[Archers] Trial Balloon: Period Archery Collegium

[jaynardone at comcast.net]

Lord Mungo, this is exactly something that should be part of the Atlantia Archery Guild. While I am still getting things formed, I would very much hope you will become part of the Guild and that others will also carry this torch forward. 

In Service, 

Janyn 



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From: "michael sheppard" <mlsheppard2760 at gmail.com> 
To: "Archers" <archers at seahorse.atlantia.sca.org> 
Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 2015 11:30:41 AM 
Subject: Re: [Archers] Trial Balloon: Period Archery Collegium 

Lord Mungo, 

Sounds interesting! 
1. Yes, if available of course. 
2. Undecided 
3. hands on, historical finds, flemish strings, longbow and arrow types/different periods... 
4. 1-day: $15-25. 

YIS, 
Saphir 

On Tue, Jun 23, 2015 at 4:13 PM, Garth Groff < sarahsan at embarqmail.com > wrote: 


Noble Friends of the Bow, 

I'm just starting work on an event "aimed" at the period archers among us. Before I commit a lot of effort to this project, I want to run my idea by all of you to see if there is any real interest, and maybe pick up some of your ideas. 

The collegium would be a one-day event to be held near Charlottesville sometime during the fall of 2016. Open shooting at period targets and special shooting classes given on the range will be offered. Also there would be sit-down classes. I'm thinking six classes, so far: making period-style arrows (my class), thumb ring shooting (someone said they would do this), how to build period-style targets, and probably three other classes TBD. University credit can be arranged. A hearty lunch, possibly featuring venison stew would be provided in the gate fee. We can pretend the deer was poached from the King's forest. 

The event is for shooters of European period bows, yumi bows, horse bows, native American bows, and yes, crossbows too. Non-period shooters who are thinking of taking the plunge will be welcome, and can bring their modern bows, but hopefully we can find some period loaner bows for them to try. The site cap will be 20 guests plus staff. We have a lovely location in the Blue Ridge foothills west of Charlottesville. 

If this event works, we could expand it in the future to include more people and period/primitive camping across a whole weekend. See the current issue of PRIMITIVE ARCHER for great story on a non-SCA meet like this in Iowa. 

So here's what I need to hear from the archery community: 

1. Would you possibly attend this event? (Just a straw poll for now!) 

2. If you attended, would you be willing to teach a class? What would you teach? 

3. What would you like to have presented that you don't know how to teach? Ideas, please. Flemish string-making? Flint napping? Period armguards? Rather than just history here, I'm looking for classes that teach skills or show garb and gear that can be copied. 

4. What would you feel is a fair charge (remember there is going to be lunch)? $25? 

Please don't be shy. Let me hear your opinions and ideas. I need some serious buy-in from Atlantian archers before I go much further. 

Yours Aye, 


Lord Mungo Napier, The Archer of Mallard Lodge 
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