[Cynnabar] Celtic Festival - July 14 - Save the Date!

Charles Cohen charlesmidair at gmail.com
Mon Jun 18 19:21:58 UTC 2012


I plan on attending. Do note (everyone) that this is the same day as Simple
Day, and I know Cynnabar fighters sometimes plan to go to that.

I will bring my armored fighting gear and will gladly help demo that. I can
also bring my rapier equipment, but know from past experience that demoing
both is grueling. Alternating be armored and rapier combatants works out
well for both. I'm also happy to dance and teach juggling.

I'm happy to emcee. However, His Highness Dag has done this in the recent
past and does an excellent job. If He is up for it, He should do it.

One thing that would be a big help is to have some sort of board or sign
that clearly shows when demos/shows will be occurring. This was brought up
last year, but I don't think anything was done.

- Midair

On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 3:11 PM, Jennifer Genoveva <
jenniferlynangel at gmail.com> wrote:

> Greetings unto the fair barony of Cynnabar!
>
> Our annual appearance at the Saline Celtic Festival is coming up in less
> than a month and I'm hoping to see many of you there, demonstrating the
> amazing things we do in our Society! Folks attending the festival are
> always very enthusiastic about our demos, and we always have a good time!
> Please take a moment now to mark the date in your calendars:
>
> *Saturday, July 14 is the Celtic Festival!*
>
> Right now I'd really like to get an idea of who plans to attend and what
> they are interested in demonstrating. I'm going to make an attempt at
> organizing our demonstration attempts so we an avoid having 7 weavers like
> we did last year -- many of us are multi-talented and I'm sure we can
> present a well-rounded showing with a little pre-planning. If you're just
> not sure what you'd like to demonstrate, or would like some guidance, we'd
> love to have folks showing things like:
>
> - Food Then vs. Now (i.e., look at the difference between a store-bought
> baby carrot and a big, long carrot with it's greens still on and maybe even
> a bit dirty from the ground!)
> - Armor - folks love to look and touch real armor, be it plate, mail, or
> leather
> - Costuming - While we're all wearing our garb, I'd still love to see
> someone bring more examples that a person could touch and feel, and perhaps
> illustrations of various time periods
> - Archery - Bring the accoutrements so folks can see and touch it, maybe
> see how it feels to pull back a bow string
> - Illumination - Love to see some scribes at work!
> - Weaving - Definitely want to see this, many people stopped to talk with
> us about it last year
> - Games and Toys - Always popular
>
> These are just a few ideas, and there are many, many more things I just
> don't have room to mention. Last year I also saw wool carding, bobbin lace,
> Viking handicrafts, and more!
>
> So if you plan to come for the day on July 14, or think you might be able
> to and just aren't sure yet, please drop me a line and let me know what
> you'd like to demonstrate. I will draw up a list and post it later to our
> mailing list.
>
> In the meantime, check out and share our page on the Saline Celtic
> Festival at http://cynnabar.org/saline-celtic-festival
>
> For those of you unfamiliar with this great event, here's an article on
> last year's festival, complete with photos of Cynnabarbarians:
> http://www.annarbor.com/news/celtic-culture-and-entertainment-draw-crowds-to-saline-festival/
>
> Thank you so much!
>
> Genoveva
> Cynnabar Chatelaine
>
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