Trial by Fire: Fortuna's Games
(2014-06-20 - 2014-06-22 - Site opens at 5 PM & Closes at 2 PM)
Bright Hills
FRIENDS, ROMANS, ATLANTIANS, lend me your eyes! Come seek the favor of the Goddess Fortuna by attending the games in her honor on the summer solstice in Rome\'s most exclusive suburb, the village of Absentia. However stoic and upstanding your reputation, no infamy will attach to you from attendance at these games, for the village\'s motto is “What happens in Absentia, stays in Absentia.”
To encourage the excessive wagering likely to win the goddess\' favor, your hostess will provide each with a pouch of coins of the realm, and suitably shady bookmakers to set the odds and record your wagers. The weekend\'s events scheduled to provide opportunities for betting include:
The Lochmere Arrow shoot and other archery contests; Chariot races, featuring sturdy Atlantian ponies [children] (Those who wish to participate should bring a favorite stuffed animal to serve as the charioteer.) Trial by Fire: – an opportunity for acclaimed chefs to pit their skills against the members of the renowned Bright Hills Cooks Guild, Costume contests, with prizes for best Roman garb for adults and for children, and Contests for singers, storytellers, dancers, poets, musicians and performers of all kinds, with special prizes for performances honoring Fortana (aka Lady Luck), and Apollo, the harper of the gods.
For those seeking to slake their thirst and/or more opportunities for wagering, there will be potable liquids and table games at Fortuna\'s Wheel, the tavern in Absentia that boasts the unique Sekunjabin Bar, run by that famed brewer and vintner, Lady Livia di Samuele. Your purses will be safe in the tavern and all of Absentia, since Fortuna\'s Wheel also hosts the local office of the Praetorian Guard. And of course, there will be tavern space for minstrels, musicians, poets and philosophers to make music, swap stories, exchange gossip, and brew mischief.
Both Friday and Saturday evenings will conclude with revelry around the fire, with performers particularly welcome.
News Flash! Flabbius Corpus, the nobleman acclaimed throughout Rome for his poetry, and also renowned for his enthusiastic appetite, has announced that he will be in residence at his villa in Absentia, hosting a party before the start of the games, where his closest friends will be treated to the premier performance of his newest masterpiece of epic verse.
Martial Activities: target archery
Cost:
Adult, Member: $10.00 Day-Trip $0.00 Feast $0.00 Camping
Adult, Non-Member: $15.00 Day-Trip $0.00 Feast $0.00 Camping
Youth (6-17): $5.00 Day-Trip $0.00 Feast $0.00 Camping
Child (0-5): $0.00 Day-Trip $0.00 Feast $0.00 Camping
Make Checks Payable To: SCA-MD, Inc., Barony of Bright Hills
Cost Notes: No family (of parents and children) will pay more in site fees than the cost of two adults and two children, $30, (not counting non-member surcharges.) Refunds will be given if requested by May 31, 2014.
Site: Baltimore Bowmen, 10301 Harford Road, Glen Arm, MD 21057. Site opens Friday 5pm, closes Sunday 2pm.
Site Restrictions: Alcohol is permitted in camp, but forbidden on the archery ranges. Pets are allowed but must be leashed and owners must clean up after them. No smoking in the building or toilets.
Feast Information: Meals: Lunch will be a fund-raiser for the Shire of Spiaggia Levantina. Dinner is a pot luck-- bring a dish to feed yourself and 8 others – plus the food leftover from the cooking competitions.
Merchanting Information: Merchants are MOST welcome! Contact the Merchant Coordinator: Lady Livia di Samuele (mka Sherrill Abramson). 7927 Mandan Road, Apt. 104, Greenbelt, MD 20770. (301)807-5476; abramsonsm[AT]yahoo.com
Event Steward\'s Information: Lady Yseulte Trevelyn (Karen Setze), 1629 Riedel Road, Crofton, MD 21114, Phone: (410) 721-4752, E-mail: brunosharpy[AT]yahoo.com
Reservations: Lord Cairell MacCormaick (Carl Jacobs), 7927 Mandan Road, Apt. 104, Greenbelt, MD 20770, Phone: (443) 416-8356, E-mail: cairellmaccormaic[AT]yahoo.com
Directions:
From the North: Take I-695 towards Towson, and take Exit 31B Harford Road. Follow Harford Road about 2 miles, through three traffic lights. Once you pass the second light, North Wind Road, you are very close. Follow Harford Road down the hill a ¼ mile and watch for signs on the right. Turn right and go through two gates. You are there!
From the South: Take I-95 north to Baltimore and through the Fort McHenry Tunnel (toll $4). Continue on I-95, getting into the right lane to take Exit 65 onto I-695 towards Towson. Drive about two miles to Exit 31B Harford Road. Follow Harford Road about two miles through 3 traffic lights. Once you pass the second light at North Wind Road, you are very close. Follow Harford Road down the hill a ¼ mile and watch for signs on the right. Turn right and go through two gates. You are there!