[Artemisia] Wow, All These Collegium Classes for Kids!!

[Dawn Tavares]

(Feel free to pass this missive to any teens and parents who'd be interested. )

 

In case you haven't visited the page for next week's Collegium in Arn Hold -- this is just a *SAMPLE* of the classes available for teens and younger kids! Come to this event if you possibly can. Let's show the kingdom how our youth can rock medieval!!!

http://www.baronyarnhold.org/k-collegium.htm

Aurora de Portugal
Kingdom Youth Officer


10:00 Name of class: Age-Appropriate Dressing for Teens, or how to look hot without getting into trouble.
Name of instructor(s) : HL Johanne die Waeyer
Duration: 1 hour
Fees: $1 for CD notes of class, otherwise free
How to dress in a way that turns heads without making your mom have a fit or your dad throw you into a convent.
Class Limit: 25

11:00 Flirting, or How Not to Get Slapped
Maitresse Tanglwyst de Holloway, OP
1 hour
Fees: None
This class is designed to teach you how to give a compliment, how to TAKE a compliment, why the jerks get all the girls and how to counteract that strange phenomenon.

11:00 Youth Rapier Discussion Panel 
Lord Xeno, moderator
1 hr
Fees: None
What other kingdoms are doing & do we have enough interest to do it here, too? Since this is a panel all are invited to voice their opinion/ideas.

11:00 Medieval Origami & Patarchi
Dame Constance de la Rose, OL
1 hour
Fees: none
Learn the decorative and useful methods of folding everything from paper to parchment to cloth to resemble animals and flowers and even drinking cups. Also learn how the Moors used this "science" to tell fortunes and pass secret messages.
Class Limit: Ages 8 to 18. Max # - 15

12:00 Story Time
Baroness Petronilla
1 hour
Fees: none
Stories, games, snacks, and a project for the smaller fry.
Class Limit: None

1:00 Dancing for Modern Teens in a Medieval World, and Vice Versa
Tanglwyst de Holloway
1 hour
Fees: None
Music is universal. Learn SCA dances and how to incorporate them into your local prom! Be the envy of all!

1:00 Honey & Bees in the Middle Ages
Name of instructor(s): Constance de la Rose
Duration: 1 hour
Fees: none
Learn the legends of the bee, how beehives were used in battle, how to make bees wax candles, what honey from different flowers taste like, explore what how a beeskep works, and present "wax tax" (beeswax) to the King or Queen.
Class Limit: Age - 4 to 18. Max # - 20

2:00 SCA for the Starving Student
Dame Bronwen of Irenwold (OP)
1 hour
Fees: None
How to attend events and build your kit when you're working part-time at minimum wage.
Class Limit: No one under 13

2:00 Elizabethan Wash Balls
Lady Gwynnyth
Duration: 1 hour
Fees: $2
This is a make-and-take class for Herbal Soap Balls -- hand crafted castile soap grated and shaped with herbs, oils and scents.
Class Limit: 12 students; ages 11 and up or ages 6-10 with an adult

3:00 Perfumes, Lotions, & Ointments
THL Ellen MacDonall
Duration: 1 hour
Fees: $1 for materials
Using essential oils and plant extracts for beauty and health, with history of perfumery.
Class Limit: 15

3:00 'Down and Dirty' Italian Dress & Chemise for the
Sewing-Challenged
Bronwen of Irenwold
1 hour
Fees: None
Class Limit: No one under 13

4:00 How to Use SCA "Volunteer" Experience in a Modern Resume
Bronwen of Irenwold
1 hour
Fees: None
Class Limit: No one under 13

 		 	   		  
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