[MR] For a "HOWL"ing good time...

[Beverly Robinson-Curry]

We're gonna have LOADS of fun, so y'all come!


The Son of the Hawkwood Howl
October 23-25, 2009
Barony of Hawkwood (Western N.C.)

Just when you think it's safe to go into the woods, an old feeling stirs the
hairs on the back of your neck.  As the father did before, so now does the
son stir a chill in the mountains.  The old-timers say that the Son of the
Hawkwood Howl is coming to avenge his father's defeat!  Please join the
denizens of the Barony of Hawkwood for a weekend full of fun and fright.
You never know what might happen when the Son of the Hawkwood Howl comes to
take his revenge!

And for those young of heart, but a little more stout, good old Haunted
House games, including the Hawkwood favorites, full-contact musical chairs
and marshalled tug o'war! 

Fighting: LOTS and LOTS O'FIGHTIN'!!!!

FIRST!  We'll have a 5-round Bedford (Magic) Points Tourney!  

THEN!  There will be a ZOMBIE TOURNEY!!!!  What's a Zombie Tourney, you
ask???  It's kinda a reverse warlord tourney, with a castle.  We divide the
fighters into 2 teams, usually by rank.  One team is the Zombies
(attackers); the other are the Townsfolk (defenders).  The rules are thus:

1.	Zombies cannot be killed except by three telling blows to the head.
However, all other incapacitating blows (legs, arms) are counted.
2.	Zombies can only fight with one arm with a one-handed weapon
3.	Zombies must mutter "brains..." at random intervals
4.	Townsfolk may use weapons of choice
5.	Townsfolk, if killed, must resurrect as a Zombie, using the
aforementioned Zombie conventions of combat.

Last man standing is the winner!  There will also be a prize for the best
death.

The list shall open at 10:00 am and the fighting will commence promptly at
12:00-high noon.  Both armored and rapier will run the same formats.

A&S categories: (1) Best use of feathers OR gourds; (2) Best torture
implement; (3) Best use of autumn in an edible product
	
Feast:  A hearty feast for 75 will be prepared by our ghoulish head cook,
Lady Allesandra Ruscello and her crew.  Please address any dietary concerns
to her at soulmonkey76 at yahoo.com  ALL persons occupying a chair at feast
(this includes children) MUST have a reservation!  

Friday Night Entertainment: As traditional, Hawkwood will hold its annual
Halloween Costume Party on Friday night!  Come as your favorite ghoul,
goblin or super hero!  Offers of assistance with decorations or refreshments
should be directed to our gleeful Party Directors, Mistress Deirdre Fletcher
(deirdref1 at aol.com) and Lord Julian Mandragora (julian_mandragora at yahoo.com)

  
Site:  The site is the Lutheridge Conference Center, 28 Spruce Drive, Arden,
N.C. 28704.  828-684-2361.  The site is wet.  No pets allowed.  Parking only
in designated areas.  Site opens Friday (Oct. 23) at 5:00 pm and closes
Sunday (Oct. 25) at 11:00 am.  There is plenty of tent camping space and
there are heated cabins for the first 25 pre-paid reservations to request
it.  Merchants are welcome, but must contact the autocrat.

							Ages 6-17
Adult
Cabin/Camping fee received by 10/17:	$7                      $14

Cabin/Camping fee received after 10/17:	$7				$16

Day-Trip						$6
$11

Feast                         		$8                     	$8


Children 5 and under are guests of the barony, but they MUST have a
reservation is occupying a seat during feast.  Feast is sold by SEAT, not
age! Non-member adults must add $3 to the above prices.   Overnight cabin
space is available for the first 25 guests to pre-reserve with payment.
Tenting space is available for all others.  All refund requests must be
received IN WRITING within 7 days of the end of the event.  Please remember
that the only true reservation is a PAID one!  Please include an email
address for confirmation.

Reservations: Make checks payable to SCA, Inc.-Barony of Hawkwood and mail
to Beverly Curry, PO Box 1648, Enka, NC 28728

Fiendish Autocrat: Mistress Rhiannon ui Neill (Beverly Curry) 828-230-9286.
brcurry at bellsouth.net
Check our website for more info!
http://hawkwood.atlantia.sca.org/events.html

Directions:  find your best route to I-26, exit 40, Airport Rd. exit.
Coming from the north/west, turn left at the ramp onto Airport Road; Coming
from the south/east, turn right at ramp onto Airport Road.  Follow Airport
Road until it junctions with Hendersonville Road.  Turn right onto
Hendersonville Road.  The entry to Lutheridge is less than a quarter mile on
the right on Hendersonville Road.  Signs will be posted (we hope!).
Mwhahahahaaa!