[Moo] Fwd: Medieval Demo at Waterford Elementary School (Loudoun) in April 2005

[Laura Barrett]

 For anyone interested... Here it comes...... Please
contact Janine if you are able to assist! Thanks!
      
      Alienor
--- Janin Wise <janinwise at postmark.net> wrote:
> From: "Janin Wise" <janinwise at postmark.net>
> To: <atlantia at atlantia.sca.org>,
> 	"General Mailing List for the Barony of Stierbach"
> <moo at stierbach.org>
> Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2005 20:57:58 -0500
> CC: 
> Subject: [Moo] Fw: Medieval Demo at Waterford
> Elementary School (Loudoun) in
> 	April 2005
> 
> Hi all, wanted to get this cross posted so that we
> can get as many people involved as possible.  If
> you're interested in attending/ doing a demo for
> either February or April or would just like to help
> out, feel free to email me at janinwise at postmark.net
> or tzigainevirage at yahoo.com.  Feel free to cross
> post this to other SCA lists in the area if you
> think they might be interested!
> 
> Sincerely,
> 
> Janin Wise
> 
> From: Dianahuber at aol.com 
>     To: janinwise at postmark.net 
>     Sent: Monday, January 17, 2005 10:41 PM
>     Subject: Fwd: Medieval Demo at Waterford
> Elementary School (Loudoun) in April 2005
> 
> 
>     Hi Janin!
> 
>     Karen Larsdatter and James Ghent helped me plan
> for a last-minute Medieval Faire at our school in
> March 2004. The event was a great success--the kids
> loved it!  However, we did not plan far enough in
> advance to do a full demo...So I'm trying to plan
> ahead this time! For 2005, we would love to have SCA
> folks do a demo at our school in April...This event
> would be an SCA demo only, without the distraction
> of games like we had at the Medieval Faire last
> year:
> 
>     (1) DATE & TIME = Friday, April 22, 2005 from
> 2:30 to 4:00 or 4:30 is suggested.
>     NOTE: We are flexible on the date if that helps
> you in scheduling; however, we prefer an afternoon
> during the week (right after school lets out).
> 
>     (2) SIZE = 120-150 students
> 
>     (3) ACTIVITIES = 
>     This event is centered solely on SCA folks. We
> are hoping to get a dancing demo with some student
> participation and perhaps a fencing demo; however, I
> would need to get details on fencing to make sure
> that our principal will approve it. I know swords
> are not allowed.
>     NOTE: We are very flexible and most appreciative
> of any suggestions that you might offer and
> especially of any folks who would like to join us!
> We have 1-1/2 to 2 hours for the event. How long
> should we set aside for a dancing type of demo?
> Should we try to get some other hands-on demos and
> then rotate students through them?
> 
>     (4) MEDIEVAL FAIR: Finally, we still plan to
> have a separate event just as we did last year--this
> time on Wed., Feb. 23. This event includes a feast
> and entertaining the children with various
> activities, such as in-costume photos, archery
> (rubber-tipped), leatherworking, and various games.
> We rotate students through the activities. Last
> year, we were pleased to have Ragnar the Ribcracker,
> Siubhan inghean Alasdair, Baron Colum Maxwell, and
> Katherine (don't know her full name, but she did
> calligraphy/illumination) join us.  If anyone is
> interested in helping us with hands-on medieval
> crafts or an armor demo but does not have time in
> April, then we welcome them to join us in Feb!
> 
>     (5) Please advise us on an appropriate
> contribution for helping us with a demo.
> 
>     Would anyone like to help us with a demo in
> April? Just so you know, these events are planned as
> part of Waterford Elementary's reading incentive
> program. Children who meet their reading goals for 2
> months in a row are invited to attend these events.
> So far this year and last, these incentives are
> helping about 3/4 of our school meet their reading
> goals!
> 
>     Thanks for any help you can offer!
>     Diana Huber>
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