[MR] Renaissance Horse Faire Merchant Information Packet

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Renaissance Horse Faire Merchant Information Packet September  25th, 2004  
 
 
 The Barony of Nottinghill Coill will be participating  with the  Union 
County Horsemen’s Association at their Renaissance Horse  Faire as a  demo for the 
Barony. The Faire is a tack/flea market/yard sale and will also  include 
horses that are for sale. The site is a small 
fairgrounds with lots  of trailer parking and a large arena for us to play 
the mounted SCA games in.  The Faire will run from 9 am to 4 pm, rain or shine. 
The Nottinghill Coill  Cavalry will play the SCA mounted games between 10 am 
and 11 am and again  between 2 pm and 3 pm. The heavy and rapier fighters will 
be fighting throughout  the day and there will be an 
area for people who would like to display/do  arts and sciences type things 
(most likely under a covered area of some  sort)

Merchants are very welcome!!:)  Bring items that are usual  to SCA and items 
that may not be. Everything is welcome!  Space is being  sold for $10.00 per 
space, but can be whatever size space meets your needs.  Pavilions are welcome. 
Bring your own tables, etc. for display purposes. For  Merchant information 
call Lady Ursala deNunez before September 23rd   (864-306-9206)

The Faire will be in personnae, which means that  you play your personnae 
during the time that you are on the Fairgrounds. Never  done that? Easy!! :)  
Just be your personnae at a village fair. Speak to  people as if you were in the 
Renaissance time period, even if they are in modern  clothing. No fake accents 
necessary. (well, if you were really in period, you  wouldn’t be speaking in 
a fake accent) Of course we want to promote our “realm”  and so will have a 
Hospitality table set up in the Arts and Sciences area for  the Chatelains of o
ur local groups to pass out flyers and explain about how much  fun the SCA is. 
     Breakfast and lunch are 
available on the  Fairgrounds from the consession merchants (funnel cakes, 
corn dogs...the usual)  We will be setting up the equipment at the site Friday 
afternoon. If you would  like to set up a pavilion, please let Lady Ursala 
know. We have to have  everything set up and ready to go by 9 am Saturday morning. 
 Breakdown of  equipment, pavilions, etc. will happen right after the Faire 
closes at 4 pm.  Please make sure to keep mundanities to a minimum, bring 
banners, etc. to  decorate and make sure that everyone in your party is in nicer 
garb. There will  be a cookout at Elaine’s Friday evening for SCA people who may 
be coming in to  set up equipment, pavilions, etc. Please give a headcount of 
people that will be  coming to the cookout when you speak to Lady Ursala. 
Camping is also available  at Elaine’s.  Primitive camping is free and camping 
with a hook up to  water/electric is $5.00 per night per site (no limit on 
people per site). There  is a full bathroom in the tack room of the barn with a 
shower that has hot water  that  everyone is welcome to use. Elaine’s farm is a 
wet site.     After the  Faire is over, anyone who is interested in eating  
supper before heading home is welcome to join us all at a local restaurant  
(location to be announced later by Elaine). There are a couple of hotels in  Union: 
        
Days Inn    864-427-0308 
Best Value Inn and Suites   864- 427-5060 

Address of Union County Fairgrounds: 120 Kirby St., Union, SC
 
 Directions from Charlotte, NC
 
 From I-85 in Charlotte, take I-77  south about 12 miles, then  take the 
CAROWINDS BLVD exit to cut over to Hwy 49   NOTE  (((YOU  WILL SEE AN EXIT for  
Hwy 49 BEFORE YOU GET TO  THE CAROWINDS EXIT. DO  NOT TAKE IT, EVEN THOUGH  Hwy 
49 IS WHERE YOU ULTIMATELY WANT TO BE. BY  GOING  DOWN FURTHER AND TAKING 
CAROWINDS OVER TO IT, YOU CUT OFF A LOT OF  CONGESTED TRAVEL.)))  Take Carowinds 
West to a major intersection with  traffic light where you will turn left onto 
Tryon Blvd (or street). That is also  Hwy 49. This will become a back-country 
rural road and will take you thru a few  small towns - York, Sharon, Lockhart 
and on into Union. In Union, carefully  follow the Hwy#49 signs thru town to 
the intersection with Hwy#176 (4-lane).  Turn right, watch for Fairgrounds on 
right. At next intersection traffic light,  turn right onto Old Buffalo Road 
Entrance to Fairgrounds is second right. 
 
Physical Address for stabling: 
 Elaine Hobbs, 167 Austin Rd  ,Union,SC  (864-426-3638)  
                                        
Directions to Farm from Columbia:

Take I-26  west from Columbia. When you get to the west side of Newberry,   
take  the Union/Whitmire exit toward Union (Right at top of ramp). Go about 30 
miles.  It becomes Hwy 176 after you have been on it about 7 miles. GO THE 
SPEED LIMIT  IN WHITMIRE, NOT ONE MPH OVER!  TO COME DIRECTLY TO OUR FARM: As you 
 approach Union, you will see a big church on the left with a lighted type 
sign  on its lawn, and just past that, the highway makes a big sweeping turn to 
the  left. See TWO, WHITE, 1-story houses on the right, PREPARE TO TURN RIGHT, 
 between those houses onto "Hawkins Road". Go about 1.5 mile, see "Austin 
Road"  to the right, turn and go up the hill. We own the field on the left with 
the  mesh fence, and the house is a 2 story brick at the top of the hill. 
You'll see  the 
barn on the left before you get to the house - there is a wide grassy  area 
across from the barn where trailers can pull. Leave tack in the trailers  and 
take feed and hay down all at once or as you need it. Leave the trailers in  
the wide place across from the barn, or park them in our extra yard between our  
house and the neighbor.

TO GO DIRECTLY TO  FAIRGROUNDS: 
 
 Ignore above and stay on #176. At the traffic light make a left turn,  which 
will keep you on 176. Follow it for about 2 miles. See McDonalds and  Walmart 
on left, watch for stadium and 
Fairgrounds on right. At traffic  light, turn right on Old Buffalo Road. 
Second right is entrance to  Fairgrounds.

Elaine’s numbers:  home 864-429-0816, cell  864-426-3638 in case you get lost.
 
 
 
 




EIRIKR INN DANSKI
Deputy  Seneschal
CANTON OF RITTERWALD
BARONY OF NOTTINGHILL  COILL
KINGDOM OF ATLANTIA