<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:14pt"><div>Greetings all!</div><div><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 19px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">This saturday is the Dog Mart at the Izaak Walton League in Spotsylvania, on 12400 Herndon Rd. (where we have our Defending the Gate Event). </div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 19px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 19px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">Gates officially open at 9am. We want to be all set up before then, so come about 8am. We have a tent to raise, and the list fences to put up. The do charge $5
per car, but in past years, if we were there before the event started, we have gotten in free, so there is another incentive to get there early. The Event runs until 4pm. (If it should rain torrents, the rain date in Sept 30th... but the weather so far looks lovely!)</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 19px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 19px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">The "opening ceremony and re-enactment" will be from 11:30 to 12 noon. In years past, we have re-enacted the trading of English hunting hounds for furs, between the early American Colonists and the Native Americans, and have used beagles from the SPCA. This was first begun somewhere about 1699, and has continued since in various forms... This year, the Izaak
Walton League president, Greg Raines, reports that he is having a hard time contacting any of the local Indian tribes and getting them to come. He thinks he has 1 Indian... so, if you wish to dress up like an Indian, here is your opportunity! Come dressed as an Indian! Or, later period garb is acceptable, or whatever culture/age you would like to wear, come! We may have to scale back the re-enactment so the male settlers don't overshadow the few indians, and we can say more about folks can get their dogs from the SPCA... but we can work out details saturday morning when we see what we have... Let me know if you have ideas. The Free Lance Star will be on site taking pictures.</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 19px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 19px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;
background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">The Manahoac Archers will be at one of the berms, working with the youth doing archery and BBs and Air Rifles. We have been given blessings to set up a safe range and do demonstrations of period archery, cross bows, and atlatl! We also can set up a list field and do demonstrations of rapier and heavy! </div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 19px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 19px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">We will be using my tent to have a display on Dogs during the Medieval times. We can have a table of weaponry also if you bring it. I do only have 2 tables, so if you have space for another table, please bring it. We have coloring sheets of medieval dogs from manuscripts
and an Aesops fable for the kids to color with crayons.</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 19px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 19px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">I don't have a good list of who is coming, so how much we do is dependent on who comes and what ya'll wish to do...</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 19px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 19px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">See everyone this Saturday!</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 19px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new
york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">-Blitha</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 19px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 19px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">PS-- The Izaak Walton League is selling lunch (hotdogs & burgers and such) as a fundraiser for their group. So if you don't wish to bring your own food, there will be food available on site for purchase.</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 19px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 19px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style:
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