[Moo] [Watchtower] Atlantian 30th Celebration - Information

Mon May 17 10:17:47 PDT 2010

I would also like to let everyone know that this site is accustomed to,
and holds regularly, large scale events.  This is the site for the
Orange County Fair (up to 5000 people a day visit the fair during the
summer), the fiber festival every October, the Montpelier Wine Festival
every May, it has had sheep dog trials and kennel club's on the site, as
well as several other festivals over the years.  

While it is not a "perfect" in every way site, the few problems that are
apparent are easily overcome...and we will still be under the budget for
the previous site.

Here are some websites if you want to see what other people have done
with the same site:

http://www.fallfiberfestival.org/

http://www.montpelierwinefestival.com/

http://www.orangecountyvafair.com/

Rhonwen 

From: watchtower-bounces at seahorse.atlantia.sca.org
[mailto:watchtower-bounces at seahorse.atlantia.sca.org] On Behalf Of
SiegfriedMcClure at aol.com
Sent: Sunday, May 16, 2010 10:08 PM
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Subject: [Watchtower] Atlantian 30th Celebration - Information

Greetings to the Barony and her Cantons!

I wanted to send out a local message to you regarding recent activities
concerning Stierbach's event for 2011.

In case you haven't heard, Stierbach won the bid to host Atlantia's 30th
birthday celebration.  The date is set for Labor Day, September 2-5
2011.  Our initial site was to be the Virginia State Fairgrounds, just
north of King's Dominion.  For various reasons, this site appears to no
longer be viable.  This past Friday, I had a site walk-through at "James
Madison's Montpelier" with my wife and Their Excellencies.  The visit
went well, and this seems to be a wonderful alternate location.  I am
expecting a contract to be sent to me before the next Barony meeting.

The point of this message is to lay out the potential changes to the
event, and give you an opportunity to comment.  Any constructive
comments are welcome on the lists.  Any destructive or inappropriate
comments can be sent to me directly, I'm willing to entertain any
suggestions.

Cons - 

Primitive Site

No hall

Limited water

Limited electricity

Port-a-Potty rental required

Large tent rental required

Pros - 

Discretely Wet

Equestrian allowed

Pets allowed

Pretty

Inexpensive ($1,500 for the weekend)

No required vendors or buyouts

A link to the site is here:

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=montpelier+s
tation,+va&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=51.355924,78.662109&ie=UTF8&hq=&h
near=Montpelier+Station,+Orange,+Virginia&ll=38.231447,-78.174634&spn=0.
006279,0.009602&t=h&z=17

As far as I'm concerned, the pros well out number the cons.  Even after
adding in the required rentals, the overall cost for the site should be
less than before.

Please note that the site change has not been formally approved by
anyone, as of yet.  Your comments may have a significant impact on that
approval process.

In service,

Siegfried McClure

Autocrat for Atlantia's 30th Anniversary Celebration

m.k.a. James Ernst

SiegfriedMcClure at aol.com
540-720-5518 (H)
571-217-4666 (C)

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