 5 pm Friday, May 9 and closes at 1 pm Sunday, May 11. The site is "phantom dry", so absolutely no original containers in evidence, please! (Not even in the trash).
The cost for the event is $12 for onboard, onsite with reservations made by May 1. After May 1 the fee is $15. For offboard and daytrippers, the cost is $8. Children 12 and under are half price with 5 and under welcome at no charge. Make checks payable to the Shire of Bordervale Keep/SCA Inc. Please send reservations and questions to the autocrat, Lady Siobhan Eliot (Linda Elliott) 417 Huntcliff Point, Aiken, SC 29803, (803) 643-0031. email: drjnl@csra.net.
Directions:
Take best route to Augusta, GA on Interstate 20. Take exit #63 (Belair Road).
From South Carolina: Turn right onto Belair Road (head north) to the second traffic light, Columbia Road. Turn left on Columbia Road and travel about 1.3 miles. The Camp is on the right side and will be marked with SCA signs.
From the West: take I-20 to exit #63 and turn left on Belair Road. Go to the third traffic light and turn left, then follow same directions as above.
Time again to feel our muscles ache, our fingers crack and burn, as we put nock to string, as all (well, a lot of) Atlantia's archers join to pay homage to that most noble of philosophies, 'Death from a Distance!'. Join us all in Lochmere for a day of spirited competition, scholarly pursuits, and hedonistic feasting.
The day's activities will include: Target archery instruction, beginning and advanced; Combat archery authorizations; The Official Warranted Archer Marshall's course; A wondrous selection of Target Archery competitions; The First Ever Lochmere Convict Hunt (a combat archery extravaganza!); and The annual, always cutthroat competition for the coveted Lochmere Arrow!!! (Come one, come all! Just try and take it from us!)
There will be prizes given for all competitions, and a special prize for that archer who most distinguishes himself or herself throughout the day. A special prize will be given to that archer displaying the best period equipment and clothing.
At day's end, all shall be called to restore themselves upon a pig, such as only can be found in Lochmere, roasted by the hand of Baron Reynard himself.
The glories of this day can yours for the merest pittance - $6.00 per person, no matter who you are, when you arrive, or what you eat. Make checks payable to "Barony of Lochmere, SCA, Inc."
Site opens at 4:00 PM Friday, May 9 and closes 10 AM Sunday, May 11. Tent camping only (well, except for day trips, of course). The site is wet, of course. Please send reservations to the autocrat, Baron Reynard de La Rochefoucauld (Ernie Stuermer), 1335 Huntover Drive, Odenton, MD 21113, (410) 267-7827. email: baronreynard@juno.com
Directions:
Find best route to rte. 50 East towards Annapolis. Take the Rowe Blvd. exit, Rte. 70. Turn left at the third light (Melvin Ave.). Take second left onto Ridgely Ave. and cross over the small bridge. Turn right on Riverview and go to end. Site is on the right.
Come and join in the festivities as the folk of Bright Hills host Atlantian Crown Tourney at Garb Wars! Crown Tourney will be held on Saturday, May 17 while the rest of the weekend will be devoted to the traditional Garb Wars classes, competitions and activities.
For the non-combatants we will have the "Garb Wars Team" competition, two A&S competitions: "All the Trimmings" and "By Royal Request". There will be various classes, children's activities, a session of the Atlantian Marshallate class and plenty of room to relax, catch up on sewing projects or just gossip.
For more information on the A&S Competitions please contact Lady Margherita the Weaver (Debbie Murphy), (301) 208-8872.
In place of the usual Tourneys held at Garb Wars - for those not fighting in Crown - we will have 'pickup fighting' and authorizations.
Merchants are most welcome. Please advise the Autocrats in advance if you wish to merchant.
Autocrats for the event are; Barbara Giumaria di Roberto (Barb Kriner), 10 New Windsor Road, Westminster, MD 21157, (410) 840-0408 and Ekaterina Vladimirovna (Karen Summerfelt-Hume), PO Box 7391, Baltimore, MD 21227-0391, (410) 467-6575.
The site is the Rocks 4-H Camp, 8 Cherry Hill Road, Street, MD 21154 and has tent camping as well as several large heated dorms. The dorm space is available on a 'first come, first served' basis. The site opens at 6:00 pm, Friday, May 16 and closes at 3:00 pm on Sunday, May 18. **IN CASE OF INCLEMENT WEATHER CROWN WILL BE HELD IN ONE OF THE COVERED PAVILIONS**
The feast hall will 'comfortably' seat 120. Please reserve onboard space early. Due to space limitations there may not be off-board seating in the hall but we will attempt to arrange for suitable off-board seating.
Costs: Adults, onboard $16.00 - Offboard $10.00, Children 6 - 12, onboard $8.00 - Offboard $5.00. Children under 6 are guests of the Barony. Make checks payable to Barony of Bright Hills / SCA, Inc. Reservations should be sent to Ekaterina Vladimirovna (see address above).
Directions:
Take your best route to I-95 North of Baltimore, MD. take I-95 to Exit 77 (Rte 24) . Take Rte 24 towards Bel Air - following it West approximately 12 miles to Cherry Hill Rd. Turn Right on Cherry Hill Rd, cross the bridge (it's one lane) and turn Left into the camp. **Caution - for a short distance rte 24 and rte 1 merge - continue following the signs to rte 24 and Rocks, MD. Maps available upon request.
Morituri De Satutant. The castle remains besieged. Tomorrow we make our last charge out of the gate. Tonight we celebrate! Come all, and join Falcon Cree as we celebrate the Feast of Thirty. We will be gaming, and playing at Archery, Rapier, Heavy Weapons. We will also be playing at Cambock as time allows. Lord Aarron Forrester will be preparing another amazing feast, surely to surpass even last year's sumptuous table. A&S categories will be: 1. children's garb, 2. best dressed feast table, 3. open category. The site will be Camp York, SC, which is discreetly wet.
Site will open at 7:00 pm, Friday, May 16, and will close at 1:00 pm, Sunday, May 18. Cost of the event is $6.00 off board, $12.00 on board. Please make checks payable to Falcon Cree/SCA, Inc. Cabins available, first come basis.
Autocrat & reservations: Lord Torquil MacTaggart (Dusty Mullins) 205 Cedar Circle, Easley, SC 29642, (864) 855-5251, email: fal_cree@mindspring.com
Feastcrat:Lord Aarron Forrester (Alan Manton)
Directions:
Take your best route to I-85 just north of the SC-NC state line. Take exit 2 (King Mtn. Military Park). Go south on 216 through Kings Mtn. National Park. Follow signs to organized camps (entrance next to Natural History Farm) and Camp York. Ta-da! Go see the troll.
The Barony of Caer Mear and The House of The Red are proud to welcome all good gentles to competition both marshal and fair. Come to the rolling hills of Maidens , Virginia for chivalry, song , dance, and an all around good time! Join us for 4 days of fun and festivities! The site opens at 1 pm on Friday afternoon and closes at Noon on Monday.
Saturday: For those of a competitive nature, there will be many different challenges to whet the appetite, For Arts and Sciences minded people, a Curriculum Vitae will be held in the feast hall. For heavies, there will be a one hour grand melee, follow by the Emerald chivalry tourney. There will also be a Rapier tournament, as well as a test of skills for the archers of the kingdom. All this will be followed by a fine, gourmet style feast.
Sunday: Kingdom Day! For A&S, there will be a scroll display , as well as a relic competition. For the relic competition, the Kingdom of Atlantia challenges all Households, Shires, Cantons, Baronies, and College's to produce a piece of their past for the viewing of all. These relics can be anything, from a suit of armor to a rock hard loaf of bread, as long as there is a colorful tale or display to relate the relics importance in the groups history but please, people do not qualify as relics. For martial activities, there will be an Emperor's choice tourney ( more rules and information to come). For Rapier, the Queen's choice tournament. A cambok tournament ( yes, with teams and such) will be held for the enjoyment of those in a team sports frame of mind, as well as a bardic competition for those who wish to express themselves in song or story. There will also be an auction of a wonderful tapestry in the main feast hall. A great feast will end the events of the day.
The following Site Rules will be in effect at Emerald Joust: All attendees must have fun. Underage drinking will NOT be tolerated; bring ID. Driving on grass will not be allowed for any reason bring a hand cart to transport your things. Dogs must be on a leash and the leash in a human hand or confined to a covered crate at all times. Swimmers must wear at least a bathing suit. Children will not be allowed to ride in the back of open pick-up trucks. The speed limit in the camp is 15 miles an hour.
Pre-registration notice: The following fees are for preregistration before May 1, 1997. For payment after that date or at the door, please add an additional $1 to the total camping cost AND the total feast cost. (i.e. - Camping Fri thru Mon and both feasts before May 1st = $18.00. After May 1st = $20.00)
Site fees: Camping (arriving Fri): $9, Camping (arriving Sat): $6, Camping (arriving Sun) $3, Day-Trip Fee (per day) $3. Children under 12 are half price. Children under 2 are free. Send reservations to Lord Balynar (see below) and make checks payable to the Barony of Caer Mear/SCA, Inc.
Feast fees: Saturday feast: $4.50, Sunday feast: $4.50. The feast on Sat will be a two tiered feast, patterned after the methods of the period. Those in the upper tier will receive many of the same benefits at high table, and the cost is only $3.00 more per person. Upper tier space is limited so please reserve early. There will be no off-board space in the feast hall as space is limited, so please reserve early!
The Autocrat is Lord Ragnar Blackhammer (Chuck Kane), 4922 Suburban Avenue #2, Richmond, VA 23230, (804) 254-4643 (NLT 11:30 pm) email: blackhammer@juno.com. Head Merchant is Lord Ian Andrew de Scroggs (James Howell), 996 Dorset Road, Powatan, VA 23139, (804) 598- 2168 (NLT 10:00 pm). For Feast and Site Reservations contact Lord Balynar Buckhannh (Travis Brandel), 1627 Charles Street, Richmond , VA 23226 (804) 288-2256 (NLT 10:00 pm), email: balynar@juno.com. Arts & Sciences Coordinator is Lady Magdalena de Hazebrouck (Mary Hasbrouck Eyer), (804) 323-6379, email: betty_and_david@compuserve.com.
Directions:
From Richmond, take I-64 west to exit #167 Oilville. At the top of the ramp turn LEFT toward Goochland. Go approx. 1/4 mile and at the stop sign ** turn RIGHT on 250. Go approx. 1/2 miles and turn LEFT on Fairgrounds Rd. (There will be a sign for Robert E. Lee Scout Reservation.) Go approx. 3 1/2 miles and turn LEFT on Maidens Rd. Go 1 more mile and turn LEFT into the camp. Follow the driveway to the RIGHT. There will be signs posted.
From the West, take I-64 east. Take the Oilville exit and turn RIGHT at the top of the ramp. Go to the stop sign and follow directions from ** above. There will be signs posted.
From the North or South, take your best route to I-64 west of Richmond, VA. Take the Oilville exit and follow the directions above. There will be signs posted.
The gardeners of Atlantia are invited on the Third annual ROSE TOUR. As in previous years, the Tour is designed to give SCAdian gardeners a look at established plants of period roses in full bloom, with opportunities to buy or order what you admire. Mundane clothing is best for this mundane tour.. The gathering point is Mistress Elien of Sheffield's house, just off I-95 in Laurel, MD, at EIGHT THIRTY AM SHARP!!!, to get into car pools. (Note: If you cannot be that early, we can give directions for where we will be later in the morning.)
The first part is a twenty-minute drive to Karen Burroughs' garden of old roses. This magnificent private garden has been featured in national publications. (Be prepared to take notes of varieties you like.) We will arrive at nine and take about an hour.
From there we go to the Heritage Rosarium, about a three-minute drive. The Rosarium is a display garden of old roses. This is not a garden like Karen's, but focuses instead on the rose plants in collection. The Rosarium also sells rose plants. For any variety there or at Karen's, you can order cuttings rooted for pickup the following spring. But many of the varieties are there for sale already, "extra" cuttings from last year's orders, also established plants in larger pots.
The herd instinct will take us to an eatery for lunch. After lunch, we will terrorize Behnke Nurseries in Beltsville, MD, which has a fair selection of period (among the modern) plants. They're pricey, but the selection is wonderful and the quality top-notch.
The day will end at Mistress Elien's, with a tour of her own antique and period roses, and a Plant Exchange. Bring what you have extras of (it doesn't have to be period) and take home what other people bring. You do not have to bring to be able to take...
There is NO CHARGE since there are no expenses. But bring plenty of money to spend! And please, please call one of the co-organizers for directions, and to make sure we don't leave you behind if you're late: Mistress Elien of Sheffield (Michelle Hunter) 9303 Iron Stone Court, Laurel, MD (301) 725-5371 AND Master James of Rutland (Jim Dronenburg) 3536 Cemetery Circle, Knoxville, MD 21758, (301) 834-6515
Crash space can be arranged with advance notice.
Directions to Mistress Elien's:
From I-95 (N or S) exit on Route 216 towards Laurel, MD. At the first stop light (All Saints Road) turn left. Go to end where A.S. Road T-intersects into Whiskey Bottom Road and turn right. Then take the first right (King's Grant) and then the first left (Ironstone Court). The house is on the corner of Ironstone. You'll know it by the roses.
The Shire of Stierbach is pleased to invite one and all to their annual birthday tournament. This year we will be camping at Log Cabin Campgrounds near Winchester, VA., a veritable gem of an event site with over 80 percent of the tent sites under the trees! The camp site opens Friday at 3 pm and closes on Sunday at 1 pm. Come revel in the woods with us and enjoy the music, dancing, fighting and feasting that every Birthday should have!
Fighting Activities: A Torchlight Tourney on Friday night, Field Battles, Bridge Battle, Melees and a BullFight to determine the "Champion Of Stierbach" will be held on Saturday. We will also have Archery with a variety of interesting targets to shoot at! We have some very lovely prizes for the winners of all categories! Favors will be handed out for the fighters to bestow on the "one who inspires them". Authorizations will begin at 9:30 am on Saturday.
A&S Activities: There will be a Bardic Circle each evening, musicians are encouraged to attend! There will be an A&S competition in the following areas: Cordials, Edibles, Cookies, Armor, Leather, Cows, Calligraphy and Illumination and Textiles.
Judging will be Saturday afternoon and 2 judgeships will be "for sale" at the event, a Judgeship for the Cordials and the Edibles Judgeship- bring your coins or other barterables! Every attendee is eligible to cast their vote in The A&S Popular Vote. Documentation will be judged separately. All winners will receive special prizes.
We will also be offering several classes in various arts for those not martially inclined! Merchants are most welcome to come and sell their wares, please contact the autocrat!
Kids Activities: There will be a Heraldic Cookie decorating contest and several kids size games such as croquet and bocce, as well as others to choose from, as well as the ever popular "Squirt" Fight where our children get to arm themselves with their favorite water weapon and battle our less well prepared fighters. Mid-afternoon Saturday will be our Young Bullfighters Contest with prizes for "Style" and "Accuracy".
The Feast: There will be a feast on Saturday at sundown, prepared by our always cherished and most talented Baroness St. Meli ferch Jasper and her Acolytes of the Kitchen. We will be dining under the Great Green GreatHall, bring your banners to help us decorate this thing!
The Site: The following Site Rules will be in effect: All attendees *must* have fun. Underage drinking cannot be allowed; please bring ID. The site is wet. We will have a keg of beer and one of Dominion Rootbeer for those wishing to keep their wits about them! Fill your drinking horns and toast the Shire- the Seneschal will reward the best toasts with prizes!
Site Fees, etc.: The site fees if you register *before* May 17th: Onboard $10, Offboard $8.00. *After* May 17th, or at-the-door, fees will be: On board $12 and Offboard $10.00. Children 6-12 are half price, children under 6 are guests of the Shire. Please make checks payable to: The Shire of Stierbach, SCA, Inc.
The Birthday Autocrat is Lady Kristin (Fran Felix), PO Box 1222, Sterling, VA 20164, (703) 450-8092 (NLT 10 PM), email: ffelix@access.digex.net. Reservations can be made through her.
Merchants are encouraged to attend!
Directions:
From the East, North or South: Take your best route to I-81, in the vicinity of Winchester, VA. Take State route 37 to US 522 North. Take US 522 N for 15.5 miles to County Route 694, on the right. Follow Rt. 694 for 1.4 miles to Frederick-Morgan Grade (County Route 600). Make a sharp right and continue .4 miles to Log Cabin Campground on the left.
From the West: Take I-70 or I-68 East to Hancock, MD. At Hancock take US 522 South into VA. About 5 miles inside of VA, make a left unto County Road 694. Follow Rt. 694 for 1.4 miles to Frederick-Morgan Grade (County Route 600). Make a sharp right and continue .4 miles to Log Cabin Campground on the left.
This year's Novice Tourney and Storviki Baronial Championship Event will be held at beautiful Patuxent River Park, in Upper Marlboro, Maryland. The Baron and Baroness of Storvik invite one and all to join together for a weekend of fighting, feasting and festivity.
This year's fighting is being organized and overseen by Lord Oswulf the Grey. Novice fighters will have an opportunity to authorize. Multiple lists will be run, including the traditional Novice List. Novice and championships lists will be held on Saturday, and will include heavy weapons, light weapons, and archery. As a change of pace, and in preparation for War point archery, the archery marshal will offer a clout shoot.
In addition, there will be competitions in Bardic Arts and Arts & Sciences, as well as an open A&S display. The A&S competition will be held in two categories: first, items to be donated to the Kingdom to be auctioned off to benefit the Kingdom travel fund; second, heraldic display. Lists will be open to all, and there will be prizes for all victors, with the Baronial championship going to the highest-ranking Storviki.
The site opens at 7 p.m. on Friday and closes Sunday at 4 p.m. The lists will open at 10 a.m. on Saturday, with armor inspection and authorizations until 11:30, and competition thereafter. A splendid feast will be offered by our Head Cook, MacGregor, on Saturday night; those wishing to join us on-board should pre-register, as there will be very limited on-board space available at the door.
Alcohol on site is restricted to beer in kegs; we plan to make Good Beer freely available to those with proof of age at the Lusty Wench & Lucky Knave Tavern, brought to you by Tavernkeeper Mym the Minx and the wenches and knaves of House Drunken Badger. You are encouraged to "tip the wenches" (and knaves) but as we cannot take your coin, a more inventive approach may prove rewarding.
There will be children's activities, including arts & crafts, a nature walk, a class on "court manners," and opportunities for service, but a parent must be available to participate with the child; no baby-sitting will be provided.
This is a camping event, and separate specific firesides will be designated for evening entertainment (Bardic circle, dancing and drumming, and a quiet area). We are hoping to have a significant Bardic presence at this event and have set aside a beautiful grassy area, surrounded by woods, for the evening's Bardic fireside.
Because our ability to accept money on site is limited, you are strongly urged (PLEASE) to pre-register and pre-pay. Pre-registration fees are: on-board adult, $12; on-board 12-18, $10; on-board 6-12, $6; 5 and under our guests. Off-board fee is $6 for adults, $4 for those over 5. Fees will be slightly higher at the door. Please make checks payable to Storvik/SCA, Inc. Please send reservations to Lady Caitlin (see below). Autocrats: Lord Oswulf the Grey (Sam Hunt), 8329 Donahue Drive, New Carollton, MD, (pager) (301) 506-7284, email: wanderer@nmaa.org AND Lady Caitlin Cheannlaidir (Rise Sheridan-Peters), 7002 Sycamore Ave., Takoma Park, MD, 20912, (301) 270-1207 (NLT 9:30), e-mail: petersr@spiegel.becltd.com.
Directions:
From the North: take your best route to the Washington Beltway (Interstate 95/495) and proceed clockwise to Exit 11.**Take Exit 11, Pennsylvania Avenue, toward Upper Marlboro. Follow Pennsylvania Avenue to Rt. 301, Crain Highway, and take Crain Highway south toward Richmond. In approximately 5-6 miles, look for Croom Road on your left . Take Croom Road approximately 4-5 miles to a left turn onto Croom Airport Road, and follow Croom Airport Road into the parking lot.
From the South: take your best route to the Washington Beltway (Interstate 95/495) and proceed counterclockwise to Exit 11. Proceed from ** above.
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Gregory Blount of Isenfir (lindahl@pbm.com)