The annual holiday gathering of the Guilds of Artisans and Craftspersons!
Doors open at 5 p.m.
Merchants may begin set-up at 4 p.m.
NO early admittance.
Revel Steward: HL Meredith of the White Cliffs, 338-2891 or
grey.house@shaw.ca
A simple Supper will be provided:
Roast Beast - with dip, and buns
Roast of winter vegetables
Buns and Cheese/ raw veg plate
Christmas Breads
A Merchanting opportunity!
This event is 3 weeks before Christmas - Bring out your Wares!!!!
No extra charge for table space. Pre registration is required; contact Meredith.
Contest(s)
As this is the CRAFTPERSONS Christmas party, ALL the crafts are in the contest. No one expects you to do ALL the contests, just the ones you do.
Everyone will be a Judge; votes will be counted separately for each
contest. Documentation is not required but as a judge, I will
certainly be impressed to find your entry had some real medieval learning involved - and I am sure other Judges would be impressed too.
You cannot enter one item in more than one contest.
Do not put your name ON your entry, as contests are anonymous.
Children's entries will be judged separately.
Only ONE entry per category per person.
Entries must be things that have been made within the last year, and
have not been previously entered into a competition.
Contest Categories (the things in brackets are just suggestions; any craft using the material mentioned is correct)
Fabric (garb, embroidery, tent, ??)
Leather (garb, bag, shoes, ??)
Metal (armor, knife, chain mail ??)
Wood (box, instrument, toy, ??)
Clay (bowls, jugs, ??)
Glass (beads, stained glass ,enamel, ??)
Essay on an SCA related topic - no more than 4 pages.
On Paper (callig, illumination, painting?)
Heraldic display (banners, ??) - photos of your camp site or banquet table are permissible.
Food - a taste for all must be provided + ingredient list
Drink - a taste for all must be provided + ingredient list
Bardic presentation - IF this includes more than one person, ONE person must be the designated entrant for the contest.
Children's and Teen's Competition Categories
For ages 11 and under:
Cookies/Candies
Beadwork
Christmas Card
Tree Ornament
Model of any kind (i.e., castle, siege weapon, ship, etc.)
Bardic
For ages 12 to 18 (the categories are listed along with the College of Pages challenges that could be fulfilled at the same time):
Mapwork
Apprentice History #3, Arts #15
Journeyman History #5, Arts and Sciences #8, Martial Arts
#3
Period Clothing/Accessory
Apprentice Arts and Sciences #4
Journeyman Arts and Sciences #1
Page Arts and Sciences #1
Food
Journeyman Arts and Sciences #4
Calligraphy
Apprentice Arts and Sciences #9
Journeyman Arts and Sciences #10
Page Arts and Sciences #9
Model Seige Weapon
Apprentice Arts and Sciences #14
Journeyman Arts and Sciences #14
Bardic
Apprentice Arts and Sciences #20
Journeyman Arts and Sciences #19/20/21
Page Arts and Sciences #19/20/22
Teens are also be welcome to compete in any of the adult
competitions, competing against the adults.
The dry details
Cost: $12.00 adults; $7.00 age 16 to 6; under 6 are free.
Directions:
Make your best way to Comox, following any highway/street signs.
When you get to downtown Comox, you will be on Comox Avenue. Continue until you pass the 4-way-stop at Church St., and have the Comox Mall on your left.
Across from the Comox Mall, on your right, is Nordin Street. Turn right, down Nordin (note the building on your left) and park there.
The building on the corner of Nordin St and Comox Ave, that you took note of, is the home of the Comox Library (Vancouver Island Regional Library), which has its entrance on the Comox Avenue side; the Lions' Den is off the parking lot, lower level, at the back of the building.