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There's now a temporary list for people interested in MITGaard from
the Activities Midway! To add yourself to that list, type at the
athena prompt:
blanche mitgaard-temp-list -a $user
This list is just for announcements for newcomers to the SCA. To join
our regular mailing list use:
blanche mitgaard -a $user
blanche mitgaard-temp-list -d $user
Legends of
Chivalry:
Weekend of September 14 - 17 at Camp Massapoag in Dunstable, MA.
Legends is a camping event set in the year 1217. From the official event announcement: The Canton of the Towers, in the Barony of Carolingia invites all good gentles of the known world to Legends of Chivalry VI. The site will open Friday and 1pm and will close Sunday at 1pm. On Friday there will be a Hurling Tournament. Saturday's activities include a William Marshal style Armoured Tournament as well as an Archery Tournament and a Thrown Weapons Tournament. After the tournaments there will be a Court followed by the Grand Feast. A Dress Ball will conclude the evening where good gentles may dance until the Matins bell rings. Sundays activities include Archery Royal Rounds.
Fees: Site fees will be: $15 for Friday arrival, $10 for Saturday arrival. There will be a Saturday only day rate of $8. Children under 12 are 1/2 price, babes-in-arms are free. The Grand Feast will be an additional $8. MITGaard has a cabin; to join us, contact the officers and come to a MITGaard meeting (see above).
Falling Leaves:
Saturday, September 22 at Wellesley College (Borough of Felding) in
Wellesley, M
This is the Barony's traditional event for welcoming newcomers. There will be fencing, hurling, cometball, singing, dancing, merchants, games, an i Sebastiani performance, a Baronial court, and more. Dinner will be a potluck; if this is your first event, you do not need to bring a dish, otherwise bring on that can serve 8 if you want to participate. There will not be a dayboard.
Fees: None!
Flos Duellatorum:
Saturday, December 1 and Sunday, December 2 at the Higgins Armory
Museum in Worcester, MA.
From the official event announcement: In concert with the Higgins Armory Museum, the Barony of Carolingia will be presenting a presentation, revel and fighter practice revolving around the Flos Duellatorum: a period combat manual that is a complete fighting and training system. Bob Charron/Duke Comm McNeill has studied this document carefully, and recreated the moves and scenarios. He has already successfully taught this material in a number of venues: and it is time to bring it to the SCA.
The lecture will take place at the Higgins Armory Museum on Saturday, in modern clothes and alongside interested non-SCA scholars, with an evening SCA revel and dance, and a Sunday SCA practice using the material at an indoor location to be determined. Pricing is also to be determined.
There are also a number of weekly or bi-monthly guild meetings which everyone is welcome to attend.
Renaissance
Dance:
At dance practice we learn and do mostly fifteenth and sixteenth
century dances from Italy, England, and France. Most dances are taught
at practice and no partner or experience is necessary. Dance practice
is held every Wednesday starting September 5 in the Sala de Puerto
Rico on the 2nd floor of the MIT Student Center (usually, look for
change of location signs) from 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm; dress is common
street clothing.
Heavy Fighting
Practice:
Heavy fighting practice is held outside of Kresge on Wednesdays, for
normal practice, and Thursdays, for beginner practice, starting at
7:30.
Our primary activity is going to revels throughout the greater Boston area. There is on average one such event per month. We also attend and host special interest groups and workshops on a wide variety of topics pertaining to pre-17th century European private life.
MITGaard is a merry company of people somehow affiliated with MIT who participate in the SCA. We welcome you to join us.
We currently meet weekly on Wednesdays, at 6:30pm, in or near Private Dining Room #3, on the 3rd floor of the Student Center. We use this time to chat and make plans for upcoming events.
