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Greetings everyone, from Lord Conogan mab Rioc!
I am very pleased to announce the seventh Feast of Fools will be held in the Shire of Lyndhaven on Saturday, April 3rd. The specific location will be at the Lindsay Valley lodge in Oromocto. I will be the autocrat for the event.
The hall will open at 5 pm, and the feast will start at 6:30. After the feast, we will have music, dancing, and some foolishness! We will have at least one "official" fool in attendance, and hopefully more!
The fee for the event is $10 for adults (14 and older), and $5 for children and youth (13 and younger). Babes-in-arms are free. U.S. cash will be accepted at par, but no U.S. cheques can be accepted. Please register for the event by Saturday, March 27th, so the kitchen knows the number of attendees.
The feast will be prepared by the lovely and talented Lady Mariota of Kildare. She has many delicious items planned, and some surprises!
The event will be dry. No animals are allowed, except service animals. All candles must be in non-combustible containers (i.e. no wooden candle stands).
Event attendees are encouraged to revel in the spirit of foolishness! I would love to hear from anyone who wishes to actually perform as a fool before, during, or after the feast.
Yours in Service,
Lord Conogan mab Rioc, the Breton
mka Peter Gillet
conoganmabrioc 'at' yahoo 'dot' ca
home: 506-357-5935 (please call before 9 pm)
Site: Weir Field, 2476 Highway #1, Upper Sackville, NS
Staff:
Fees:
Registration Deadline: March 27, 2010
Cancellation Deadline: April 3, 2010
Make cheques payable to: SCA inc Barony of Ruantallan
Preparing for Campaign
As the frost and snow of winter abate, we are reminded of the preparations for the upcoming campaigning season. Our Baronial Rapier Champion will soon be ready to pass his mantle of responsibility to a worthy warrior.
Lord Guthfrith Yrlingson has agreed to hold this rapier championship on April 10th at Weir Field in Upper Sackville. Our gracious champion has also acquiesced to allow me to organize an event for us all to enjoy the tournament he will develop to choose his successor!
Master Gilbert has offered to hold Youth Combat. We will have a games corner for those who prefer less physically challenging sport.
After youth combat, there will be an area set aside, with supplies, for our young medieval architects to build their own battlements to remember this year’s BRC.
There will be an area for an A&S display for all gentles to show us the work of their winter months.
Merchants are welcome, we will make areas available to you, please contact the autocrat prior to the registration deadline.
So, come one, come all to the Baronial Rapier Championship on Saturday, April 10th. We will have youth combat in the morning, sideboard and feast prepared by the Saucy Kitchen Crew, helmed by Lady Juliana d’Aragon. Lady Juliana informs me that she is preparing a day of food that will show us what our warriors would eat while on campaign… hmm… what WILL she come up with??
In preparation of the upcoming campaigning season, Lord Algernon has agreed to host a class for archers, to teach and help them get their archery gear in order.
There will, of course, be Baronial Court at Their Excellencies command. And…
Yes, Brianna, there will be dancing.
Directions:
The Barony of L’Ile du Dragon Dormant would like to extend a joyous invitation to all residents of the East Kingdom and beyond to their fair shores on the 8^th day of the month of May, AS XLIV, where The Future Royal Majesties of the East, *Edward Grey of Lochleven and Marguerite Ingen Lochlain* will be holding Their Spring Crown Tournament to witness the choosing, by right of arms, of the next heirs of the East.
Their Highnesses' website also has an announcement for this auspicious
event:
http://trh.eastkingdom.org/?p=17
The site will open at 10am - The tourney itself will begin at 12h30, to be followed in the evening by Royal Court if Their Majesties so wish, and by a wonderful feast prepared by the culinary team of Signore Cosmano Pierro Michelotto da Roma. Any concerns about food should be expressed to him as soon as possible via e-mail at: cosmano@wolfstar.ca
On-board attendance will be limited to 200 persons and there will be room available for those attending off-board.
Reservations for the event should be received in full at least two weeks
prior to the event (24 April 2010); following that date no guarantee can
be made as to the availability of space for feast at the door. The cut
off for cancellations is the same as the cut-off for reservations, 24
April 2010.
The only reservation is a paid reservation. Reservations must include
the full legal name of each person for whom a reservation is being made.
If you wish to be seated for the feast (or have off-board seating)
please make a reservation - we cannot guarantee that any seats will be
available "at the door".
A "Non-Member Surcharge" of $3 will be charged at the door for adults who are not paid members of SCA.
Please send Reservations to:
Tracy Irving
tigger@wolfstar.ca
2673 rue Chateauguay
Montreal, QC
H3K 1L5
Make Checks Payable to: SCA Inc -- L'ile du Dragon Dormant
Feast Menu: (tentative)
Activities:
All times after site opening are at the discretion of the Crown.
*On 1 March and not before*, we will start accepting on-site
accommodation reservations.
There are cabins available for a total sleeping capacity, on-site, of
about 100 – 110 people. Accommodations will be available at $1 per
person on a first come first serve basis and every effort will be made
to accommodate group bookings. When you contact the Accommodations
Coordinator to book, please be prepared to provide the names of the
people who will be staying together so we can do our best to accommodate
you in the most efficient manner possible.
More information on reserving accommodations will be made available as
the details are finalized.
There are also two shower buildings having 4 or 5 showers each.
Accommodations Coordinator:
Lady Camilla Brigida di Bruno
dragonlily3@wolfstar.ca
20 Hillcrest Ave, Apt 1
Lachine Quebec
H8R 1J1
Event Steward:
Lady Camilla Brigida di Bruno
dragonlily3@wolfstar.ca
Back up for the Event Steward:
Dominus Gnaeus Aurelius Andronicus
angall.the.barbarian@gmail.com
The Spring Crown site is: http://www.frontierlodge.org/
Directions to the site:
http://www.frontierlodge.org/maps_directions.html
Directions for Coming to Frontier Lodge from Montreal:
Take the Champlain bridge and continue on the Eastern Townships
Autoroute #10 East until Exit #121 (aprox. 120 kms). Exit # 121
automatically puts you on Highway #55 South. Continue approx 15 kms to
exit #21 Ayer's Cliff, Coaticook. After exiting at exit #21 turn left at
the "T" at the end of ramp and this puts you on Rte. #141 South. Route
#141 south brings you right to camp. However you will need to watch for
the following, right turn in the center of Ayer's Cliff, continue on to
Coaticook, approximately 20 kms.
In Coaticook turn right at the third set of traffic lights (you are now
on a shared route #141 & #147) continue to go out of town and
approximately ½ km. from town limit you will turn left on #141 ( #147
continues straight) There is a motel on the right just before the turn ,
and a big barn with a blue roof also just before the turn. After turning
continue for another 20 kms and you will see the sign Hillside at
Frontier Lodge for Hillside and another ½ km you will come to the main
camp.
Count on a good 2 & 1/2 hrs from the South side of Champlain Bridge.
This is our annual Spring Schola and War Camp.
Details, later, but it appears that we'll also be hosting the Tir Mara fencing championship at this event.
The weather in Atlantic Canada is quite variable, so check out the forecasts for:
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