<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">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.
<br>In addition to an exciting array of classes -- TWO bodice making classes! -- we also are holding our
annual canton championship. It is a costume competition. To
participate, sign up at the gate. <br><br><span style="font-weight: bold;">Other activities include the Great Fabric Swap! Bring fabric you will never use and trade it for other costumers' cloth. This should be reeeeallly interesting!<br><br></span>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>We also feature an all-day charter painting table and a heraldic consultation table.<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, French onion soup, 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><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sonnet
Basics [2 parts]</span><br style="font-weight: bold;">
<span style="font-weight: bold;">
Bawdy Songs</span><br style="font-weight: bold;">
<span style="font-weight: bold;">
Beginners Voice</span><br style="font-weight: bold;">
<span style="font-weight: bold;">
Pronunciations</span><br style="font-weight: bold;">
<span style="font-weight: bold;"></span><span style="font-weight: bold;">Courtier Poets</span><br style="font-weight: bold;">
<span style="font-weight: bold;"></span><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sources for Songs</span><br style="font-weight: bold;">
<span style="font-weight: bold;">
But I Don't Read Music</span><br style="font-weight: bold;">
<span style="font-weight: bold;">
Tell Us a Story! [2 parts] (Construction & Presentation)</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br>
Beginning Bardic<br>
Cantigas de Santa Maria </span><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>
<p class="MsoNormal">Late 15th Century Florentine Woman's Dresses</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">What's That Made Of?</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Impressa</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Treasures of <st1:country-region><st1:place>Hungary</st1:place></st1:country-region></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Early Italian</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Elizabethan and Cloth Buttons</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Making a pair of bodies (corset) with reeds </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Making bodice/corset patterns from masking tape</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Pilgrim Spotting</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Inkle Weaving</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Finger <st1:place>Loop</st1:place> Braiding</p>
<br><div style="text-align: left;"><st1:personname style="font-weight: bold;" w:st="on">Seneschal's
Warranting class (Lady Brenna MacDonald)<br>
Herald's Warranting Class (Lady Valeria Marcella de Martinez)<br>
History of Cheese (Master Francois)<br>
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History of Knitting (Lady Jennette Makepays)</st1:personname><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 rel="nofollow" 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</div><br>
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