[MR] Holiday Faire is Coming

[Laurie Clarkston]

Saturday, November 17, 2007
The wars are over for now and it has been a profitable season for all. The fighters are returning home after hard fought battles and they are returning with their bounty. The farmers have finished harvesting their summer crops and are taking a well-earned rest. 

Now is the time to come together and celebrate with festivities and shopping. Merchants have replenished their inventories and are gathering in Stierbach for the festivities. Come spend the day shopping, visit with old and new friends, watch the martial activities, pick up those treasured Twelfth Night presents that can only be found here at Holiday Faire, enter into the Arts and Sciences competition and don't forget to place a bid or two at the silent auction! 

We are growing!  We are in two buildings again this year.  One building will be filled with merchants who have brought fine goods and materials from all over the Known World.  The other building will contain the Arts and Science competitions, a silent auction, lunch and will be filled with friends who have traveled far and wide just to shop and visit.  Martial activities - Armored Combat, Rapier Fighting and Target Archery will be ongoing throughout the day.  Plenty to do in between shopping and more shopping. 

Don't forget to check out the list of merchants who will be at Holiday Faire.  New names added daily!  WWW.Stiebach.org.  Click on Holiday Faire and list of merchants!  LOTS of NEW MERCHANTS as well as your favorites.
Martial Activities
There will be heavy and rapier fighting indoors and outdoor target archery for non-shoppers to fill their time while others shop. 


Cost
Adult - Members $8 per person 
Adult - Non-Members $11
Children - (6-17) $3 
Children 5 and under - guests of the Barony 


Merchant Spaces 
All merchants please contact the Merchant Coordinator for a special registration form, Baroness Cairistiona de Coveran (garadh at verizon.net).  

Links to futher information (requires Acrobat Reader):
Merchant Info
Merchant Signup Form . 

Autocrat
Lady Karin Taylor de Cameron (Heidi Karin Bohm), 43412 Sperrin Ct, Ashburn, VA 20147, (703) 999-2758, email: greenaura2black at yahoo.com 


Site
Prince William County Fairgrounds, 10624 Dumfries Rd, Manassas, VA 20112. Site Restrictions: No alcohol. Site opened at 10 am. Merchants allowed in at 8 am to set-up. Site closes 6:30 pm. 


Directions to the Site
>From the I-66: Take the Rt. 234 exit (exit number 44). Turn left onto Dumfries Rd (Business 234), about the 5th red light. Go north about one mile and, immediately after the National Guard Armory, turn left onto American Legion Drive into the fairgrounds. 

>From the I-95, south of the Washington, DC beltway: Take RT 234 North towards Manassas (exit number 152B). Follow Route 234 for about fourteen miles and turn right at the light onto Dumfries Rd (Business 234). Go north about one mile and, immediately after the National Guard Armory, turn left onto American Legion Drive and into the fairgrounds. 

MapQuest map: MapQuest has a good aerial view of the site in their mapping software. Google's aerial view is obscured by a cloud. Click here to view the map and then click the Aerial Image button in the upper right corner.

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