[MR] Just two weeks to Steppingstone!

[Angela Faye Yau]

Easter is past and tourney season heats up with the weather, just two weeks to 
one of the first fighting and arts events of the Spring!  

The event flier is below but I have a few reminders to point out:  If you need 
demo space and tables or chairs please let me know as soon as possible.  If you 
plan to arrive before 5pm on Friday I need to know to make arrangements for you. 
Please note that you can leave modern tents set up, just not in the demo area.  
I have ammended the wording in the announcement to make this more clear.  Since 
spring has graced us early this year we are hoping for another beautiful weekend 
with record turnout as we had last year.  Saturday will feature the Baronial 
Championship tourneys for Heavy Weapons and Equestrian, Sunday will feature 
Rapier and Archery demos.  Our archery marshal needs more marshals to volunteer 
to help kids try shooting on Sunday afternoon between 1-4pm so if you are coming 
and are a marshal and can help, please let me know.  We want the kids to be able 
to try shooting, this has been a wildly popular demo feature the last few 
years!  If you are a bard, the public and your fellow scadians enjoy 
entertainment throughout the day and especially around the campfire, Friday is 
quiet and Saturday is raucus but much fun will be had by all!
Thank you all for your help with the demo and for coming out to enjoy a 
beautiful relaxed event,
Lady Faye de Trees,
Autocrat
feataure at gmail.com
352-281-8216


Venture to the top of the Chesapeake Bay and join the Barony of Bright Hills for 
a Demo…
 
The Historic Steppingstone Farm Museum Medieval Days
 
Friday through Sunday, May 13th-15th, 2011
Steppingstone Farm Museum in Susquehanna State Park
461 Quaker Bottom Road, Havre De Grace, MD 21078
www.steppingstonemuseum.org
http://www.brighthills.net/events/local.htm
 
Demo for the public runs Noon-5pm each day, site opens 5pm Friday evening for 
set up and closes 8pm Sunday night.
Demonstrators are free,  $5 admission will be charged to the public during the 
demo hours so please arrive early to be set up before 11am either day.
Mundane Food Vendors will be present during the museum’s event and we will host 
a potluck feast on Saturday evening followed by Bardic around the fire.
 
Steppingstone Museum is a nonprofit educational facility in Harford County and 
they are hosting their Medieval Days event on May 14th and 15th.
We are running a demo for this event to add to the educational history component 
and share our talents and information about the Middle Ages with the public.  We 
will have a large area to work with included tenting space, pavilions, and 
fields.  Please join us to share your talents with the public!
 
Fighting and Armoring- Heavy and Rapier
SCA Equestrian activities
Target Archery and Siege Weapons
Medieval and Renaissance Dance
Arts and Sciences Displays and Demonstration
Bardic Arts- Performer’s Revel
Children’s Crafts and Games
 
You can set up Friday night or Saturday morning and camp over both nights at 
Steppingstone with a period encampment or modern tents (if they are removed from 
the period encampment before the demo starts or are left set up in the modern 
area). Please join us for a lovely camping evening Friday or come on Saturday 
morning.  This is a beautiful site and they are trying to preserve many of the 
traditional handicrafts that derived directly from those that we practice in the 
SCA.  

We are set up as an official demo to accommodate authorizations and fighting 
again this year, we will also be selecting Bright Hills Baronial Champions for 
Equestrian and Heavy Weapons on Saturday.  Bring your best kit to impress our 
new Baron and Baroness as you fight in the tourney for heavy weapons and ride to 
glory as Bright Hills Champion.  Please note that to participate in Equestrian 
you must contact Lady Nem, our equestrian marshal and current baronial champion 
at least a week before the event.
 
Arts and Sciences Demonstrations and Displays are most welcome- the public loves 
seeing what we do and we all like to share our great work on ongoing projects 
and learn something new!
 
MIC Lady Rebecca von Zweckel beckykepple at yahoo.com, 
MOL Lord Hunter Alexander hunterfsca at yahoo.com, Contact for Equestrian 
activities Lady Nem inghean Dochartaighnrf642002 at yahoo.com
 
Steppingstone is in the Susquehanna State Park so all Maryland State Parks rules 
are in effect for camping overnight.  Pets are welcome if cleaned up after, 
discreetly wet during non-event hours, no smoking on site.
 
For more information or to guarantee space for your demonstration with tables 
and chairs, contact the autocrat: Lady Faye de Trees (mka Angela Yau) at 
feataure at gmail.com or 410-838-9694 or 352-281-8216.
Vendor fee is $25 per day if you are selling only, no fee if you demonstrate 
your craft and sell some items you make on the side.
 
Directions:
Take your best route to I-95 North of Baltimore or South of Philadelphia
to Havre de Grace, exit 89 onto MD-155 West. Make a right onto N. Earlton Rd., 
merge onto Webster-Lapidium Rd., then stay left on Quaker Bottom Road to the 
entrance to Steppingstone Museum.  There are brown park signs directing you to 
Susquehanna State Park from I-95 and then to Steppingstone Museum from MD-155.If 
you arrive early and the gate is closed, you may enter on the left (outgoing) 
side to come in for setup. (6 minutes off of I-95)