[MR] Updated Flyer for Tir-yDon's Baronial Birthday

[Jane Massey]

Tir-Y-Don‘s Baronial Birthday
April 17, 2004
 

Come one and all and join the Barony of Tir-y-Don for it's annual birthday celebration. This will be a Viking/Celtic event with something for everyone. Our new Baronial champions in heavy and rapier shall be chosen with more martial activities to follow. Not martially inclined? There will be an open display/competition and a period pie/tart competition. An array of Viking and Celtic games will be available for all to enjoy. To end the evening, a delectable feast will be serve that will be sure to please any hungry Viking or Celt. 

 Martial Activities:  Heavy Weapons: Champion tourney begins promptly at 12 Noon. Authorizations are at 11 am. A Vikings vs. Celts resurrection battle will follow. Winning team gets the booty! Your persona need not be Viking or Celt.

Rapier: Champion Tourney begins at 12 Noon. Authorizations are at 11 a.m. Team Competitions to follow afterward with the winning team getting the booty.

 

Archery: Unfortunately city law prevents us from having archery onsite. The Champion competition will take place at Newport News Park on Sunday April 18th at 11 A.M.. Contact: Lord Martin Gareth (Dave Maness) at Pegasus321 at aol.com for more details.

 

Note: All champion entrants are required to submit and A&S entry. It could be armor that you made or anything else that would fit into A&S (Calligraphy, cooking, sewing, leatherwork, metalwork, poetry etc.). 

Arts & Sciences Activities:  

 

Open Display: There will be an open display of Arts and Sciences projects with prizes given to the Populace Choice and Best documentation. Items of Celtic and Viking Nature are especially encouraged.

 

Onsite Poetry Competition: Competitors will be given a set list of words in which they must use in an original poem. The list will be handed out at the door. 


Period Baking: The Cook's Guild is sponsoring a competition for period tarts or pies (Savory or Sweet). Documentation is required.



 

Our Website:  www.tirydon.org

Costs      :                  Before 4/7    After 4/7
                              
On Site w/Feast                 $12           $14
On Site Only                      $5            $7
Children 7-17                    $9             $11 
w/Feast
Children 7-17                    $2             $4
on site

Children 6 and under are guests of the Barony. If you do not have your membership card at troll, you will be charged the $3 non-member surcharge. Make checks payable to “Barony of Tir-y-Don, SCA Inc.”

Site:  Scottish Rite Temple, 65 Saunders Rd, Newport News, VA
Site Restrictions:  Site is discreetly damp. Wine/Mead/Beer Only (No hard alcohol). No original containers. No pets. (Beer is now allowed, a correction from the Acorn)

Feast Information: Lord  Konikorad will prepare a hearty feast and a simple lunch. Those with dietary concerns please contact him at mcneelytim at earthlink.net or at (757)887-5127. Feast space is limited to 100 gentles, so reserve early.

 

Feast Menu
Smoked Cheeses

Rye Bread with Honey/Herb Butters

Stewed Capon with Duck

A Dish of Spinach

Smoked Pork (Ham)

A Dish of Peas

Savory Toasted Cheese (Asparagus)

Baked Apples

 

Lunch: Vegetable Soup, Meat Pasties, Bread/Butter

Merchants Information:  Merchants are very welcome. Please contact the autocrat , so she can arrange for your wares. 

Other Information:  Children’s Corner/Pages classes will be available in the afternoon to keep the smalls happy .Contact: Francesca Cassi of Tir-y-Don at minors at tirydon.org 

Autocrats Information:  Lady Ljufvina Bjornsdottir (AKA Lavender de Morten) 

Jane Massey, 104 Temple St Hampton VA, 23664.  Phone Number (757)850-0852, E-mail:  dylansmom at cox.net before 10 pm

Reservations:  Send reservations to autocrat please note type of reservation.

Directions:  Take your best route to I-64 and follow to Newport News, VA. Take Exit 258-B (Rt.17 North)towards Yorktown. Go .8 miles and make a Right onto Harpersville Rd. At the next light, Harpersville will split, stay straight on the road and it will become Saunders Rd. Stay on Saunders for .7 miles. The site is on the left.

 

Tentative Schedule
 

9 A.M.                  Site Opens

11 A.M                 Authorizations Begin for Rapier and Heavy

11 A.M.                Games Table Set Up for all to enjoy

11:30 A.M            Lunch 

12 P.M.                 Heavy Champion Tournament

1 P.M.                   Rapier Champion Tourney

2 P.M                    Judging 

2 P.M                    All other Marshal Activities

2 P.M-4 PM          Garb Embellishment Class (Will cover all periods)

3 P.M-5 PM          More Classes -TBA

3:30 P.M.              All Poetry Entries must be turned in at Troll Table for judging.

4:30 P.M               All A&S Voting Closed/ Please Pick up Entries

5:30 P.M               Court 

6:15 P.M               Feast

7:30 P.M               Clean up hall for dancing

10   P.M.               Site Closes