[Moo] FW: Wakefield School Medieval Faire

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I will be able to come also. This is a really fun demo, the kids are excited, we set up under a tree with panoramic scenery... I can bring the gameboards again and spread out a rug and let the kids play board games. That has gone over rather well in the past. The kids (like most kids) like hands on stuff rather than just looking at things.


--Blitha


-----Original Message-----
From: Shannon D. Combs-Bennett <sdcbennett at alumni.indiana.edu>
To: General Mailing List for the Barony of Stierbach <moo at stierbach.org>; Sudentorre Watchtower <watchtower at atlantia.sca.org>; hartsbane at yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thu, 9 Apr 2009 6:39 am
Subject: [Moo] FW: Wakefield School Medieval Faire




Greetings!

 

We have once again been asked to Participate in the Wakefield School Medieval Faire; below is the email from Andrew Clubb, the coordinator for the demo with more details.  So you can judge distance, Wakefield is off of I-66 at exit 31.  The demo will be Thursday May 28th starting at 2pm, and feast will end at 6pm. You do not have to stay for feast, and if I remember correctly I was packed up by 4pm last year.  If you can come please let me know as I am coordinating activities on our end.

 

Actives we are in need of/confirmed:

Thus far I know Flaithri and I will be there, and will do a rapier demo.  

Andrew has specifically asked if we can have a heavy demo, because you know kids are blood thirsty.  

A&S display with a hands on component to draw the kids in
 and let them try it out.

Cheerful friendly people to answer questions and mingle with the kids.

 

Yours,

Baroness Rhonwen 

 




From: Andrew Clubb [mailto:aclubb at wakefieldschool.org] 
Sent: Wednesday, April 08, 2009 5:47 PM
To: Shannon D. Combs-Bennett
Subject: RE: Wakefield School Medieval Faire


 

Dear Shannon,

 

I trust that this email finds you well. Our Medieval Faire will begin at 2pm on Thursday, 28th May. It will run until 6pm. It will follow a timetable very similar to last year’s event. We will begin with an opening address by a dignitary of some sort (usually our headmaster). We will then send our 3rd grade and 6th grade students off on a scavenger hunt around the school. We will then have everyone gather in the side gardens where we were located last year. The upper level will have side stalls set up that will be run by 8th grade students. There will also probably be an egg and spoon race. 

 

Once the children have managed to run off a bit of energy, we’ll have them sit down and then you and your colleagues can begin your section of the afternoon. Two years ago, you managed to have a demonstration of weapons fighting as well as arts and crafts. Would it be possible for you to arrange for the weapons demonstration again? Also, the kind of program that you put together last year goes down very well. I anticipate that we would be ready for you to begin your portion of the event around about 2:45 pm to 3pm
..

 

At about 3:45pm to 4pm we will transfer inside to the lower gymnasium. In here the students will be fed a medieval feast by Wakefield parents. They will also be entertained in a performance of a play about the life of Joan of Arc. Then we will award prizes, clean up and then dismiss by 6pm.

 

You and your colleagues are very welcome to stay and partake of the feast if you are able.

 

Does the above sound reasonable to you?

 

Please let me know your thoughts on the feasibility of this plan. Once I have some input from you, I can begin to refine it some more.

 

Thank you for your willingness to come to Wakefield. The participation of you and your fellow SCA members contributes an important and enduring impression upon the minds of our young charges, as we endeavor to create for them, in one brief afternoon, some semblance of life in a medieval village.

 

Sincerely,

 

Andrew

 




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