[MR] Spring Revel

[Daniel Travis Brandel]

April 27th - Spring Revel, Hastilude, Central Region
War Practice, and
Isenfir's Red Mountain Inn
Barony of Caer Mear/Incipient College of Caer
Gelynniog (formally Caer
Gelin), Palmyra, VA.

Greetings Lords and Ladies - As spring awakens in our
fair land we 
invite
you to shake off the coverings of winter and join us
in a day of 
revelry and
fighting, followed by a feast and dancing in the
evening. Bring your 
coinage
of the realm to enjoy the pleasures provided by the
Red Mountain Inn.

The Hastilude (A Spear Dueling Tourney) and Central
Region War 
Practice:
As in the past, the hastilude features everything
about spears:
authorizations, instructions, a single-elimination
tourney, team melees 
at a
barrier, and a mass melee with two sides.  Team size
in the team melee 
will
be dependent on the number of attendees, but
preferably 4 or 5.
 Authorizations begin at 10:30 am and will last no
longer than one 
hour.  If
you want to authorize, BE PUNCTUAL.  The single
elimination tourney 
begins
immediately after authorizations.  After a short
combined lunch break 
and
instructional session, the team melee will commence,
closing with the 
grand
melee.   Immediately after the grand melee there will
be a Central 
Region
War Practice for all weapon forms.  We're serious
about starting on 
time!
Ask the people who were late last year!   For more
information contact 
Sir
Corby de la Flame (Mike Dawson) at sircorby at mac.com In
case of bad 
weather,
bring non-marking shoes for the gym.
Rapier:   Rapier activity will include a Dice Tourney
followed by 
melees, so
bring your RGBs. For more information contact Lord
Gunnar Haraldsson  
(Ray
Billingslea) at GUNRHARALD at aol.com or 804-560-0881 NLT
9:30pm.
Archery: The archery range will be open for practice
from 11am till 
1pm.
The first round will begin at 1pm with a Royal Round.
A fun shoot at 
the
discretion of the Archery Marshall will follow this. 
For more 
information
please contact Kenelm Rogan (Kenny Riggleman) at
kwrepair at hovac.com
Thrown Weapons: Come display your talent with thrown
weapons.  There 
will be
a Royal Round in which you must use 2 types of
weapons, so start your
ranking now.  Please be aware that there may or may
not be loaner gear 
other
than the axes. For more information please contact
Lord Waian MacDonald 
of
Isenfir (Wayne Byers) at thrown at isenfir.org
Arts and Science: The focus of our college has been on
learning and
developing skills in the textile arts and scribal
arts.  Therefore we 
are
extending the opportunity to everyone to display
and/or place in 
competition
finished works, or works in progress, at our Spring
Revel for these two
areas: Textile Arts and Scribal Arts. Judging will be
in both a 
newcomer
(less than 2 years experience) and experienced
categories.  For more
information please contact Lady Katerina (Carolyn
Quenstedt) at
quenstedt at aol.com
Older Children (ages 8 to 13ish)      The House of the
Purple Horseshoe 
will
sponsor afternoon games and crafts activities for
older children.  (NOT
BABYSITITNG)  For more information please contact
Ileana (Tammie 
Winston) at
kameya01 at hotmail.com
Younger Children (under age 8)      There will be
activities and games
available throughout the day for smalls and their
parents to 
participate in.
Inside Activities The Shire of Isenfir's Red Mountain
Inn will have
available many games of medieval days to entice your
skills.  There 
will be
many other activities going on inside the hall as
well, including
opportunities to practice dancing, do a little painted
tapestry, and an 
area
for those who wish to sit and practice their arts in
calligraphy, 
sewing,
card-weaving etc.

Table Decorating Contest:     In celebration of our
college finally 
getting
a name and a device passed we request table
decorations reflecting
springtime using the colors of the college (white,
green, & purple).  
There
will be a prize for the best interpretation of spring.
Judging will 
take
into account the best use/or interpretation of period
materials.
Merchants:      We love to have merchants to sell
their wares and visit 
with
the populace.  If you are interested in being a
merchant at this event
please contact the autocrat.  Please let her know if
you need tables 
and
about how much floor space you desire.
Lunch:  A lunch of simple fare will be available at
the Red Mountain 
Inn
from noon till 2 pm for a nominal fee.  (The High
School is located in 
the
country with the closest fast food spots located over
8 miles away.)
Feast      Asha Hito will prepare feast with the
assistance of junior 
cooks
of the College of Caer Gelynniog. Space is limited so
please reserve 
early.
If you have any dietary questions please contact the
cook, Asha Hito 
(Nick
Malone) at nix at iolinc.net
Costs and Reservations:      Adults: on-board $8,
off-board $4.  
Children
ages 5 to 12: on-board $5, off-board $3. Please make
checks payable to
Barony of Caer Mear, SCA Inc.
 Please send reservations including your SCA name,
mundane name, and 
SCA
membership number with payment to Lady Clarice
(Charline Oliff) Rt 1 
Box
2340, Palmyra, Va. 22963.  Remember the only good
reservation is a paid
reservation.
Site: Fluvanna County High School in Palmyra,
Virginia.  Site opens at 
10 am
and closes at 9:30 pm.  Since we are on school
property, the site is 
dry
with no live steel allowed.
Autocrat:  Lady Clarice (Charline Oliff) at
caergwyn at linkabit.com
Co-Autocrats:  Tara Ingen Lansn (Tara Johnson) at 
hevenlychild at hotmail.com
and Erik of Wolverhampton (William Oliff) at
mcoliff at linkabit.com

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