RF - Fwd: CR - TRF Activities

[Lorraine and/or Kief]

This was posted on the Coastal region list... I felt it may
have information to help us out at OUR weekend...

Lorraine

BTW ...I will no longer crosspost to swein and am not on the clan list
so interested parties who want their households to get info partaining
to Raven's Fort stuff...that I post...should forward it themselves...



>From: "Kathryn Norris" <katin01 at email.msn.com>
>Reply-To: coastal at Ansteorra.ORG
>To: <coastal at Ansteorra.ORG>
>Subject: CR - TRF Activities
>Date: Thu, 21 Oct 1999 20:37:32 -0500
>
>Just a reminder to all of you that TRF is going strong, but we welcome your
>help. The weather this weekend should also prove to be wonderful. See ya at
>the Faire! --Caitlin
>
>For those of you who are wondering what to do at TRF:  All SCA members are
>required to work 3 hours per day to pay for their weekend/daily pass into
>the TRF.  Here are some ideas as to what you can do...
>Run games (collect money, explain rules, hawk games)
>· Skittles (medieval bowling on a string)
>· and Toss the Rogue and Pitch the Wench (coin tossing)
>
>Bring Arts and Sciences items to work on and/or display.  These do not have
>to be prepared in a period manner unless you normally would.  We are trying
>to show off how we do things in the SCA.  It helps if you can answer
>questions and tell a little about what you are doing and how it would have
>been done in the middle ages.
>  · Mask Making (this is the Year of the Masks at TRF)
>· Dance (both European and Middle Eastern)
>· Chain Mail, Armor Making
>· Weaving, Sewing, Embroidery
>· Bobbin Lace Making
>· Calligraphy, Limning, Charter Painting
>· Music - singing, Bardic, instrumental
>· Hawking
>· Jewelry making
>· Street Performance and Entertainment, Juggling
>· Soap Making
>· Herbalism
>· Cooking, Brewing
>· Cobbling
>· Leatherwork
>· Basketweaving
>· Heraldry - blazoning
>
>Regular jobs at TRF
>Fighting - both Chivalric and Rapier (times 10am, 11am, 3pm and 4pm, or
>pickup fights in the compound)
>Marshals - keeping the fighting safe
>Voice Heralding - needed to announce the battles
>Crowd control - good for SCA newcomers - keep crowds back from fighting
>field for safety
>Waterbearing - also good for newcomers - walk around battle mound and
>encourage fighters and marshals to drink lots of water
>Info. Booth - good for people who have been in the SCA for 2 years or more 
>-
>sit in the front booth and explain the SCA to all interested parties.
>Parade - TRF has a parade throughout the whole area at 12noon and requires
>us to carry our banner and smiles.
>
>A couple of the rules at TRF:
>Everyone must wear a hat or headpiece (flower wreaths are easy) and shoes.
>No alcohol before closing (evening cannon boom).
>Treat all TRF royalty and participants with respect.  We are their guests
>and do not want to ruin our welcome.  Also treat the mundanes well so that
>they will want to join our crowd.
>If you have any further questions, please ask Yoshi, Fo or Random.  Each of
>the regular jobs has a coordinator who can also help answer questions.  I 
>am
>the coordinator of the Information Booth.  Please ask if you have any
>questions.
>
>Kathryn Norris - Houston Tx USA - email: katin01 at email.msn.com
>Caitlin bean Ghearailt - Barony of Stargate - Kingdom of Ansteorra
>Per pale gules and argent, a roundel and bordure counterchanged
>

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