Shire of Cragmere
Autumn Revel
Grantham Hall, Merville, BC
September 29, 2007
Doors open at 3:00 p.m.
Come one, come all for an evening of merriment, games, good food, and lively company! The Shire of Cragmere invites you to join us as we celebrate that most beautiful season, Autumn. Relax and visit while you play games or, if you feel energetic, dance a medieval dance or two (no experience required!) Enter a contest if you wish, and perhaps take home a prize! Contests are judged in three skill levels, and newcomers are encouraged to enter, as well as children and folks who have been around for a while.
Contests
A Tribute To Autumn, In Any Medium
Skill Levels:
Child - Ages 13 and under
Novice - has never entered an SCA Arts & Sciences contest before
Experienced
Ideas: Painting, Illumination, poetry, song, headdress, clothing, centerpiece, accessories, embroidery. Use your imagination!
Subtlety/Sotiltey
Make a food look like what it's not! Modern examples are rice crispie squares made into castles, ginger cake looking like houses (with frosting snow and gumdrop Christmas trees), and cakes frosted to look like shields. Medieval examples include "boar's heads" made of ground meats, peacocks roasted and then their skins re-placed to be served as if alive, and sugared sweets that look remarkably like animal entrails.
Skill Levels:
Child - Ages 13 and under
Novice - has never entered an SCA Arts & Sciences contest before
Experienced
Site fee: $6.00 per person aged 16 yrs and older, plus a potluck dish that serves 6-10; under 16 free. Please bring a card with ingredients listed, and label your serving dish and utensils.
Directions
From the south:
- Make your best way to Courtenay, and follow signs to Cliffe Ave.
- Once you're on Cliffe Ave, follow it and the signs towards Campbell River, turning right to go over the 17th St bridge, and then quickly left onto Comox Rd.
- You will pass the Superstore on your right, as well as Canadian Tire; get into the right lane and turn Right.
- Go up the hill and keep following the Campbell River signs for about 10 or so minutes, and then...
- Grantham (Odd Fellows) Hall is on your right (dark brown); Tsolum School will be on your left, and the Smith Rd intersection with a sign to Gunter Bros Meats; but turn into the Hall parking lot, or go around to the back parking lot.
From the north:
- Make your best way to Merville, and go south on the Old Island Highway.
- Pass Merville Store.
- Grantham (Odd Fellows) Hall is on your left (dark brown), right after a house on the corner of Smith Rd; Tsolum School will be on your right, and the Smith Rd intersection with a sign to Gunter Bros Meats; but turn into the Hall parking lot, or go around to the back parking lot.
NOTE: there are no stores within easy distance! Did you pick up what you needed at Superstore?
There will be signs!
Useful information:
Going to a Revel
Potlucking
HL Doireann Dechti (Annie Zupanic), email, or phone 250-923-9102Site Rules
- Period beverage containers, please.
- "In Garb" - participants are encouraged to make an attempt at pre-17th century clothing
