<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><br><div>Come one and all! The Canton of Westgate (Southwest Houston, Texas) is hosting Westgate Winter Collegium on August 4. The theme is Bards and Garb, and the event will feature bardic and costuming-related classes. In addition to an exciting array of classes, we also are holding our annual canton championship. It is a costume competition. To participate, sign up at the gate. <br>Other activities include the Great Fabric Swap! Bring fabric you will never use and trade it for other costumers' cloth.<br>There will also be a chance to trace out patterns from Mistress Rondinella's collection on butcher paper ($1 to cover butcher paper costs).<br>The evening will feature a bardic circle coordinated by HL Alden.<br>A sideboard lunch will be provided to all, including chicken salad, croissants,
and fresh fruit.<br>The feast will be scrumptious: Herb-crusted pork loin, pesto chicken pasta, stuffed breads, Italian green beans, and cannoli for dessert. We are not taking reservations, so first come first served at the gate.<br><br> The class list includes the following, and more classes will be added soon. A tentative schedule will be posted July 25.<br><br>Sources for Songs<br>Pronunciation Class<br>Beginners Voice<br>Intermediate Bardic Coaching<br>Bawdy Song Class<br>Bardic Etiquette<br>Introduction to Sonnet Writing<br>Courtier Poets<br>Bardic Circle Class<br>Story Construction & Presentation<br>Bardic Titles, Contests and Colleges in Medieval Wales<br>But I Don't Read Music<br><br>Herjolfsnes #38: A Hands-On 10-Gore Dress Workshop (4 hr): Students must sign up in advance for this limited-number workshop and check in by 11 AM to be guaranteed their spot. Bring 6 yards of washed linen, cotton or silk fabric and leave with a
partially complete fitted garment that the student can easily finish on their own.<br>Jewelry in Period<br>What's That Made of?<br>Treasures of Hungary<br>Late 15th Century Florentine Woman's Dresses (2 hr)<br>Impressa<br>Eleanor of Toledo<br>Making a Pair of Bodies<br>Pilgrimage Clothing<br>Elizabethan and Cloth Buttons<br><br>History of Cheese<br>History of Knitting<br>Herald's Warranting Class<br>Seneschal's Warranting Class<br><br>The
site is Christ the King Evangelical Lutheran Church, 2353
Rice Blvd., Houston, TX 77005. Site opens at 8 a.m. and closes at 10
p.m. Site
fee is $9 for adults and $4 for children, which includes a sideboard
lunch.
Feast fee is $5. <br><span>For more information on the event and classes, please see our Web site at <a target="_blank" href="http://westgate.ansteorra.org/wwc/">http://westgate.ansteorra.org/wwc/</a>.</span><br><br>Maureen Faulkner, Westgate Winter Collegium Event Steward<br>ladydaungerous@yahoo.com<br><br></div><div><img src="file:///C:/DOCUME%7E2/Owner/LOCALS%7E1/Temp/moz-screenshot-2.jpg" alt=""></div></div><br>
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