[MR] Flyer & Directions to Barnacled Bullfrog

[Ginny Barnett]

The Kingdom Webminister has sent a notice that the Kingdom server is
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For everyone planning to come to Barnacled Bullfrog tomorrow, I post the
event flyer in full, and apologize for any concern you may have felt that
the pages are down:

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                                The Tavern is Back!
                               and we have more info!
                                   November 24, 2001
                                   Noon to Midnight
                                   Barony of Marinus
                                        Suffolk, VA

                 Deep in the salt-encrusted tomes of maritime legend...
                 lies the story of an infamous tavern said to rise out of
the mists. Many a
           sailor has been shipwrecked searching for its warm hall, hearty
fare, and lusty
           serving wenches!

           The (in)famous tavern, the "Barnacled Bullfrog," is back!

           This below-the-salt event functions like a real tavern, complete
with serving
           wenches, a barkeep, and rowdy crowds. Tired of being a duke?
Leave your
           coronet behind, and come as an alternate, peasant persona! Wish
you could sit
           back at ease, and have your food and drinks brought to you while
you chat
           with your friends? That's what the serving wenches are for! If
you can bellow,
           the wenches can bring!

           We will have two well-marked smoking areas. For the sake of our
fellow
           SCAdians with asthma and smoke allergies, please smoke only in
those areas.

           Banners are welcome to help decorate the hall. Find Marinus'
Baronial Truck
           Monkey to hang the banner for you.

                The site has a pay phone that can accept incoming calls.
Please use this
                number for emergencies: (757) 538-9518

           Troll will close at 6:00 p.m.!


          Drinking

           The tavern will be held at our traditional site at the Planter's
House in
           Suffolk, Virginia, and is Dripping WET. Bring your spirits, bring
your ales,
           bring your wines! ALL beverages, both of the alcoholic and
non-alcoholic
           varieties, will be handed over to the barkeep, who will guard
them well. When
           you're ready for a drink, just hand your mug to a serving wench
and ask her to
           top it off from your private stock.

           When you check in at Troll, you must show a positive ID. Legal
drinking age in
           Virginia is 21; underage drinking will not be tolerated, but over
age drinking is
           fine, and designated drivers are very much encouraged. Drinkers
will be given
           one color site token, and non-drinkers will be given a different
color.

          NOTICE: Due to the nature of the event, NO
          children's activities are planned and NO child care
          will be provided.


          Fighting

           The heavy weapons fighters will indulge in a BAR FIGHT!
           Two-man teams will fight with daggers only, except for whatever
tavern-style
           weapons you can bring with you or find in the tavern. All weapons
must be
           approved by the marshal; one of the tests will be that you must
be willing to
           be hit by your own weapons! You may bring into the tavern as many
weapons as
           you can carry, but you may only take one dagger with you. Of
course, if you
           happen to "find" an extra dagger lying around, you may fight
Florentine.

           The rapier tourney will be a Bear Pit with 5-man ships (teams).
When all the
           mates of one ship die, they will be replaced by the 5 mates of
the next ship.
           Unfortunately for the winning crew of each bout, all wounds and
deaths are
           retained from one round to the next, so if the winning ship has
only one
           member left, that one person will face the next crew alone. One
point will be
           awarded to the surviving ship of each round. Weapons do not have
to match
           your opponents' weapons, and you may use any non-rigid parrying
device
           acceptable to the marshals.

           The individual torchlight rapier tourney will begin near dusk,
and will be a
           resurrection tourney. The winner of each round will be awarded
one point;
           shipmates will not be matched against each other. Resurrections
will begin on
           the third round: the winner of the second round will be allowed
to resurrect a
           shipmate for the third round, and each subsequent winner can
resurrect one
           more shipmate. The tourney will be over when only one ship's crew
is left
           standing. "By's" are not counted as wins, but the person matched
against the
           By is still a winner. Double kills both die. The overall winner
will be the ship
           with the most points for both tourneys.

           For both the heavy and rapier fighting, you may either select
your teammates
           ahead of time, or you may pick them when you arrive. Check-ins
start at 1:00,
           and the Bar Fight and Bear Pit will start at 2:00. Don't
forget -- to check in
           with the MOL, you need your fighter card, your membership card or
$1 for
           the combat waiver, and your site token.


          Competitions

           Several competitions will be held throughout the day: Best Male
Flirt, Best
           Female Flirt, Darts, and Best Song/Story/Poem (theme: "history"
of the
           Barnacled Bullfrog Tavern).

           The Best Flirt competitions will have four judges each of the
opposite gender.
           Two of each gender judge will be identified, and two will be
incognito. If you
           would like to be judged the Best Flirt, keep in mind that you'll
never know
           when a judge is watching you. The judges will be observing people
throughout
           the entire day.

           Darts games can be played all day; the competition will be held
sometime after
           all the fighting is over.

           The "History of the Barnacled Bullfrog Tavern" bardic competition
will not
           be a formal competition, as the tavern is usually just too noisy.
All
           participants in the competition should find the judges, Kara in
Danska and
           Rosine of Rowanwald, some time during the day before 6 p.m. and
perform for
           them.

           Sign-up sheets for the competitions as well as lists of the
identifiable judges
           will be posted as Troll.


          Games

           Activities will include a live action Goose game, teeter-totter
tug-of-war,
           Bocce, and other tavern games. Rabah's Karavan will open for
business around
           7 p.m. If you have coins of the realm, please feel free to bring
them with you
           and use them. If not, you may purchase chocolate coins to use in
your gambling.


          Raffle

           We will also hold the long-awaited raffle for the
"Martyrologium," the 16th
           century reprint of the 9th century manuscript by Usuardus. For
just $1, you
           might own this wonderful piece of history! Read all the details
on our
           "Martyrologium" web page.


          Lunch

           A light lunch, served buffet style, will be available for a
donation. We will
           begin serving at 1:00 and end when the food runs out. Hot and
cold
           non-alcoholic beverages will be available all day.


          Supper

           There will not be a formal feast. Lady Felicia Catriona Morgan
(Barbara
           Dodge) will prepare standard tavern fare, and the wenches will
begin serving
           supper around 6 or 7 p.m. They will quit serving supper at 10
p.m. or when the
           food runs out. If you have any dietary restrictions, including
vegetarian,
           please contact her.


          Autocrat

              Lady Elizabeth of Marinus (Rebecca L. Owens)
              4053 Rainbow Drive
              Virginia Beach, VA 23456
              (757) 471-4642

          Cost

           $7.00 for reservations PAID in advance, $10.00 at the door, and
$5.00 for
           designated drivers with two or more passengers. Make checks
payable to
           Barony of Marinus/SCA, Inc.

          Reservations

           Send reservations, including SCA and Modern names of all
attending to the
           autocrat.

          Directions to the Site

           4600 Planters Rd.
           Suffolk, VA 23435-1306

          From the North

           Follow I-64 East to Newport News. Immediately after you pass the
Hampton
           Coliseum, take the exit for I-664 South. Follow I-664 across the
           Monitor-Merrimac Bridge-Tunnel, into Suffolk. Take the Rt. 17
exit (exit 9,
           Bridge Road). The exit forks - take the right fork for Rt. 17
North. Go
           straight at the stoplight at the end of the off ramp. Go approx.
3 miles on Rt.
           17 to the light at Bennets Pasture Road (the right side is named
"Bennets
           Creek Lane") -- if you cross the Nansemond River you went too
far. Turn left
           onto Bennets Pasture Road. Go approx. 3 miles and turn right onto
Sleepy Hole
           Road (629), then go about a mile and turn right onto Planter's
Club Road. The
           site is at the end of the road

          From the West and Southwest

           Take your best route to US-58 East in Suffolk. Turn left onto
Nansemond
           Parkway (337). Go about 1½miles, and turn left onto Sleepy Hole
Road (629),
           then go a little less than 3 miles and turn left onto Planters
Club Road.

          From Norfolk, Portsmouth, Chesapeake, and Virginia
          Beach

           ** Take your best route to the intersection of I-64, I-264, and
I-664 in
           western Chesapeake (for most of us, that will be I-264 westbound
through
           downtown Norfolk and through the Downtown Tunnel). Go north on
I-664.
           Take the Rt. 337 W/Portsmouth Blvd. exit (exit 11A). After about
4 miles,
           take a slight right onto Rt. 125, where 337 takes a steep curve
to the left.
           Follow it for 2/10ths of a mile, and turn right onto Rt. 629
(Driver Lane).
           629/Driver Lane will become Sleepy Hole Road - follow this road
for a total
           of almost two miles. Go about a mile and turn right onto
Planter's Club Road.

Or you can get driving directions from your location at:
http://maps.yahoo.com/py/ddResults.py?Pyt=Tmap&tarname=&tardesc=&tarhash=&ta
raddr=4600+Planters+Rd.&tarcsz=Suffolk,+VA+23435-1306&newtcountry=us&newcoun
try=us&doit=1


-- Bethoc ingen Alpin
Webminister, Barony of Marinus