Clinton War XLII/2007

Date: 3-6 Aug XLII/2007
Branch: Lions Gate (Greater Vancouver, BC)
Autocrat: Amanda Kendal of Westmoreland
Site: Clinton Creek Ranch, Clinton B.C.
Weather: (briefly) Sample: Cold, with snow on the ground.

Event Copy

Clinton War
August 3 - 6, 2007
Barony of Lions Gate
Clinton, BC

Lions Gate will meet the combined forces of Danescombe and Coill Mhor at the Clinton War. There will be battles for all, archery, rapier, arts and sciences contests as well. We are planning on having castle battles, woods battles, the Baroness's walk and more. You can enjoy classes, star-gazing, the Tavern, Merchants Row and diverse entertainment.

To foster and display the multitude of talents in all of our illustrious Principality, the Arts and Sciences War Points will be as follows:

Arts point: on site dyeing.
Entries will be a dyed piece of fleece with materials suitable for medieval times. Fleece will be provided. Use of dyes and mordants found on site will be highly encouraged and rewarded. Documentation is encouraged. IMPORTANT - Waste Water from the dyeing MUST be disposed of in the designated location.

Sciences point: transportation device.
In a medieval village, items had to be taken from point A to point B. Water, food, building materials, people, all had to be transported. Entries will be a medieval transportation device. Entries do not need to be built on site, however that will be taken into consideration. Documentation is highly encouraged and will be rewarded.

Mercenary entries are welcome.

There will be classes to take. A list of classes and the class descriptions will be posted on the coming weekend. All registration is on site.

The War begins at noon on Friday, August 3, 2007 and ends at 1pm on Monday, August 6, 2007.

The site, located near the village of Clinton in Central BC, is a beautiful valley with a creek running through it, a spring for water and pit toilets. There is no street address for this event as it is located on the Clinton Creek Ranch (the old Martin place), a few kilometers north of the village of Clinton. The closest groceries, gas and bank machine are in Clinton. The days can be hot and the nights can be cold and it is usually windy.

Because of the fire hazard there may be restrictions on open fires and smoking. Fires - only at the Bardic fire pit and in suspended braziers. Fires in encampments must have safety precautions in place ie sand or water or a fire extinguisher.

Smoking is allowed only at the Sir Walter Raleigh Memorial Bridge, and at the Bardic fire. Please use the butt buckets. Smoking in your encampment may be allowed if the fire hazard is not too high and your neighbours permit it.

There is no merchant fee. There is no merchant registration deadline. While most of the merchants locate themselves on the North Road and the Tavern Road, there is no allocated Merchants Row.

There is only one way to reserve tent space at Clinton. It is on a first come basis. Either you or someone else puts down your tent or a labeled tarp in the space that you want. There is no tenting on the Combat and Castle Field.

Minors (18 and under) attending without a parent or legal guardian must have a signed NSCA minor waiver, a signed SCA minor waiver and two copies of a signed SCA medical authorization.

Site Fee: Adult members $12.00, Youth (13-18) $6.00, Children (12 and under) free. Family cap $36.00 plus applicable Non-Member Surcharge applies to modern related families only, maximum two adults. The Non-Member Surcharge of $4.00 will be charged to those adults who are not a paid member of the SCA. Adults who are SCA members must show their SCA Membership card at the gate or they will be charged the Non-Member Surcharge of $4.00.

The sponsoring group is the Barony of Lions Gate. Please make cheques payable to "The Barony of Lions Gate".

Americans are advised to change your US funds to Canadian funds before coming to Clinton to pay the gate fees. US funds are accepted at par at the gate.

Use of the site structures is at your own risk. For more information, please visit the Barony of Lions Gate's website at www.lionsgate.antir.sca.org, and then select events.

Autocrat: Amanda Kendal of Westmoreland (Nancy Stevens), 636 East 14th Avenue, Vancouver, BC V5T 2N2, 604-709-5659, email kendal@lightspeed.ca

Directions: Take Highway 97 to Clinton. From the south, travel to the other end of town and turn left onto MacDonald. From the north, turn right onto MacDonald. When the road forks, take the right hand fork that continues up the hill and turns into a gravel road. Follow the surveyors tape. Cross the railway tracks and the cattle guard. Just after the cattle guard, the road forks again. Take the left fork. Stay on this road and you will see a reservoir on the left. Just past this is the main gate. Please close the gate and continue until you reach the site proper.

Work Week Copy

Greetings all,

Gentles of all ages are invited to help prepare the Clinton site for the onslaught of the armies. Beginning on the Saturday before the event we need help with everything from painting signs to digging ditches to laying out roads, building bridges, helping with class registration and making improvements to the castle. We have a job for everyone, and this event runs because of your help.

This is to prepare the site for those attending the event, and to add various items for the enjoyment of more people.

Gate people will be needed starting Wednesday.

A few reminders:

First, please have someone from your camp attend the 9am work meetings each morning; that's where the work assignments get done and where we find out about progress. The meetings are at Sushi Sam's Restaurant (same location as last year).

Second, we'd like everyone to do a couple of hours a day of work. You can do all your work on one day and relax for the rest of the week, if you wish. Or, you can work as much as you want to. Looking after the people in your camp who are working on the site counts as working on the site. Helping with class registration counts as well.

If you arrive on the Work Weekend or early in the Work Week, you are expected to put in 10 - 12 hours total. If you arrive on Wednesday or later you are expected in put in 4 hours total. Of course, if you wish to put in more work time, you are welcome to do so.

There is no time clock and no one is checking up on you. This is on your honour.

This will leave plenty of time to take classes, work on the Children's Play, hike, hang out at Kelly Lake, tourist in the area or relax.

Please, no medieval garb before 6 pm, unless you are taking or teaching a class. The event begins at noon on Friday August 3rd.

No merchants open during the Work Week before 6 pm with the exception of food merchants who can be open any time. There is no merchant fee. While most of the merchants locate themselves on the North Road and the Tavern Road, there is no allocated Merchants Row.

Because of the fire hazard there may be restrictions on open fires and smoking. Fires - only at the Bardic fire pit and in suspended braziers. Fires in encampments must have safety precautions in place ie sand or water or a fire extinguisher.

Smoking is allowed only at the Sir Walter Raleigh Memorial Bridge, and at the Bardic fire. Please use the butt buckets. Smoking in your encampment may be allowed if the fire hazard is not too high and your neighbours permit it.

There is only one way to reserve tent space at Clinton. It is on a first come basis. Either you or someone else puts down your tent or a labeled tarp in the space that you want. There is no tenting on the War Field.

Wear work clothes and bring shovels, hammers, crowbars, etc.

Minor and Adult Waivers

Greetings,

Minors (those under the age of 19) at Clinton Work Week and Clinton War will require an SCA Minor Waiver, an NSCA Minor Waiver and two Medical Authorization Forms (optional in some cases) filled out and brought to the gate.

If the parent or legal guardian is not attending, the waivers should be filled out and signed prior to the event and brought to the gate.

The guardian we are specifying is a court-appointed guardian, not one appointed by the parent.

SCA Adult Waivers will be signed at the gate for all adult participants who do not show a blue SCA Membership Card. They will be available at the gate.

SCA Minor Waivers will be required for all participants under the age of 19 years who do not show a blue SCA Membership Card. They will be available at the gate.

NSCA Adult Waivers will not be at the gate. They will be required only for the combat, target archery, rapier, and other risk attendant activities. Therefore, they will be available at another location. Check with the Kendal / Class Pavilion for the location.

NSCA Minor Waivers will be required for all participants under the age of 19 years. They will be available at the gate.

Medical Authorization Forms will be required for all participants under the age of 19 years, if the parent or legal guardian is not on site CONTINUALLY when the minor is present on site. Two copies will be required, one stays with the Minor, one at the gate.

All Minors whose parent/guardian is not attending the event must be in the company of an adult over the age of 19. This person is to be specifically named on the Medical Authorization forms. This adult, in the absence of the parent/guardian, is responsible for the actions of the Minor. If the behavior of the Minor results in them being removed from site or the authorities called, the 'responsible adult' will also be asked to leave the site.

The Northern Society for Creative Anachronism (NSCA) has its own web site:

www.nsca.bc.ca

The site has the NSCA's Policy, a listing of its Board of Directors and the NSCA membership application and waivers. The NSCA's web site will always contain the most recent version of the NSCA's forms.

If you will be attending an event sponsored by the NSCA, may I suggest a visit to www.nsca.bc.ca before you leave?

If you have any questions about the NSCA, or about its website, please contact the NSCA Secretary.

Parents or legal guardians can access the web site to print out the NSCA Minor Waiver and the Medical Authorization Form, fill them out at home, and bring them to the event. This will save time at the gate.

There is a link to the SCA Waivers.

in service Amanda Kendal of Westmoreland Clinton War Autocrat

Classes

Please eMail me for the long version with the class descriptions.
Viscountess Amanda Kendal of Westmoreland

Clinton Work Week and War Weekend Classes

Lions Gate will be holding classes during Clinton Work Week, from July 31 to August 3, 2007 inclusive and during the Clinton War, from August 4 to August 5, 2007 inclusive at the Clinton Ranch, in Clinton, BC Canada.

Classes have limited enrollment so register as soon as possible. Registration will be at the Kendal Pavilion which will be located near the Crossroads near the Main Bridge. There is no free auditing of classes. Students may not attend a class until they have registered for it with Viscountess Amanda. The registration fee is $3.00. Students are not registered until all fees are paid. University of Ithra credit can be arranged.

There will be a bulletin board near the Kendal / Autocrat Pavilion with information regarding Class Times, Changes and Sites. In some cases, the instructor may gather the students together at the Kendal Pavilion at the appointed time. Please be on time or a little early. Non-attendance without prior notice & agreement from Viscountess Amanda will not constitute a reason for refund.

Classes, while tentatively scheduled as below, are subject to change due to the various activities. We will try to accommodate everyone who registers. All students are responsible for getting themselves to their classes.
All instructors and students are expected to be in garb during class unless there is a safety factor.

tudents should bring note-taking materials as well as anything required for classes.
PLEASE BRING A CHAIR TO CLASS

Please note that all times are approximate and dependent upon timing of other activities

CLINTON WORK WEEK CLASSES

DAY TO BE DECIDED - TIME WILL BE EVENING - MAY BE REPEATED
Songs of the Current Middle Ages - SCA Bardic Songs
Mistress Maelen of Catcott, Willow & Countess Melissa Kendal of Westmoreland

Tuesday Morning - July 31

10 am - 12 Noon - Countess Melissa Kendal - The Lions Gate Neighborhood Watch - first part

Tuesday Afternoon - July 31
1 pm - 3 pm - Countess Melissa Kendal - The Lions Gate Neighborhood Watch - second part
1 pm - 3 pm - Bryna Lovisdottir of Axewater - Trichinopoly - Norse Wire Weaving
3 pm - 5 pm - Mistress Nan Compton - Knitting in the Medieval Period
3 pm - 5 pm - Winifryd Euphemia Yellverton - Origami for Beginners

Wednesday Morning - August 1 - NO CLASSES

Wednesday Afternoon - August 1
1 pm - 3 pm - Countess Melissa Kendal - Gate Duty
1 pm - 3 pm - HL Rory Silverhand - Beginning Persona Development
1 pm - 3 pm - Bryna Lovisdottir of Axewater - Trichinopoly - Norse Wire Weaving
3 pm - 4 pm - Lady Diana the Devious and Lord Nigel - Basic Bodhran
3 pm - 5 pm - HL Zakkia Amet al Aziz banu Khabeelah - Tavern Wenching
3 pm - 5 pm - Myrrim de Lancaster - Basic Celtic Knot

Thursday Morning - August 2
9 am - 1 pm - Mistress Meresigha Stonegatta - How to Bake in Brick and Stone Ovens
10 am - 1 pm - Countess Melissa Kendal - History of AnTir - first part - continued in the afternoon

Thursday Afternoon - August 2
1 pm - 2 pm - Lady Rose of Ramsgaard - Waterbearing
1 pm - 3 pm - HL Rory Silverhand - Intermediate Persona Development
1 pm - 3 pm - Bryna Lovisdottir of Axewater - Trichinopoly - Norse Wire Weaving
2 pm - 4 pm - Mistress Meresigha Stonegatta - How to Run the Clinton Bakehouse
2 pm - 4 pm - HL Arianna Freemont - Basic Inkle Loom
3 pm - 5 pm - HL Zakkia Amet al Aziz banu Khabeelah - Tavern Wenching
3 pm - 5 pm - Myrrim de Lancaster - Basic Celtic Knot
3 pm - 5 pm - HL Colin MacKay - Advanced Field Heraldry - Big Camp Crying
3 pm - 5 pm - Winifryd Euphemia Yellverton - Beadweaving for Beginners - Making a Bead Gecko
2 pm - dark - Countess Melissa Kendal - History of AnTir - second part

Friday Morning - August 3
10 am - 12 Noon - Mistress Nan Compton - Handspinning
10 am - 12 Noon - Myrrim de Lancaster - Basic Fingerloop Braiding
11 am - 1 pm - Lady Jeanne of Ramsgaard - Period Style Ukrainian Dance
11 am - 1 pm - HL Arianna Freemont - Basic Inkle Loom

Friday Afternoon - August 3
2 pm - 4 pm - Sgt. Cyneric Bearson - Introduction to Heavy Marshalling
2 pm - 4 pm - Mistress Nan Compton - The Perception of Witchcraft in the Medieval Period

CLINTON WAR WEEKEND CLASSES
REGISTRATION AFTER OPENING COURT ON SATURDAY MORNING

Saturday Morning - August 4 - NO CLASSES

Saturday Afternoon - August 4
2 pm - 4 pm - Mistress Nan Compton - The Perception of Witchcraft in the Medieval Period
2 pm - 4 pm - HL Azure al Khabeelah - Forsooth Speaking
4 pm - 6 pm - Lord Stefano di Armani - Renaissance Astronomy

Sunday Morning - August 5
9 am - 1 pm - Mistress Meresigha Stonegatta - Anglo Saxon History and Daily Life
10 am - 12 Noon - Mistress Nan Compton - Women in the Medieval Period
10 am - 12 Noon - HL Morweena - So you want to be a Target Archery Marshal

Sunday Afternoon - August 5
1 pm - 3 pm - Lady Aliva Spenser - Basic Hand Sewing
1 pm - 3 pm - Lord Stefano di Armani - Medieval Mockery, Satire and Parody
3 pm - 5 pm - Mistress Yolande Chastellain - How to be a Lady-in-Waiting or Guard on Retinue
3 pm - 4 pm - Lady Diana the Devious and Lord Nigel - Basic Bodhran

A SEPARATE CLASS - POUCH MAKING

This class will be presented by Kier Darach - whose 20th Century name is Shane Williamson. He works at Tandy Leather

The class info is a leather sewing and carving class. The end product is a pouch. Cost is only $15 and this is for materials used. Which includes the leather, needles, thread and leather dyes and finishes. The instructor supplies the tools.

The class will have an open format so that people can help at the site and feel free to come back and work on their project when they can. This format will work better as people work at different rate and there is needed drying times. It will also allow the instructor to run stuff in the evening. And have people working on stuff all week. The instructor ran the same class as a two day class at SeaLion War this year.

The instructor will be on site as of July 28. He will be handling the registration for the class.

ANOTHER CLASS
Stargazing With The Naked Eye
Look for the Red Light District in the middle of the War Field on Friday evening starting at 11 pm - and at other times according to weather and agreement, and as will be announced. Bring your cloak or blanket for seating, dim red light (any others do suppress night vision for a time - as will alcohol and nicotine), and any favorite star catalogue or chart, planisphere, astrolabe, armillary, dioptra, or other lensless (celestial telescopes are post-Period) astronomical instrument or assist. Hosted by Doctor Carus of Lion's Gate.

Rapier

Clinton War Rapier Activities for Sunday afternoon

An invite to the populace to watch and all rapier fighters to particiapate in Rapier activities.

I have been asked to create a few fun scenarios for Sunday afternoon at the End of the World following the tavern brawl.
These are nonWar Point Scenarios and will be just for fun.
I am also considering having Champions, two from each side who would just like to Challenge single Duel First Blood in each scenario!

To wet your appetites and tickle your funny bones (Skull and Cross?) I will be creating a number of scenarios.

The first will be a best of three Ship battle using my 2 prepared cannon and Clintons finest ships! RBGs are allowed and shot for the cannon will be small water filled balloons. TRPs will be announced at the “Warf”. Depending on numbers we can have two or three ships. Bring your own Flag! Best of three (playing all three)

The second Scenario will be Protect the Royal. One side will protect a designated fully combatant “ Royal and escort them to a designated safe area but must remain in a “ small group “ (full details TBA) while the other free roaming side attempts to kill the Royal and guards. Again best of three (playing all three)

The Third Scenario will make use of Ship Drakkars CANNON!

Part one will be an audience participation Accolade by clapping which side has the Best Death As A Group (crossing a bridge)

Part two will be Most number of deaths (crossing a bridge) RBGs are allowed and included in the Accolade and Most deaths ( A hit on any part of the body will be considered death)

Part three will be Hidden Cannon Crouching Shot.
The cannon will be hidden behind one of three blankets ..which one will the attacking side choose first?..more details TBA

With time and energy permitting I have a few more "scenarios in the pocket"
Any Marshalls will be greatly appreciated to help keep the fighters and audience safe! Also Waterbearing to keep the fighters hydrated will considered as Angels of Mercy!
I will be going to Clinton Wednesday and available for questions. We will be camped at the End of the World ..See you all there

Lord Richarde Touchet de la Croix AoA GdS
Gallant to Aurora Argentius Baroness of Lionsgate
Cadet to Don Ewan Maclaren
Rapier Champion of Eisenmarch

Event Highlights

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Pictures

Clinton War 2007 (author?)

Clinton War 2007 Rapier Taven Battle (author?)

Clinton War 2007 Heavy Fighters ... Charge! (author?)

Mahala's A & S entry won a war point for Danescombe and Coill Mhor

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