[Artemisia] Festival of Foolishness Update

[Elsbet Sleggja]

    Greetings once again, noble and hearty Artemisians:
          After that slimy saline beast has once again been soundly  beaten into submission at next weekend's Defender's Tourney, please come and play  with Arrows' Flight as we host a day to celebrate all things Foolish, Saturday,  April 1st!
          In addition to the activities already previewed in other  posts (FEAST!  Children's Activities!  Foolish A&S! Bad Garb competitions!), the shire defenders are planning both  heavy-armored and rapier tournaments to amuse all comers.  Come ready to fight (or to watch)!  
          There will also be a bag raffle (donations welcome), the  proceeds of which will be used to help fund production of the shire newsletter.  There are sure to be wondrous treasures up  for the winning.
          Feast reservations are recommended as the feast will be  capped at 75 persons. Off board space is available.  Please send your reservations (pre-paid reservations  will receive first priority) to Lady Kadrina Tanskalainen (contact information  below).  
          Full event announcement below.  Hope to see you there!
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      Festival of Foolishness
      April 1, 2006
      Shire of Arrows' Flight
       
      And now for something completely different

       
      From the Shire that never takes itself too seriously comes  the
      Festival of Foolishness! Come celebrate the giddiness of the  end of
      winter and explore all things foolish, silly and peculiar.
       
      There will be fighting, lots and lots of fighting, both  styles.
      Criteria for prizes will be announced.
       
      Bring your most foolish A&S projects to display. The  only
      documentation required is a statement from you as to why the  project
      was "foolish." There will be awards with extra  points for
      creativity.
       
      There will also be a "bad garb" contest with  prizes in at least two
      categories: outrageously awful garb and mix-and-match garb.  So, wear
      your neon, spandex, snake-print houpelande (we know you have  one
      stashed in the back of your closet!) or your exquisite  Elizabethan
      doublet over your beautifully embroidered cotehardie (you  get the
      idea), and come party with the shire! 
       
      And, as the pièce de résistance, the incomparable Lord Bjorn  inn
      Mikli will be preparing a feast of subtleties for your  gastronomical
      ecstasy.  There will  be a bardic during feast where we hope to
      feature medieval foolishness! Please bring your period (or  SCA)
      jokes to share. Jugglers are welcome!
       
      Site opens at 10:00 am and closes at 11:00 pm and is  discreetly
      damp. There is a large city park next door to the site.
       
      Site Fees: $5 adults, kids 6-12 half price, kids 5 and  younger are
      guests of the Shire. $15 family cap. $3 non-member  surcharges apply.
       
      Feast Fees: $7 adults, kids 6-12 half price, kids 5 and  younger are
      guests of the Shire. Prepaid feast reservations are due by  March 24,
      and may be sent to Lady Kadrina. Make checks payable to  Arrows'
      Flight, SCA Inc.
       
      Merchants are much loved and encouraged to attend.  Please contact
      Elsbet if you wish to merchant at this event.
       
      Directions:  The site  is the American Fork Senior   Center located at
      54 E. Main St.  in American Fork, Utah.  Take your best route to I-15
      and exit #278 in American Fork. Turn West. Stay on this road  for
      approximately 1.1 miles. The site is on your right. There is  a
      parking lot behind the Center, but you have to turn in at  the
      business next door. There will be signs at the site.
       
      Co-Autocrats:
      •      Elsbet in  Sleggja (Jeanne Foreman), 801-221-8247 (no calls
      after 9 pm), elsbet1 at yahoo.com 
      •      Lady Kadrina  Tanskalainen (Karina Tucker), PO    Box 2105,
      Provo UT 84603,  801-225-7218, tuckerka at hotmail.com
    
		
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