[MR] Hidden Mountain: Decameron UPDATE

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For those coming to Hidden Mountain Baronial Birthday: Decameron next 
weekend, please note that there will be two important fundraisers:

First, there will be baked goods and other food items for sale sponsored by 
and for the benefit of the Hidden Mountain Scribal Guild.  A variety of items 
will be available from some of the best cooks in the Barony.  Bring your 
appetites!!

Second, you can purchase a dag for the baronial pavilion upon which to 
display your heraldic device in perpetuity for a mere $20 per dag.  

Please support both of these worthy and noble causes!
We hope to see you next weekend at what promises to be a *very* fun event!  
Complete flyer follows.
Luqman and Julianna, 
Hidden Mountain



May 23-25, 2003
Hidden Mountain: Decameron
...because there's nothing funnier than the Black Death!

It's 1348 and Boccaccio is weaving his allegorical tales of Florence in the 
days of the Black Death.  In our own little corner of Italy, the folk of 
Hidden Mountain have retreated to their spa to take the healing airs.  Join 
us as we celebrate life and try to cheat Death for just one more hour.

THE SITE is Camp Juniper at Cheraw State Park, 100 State Park Road, Cheraw, 
SC 29624.  The event will open with a hospitality table from 5:00pm on 
Friday, May 23rd for tent camping and will close at 12:00pm on Sunday, May 
25th.  All of the main activities will start after breakfast on Saturday.  
Although this is primarily a camping/day-trip event, there is a hot shower 
bathhouse and two separate halls for feast and A&S activities.  Local hotel 
information is also available from the Autocrat.

THE GAMES simply have to played to be believed!  They include the "Rat a 
Pult" game, "Lance a Boil," "Bubonic Bocce," "Rat Races," "Yew Dirty Rat," 
"All Soul's Flight," and lots more, including a little Seventh Seal chess 
action between Death and Their Excellencies!

THE FIGHTING will consist of three separate tournaments for heavy and rapier 
fighters.  Fighters will face the "Wheel of Misfortune" testing their mettle 
against both foe and Plague alike.  Prizes will be awarded for the "best 
Death" both on and off the field!  During the armored fun, Their Excellencies 
will also be selecting new Baronial Champions from both Heavy and Rapier 
combatants.

THE CHAMPIONS: Their Excellencies hold their Champions in high regard.  
Requirements for participation are outlined in Hidden Mountain's baronial 
newsletter, the Mountain Mayhem, or you may contact Their Excellencies for 
details.

THE ARTS: The Decameron consists of one hundred tales-- ten tales told over 
ten days by ten storytellers:  three noblemen  and seven ladies.   In keeping 
with that theme, there will be three  A&S competitions.  1) Items based 
around the number 10 (ten).  2)  Short stories and poems (written or oral) 
about the Black Death, Noblemen, and/or Ladies.  3) Italian arts of the 14th 
c. (i.e. anything that's 14th c. Italian).

A DANSE MACABRE will be held Saturday evening to celebrate both the victims 
as well as the survivors of the day's games, so bring your dancing shoes!  A 
prize will be awarded for the best costume inspired by the Decameron.




THE FEAST: A fabulous, Italian-themed feast will be prepared based on W.G. 
Water's The Cook's Decameron.  If you have any special dietary concerns, 
contact the autocrat before the event, not just before feast. The complete 
menu can be viewed at http://members.aol.com/hiddenmountain/menu.htm. Feast 
is strictly limited to 80 persons, so reserve early!

THE COST: The cost of the event is a mere $15.00 On-Site/On-Board; $10.00 
On-Site/Off-Board; $10.00 Off-Site/On-Board; or $5.00 for day-trippers.  
Children 6-11 are half price and children 5 and under are guests of the 
Barony.  To our embarrassment, adult (18+), non-SCA members have to pay an 
extra $3.00 because the SCA forces us to collect it.  Please send all 
reservations to the Autocrat: Bran Trefonnen  (Scot Myers, 415 Parkdale 
Drive, Apt. 17-F, Charleston, SC 29414-4915;  (843) 763-6681) with checks 
made payable to: The Barony of Hidden Mountain/SCA Inc.  If you need any 
further information, please feel free to call or send e-mail to 
SWMyers at aol.com

DIRECTIONS:
>From NORTHEAST/SOUTHEAST:   Take I-95 to exit 164 (Highway 52 north) toward 
Darlington, turn right at the off-ramp onto 52.  The site is 33.6 miles from 
the exit.  *After traveling 5 miles from the exit, turn left to take the 52 
bypass around Darlington.  In Society Hill (23.7 miles after the exit), 52 
bears left again.  The site is another 10 miles on your left, use the 
Boating/Camping entrance.  Camp Juniper is the second right on the dirt road. 
 SCA signs will be posted.

>From EAST (Myrtle Beach):  Take Highway 501 to Florence, turn Right on 
Highway 52, proceed from * above.

>From SOUTHWEST (Columbia):  Take I-20 east to exit 98 (Camden), then turn 
right on Highway 1, and proceed toward Cheraw.  Two miles before Cheraw, you 
will come to a set of islands where Hwy 1 intersects with Hwy 52.  Turn right 
- the site is one and one half miles on your right.  Pass the main entrance, 
and turn right in the second entrance marked Boating/Camping.

>From NORTHWEST (Charlotte):  Take Hwy 74 to 601 out of Monroe, then turn left 
on Hwy 9 at Pageland.  Proceed to Cheraw.  You will reach an intersection 
where Hwy 9 turns left.  Turn left, then take an immediate right - now you 
will be on Hwy 52 south toward Florence.  **Two miles from town, you will 
come to a set of islands - bear left, staying on Hwy 52.  The site is one and 
one half miles  on your right (use the second entrance marked 
camping/boating).

>From the NORTH:  Take Hwy 1 to Cheraw - proceed through town, Hwy 1 will turn 
left, right, then left again.  Proceed out of town, bearing left at the 
islands as noted by ** above.