Caerthe Twelfth Night

Saturday, January 7, 2012 - 9:00 am to 10:00 pm - Brighton, CO

Start the new year in Scotland and Ireland! This year Caerthe's premiere event will highlight both the Scottish and Irish people, but you will be able to come and enjoy all the aspects of Caerthe's 12th Night that you have come to love over the years including merchants, friends, entertainment, and good tidings on the new year.

Schedule ~ Siege Competition ~ Classes ~ Feast ~ Site Fees
Merchant Info ~ Directions ~ War Practice ~ Event Staff

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This is a DRY site.

Schedule:
	9:00 ~ Site Opens
	10:00 - 10:30 ~ Opening Court
	10:30 - 3:00 (directly after Court) ~ Heavy Fighting Collegium
	10:30 - 1:00 (directly after Court) ~ Introduction to Venetian Rapier
	11:00 - 12:00 ~ Laurel Circle
	11:30 ~ Marshmallow Siege Competition
	12:00 - 1:00 ~ Pelican Circle
	1:00 - 2:00 ~ Seneschals Meeting
	1:00 - 2:00 ~ Embroidery-Floss-Covered Buttons Class
	2:00 - 3:00 ~ Archers Meeting
	2:00 - 4:00 ~ Furry Hat Class
	3:00 - 4:00 ~ Chivalry and White Scarves Circle
	4:30 ~ Evening Court
	6:30ish (after Court) ~ Feast
	10:00 ~ Site Closes

Siege Competition:

We will be having a Siege Competition for any and all catapults, trebuchets, or other launchers that are 32 inches tall or smaller. There will be two types of ammo, large and small marshmallows. Siege engines will be judged on distance and accuracy. More info on this will be forthcoming.

Classes:

Heavy Fighting Collegium ~ 10:30 - 4:00
Unto the Mighty Outlands, starting immediately after opening Court there will be a Fighting Collegium! Brought to you by the members of the Chivalry in the spirit of 12th Night, a night of giving and sharing to help begin the new year ready with knowledge of the many weapon styles in the Outlands. If the weather permits we will armor up and begin indulging ourselves on this abundance of knowledge outside. If the weather does not allow us to go outside, we will be inside the dome on the north side.

Basic Sword and Shield by Viscount Sir Demtri
Advanced Sword and Shield by His Majesty, King of the Outlands
Glaive by Duke Wolfgang Grothe De Verron
Two Swords by Count Thorbrandr (T-bone)
Madu by Sir Kujin

Introduction to Venetian Rapier ~ 10:30 - 1:00
Introduction to Venetian Rapier as taught by Nicoletto Giganti relying on his 1606 manual as translated by Tom Leoni.
"I find Giganti's work to be the most approachable period manual. It is a concise introduction to the Italian rapier tradition, with only 58 pages in the translated version. If you are studied in any of the many masters who were inspired by Agripa, then this material will feel very familiar, but with a slightly different and perhaps more pragmatic approach than Capo Fero or Fabris. Please bring a heavy rapier of appropriate length for your height and all required fencing armor. I will bring a few swords, but I will not be able to provide full loaner kits."
Please contact Don Domin d'Alsace at justin.cragin@gmail.com with any questions, or if you are interested in reviewing the manual before the class.

Embroidery-floss-covered buttons ~ 1:00 - 2:00

Furry Hat Class ~ 2:00 - 4:00
Baron Stephen and Mistress Amber will be teaching a furry hat class. This class will be limited to 10 people. The cost is $25.00 per person, and they walk away with a hat they've learned to make. Handouts will be available for $2.00 for those not making the hats in class. Materials included for making hats will be leather, felt, a tassel, sinew, needles and fox tails, as well as the handout. To sign up for this class please email Mistress Adelyn at aidlan@hotmail.com.

Feast:

Our feast will feature traditional dishes prepared from the wealth of the waters, fields and forests of Scotland and Ireland. In the depth of winter, whether in the castle of an Irish high lord or the keep of a Scottish laird, guests were assured of a warm welcome and a bounteous feast as the celebrations of Yule, Twelfth Night, and Hogmanay drove the dark and chill from the hall.

Feast space is limited to 120. There will be off-board seating available.

Please contact the Head Cook by December 15 with any allergy or food concerns.

Menu:
Assorted breads
Herbed cheese ~ honey butter
Salmon
Hedgehog pate'

Roast pork tenderloin with herbs
Beef & Guiness stew
Armored game hens
Rumbledythumps (Colcannon - a mash of root vegetables, cream and butter)
Barley and mushroom pottage
Kailkenny

Desserts:
Assorted shortbreads
Gingerbreads
Fruit and nut tarts
Cranachan (raspberry fool with toasted oats)

Note: Our menu, while meat intensive, has vegetarian offerings as well.

Site Fees:
Pre-Registration (must be received by 12/15/11)
	Under 13 ~ Free
	13 and Older ~ $8
	$5 Non-member surcharge applies
	Feast ~ $12
After 12/15/11 and at the door:
	Under 13 ~ Free
	13 and Older ~ $10
	$5 Non-member surcharge applies
	Feast ~ $15 (No pre-regs for feast accepted after Jan 1, 2012)

Please note that we are not using ACCEPS this time. To pre-register, please include:
1) The mundane name for everyone being pre-registered (along with SCA names if they have them)
2) What is being paid for for each person; e.g. site, feast, NMS, child or adult. (Itemizing prevents the Gate Staff from having to guess how $60 is supposed to cover 4 people's admission. Please itemize.)
3) A phone number and/or email address so that the event staff can contact you if there are any questions

Make checks out to "SCA-Caerthe" and send to the Gate Steward

Merchant Information:

All available merchant space has been taken. Please contact the Merchant Coordinator with any questions.

Directions:

Adams County Regional Park, 9755 Henderson Rd, Brighton, CO 80601
Click for a map

From the North:
Make your way to I-25 and 104th Ave in Thornton/Northglenn Colorado.
Go East on 104th Ave to Riverdale Rd (about 3.2 Miles).
Turn Left (North) on Riverdale Rd and go to Henderson Rd (about 3.8 miles).
Turn Right (East) on Henderson Rd, and go 1/2 mile to the Adams County Regional Park.

From the South:
Head North on I-76 to US-85.
Take US-85 North to 124th Ave.
Go about 1 mile West on 124th Ave to the Adams County Regional Park.

Parking:
Parking is on the north side of the Waymire building (the dome).

Sunday War Practice

On Sunday, January 8th, there will be a war practice at the Douglas County Fairgrounds. There will be room for both fencers and heavy fighters.

Douglas County Fairgrounds (Look for the signs)
500 Fairgrounds Dr.
Castle Rock, CO 80104

Event Staff:
Event Steward: THL Angus Montgomery the Forrester
	720-560-0627
Gate Steward: THL Johann
	(mka Brian Morman) 8806 W. Elmhurst Ave Littleton, CO 80128 bmorman@earthnet.net
Head Cook: Mistress Ursula d'Arcy
	ursuladarcy@aol.com Please contact her prior to Dec. 15 with any specific food allergies or other dietary concerns, so she can try to accommodate you.
Merchant Coordinator: Lord Rioghan mac an Ghabhan - pronounced Ryan MacGowan
	(mka Rick Wiese) 720-394-7043 please no phone calls before 9 AM or after 9 PM rioghanmg@gmail.com
Classes: Mistress Adelyn la Souteresse
	aidlan@hotmail.com

Last updated this 23rd day of December, 2011.