[MR] Fighting at Barnacled Bullfrog

[Ginny Barnett]

Posted for the Autocrat, Elizabeth of Marinus, sweeti2037 at aol.com

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Dying for some new and different tournaments?  Traveling near eastern
Virginia Thanksgiving weekend?  Need to get away from the in-laws for a day?
Love to go to a no-kids event where you can get pleasantly blitzed and let
your designated driver worry about getting home?

Boy, do we have the event for you!  The (in)famous tavern, the "Barnacled
Bullfrog," is back!

                      November 24, 2001
                      Noon to Midnight
                      Barony of Marinus
                      (Suffolk, Virginia)

This below-the-salt event functions like a real tavern, complete with
serving wenches, a barkeep, and rowdy crowds.

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.

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

HEAVY WEAPONS fighters will have 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.

RAPIER:  The afternoon 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. 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. The overall winner will be the ship with the most
points for both tourneys.

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).

GAMES:  Lots of games will be played, and Rabah's Karavan will open for
business after supper.

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 at
http://marinus.atlantia.sca.org/misc/martyr/martyr.html.)

MEALS:  Lunch will be available for a donation, and supper is included in
the site fee.

For more information, reservations, and directions to the site, see
http://marinus.atlantia.sca.org/events/bullfrog/bullfrog.html

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-- Bethoc ingen Alpin
Webminister, Barony of Marinus