Schedule, Challenges, Activities
The detailed schedule and activities list below, from 2011, are provided to give you an idea of the sorts of activities that will occur in the 2012 edition.
2012 Schedule
The site opens at 5pm on Friday, June 15, and closes at 3pm Sunday, June 17.
We'll have a challenge Friday night and Sunday morning, along with the usual classes, games, and challenges on Saturday. And of course, plenty of food throughout! Details to follow.
Friday, June 15
No food is provided Friday night
| 5:00pm | Troll opens; you may arrive as early as noon, but you might be put to work! |
| 8-ish | "Come All Ye" |
| Dark-thirty | Bardic Circle |
Saturday, June 16
Breakfast, lunch, tea, and dinner provided.
| 8:00 | Troll reopens, Breakfast |
| 9:30-10:30 | Classes |
| 11:00-noon | Challenge: "Once in the Dear Dead Days ..." |
| 12:00 | Lunch Bar Opens |
| 12:30-2:00 | Classes |
| 2:30-3:30 | Challenges: "Drummer Beat and Piper Blow"; "Prithee Minstrel ...": |
| 3:30-4:30 | Classes |
| 3:30 | Afternoon Tea served |
| 5:00-6:30 | Challenge: The Fool on the Hill; plus Scavenger Hunts, Duck Pond, etc. |
| 6:30 | Dinner: A Surprise Challenge |
| Dark-thirty | Bardic Circle |
Sunday, June 17
Breakfast and lunch provided
| 8:00 | Breakfast, post mortem |
| 10:00 | The Parting Glass |
| 3:00 | Site closes |
Challenges and Activities
... and many more!
Friday Night
"Come All Ye"
As we gather together, offer a piece that celebrates arrival, meeting, greeting, beginning of an endeavor, etc.
Saturday
"Drummer beat and piper blow"
(Jolicia atte Northclyfe, leader) Instrumental-only challenge welcoming novices, masters, and everyone in between.
"The fool on the hill"
(Kateryn Draper, leader) The fool played an important role in both story and medieval society. Do you practice the jester's arts? Do you know tales of foolish people? Or perhaps you can demonstrate the wisdom behind foolishness. All performances - juggling, storytelling, singing, etc. - that pertain to the theme of fools are welcome.
"Now prithee, Minstrel, tell to me" - Homer to Blondel to Shakespeare
Usually the bard is the teller of someone else's heroic deeds. But sometimes the performer becomes part of the tale. Tell us of the deed of some bard, singer, or taleteller who acted memorably.
"Once in the dear dead days beyond recall"
Perform a piece of period origin, presented as you choose.
Sunday Morning
The Parting Glass
Bid us farewell.
Bardic Circles
There will once again be bardic circles, Friday and Saturday.
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