[Moo] Massaponax HS Demo in Spotsylvania, VA on December 12

Tue Dec 8 07:47:32 PST 2009

Greetings all,

For the Massaponax HS Demo, Saturday, Dec 12:
Allen will be coming with archery and heavy fighting stuff for show and tell, and can fight heavy, and marshal heavy is you so desire.
I will be bringing my box of game boards, and sit and teach folks to play the morris games. I can also bring an embroidery project and examples of what I am doing.
Would you also like the Young Elizabeth and Young Edward banners to poke a head through and take you picture as Elizabeth or Edward?

What times are the Massaponax Demo? Wait, I found the email!... it is from 10am-4pm. We should probably be there earlier, like 9ish or 9:30ish? The High School is on the left as you go south on Rt 1, south of Massaponix/Fredericksburg (if going south on I 95, get off at Massaponax Exit onto Rt 1 going south). As before, I am guessing we will have the tables for display and activities, and rapier and/or heavy demo inside the tables during lunch break. 

There are many students, parents and younger siblings milling about early in the morning before the students begin thier game. While the students are playing, we have the attention of board parents. During lunch break, all eyes are riveted on a short heavy fighting and a rapier fighting demo. Then, the students game continues. As teams are beaten, the students see and learn what we have to show and tell about. If anyone has chainmail or armour that the kids can try on, that is popular. (our chain mail shirt is missing somewhere... if anyone has it, they can bring it to the demo for us...)

The students display some of their projects in the main activity room. I enjoy looking at them and reading some of thier projects. In the habit of the SCA, I have left tokens... so if anyone else wishes to do so too, you can come prepared.

See folks on Saturday!
--Blitha

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From: Shannon D. Combs-Bennett <sdcbennett at alumni.indiana.edu>
To: moo at lists.stierbach.org; hartsbane at yahoogroups.com; watchtower at sudentorre.atlantia.sca.org
Sent: Mon, November 30, 2009 7:02:17 AM
Subject: Re: [Watchtower] [Moo] [hartsbane] Request for Help at a demo in Spotsylvania, VA on Decem...

Well I will be there too…  J

I can bring a variety of A&S display items, my harp (that went over well last year), gear (rapier/combat archery), scrolls to work on…anything strike your fancy???  Actually, sitting and having a scroll spot where people can see me do one from beginning to (almost) end over the course of a day could be a very cool thing.

This has been so much fun in the past, and I can’t wait to do it again this year!

Baroness Rhonwen 

In a message dated 11/29/2009 12:45:57 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, klbennet at cs.indiana.edu writes:
I will be there with all my armor (heavy, rapier and C&T). 
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>Baron Flaithri
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>Sent: Sunday, November 29, 2009 12:39 PM
>To: atlantia at atlantia. sca.org; watchtower at sudentor re.atlantia. sca.org; moo at stierbach. org; hartsbane at yahoogrou ps.com
>Subject: [hartsbane] Request for Help at a demo in Spotsylvania, VA on December 12
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>Greetings to the Tavern!
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>On Saturday, December 12, Sudentorre will be putting on a demo at Massaponax High School in Spotsylvania, VA.  This will be in conjunction with students from Advanced English classes relating to their recent studies.  The students will be playing a large War-Hammer type game, and we are being asked to provide half-time entertainment in the way of a Fighter demo.
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>In addition, families of the students will be attending, and we generally have more quiet type displays and discussions throughout the day.
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>The day begins at 10:00 and ends around 4:00.
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>At the moment, we are a little short of fighters (Armored and Rapier).  I am in negotiations with the school over youth combat, archery and combat archery.  Any other demonstrations would be most welcome as well.
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>The benefits for you?  To quote the school:
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>I can promise you a large and attentive audience (approx 200 people)
>All the food you can eat (wings, subs, pizza, hot dogs, and more)
>and anything else you request.  
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>Please let me know if you are willing and able to help us out.
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>Thank you, and in service,
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>Siegfried McClure
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>Seneschal for the Canton of Sudentorre
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>m.k.a. James Ernst
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>SiegfriedMcClure@ aol.com
>540-720-5518

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