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<DIV>Greetings all, </DIV>
<DIV>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!</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>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". </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>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!</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>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... </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>If the demo is tues or thurs, I hope to come,</DIV>
<DIV>YIS </DIV>
<DIV>Blitha of Wolfhou</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>In a message dated 4/11/2008 11:32:35 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
MCC21998@verizon.net writes:</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Greetings,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>I have the following response from Mr.
Clubb.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>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.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Thank you again,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>-Sofia</FONT></DIV></FONT>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent"
face=Arial color=#000000 size=2><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2>Dear
Sofia,</FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV></SPAN><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000
size=2><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">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.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000
size=2><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
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<DIV><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000
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face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I’m looking forward to
meeting you all again this year. We had such fun last year. Hopefully the
weather will cooperate.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Yours
Sincerely,</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT
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face=Arial color=navy size=2>Andrew </SPAN></FONT></DIV></FONT>
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