[MR] Stierbach's 10th Birthday!

Wed Jun 11 04:28:16 PDT 2008

June 27-29, 2008 -- Stierbach's Baronial Birthday

Barony of Stierbach - Prince William County Fairgrounds, VA 

Come One and All to celebrate Stierbach's Tenth Baronial Anniversary!
Like the finest of Atlantia's wines, each year brings exciting new
flavors to experience cultivated in the terroir of tradition and past
experience. Share with us the marking of a new year and vintage of
Stierbach in our Society.

Please check the website often for updates, schedules, and additions!

http://stierbach.org/events/birthday2008.html

Site: Prince William County Fairgrounds, 10624 Dumfries Road, Manassas,
VA 20112. 

Site opens Friday, June 27th at 4pm and we need to be offsite by noon on
Sunday. 

This is the same site as our Holiday Faire. Please note that the site is
DRY

Baronial Champions Selection: Their Excellencies Flaithri and Rhonwen
will choose Their Baronial Champions from the populace of Stierbach
based on activities held throughout the weekend. The current Champions
will each hold a challenge of their own to help showcase the skills of
our populace, in effort to aid Our Excellencies in their decisions.

Friday night:  At 8pm all will witness the premier of our very own
Commedia dell' Arte troupe: i Torri! Please be forewarned that this show
is rated PG-13 by Her Excellency due to innuendos, parental guidance is
required.

Champion's Challenges:   The current champions have put together
tournaments to help Their excellencies in choosing a champion.  Each one
will test the mettle of the populace and show the strengths of
Stierbach.  

Martial Activities:  In addition to the Champion's Challenges, there
will be Rapier and Marshal scenarios in an open field that are subject
to our Marshal in Charges' whims. For archery, we are having a Mors
shoot with new technology added just for Birthday! For those of the
thrown pursuasion, our Thrown Marshall is working on an exciting
challenge for members of the barony and visitors alike to enjoy. Should
you have any questions, please contact our Marshal in Charge: Lord
Alexandre de Tourouvre at knight-marshal at stierbach.org. 

Arts and Sciences: The A&S champion is challengeing all talented gentles
to show us their interpretation of the theme "The Red, White and Bull":
The best use of the Barony's colors and/or heraldic animal.   There will
be a Youth and Adult division, with prizes for each.  There are many
ways to honor the Barony, your entry could take the form of a delicious
treat, a piece of jewelry or clothing, an accessory or a piece of armor
perhaps.  In addition to the competion, we will set aside space for
display of projects. Any item is welcomed, but consider this theme: "X
marks the Barony". This would be explained as "Your best interpretation
of the number 10 (or X) in your work, as well as what you might have
been able to accomplish or learn in 10 days, weeks, months or even
years"

Classes:  We will be offering classes at Stierbach U.  Currently we have
classes on Historical Martial Arts, medicine, heraldry, scribal, and
rosaries.  If you are interested in teaching or learning please contact
Baroness Graindhe ni Ruidh for more information at
hughescecelia at yahoo.com

Feast:  A feast for 70 gentles will be prepared by Lady Grace Whytteng
and the Stierbach Cooks Guild. Please contact Lady Grace (Kristi Kelly)
with any allergy concerns at KristiWhyKelly at aol.com. As of June 10th
Feast is 1/3 sold out.

Reservations:  Send reservations to our Exchequer, Mistress Ceridwen
ferch Rhys ap Michael (Lisa Mitchell) at 13813 Rainer Court, Woodbridge,
VA 22193. For questions please call at (703) 583-0981, or email at
exchequer at stierbach.org. Make checks payable to SCA Inc.-Barony of
Stierbach (please notice that it is flipped). Advance reservations
requested. 

(Site Fee / Camping Fee) 

Adult (non-member) 

$9 / $5 

Adult member 

$6 / $5 

Youth (5-17) 

$3 / $5 

Infant (0-4) 

$0 / $0 

There are 70 feast seats available at $7 per seat. 

Autocrat: Lady Adrianna du Chesne (Pati Dunn). I prefer email:
neopkwaii28 at gmail.com, but may be reached by phone at (540) 604-9984,
please leave a message! 

>From Points South:

Take your best route to I-95 North 

Exit at 152B for 234N towards Manassas 

Follow 234 North for 14.1 miles 

Turn right at Dumfries Road/VA 234-BR 

>From Points North:

Take your best route to I-95 South 

Exit at 158B to merge onto Prince William Parkway/VA-3000W towards
Manassas 

After 4.6 miles, turn left to stay on Prince William Parkway 

After 8.6 miles, turn left (again) to stay on Prince William Parkway 

After 2 miles, turn right at VA 234N 

Take another right at Dumfries Road 

>From Points West (I-81 corridor):

Take your best route to I-66 

Exit at 44 for Rt. 234 Bypass South 

After 8.2 miles, turn left at Dumfries Road 

After 0.8 miles, the Fairgrounds will be on your left 

The Fairgrounds is behind the Armory.