[MR] Time is getting short!!

[Debra Williams]

And Highland River Melees will be here before 
you know it. Remember, the only good 
reservation is a paid reservation!. We're only 
sellling 100 feasts, so if you want feast (which 
includes a pig roasted over the fire) get those 
reservations in!

Highland River Melees 
June 11-13, 2004 
Barony of Higland Foorde 
Hagerstown, MD

As spring winds down and we prepare for the 
hot, humid days of summer, it's time again for 
the demo in Hagerstown. Get out your weapons! 
Fighting for everyone! Heavy; Combat archery; 
Target archery; Rapier; Thrown weapons; 
Melees. And if fighting isn't your passion, come 
for the A& S contest and displays, the Bardic 
circles, the Shopping and Feasting! 

A&S Contest: Creativity with Chain Mail. 

Bardic: There will be bonfires and open bardic 
circles on both Friday and Saturday nights. 

Feast: Highland Foorde Cooks Guild will 
provide a generous feast. A modest luncheon 
will be served to those who purchased feast. 
Additional lunches, if available, will be sold for a 
modest fee at troll on a first come basis. 

Bake Sale: baked goods, water and soda will be 
available for sale. This year we also have 
Highland Foorde tee-shirts. 

Merchants are highly encouraged to display 
their wares for the medieval and modern 
populace. Period pavilions, when available, are 
strongly requested. Contact Thyra Beiskaldi 
Olafdottir (Dawn Telemeco) 423 Village Pl., 
Hagerstown MD 21742 email: 
beiskaldi at yahoo.com 

Site: Hager House Park, Hagerstown, MD. 
Opens at 5pm Friday and closes at noon on 
Sunday. Camping is welcomed. NO PETS and 
the site is DRY. 

Fees: Off-board is $4.00 members, $7.00 
non-members. On-board is $11.00 members, 
$14.00 non-members if pre-registered. 
On-board at the door (IF AVAILABLE) will be 
$12.00 members, $15.00 non-members. 
Children 6-17 will be $2.00 off-board, $6.00 
feast. Under 6 are guests of the barony. 

Reservations: Deirdre Perez, 1120 Keswick Pl., 
Frederick MD 21703, (301) 682-7498, email: 
DeirdreBP at aol.com 

Autocrat: Devorguilla of Darragh (Debra 
Williams), 106 Pennsylvania Ave, Frederick MD 
21701, (301) 668-2325, email: 
debbiew at netstorm.net 

Directions: 

Take US 70 toward Hagerstown, MD. Take exit 
28 onto MD 632N toward Hagerstown. Stay on 
MD632, it will become Maryland Avenue. Turn 
LEFT onto Wilson Blvd. (This will be the 4th or 
5th light, depending on whether you were 
traveling west or east on 70.) At the light turn 
RIGHT onto Virginia Avenue. Pass park on left, 
then go 3/4 around the circle onto Highland Way 
(end of park). Follow to Hager House Museum 
on the RIGHT. 
If you don't turn off Maryland Ave but continue on, 
it turns into Memorial Blvd. Bear left (west) on 
Memorial and that will bring you straight to the 
park entrance. 

Devorguilla of Darragh 
Debra Williams