[Moo] [Watchtower] Dog Mart Update

[Barbara Miller]

Greetings all,
So, how many are planning on coming to the Dog Mart on Saturday, Oct 2?   

Men in Elizabethan garb are needed to help with the opening ceremonies (a 
trading with the Potomak Indians... skins for hunting dogs). If you need 
Elizabethan garb for the morning, let me know, and I will see what we can find 
for you.

For the rest of the day, we will be emphasizing dogs in the Middle Ages... big 
dogs, small dogs, poppetts, hunting dogs from any culture we explore!....  and 
we will need people. There are many dog related things  from the middle ages 
that we can do and teach. 

Did your persona perhaps have dogs? What did they do?  I would like to have 1-2 
board displays of dogs in Medieval culture. We know of Gaston Phoebus's book of 
the Hunt, where he discusses hunting methods, including breeds of hunting dogs, 
care and training of hunting dogs, and hunting with the dogs after various game. 
There is also an English book: "The Master of Game" by Edward of Norwich. Edward 
was in prison while he wrote much of his book, and it copies much of a French 
treatise on hunting, but he also added his own chapters on how he and the 
English do things. It includes hunting dogs, training them, and making and 
keeping a clean healthy kennels.

If we have fewer people during the day, I figure we will shrink the display and 
activities. I will have coloring sheets for the kids (drawn based on dogs 
depicted in period), and a display of hunters (in Burgundian times, based on the 
hunt tapestries), and whatever other information I have...

Let me know if you are coming, and send me any information of dogs in your time 
era...
--Blitha



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From: Laurie Clarkston <garadh at verizon.net>
To: "Watchtower at sudentorre.atlantia.sca.org" 
<Watchtower at sudentorre.atlantia.sca.org>
Sent: Mon, September 13, 2010 4:05:39 PM
Subject: [Watchtower] Dog Mart Update


The Dog Mart that is scheduled for Saturday, October 2, 2010 will take place in 
downtown Fredericksburg, VA.  It is scheduled to start around 9:30 am and goes 
to 3:30 pm.
 
We are going to be placed on the corner of Sophia and George Streets; right next 
to Shiloh Baptist Church, Old Site.  If you are still not sure of the location, 
Shiloh Baptist Church is located at the end of the public parking lot before 
crossing over the bridge going into Stafford County.  Sophia Street will be 
closed to traffic from Shiloh Baptist Church to the new parking garage several 
blocks away.
 
We need to be there very early for parking spots as it is expected the parking 
will fill up before 7:30 am. 

 
There will be a "Dog Parade" starting from the Old Maury High School on George 
Street around 9 am.  They will parade down to the waterfront where we will be 
and end just about a block away from where we are setting up.
 
The opening cermonies will take place at Noon.  The men need to be in Late 
Period Garb (women did not take part in the annual trading of furs/dogs at these 
gatherins) to take place in the cermony of the trading of furs for hunting dogs 
with the Indian Tribe.
 
There is a website:  www.FredericksburgsGoneToTheDogs.comto see more information 
on the activities, etc.
 
We are setting up the 10 x 20 carport and it is to be decorated with various 
information on dogs thru history.  We need several people to come up with some 
interesting facts about various dog breeds. 

 
Everyone who would like to help out, we are asking you to do a little research 
on what dog(s) would have been part of your persona.  Give some details and 
general information.  We will make formboard cutouts of these dogs and we can 
share info with our visitors.  The plan is to have you talk to people about 
"your" dog from "Your" timeperiod at this event.
 
Plans are also to set up the photo canvas of the Prince Edward and Princess 
Elizabeth when they were children.  Children can stick their heads thru the 
canvas and have their picture taken for a $1 donation.  All donations will be 
given to the organizers of event for their fundraiser at the end of the day.
 
I will be at the Canton Business Meeting tomorrow night where we can discuss 
this in more details.
 
Cairistiona
garadh at verizon.net


      
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