Tir Righ A & S and Bardic Championships

 

Event Summary

Event Main Contact (Event Steward): Porzia di Corbino Rosso
Date: September 27 , 2013 until September, 29 2013
Site opens at: 12:00 AM on September 27th 2013
Site closes at: 12:00 AM on September 29th 2013

Event site:
Studio9 Arts School
1180 Houghton Road Kelowna, BC V1X 2C9

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Tir Righ A&S and Bardic  Shire of Danescombe September
28-29th, 2013 Kelowna, BC  

Join the Principality of Tir Righ as it celebrates its
craftspeople, artisans, performers and bards at the A&S and
Bardic Championships! 
The Shire of Danescombe welcomes all, and is proud to host this
year’s competition to determine our Principality Scholar and Skald.
It will be a truly fantastic weekend, filled with classes,
presentations, demonstrations, tournaments, fighting and
performances!  Check the event website at
danescombe.tirrigh.org, and keep checking here, for details, class
lists and event information as the event nears.  

 

Event
Schedule

FRIDAY NIGHT

7:00pm Site Opens for
merchants & exhibitors, and site set up.

           
A&S Display set up (Till 8:30pm)

SATURDAY

8:00    Site
Opens Gate opens. Latecomer set up.

9:00     
Morning Court – Invocation of the A&S&B
Tournament

9:30     
Judges & Entrants Meeting – We request that all judges and
entrants be on site at this time.  
 Armoured Lists open, armour inspection
begins

10:00   
A&S &B Judging – round 1
 TUTR Classes – Session 1 begins (runs till 12:00)
  Armoured Tourney begins

11:00    A&S &B
Judging – round 2

11:30    Armoured Tourney ends
(11:45)

12:00    Break for Lunch! (till
1:00)  Lunch service begins –
day food for sale on site till 1:30

1:00     
A&S &B Judging – round 3
TUTR Classes – Session 2 begins (runs till 3:00)

1:30      Rapier
 Lists open, armour inspection begins

2:00     
A&S &B Judging – round 4
Rapier Tournament begins

3:00      A&S &B Judging –
all wrapped up!
TUTR Classes – Session 3 Mini- Class begins (runs till 4:30)

4:00     
Rapier Tournament Ends

4:30      Bardic Populace
Presentations – Bardic Entrants will
present their “Populace Choice” entries. Bardic presentations will
be concluded prior to court.

5:00     
Court of Their Highnesses Tir Righ, and of Her Majesty of
An Tir

 

 

SUNDAY

9:00      Pancake
Breakfast!!  (runs till 10:30) Proceeds will go
towards the Principality Travel Fund, so come out, and eat
up!

9:30     
Bardic Discussion Group – Everyone
welcome! 
Laurels’s Meeting   
TUTR Class Track 1A (runs till 11:30)

10:00    TUTR
Class Track 1B (runs till 12:30)

10:30    Laurel Speed Dating
(runs till 11:30)
FIGHTING!!  Armoured
Tournament! Rapier Tournament! (Both are outdoors, rain or
shine)
TUTR Meeting

11:30    

12:30    

2:00      Site
Closes

 

Parking
Is not available on
site, save for Royalty.  There will be a designated loading
zone, for drop off of gear and people, but please be respectful of
others needing the zone as well. Parking IS available on all
surrounding side streets (though we recommend NOT parking on Hein
Road), and a block and a half down the street at Ben Lee Park.
Click
here for a map of suggested parking options, or be adventurous
and explore! 🙂

TUTR Classes!
We
have a variety of TUTR Classes on offer. Check the Class Schedule, and then take look at the
class descriptions for further details, and
notes on supplies to bring. 🙂 Registration for all classes will be
available on site, but e-mail the Event Steward to reserve your
spot, as supplies will be first come, first served. 

Danescombe’s
Hospitality!
Danescombe is happy to host its out
of town guests. If you are in need of crash space for this event,
please contact the Event Stewards, and we’ll do our best to connect
you with a Shire memeber who has space. If you’d prefer to book a
hotel close to the site, the Holiday Inn Express has kindly agreed
to put a block of rooms aside for us, at a great rate of $119 per
standard room. Just click on the link: Tir
Righ – The Shire of Danescombe

 

Fighting and Classes and
Prizes, Oh My!
Are YOU wondering why you ought
to come to A&S and Bardic? There are SO many reasons! There
will be an armoured PRIZE tournament, with gauntlets by Sir
Kerrigan, who generously donated materials, and his time, and was
sponsored by HE Chiara Fiama up to be won! There will be a Rapier
PRIZE tourney, with a buckler donated by Maestro Guidobaldo up for
grabs! There will be a PLETHORA of Classes, open to all to amaze
and entertain you! There will be Merchants to shop at! 
On Sunday, we’ll be hosting a Pancake Breakfast as a fundraiser for
Tir Righ, and yes, there will be BACON! 
And of course, you’ll also have a chance to witness all the amazing
skills and talents of your Principality as several worthies vie for
the Championships of Arts & Sciences, and of Bardic. 

So many reasons to come to Danescombe, how can you NOT come to
this event? 🙂

 

Site fee:
$25 for adults – SCA members receive a $5 discount.
Youth (13-18years) just $10
Family Cap (2 adults and 2 or more youth) is $50
Children are free.
Please make cheques payable to the Shire of Danescombe.

Site opens at 8:00am Saturday, and closes at 3:00pm on Sunday.
Set up may be available for entrants and merchants on Friday
evening – please check back here, and on the event website for
up-to-date information.

Site Location: 1180 Houghton Road, Kelowna, BC.  For more
information please contact the event stewards: Porzia di Corbino
Rosso (mka Leanne Witherly) porzia@redcrowcreative.com,
250.869.7866, or HE Chiara Fiamma (mka Kendra Hesketh)
sweetsilentgirl@gmail.com, 250.869.7199.

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