[Cynnabar] Update on Sunday Demo

[Amelia Yunker via Barony]

Hello fair Barony,
I was not able to attend the meeting last night. I'm a librarian and like being informed, so I'm sending out a demo update. I apparently have ticked off the weather deities yet again, and they are predicting 80 degrees and thunderstorms for most of the afternoon Sunday. It's also highly unlikely we will have two indoor spaces for public use as originally planned due to paint touch-ups. HOWEVER, I have two plans in place depending on weather. If you want all the specifics you can skip to the bottom, otherwise, here's relevant information for everyone.

Finding us: Southwest corner of Eight Mile and Pontiac Trail. When typing it into Google Maps, you need the whole name with hyphen "Salem-South Lyon District Library". We are not the one on Milford Rd, that is Lyon Township.    
   - If coming from Ann Arbor, either take Pontiac Trail ALLLLLLL the way up, or take 23 north to 9 mile, stay on that for a few miles and then turn south/right onto Pontiac Trail.
   - Ypsi peeps, you can follow the path of the Ann Arborites or take Prospect to Plymouth. Turn right, and the next left is Curtis. Take Curtis until it dead ends into Six Mile. Left turn onto Six and right turn onto Pontiac Trail. This is all paved roads. I can't guarantee paved roads with other side streets.
   - If you're using 96 (from either Lansing or Roaring Wastes), it's probably easiest to get off at Milford Rd and go south. The first intersection is a five way star. Find Pontiac Trail (it's at your 2 o'clock) and take that first East and then South. Watch your speed when you get into downtown.
   - If you are using M-14, get off at Beck heading North, left turn onto Eight Mile (heading west), and a left/south turn onto Pontiac Trail.
Address: 9800 Pontiac Trail, South Lyon, MI 48178Phone of site: (248) 437-6431Hours: Demo advertised from 2-4 pm. Library is open from 1-5 pm. If you need more than an hour for set-up, please let me know. I will be there before noon if rain is predicted to begin moving furniture.After-hours: If interested, there is an Aubree's about a mile north of the library. Please let me know (preferably before the demo begins) and we can call ahead with an approximate number.
FIGHTERS! Ceara may be pulling some of you aside when not fighting to offer photos with the public. We do ask you remember to smile behind your masks and helmets when in photos :D
Thank you all for your offers of assistance. You really stepped up. I'm so proud to be part of this group and I'm hoping for a great event.YIS,
Alana Eleonora Aurora de Amelia
The Line-Up
Pardon the mix of medieval and mundane names, it was easier just to copy and paste from Facebook. If I missed you my apologies, it's a lot of emails to go through.


Armored Fighters: Midair, Malachy, Chris Smith, Dennis Higgins, Melissa Silsby (+1), Monarchs (if no horse)Ionis and Flynn will have a display of armored gear for trying on and picking up
Adi Peshkess and Kata Aragunnrsdottir are rapier reps
Zygmunt Nadratowski is game for rapier or armor as needed
Thomas J. Dowds is bringing rapier stuff, but is also bringing wooden lathe and spoon carvingsMonarch family -- HORSE! Outfitted with all it's garb. (Only if not raining)
A&S



Dancers/Musicians: Kasha and Elaine and Cassandra and Midair and Adi and Malachy (when not fighting), possibly Alex and others
Chris Nelson is bringing spices to sniff and discussing the spice trade
Yaacov is bringing archery stuff for a table, 
Dillon is demoing thrown weapons if weather holds out. Otherwise would you be okay with a table?
Angela Benton doing illuminations and scroll work make and takes
Caryn Finkelman and Marilyn Finkelman are doing wool combing
Thomas J. Dowds with the wooden lathe (if not needed for fighting)
Liz Calhoun doing coins
Aeffe doing nailbinding
Agnoletta is talking wine
Jena Jones doing fabric dying over a portable stove
Becky Larner Lyons doing chess carvings
Ani Bates is doing woad painting and henna
Medieval Period games will be available (please watch how you say that to the mundanes least they think we mean something else)

I believe we also have a few floaters including Michael Rice (please don't make me spell your name) and Ermenrich


NO RAIN PLAN!!!!If the thunderstorms hold off and marshals deem it safe, fighting will take place outside as planned. Dancing and music will be inside or outside as they desire, and arts and crafts will be in the front community room space. Much preferred for all involved.
RAIN PLAN!!!!If the thunderstorms don't hold off and/or the marshals deem it unsafe, fighting will take place in the front community room space. The ceilings are 9 feet high (I measured yesterday) but there are two ceiling mounted projectors in the middle of the room that I do ask you take care avoiding. We can set you up in the back half, store gear in our kitchenette, and have folks watch from the front half of the room. In this scenario we will probably have to take turns, with only one or two fights happening at a time similar to the Canton Library space constraints. The entire room is I think about 45 feet by 25 feet (haven't measured in a while)
Furniture would move, and the arts and crafts would set-up in our fireplace lounge area and/or the two larger study rooms. The fireplace area is right when you walk in (easy access and sight lines for patrons as they enter the building) however more involved crafts might want to use the study rooms that have larger tables but less of a sight line from the door and less space for the public to congregate. However, the rooms each have floor to ceiling windows into the room, so tables could line those walls for easy display. 

Dancing and music would also move indoors to a space where we have set-up jazz trios in the past along with over 40 chairs. There is a covered porch by the front door if the wood lathe and fabric dying with portable stove still wanted to happen outside, but I have no alternate accommodations for the horse or thrown weapons demos.
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