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Weekly Meetings & Fight Practices
Date updated: May 27th, 2008
Date: Every Tuesday Evening
Time:7:00pm to 9:00pm
Location:Pinti Field
6th Street
Rome, NY 13440
What goes on at Fight practice:
The shire fight practice is dominated by the shire fighters
practicing their various fighting skills, and help new members
who are intrested to learn to fight using Rattan swords, in
accordance to SCA rules. However that is not all that occurs
at fight practice, it is a time for local members to gather
together and discuss shire news, event news, as well as various
arts and sciences such as history, culture, music, dance, mock
combat, fencing, archery, armoring, heraldry, embroidery, costuming,
calligraphy, cooking and brewing - just to name a few.
Directions:
Coming Shortly..
AEthelmearc Spring Academy
Date updated: May 27th, 2008
Date: June 20th, 21st, & 22nd, 2008
Location:Madison County Fairgrounds
Fairgrounds Road
Brookfield, NY 13314
On June 20-22, Æthelmearc Spring Æcademy will be
held at the spacious and comfortable Madison County Fairgrounds,
Fairgrounds Road (no street number), Brookfield, NY 13314, in
the Shire of Coppertree. This site is approximately 25 miles
due south of Utica, NY.
One and all are invited to enjoy a weekend where you may expand
your knowledge and hone your skills and no one will walk away
hungry! A wide variety of classes, from bardic talents, sewing
arts, and fighting, are in the works. Artisans, bring your messiest
crafts, for we can accommodate them on our spacious grounds.
Didst thou want to dye? To cook outdoors? To work on metal,
on a forge? To try your siege craft? To brew, to run your hounds
on scent trails, or even to work on equestrian skills? Stables
are available for an additional fee of $20 for the weekend;
you must provide proof of negative Coggins test and pre-register.
There is an enclosed paddock for turning out your horses. These
and many other assorted arts will be available for you to explore.
That said, we need teachers to teach! All are welcome to sign
up to teach a class(es); please go to the Æcademy website
to register as a teacher for the Æcademy: http://www.aecademy.org/registration/index.php.
Or you may contact the Chancellor of the Æcademy, THL
Juliana Delamere, at deb@debrahofer.com.
The Autocrats are Duchess Rowan de la Garnison (Loie Hodge,
6419 Co. Hwy. 18, West Winfield, NY, 13491, 315-855-4402), and
Sigurdr (Jon Prosser, PO Box 165, Eaton, NY 13334, 315-750-4599,
sigurdrisolfsson@gmail.com).The
site opens at 6 PM on Friday and closes at 12 noon on Sunday.
Flat, grassy, convenient camping space is available, with flush
toilets and warm showers. The site is pet friendly. There are
large buildings with electric outlets and tables and chairs
for indoor activities. There is an outdoor stage with a roofed
pavilion for protection from sun or rain. We also have a grandstand
and infield for combat on a large or small scale. The site is
handicap accessible. It is discreetly damp; please take your
empties with you.
The Shire will be providing an all-day side board from the skilled
hands of THL Edana Aldys Haukyns. Contact the autocrats with
any allergies or dietary restrictions that you may have.
Fees for camping are $25 per person. The day fee for Saturday
is $15. Fees are half price for 12 and under. There will be
an additional $3 non-member surcharge. Please, we need to have
pre-registrations for the event so that we may plan on feeding
you sufficiently! Send your event reservations to Lady Elwyn
Stone (Susan Schiffer, 9658 Elpis Road, Camden, NY 13316, 315-
245-3596 before 10 PM.) Make checks payable to SCA-Shire of
Coppertree.
Directions: From East and West, take I-90 to
Exit 31 (Utica, NY). Follow signs to Route 8 South and then
follow Route 8 South until you cross Route 20. Go approximately
another 4 miles and watch for signs for a right turn to Brookfield
and Fair Grounds. Turn right onto the Skaneateles Turnpike and
follow it 3-4 miles to Brookfield; watch for a right turn onto
Fairgrounds Road, which leads you directly to the site.
There is an alternate route directly from Route 20 that is flatter
and easier for horse trailers. Contact the autocrat if you want
these alternate directions.
Rome Renaissance Festival Demo
Date added: May 27th, 2008
Date: August 23rd & 24th, 2008
Time:10:00am to 5:00pm both days
Location:Toccolana Club
1412 E. Dominick Street
Rome, NY 13440
The Shire of Coppertree has been invited to
participate in the Rome Renaissance Festival, sponsored by the
Kingdom of Newgarrd. The Kingdom of Newgarrd is a self motivated,
self sustaining, small group of people with the desire to (within
bounds) enjoy the "attempted" recreation of what life
may have been like in the middle ages. With a selected reenactment
period between 800 and 1600 AD, Newgarrd citizens work to create
period garb, study period weapons, common use items of the day,
foods, caste and station history/differences and work to apply
their knowledge at public events. Although considered barbaric
to some, most believe the selected period to be exciting and
even romantic.
For leadership Newgarrd has a King and Queen, but also has a
fully functional Council of Barons that share in the making
of Kingdom decisions and is backed up by a finely detailed set
of rules and guidance publications. Recommendations or "proposals"
are always brought before the full Council so all Citizens have
a voice in the Kingdom. As a whole, the goal of Newgarrd is
to have fun with their interest in history and reenacting for
children and families.
The Shire of Coppertree will be representing
the Society for Creative Anachronism and hosting a tourney field
for SCA combat and fencing, as well as arts and crafts demonstrations.
We are looking for Scadians to help support this demo.
There will be a $5.00 per day site fee. Camping is available on a first come, first serve basis. Merchants are more than welcomed. For merchant fees and deadline please contact: LCANFIELD@romerenaissacnefestival.com. There will be a dinner (banquet/in garb) on Saturday evening, prepared by the Toccolana Club. Pre-registration is required, and the fee is $15.00 per person. To let us know that you are coming, please contact Logan Lockley.
The Shire of Coppertree will be one of many historical, medieval recreation groups invited to participate. Wear your good garb, come out and show off your stuff..
For more overall information concerning the festival: Rome Renaissance Festival.
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