Bright Hills Anniversary Feb 24

[SWRDBABE at aol.com]

Barony of Bright Hills Anniversary
February 24, 2001

Greetings Good Gentles!  When the weather outside is frightful the hospitality of Bright Hills is delightful!  Please come join us in celebrating our 7th year as a Barony.  Along with our good company and
delicious food, we will have activities for the children and their parents to enjoy, period games set up in the hall to amuse those interested.  There is a
possibility of dancing and arts & sciences classes if time is available to attend. 

Feast:  The feast will be limited to 120 gentles only.  Lunch will be available to all present.  There will be limited seating for off-board and directions to restaurants nearby.  Please contact the feastocrat with any dietary concerns and/or notify the autocrat when sending in your reservations.  The Feastocrat may be reached at catline_mcray at yahoo.com

Fees for the Event: The on-board cost for the event will be $14 for adults, $8 for children under 12. Children under 5 are guests of the Barony.  The
off-board fee will be $7.00 for adults and $3 for children under 12.  Reservations may be sent to the autocrat Lady Daniela Schwartzhaupt (mka Danielle Scott, 19C Cedar Drive, Baltimore, MD 21220).  If you have any questions please contact her at 410/238-4974 NLT 10 p.m. or via email at SWRDBABE at aol.com.  Please note that if there is a Phase 2 snow emergency in
effect the event will have a delayed opening and if Phase 3 be cancelled and rescheduled for a later date.

Arts & Sciences: There will be two arts and sciences competitions at this event.  The first is Best use of Baronial Colors, please show off the best way you’ve used the Barony of Bright Hills’ colors and possibly win the prize (documentation is always a plus).  The second competition will be for best creation of an indoors period game.  There will be a prize for best creation of a game based on period sources from documentation, and space permitting use of the game. Entrants are encouraged to demonstrate how it is played for extra credit.  (Please note: There is not enough space to permit the playing of darts, a game of bowls or other activities that take large amounts of space.)  Some of the Guilds of Bright Hills will be displaying examples of their work for all to see.  If time permits we may have a few classes.

Merchanting:  There is space for a limited number of merchants if you plan to merchant at this event please contact the autocrat and reserve your space ahead of time. There will be no additional fee for merchanting.  Merchants will be allowed to enter site at 8 am to set up.  All merchants must be packed up by 5:30 so we may set the hall up for feast.  We can not allow merchants to sell without prior notification.  

Location:  The event will be held at The American Turners Hall at 9124 Lennings Lane, Baltimore, MD 21237 and will be open for amusements at 10:00 am and closed at 9 pm.  Anyone still in the hall at 9:15 will be considered clean-up crew.  There are a couple notes on the site.  This event is very discretely wet. Absolutely no original containers are allowed.  The hall
requests no open flames. (Please limit extra lighting to votive candles in holders) This site has round tables for feasting for your tablecloth needs.

Directions: