[MR] Atlantia's 20 Year Celebration Announcement

[Barbara Bilodeau]

Atlantia's 20 Year Celebration
May 25 - 28, 2001

The Baronies of Dun Carraig and Ponte Alto are pleased to announce the
gala celebration of our Twentieth Year as a Kingdom.  There will plenty
to keep you entertained.  You can expect to see displays of arts and
sciences, regalia, and items of Atlantia's glorious history.   After a
"welcome" dance on Friday evening, the "Sapphire Joust" tournaments will
be held on Saturday: heavy weapon, rapier, archery, and thrown weapon
tournaments. Activities are planned throughout the weekend, including a
bardic circle on Saturday night, fighting activities on Sunday
afternoon, and a Ball on Sunday night.  Atlantia's many fine performers
are invited to take the stage on Sunday afternoon to demonstrate their
talents.  Activities for our children will be provided on both Saturday
and Sunday, with the children participating in a pageant of Atlantia's
history on Sunday. 

Event Web Site: Additional information and the registration form are
available on the event web page at: http://www.ravenstreet.org/20yc

Feast: Surely the highlight of the weekend will be the magnificent feast
for 600 people that will be held on Saturday evening.  This feast will
be provided by many of the finest cooks from throughout Fair Atlantia
and coordinated by Dame Winifred Corbet de Wynterwood and Baron Tirloch
of Tallaght. The feast will be served under a large (VERY large)
pavilion by the shore of the Potomac River.

Marshal Activity Contact: For questions on the tournament, please
contact Sir Balynar, (804) 264-1351, travis1 at mindspring.com.  

Auction for the Oak: A Silent Auction will be held to benefit the Oak. 
If you have items you are graciously willing to donate, please contact
Master Findlaech mac Alasdair (Tom Rettie), (703) 533-8392, email:
oak at atlantia.sca.org. 

A&S Notable Competitions and Displays: Competitions to select the new
Royal Armourer and Poeta Atlantia will be held.  For more information
contact the Royal Notable in question or Baroness Genevieve, the Kingdom
Minister of Arts and Sciences.  Contact information can be found in the
Regnum. Please also consider displaying your A&S projects and come
prepared to view and encourage other artisans. 

Performer Coordinator: Performers interested in entertaining at the
feast or for the Performers Revue on Sunday may contact Baron Corun
MacAnndra (Craig Lee-Allen), (703) 876-6755, redtape at atlantia.sca.org.  

Merchants: Merchants are welcome and encouraged!  The Merchant
Reservation Coordinator is Lady Karen Larsdatter (Karen Harris,
karen at gruffudd.com, 703-858-5664).  You may also see the Merchant
Information page at
http://www.geocities.com/karen_larsdatter/merchsq.htm

Site Information
The event will be held at Camp Brown in Scotland, MD.  The site opens on
Friday, May 25, at 5pm and will close on Monday, May 28, at noon.   

Attendance at 20YC will be limited to the first 1000 reservations. You
are encouraged to pre-register or risk being turned away at the gate if
we happen to hit the maximum capacity of the site.  The owners of the
site are concerned about the volume of cars at the event, so please
remember that car pooling is always good.  No pets will be admitted
unless you have a registration certificate attesting to their position
as an aid companion. The site is dry. No firearms, fireworks, or
chemical weapons of any kind are permitted on site.  Violators will be
subject to expulsion without refund.

No ground fires except at the designated bardic circle area.  Portable
stoves are acceptable.  No open flames are permitted inside tents. Tent
campers should have a fire extinguisher available.  Ice will be
available for sale on site. 

Day shades - not tent camping - is permitted at the tourney field.  To
arrange for space for a day shade at the tourney field, please contact
Lord Fritz Justus, (804) 346-9291, fgrundeman at earthlink.net

Court will be held outside, so be prepared to bring something to sit on.
The feast will be served under a large (very large) pavilion.  No open
flames are permitted in the feast tent, so bring globes for your
candles.

Cabin/Camping Info: This is a camping event. Cabin space is available up
to 280 beds in cabins, the balance in tents to a maximum of 650 campers
(a restriction placed on us by the campground).  Tent campers will be
provided with 250 sq. feet per person.  Groups who want to camp together
in either a cabin or tent are encouraged to pick a group name.  We will
try to accommodate keeping groups together as much as possible. Cabins
can accommodate 8 people in 4 sets of bunk beds. (Please note that the
bunk beds are usually intended for children. Large adults may wish to
make other accommodations.)   Breakfasts on Saturday and Sunday mornings
and a light supper on Sunday evening will be available to all those
camping.  

For those who prefer to stay in a hotel, a block of rooms are being
reserved at an area hotel.  Please see the May Acorn or the web site.

Troll Information
Troll opens at 5 pm Friday, and will be open through 4 pm Sunday.  No
one will be able to enter the site without paying the appropriate fees. 
Be prepared to either sign a site waiver or have proof of a current SCA
waiver on file (i.e., SCA blue membership card). Minors under the age of
18 must be accompanied by a parent or court appointed guardian to gain
admittance.  Pre-registrations must be post-marked on or before Friday,
May 18.  

Prices:
Adults
	Entrance only: $9 if pre-registered, $10 at the gate.  
	Entrance and feast: $20.  
	Entrance and Camping $19 if pre-registered, $20 at the gate. 
	Entrance, camping and feast $30. 
Children 10 and under
	Entrance only: $4.  
	Entrance and feast: $10.   
	Entrance and camping: $9.  
	Entrance, camping and feast: $15.  
Children 6 and under are free, but may not take up a seat (to the
exclusion of an adult) at the feast. Family maximum: $115. Please note
that the entrance fee is paid once for the entire weekend. The camping
fee includes breakfasts on Saturday and Sunday as well as supper on
Sunday.  There is no "off board" seating inside the feast tent, but
there are plenty of grounds on which to picnic.

Send reservations to: Baroness Caitlyn O'Duirnin, Cynthia Halstead,
20016 Forest Farm Lane, Ashburn, VA 20147. (703) 723-8632.
Dolphin at atlantia.sca.org.   Make checks payable to: The Barony of Ponte
Alto/SCA Inc.  Remember that the only made reservation is a paid
reservation. 
Cancellation policy is available on the web site and on the registration
form.

You are encouraged to use the registration form, available in the center
of the Acorn and from the web site.  Groups should please provide the
name of each person attending.  Providing an email address or stamped
self-addressed envelope will get you a confirmation of your reservation
and allow our reservations clerk to contact you if there is any question
or problem. 

If you have questions or an offer to help, please contact the autocrat,
Mistress Anne of Carthew, at (703)437-6271 (before 10pm) or
acarthew at cox.rr.com

Directions:
20YC is scheduled for the same weekend as the Patuxent River Naval Air
Station Air show. The MD-235 and MD-2/4 corridors heading south into
Southern Maryland will be extremely congested on Saturday morning.
Guests who will be arriving that day are STRONGLY encouraged to avoid
the MD-235 corridor along the north/eastern edge of St. Mary's County
and the MD-2/4 corridor through Calvert County and note the "Saturday"
directions provided below.

Camp Brown is located in extreme southern Maryland, on Rt. 5, 9 miles
south of St. Mary's City. (Please consult a map.)