To the populace of greater Ansteorra, an invitation.  The XIV annual NORTH TEXAS IRISH FESTIVAL (www.ntif.org) is this week end at Fair Park in Dallas.  Just off I30, southeast of downtown, are 3 days of wonderful music, food, spirits, vendors, and many other pleasures.  One of the greatest is in the Cultural area, where your Barony of the Steppes will be hosting a demo for the benefit of the 30,000 some odd people that join in the merriment.
   An INVITATION to one and all.... come join us for a few hours show off some of your finery, fight with some of the other fighters, dance to a Rennaisance tune or two, amaze some of the passers by with your lore and wisdom.  Friday night is for your musical pleasure only, from 6:00 'till 10:00.  Saturday from 10:30 'till 11:00 p.m., and Sunday from 11:30 'till 8:30 p.m.  Demo hours are only until about 6:00 p.m
   With you to serve the dream, Bre'nain MacGilla Pa'traic, Steppes demo coordinator

  To sit alone in the lamplight with a book spread out before you and hold intimate converse with men of unseen generations-such is pleasure beyond compare.
   -Yoshido Kenko, Japanese Buddhist Priest and Poet (born-1283)