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https://antir.org/events/founding-revel-17/Please join the Barony of Stromgard in celebrating 25 amazing years as a Barony at our Founding Revel. We'll have a plethora of classes, dancing, multiple bardic performances, and a feast based on the foods of the Amber Road, featuring a bardic showcase. Gold Key will be available for anyone who needs medieval clothing for the day. We'll have a fun "Is It Cake?" competition and a Storytellers' Point for tales of daring deeds, bold adventures and outrageous stories that may or may not have any basis in reality. Come vote for your favorite bard and see if they win fame and recognition during Evening Court.
Site Fees
Adults - $35
Under 17 - Free
Children - Free
Members - $10 off
Event Schedule (subject to change)
Time -
9:00 Site Opens
10:00 Gate/Gold Key opens. Coffee and beignets?
11:00 Morning Court
12:00 Musical Instrument Petting Zoo - 2 hours
12:00 Leather embroidery - 1 hour
1:00 Profiling Fairytales
1:00 Class - TBD
2:00 Lyre is for Lovers/Kantele demo
3:00 Feast/Bardic showcase
5:00 Evening Court
6:00 Event ends. Clean up and pack out
Meal information
The Feast will be a four course served feast with family style platters. All dishes are inspired by the Amber Road, an ancient trade route for the transfer of amber from coastal areas of the North Sea and the Baltic Sea to the Mediterranean. A full menu with at least a basic ingredient breakdown will be made available for those with food sensitivities.
CLASSES OFFERED
Musical Instrument Petting Zoo - Learn about some historic stringed and percussion instruments ranging from the Bronze Age through the Renaissance and try them out. Suitable for kids (with a parent helper present for little kids) - 2 hours
Lyre is for Lovers/Kantele demo - This is a combination class. Lyre is for Lovers - Learn about the Lyre, it's history, and how it's played! Bonus - Hear the tune from the Seikilos epitaph, one of the earliest known melodies, and have a chance to try it out yourself! Kantele Demo - Learn about and play the Kantele, a plucked zither from Finland and neighboring Baltic region. Learn how to play simple block and strum chords on it and a simple melody. One hour, class limited to six people
Profiling Fairytales - A class to talk about the archetypes of fairy tales, the bones of what each fairytale needs, the 7 rules of character survival in fairytales and how it is decided how old a fairytale is in academic circles
Other class descriptions when available.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Camas Community Center, 1718 SE 7th Ave,Camas, Washington, United States
Concerts, fests, parties, meetups - all the happenings, one place.
