[MR] A&S at Midnight at the Oases Sept 19-21...

[Marybeth Lavrakas]

Hiya, looking forward to this event! Please help me out, though, by clarifying "Arab" and "Arab countries". This would leave out the Turks, Persians, Egyptians, and many others that happened to be Muslim cultures and I just want to make sure that's the intention.

Kateryn Rous

--- On Fri, 6/12/09, Beth Bonar <elspeth at nc.rr.com> wrote:

> From: Beth Bonar <elspeth at nc.rr.com>
> Subject: [MR] A&S at Midnight at the Oases Sept 19-21...
> To: "Rose Merry" <atlantia at atlantia.sca.org>, "Keep" <keep at windmastershill.org>, attilium at googlegroups.com, "Buckston List" <buckstonlist at buckston.atlantia.sca.org>, "Elvegast List" <elvegast at yahoogroups.com>, "n-feld" <n-feld at yahoogroups.com>
> Date: Friday, June 12, 2009, 9:36 AM
> Just wanted to give everyone a head
> start on the A&S for Nimenefeld's event Midnight at the
> Oasis Sept. 19-21. See our web page for all the details.
> http://nimenefeld.windmastershill.org/mato2009/index.htm
> 
> We will be having - 
> 1) Dress a Newcomer kit for under $30 (receipt must be
> included).  This is where you would make an outfit and
> all the accessories as well as any other items like feast
> gear or thing a new comer just gotta have for $30.  You
> can dress an actual new comer or just display what you have
> made. (the garb can be from any period.)
>  
> 2) Best-Dressed Arab - Make and show off your best Middle
> Eastern, Persian, Western Asian, etc. garb. There are many
> links on the Garb links page on our website at http://nimenefeld.windmastershill.org/mato2009/garblinks.htm
> to help you out with this.  Please sign in at the
> A&S Table if you would like to enter.  Pictures
> will be taken of each entry. 
> 
> 3) Create a Story, Song, Play, or Poem Contest - The Story,
> Song, Play or Poem will be created on site by using a list
> of words that you can obtain from the A&S table or at
> troll. You must use all of the words in the list to qualify.
> The list of words will of course have the theme of the
> event, Middle Eastern. You will then be performing it in
> front of a panel of judges. The winner of the competition,
> if able, will then get a chance to perform your piece at
> feast or the bardic. The winner will be announced at Court.
> 
> 4) Arab Artifacts - Artifacts that would have be used by
> people living in one of the Arab countries during our
> period. The item must be made with the contestant's hands.
> This can be, not limited to tassels, camel saddle, a dress,
> gloves, flower arrangements, sword, arrows, perfume, a piece
> of armor, etc. Documentation is not required but will be
> used during the judging. No food items please. The winner
> will be announced at Court.
> 
> On another note...
> Teacher wanted - We are looking for a few people that would
> like to teach or do a demonstration with a Middle Eastern
> theme at our event.  If you would like to please let me
> know.  Some suggested classes would be Henna, turban
> wrapping, belly dancing, garb show and tell, etc. 
> 
> So if you have any questions please feel free to contact
> me.  I hope to see lots of interesting entries at our
> event.  
> 
> Thanks
> Elspeth Macalpin
> elspeth at nc.rr.com
> 
>  
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