[Moo] Fw: Wakefield High School Medeival Faire

[TheWolfhou at aol.com]

Greetings all, 
What day is this demo at Wakefield? It is in May? I understand the set up  
about 1pm and be ready for the kids by 2pm, and feast from about 4:30 to  6pm. 
The Plains in up Rt 17 where it crosses north of I 66? I am available  on 
tuesday or thursday. Please resend all the dates, times, and directions to  
Wakefield School!
 
Last year when I went to the demo, I found the youth very excited and eager  
to learn new things. They are in a wide range of ages. They particularly liked 
 hands on doing and touching. I believe Baron Colum and Lord Ragnar entranced 
 many with "real live weapons". And they really liked the fighting demo. We 
had  to coach them into cheering on the fighters, but then they got the hang of 
it.  And they liked playing board games. The dinner following was a potluck 
sort put  together by the parents attempting medeival foods (cheeses, breads, 
beef,  chicken, nuts, fruits, and such...) the students preformed plays, songs, 
and  poems during feast as part of thier medival studies unit. Displayed 
around the  gym room were models and other projects they had made. They had a 
"king" and  "queen" and jesters that lent to their atmosphere. And they were 
mostly dressed  in attempts of medieval style. Even some parents were too. I really 
enjoyed  talking to the kids about what they had done and learned (OK, some 
was a bit  off, but they were excited about it! My theory is that if they are 
excited, and  stay excited about history and learning in general, they will 
learn more of the  rest of the story in the future). They liked our "fancy 
clothes". 
 
If any are able to help with this demo, I encourage it! It is one similar  to 
this that introduced my daughter to the SCA and the love of doing history,  
and it was her excitement when she found a school medival club and the SCA that 
 got me and my family into the SCA and active. Here is the opportunities to  
share, and possibly even sow some seeds of excitement for the future!
 
I have a box of 3- 9- and 12-man morris games. I spread a rug, and  
challenged the kids to play a medival game. 3-man morris is so similar to  tic-tac-toe 
that it is easy to learn, and then progress to the other 2 morris  games. 
There is also alquerke, checkers, and fox and hounds gameboards in the  box. If I 
am not able to come, but someone else in wishful of playing games with  the 
kids, they are welcome to use my gameboards. Let me know so we can arrange  the 
box to travel to you... 
 
If the demo is tues or thurs, I hope to come,
YIS 
Blitha of Wolfhou
 
In a message dated 4/11/2008 11:32:35 AM Eastern Daylight Time,  
MCC21998 at verizon.net writes:

Greetings,
I have the following response from Mr.  Clubb.
So once again if you are at all able to participate,  please let me know. I 
have heard that this was a very fun event last year and  promises to be so 
again.
 
Thank you again,
 
-Sofia
 

Dear  Sofia,

Thank you for your  email. The faire will begin around 2pm and will last 
until 5:45pm. It would be  good if you could be ready to “entertain” our students 
from about 2:15pm for an  hour or so. Would that be feasible? We can always 
do other things with them  first and let you begin later if you prefer. Our 
medieval feast will begin  around about 4:30 or so, although we have yet to draw 
up an schedule. All who  participate from SCA are most welcome to join our  
feast. 

I’m looking forward to  meeting you all again this year. We had such fun last 
year. Hopefully the  weather will cooperate.
 
Yours  Sincerely,
Andrew 

 



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