Schedule, Site Rules, & Classes

 

Schedule for the Day

Saturday - October 1, 2005
8:00 am
Shire Arrival and Set-up
 
8:30 am
Site Opens
 
9:00-10:00 am
Armor Inspection (authorizations and pick up fights can be done through out the day depending on marshal availability)
 
10:00-11:00 am  
11:00-12:00 pm  
12:00-1:00 pm
Lunch (provided by Stromfels)
Queen's Choice Tournament benefiting the Endowment Fund
 
1:00-2:00 pm  
2:00-3:00 pm  
3:00-4:00 pm  
4:00-5:00 pm
Melee Scenarios
 
5:00-6:00 pm
Feast
 
7:00 pm
“Cocktail Party” Roundtable: Dons and Cadets/Students: What is the Relationship and what are the expectations? Moderators: Don Mateo Montero de Madrid and Lady Teffan Koerwent
 
8:00 pm

Lecture: Botany 101: A Walk in the Fields: Don Mateo Montero de Madrid

 
9:00 pm
Site Closes and Shire clean-up
 
 
 
* Times may change pending decision of the Royals

 

 

Site Rules

No Red liquids are allowed on site.

Site is dry.

Class Schedule

Session I – 10-11 am

Beginner: Passing Your First Authorization - Lord Cosimo di Cellani
Intermediate: Rapier and buckler combat for SCA rapier - Period techniques adapted to SCA thrust-oriented rapier combat - THL Kevin O’Shaughnessy
Advanced: Attack and Defense from Marozzo's Guardia - Don Kou Toshikage
Lecture A: Armor Inspection/Construction - Lady Rosa de la Mer/Lady Elizabeth Wren
Lecture B: MIT/Chirurgeon Class -THL Margalit Medicus

Session II – 11-12pm

Beginner: Rapier 101 - Lady Rosa de la Mer
Intermediate: El Toro: Defeating the Charge - Don Mateo Montero de Madrid
Advanced: Intro to Capo Ferro - THL Margalit Medicus
Lecture A: List Administration (Good for MIT sig.)- Lady Aine inghan Malpatrick
Lecture B: Roundtable Discussion: Rapier Education in The Kingdom or How Can NRA Be More Efficient? - Moderator Baroness Deirdre Wydeville

Session III – 1-2pm

Beginner: Footwork - Sir Guillaume le Fort
Intermediate: Cloak Work - Don Doctour Jock McKee
Advanced: Timing and Tempo -Don Mateo Montero de Madrid
Lecture A: MIT Training Class (Good for MIT sig.) - THL Kevin O’Shaughnessy
Lecture B: Women in Rapier - Lady Cealfind ni Mullen

Section IV – 2-3pm

Beginner: Single Rapier - HE Don Rodrigo de Montoya
Intermediate: Dagger - THL Margalit Medicus
Advanced: Beating an Better Opponent (tentative) - Don Michael St. Christian
Lecture A: Tournament vs. Melee - Changing Your Mindset- Lady Teffan Koerwent
Lecture B: Persona Development - Don Doctour Jock McKee

Section V – 3-4pm

Beginner: How to get started with Period Rapier Masters for Beginners - THL Kevin O’Shaughnessy
Intermediate: Movement and Stance - THL Margalit Medicus
Advanced: Melee Command - Don Lazarus Gauge
Lecture A: Teaching the Teacher - Sir Guillaume le Fort
Lecture B: The Book of the Courtier: Career-Planning or Personal Growth? - Don Kou Toshikage

A&S Information

The A&S Display will be up from 9am - 7pm

There will also be a table set up for a Scribal gathering of Calligraphy and Illumination.

A&S classes will be held throughout the day.
1:00pm - Begining Blackwork with Adda Canty
This class is for children and adults.
You will get to take home your own practice piece that you work on.