Steppingstone Demo
(2009-05-17 - Site opens at 12 PM & Closes at 5 PM)
Bright Hills
Venture to the top of the Chesapeake Bay and join the Barony of Bright Hills for a Demo . . . Steppingstone Museum is a nonprofit educational facility in Harford County and they are hosting a Medieval Day on May 17th. We are running a demo for this event to add to the educational history component and share our talents and information about the SCA with the public. We will have a large area to work with included tenting space, pavilions, and fields. Please join us to share your talents with the public!
- Fighting and Armoring
- SCA Equestrian activities
- Target and Combat Archery
- Siege Weapons
- Medieval and Renaissance Dance
- Arts and Sciences Displays and Demonstration
- Bardic Arts
- Children’s Crafts and Games
Martial Activities: This year we are set up as an official demo and will have SCA authorizations available for heavy weapons, archery, equestrian, and siege weapons. MIC Baron Temur of the Kerait, temurkhan@comcast.net
Arts & Sciences Activities: For more information or to guarantee space for your demonstration, contact Lady Faye de Trees at feataure@gmail.com or 410-838 -9694.
Cost: Demonstrators are free, $5 admission will be charged to the public.
Demo for public runs Noon–5 pm. Mundane food vendors will be present during the event.
Site: The Historic Steppingstone Farm Museum, 461 Quaker Bottom Road, Havre De Grace, MD 21078 . www.steppingstonemuseum.org
We can set up Saturday and camp overnight at Steppingstone with a period encampment or modern tents if they are removed before the demo starts. Please join us for a lovely camping evening Saturday or come on Sunday morning. This is a beautiful site and they are trying to preserve many of the traditional handicrafts that derived directly from those that we practice in the SCA. Site Restrictions: Steppingstone is in the Susquehanna State Park so all Maryland State Parks rules are in effect for camping overnight. Pets are welcome, discreetly wet during non-event hours, no smoking on site.
Feast Information: You may bring food to cook in camp and mundane food vendors will be available.
Merchanting Information: For more information or to guarantee space, contact Lady Faye de Trees at feataure@gmail.com or 410-838 -9694.
Event Steward’s Information: Lady Faye de Trees (Angela Yau), 1402 Hillside Dr., Bel Air, MD 21015, Phone: (410) 838 -9694, E-mail: feataure@gmail.com
Reservations: Send reservations to Event Steward
Directions: Take your best route to I-95 North of Baltimore or South of Philadelphia to Havre de Grace, exit 89 onto MD-155 West. Make a right onto N. Earlton Rd., merge onto Webster-Lapidium Rd., then stay left on Quaker Bottom Road to the entrance to Steppingstone Museum. If you arrive early and the gate is closed, you may enter on the left side to come in for setup. (6 minutes off of I-95)