[MR] A&S for Sacred Stone's Baronial Birthday Along the Silk Road

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Come, come, whomever you  are,
Wanderer, idolater, worshipper of fire,
Come even though you have  broken your vows a thousand times,
Come, and come yet again.
Ours is not a  caravan of despair 
Rumi (Mawlana Jalal-ad-Din Muhammad Balkhi called Rumi, Persian Poet,  
1207-1273) 
The East and the West  have been discovering and rediscovering each other for 
centuries. Rome knew of  
strange peoples to the  East they called Seres, the Silk People, who created 
the ethereal fabric favored  by  
wealthy Roman women.  The Roman Senate tried to ban silk on moral and 
economic grounds. Gold poured  
from the Empire to  purchase silk from the middlemen-Parthians and Roman 
wives clad in the sheerest  fabric  
were rather on display  more then some husbands felt was strictly  necessary. 
Tigers, panthers and  horses, paper, spices and jewels, slaves, musical 
instruments and religions  traveled  
from one end of the  known world to the other in the name of commerce and 
changed history in  remarkable  
ways. Come explore some  of those ways with us as we celebrate Sacred Stone’s 
Baronial Birthday in  
opulent style. Aug  24-26 at the Elchenburg Castle details found at 
_http://croisbrigte.org/SSBB/index.html_ (http://croisbrigte.org/SSBB/index.html)  
Freiherrin Susanna von  Schweisguth has organized a marvelous A&S pavilion. 
There will be classes,  
details will be  announced. But the Displays are as follows . . .  
Displays
I.   Medieval Glass
II.    On The Silk Road
III.     Influence of the Silk Road
(Face-to-Face consultations at 11:00 and  2:00)

Period Pavilion Challenge (Edward Shirebrook)

Demos  (Asim)

Schedule
9:00 - A&S Registration Opens
10:00  -  Class I 
11:00 - Displays, Demo Begin
1:00 - Class II
2:00 – Period  Pavilion Challenge
4:00 – A&S Closes, Pick up Display items
 
Also,  new baronial champions will be chosen for A&S, Youth A&S, Brewing,  
Culinary Arts and Scribal Arts. Details for that will also follow.
 
Be  well and I look forward to seeing you all there . . . ~gise
 
 



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