Event Main Contact (Event Steward): Edward Ean Anderson
Date: May 24 , 2013 until May, 27 2013
Site opens at: 12:00 AM on May 24th 2013
Site closes at: 12:00 AM on May 27th 2013
Event site:
Columbia County Fairgrounds
58892 Saulser Rd.
St. Helens, OR 97051
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The Grand Thing VII
Barony of Stromgard
May 24th – May 27th,
2013
The Barony of Stromgard invites you
to the 8th Annual Grand Thing. This is a period event focusing
on Nordic and Irish traditions of the Viking era with fighting,
contests, games, time to learn new things and a Grand Feast. come
and spend teh week end with friends and help us have a great
event.
PRIZE FOR BEST NORSE
ENCAMPMENT!
Fighting: Multi-Weapons Tournament
with five weapons styles (sword & shield, axe & shield,
spear & shield, two-handed axe, and two-handed spear) with a
Master Grendal Damascus Spear as the prize, a Memorial Great Axe
Tournament (bring word fame of the fallen in song, prose, or saga
to enter), a Monastery Raid (where you keep what booty you can
escape with), and a Domination Tourney where not just your skill is
tested but your courage and valor as well. Can you withstand the
Storm of Steel?
Equestain events are planned,
there are stalls and two good size areana to play
in.
See website for detail
on.
www.thegrandthing.org
Large groups contact
Landocrat HL
James Sayer at jamessayer@bardicfire.com .
Site
opens 12PM (merchants 10AM) on Friday closes 1PM
Monday. Please
help the staff and be off site by 1pm please.
Site fee: Adults-$20 at-gate
15.00-prereg (Non-member add $5), under 18 free. Day-pass $10.00.
Make checks payable to: Barony of
Stromgard, SCA Inc.
Merchants: Contact Merchantcrat Stanton
at
macllyr@hotmail.com
for
registration and donation fee
Pre-Registration:
ACCEPS http://acceps.ansteorra.org/regit/kingdom_event_display.php?kid=9 or
www.thegrandthing.org
10% of all profits will be donated
to one of the Kingdom Travel Funds.
Autocrat:Earl Edward Ean Anderson
@
ed.carthell@weyerhaeuser.com
(360)247-5980 not after
10PM.
Schedule of Events (Subject to change until the
event)
Friday |
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10:00 AM |
Gate opens for |
12:00 PM |
Gate opens for |
3:00 PM |
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9:00 PM |
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12:00 AM |
Gate “officially” |
Saturday |
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8:00 AM |
Gate opens |
8:00 AM |
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9:00 AM |
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9:00 AM |
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9:00 AM |
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9:00 AM |
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10:00 AM |
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10:00 AM |
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10:30 AM |
Armor inspection begins at |
11:00 AM |
Opening Court at Monastery Barn |
11:30 AM |
Multi-Weapons Tourney begins at |
12:00 PM |
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12:00 PM |
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12:00 PM |
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12:00 PM |
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12:30 PM |
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1:00 PM |
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1:00 PM |
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2:00 PM |
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2:00 PM |
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2:00 PM |
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2:00 PM |
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2:00 PM |
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2:00 PM |
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2:30 PM |
Tiernan’s Domination |
3:00 PM |
Feast set-up begins (Great Hall |
3:00 PM |
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4:00 PM |
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5:00 PM |
Feast / Great Hall open to |
5:30 PM |
Potluck Feast begins in Great |
7:00 PM |
Final Baronial court of Tiernan |
8:30 PM |
Grand Thing law giving ceremony |
8:00 PM |
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10:00 PM |
Norse Trade Blanket at |
Sunday: |
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6:00 AM |
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8:00 AM |
Gate opens |
9:00 AM |
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9:00 AM |
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9:00 AM |
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10:00 AM |
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10:00 AM |
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10:30 AM |
Armor inspection at |
11:00 AM |
Monastery Raid at Castle (3 |
11:00 AM |
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1:00 PM |
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1:00 PM |
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2:00 PM |
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2:00 PM |
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2:00 PM |
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2:00 PM |
Memorial Axe tournament at |
2:00 PM |
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2:30 PM |
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3:00 PM |
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3:00 PM |
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3:00 PM |
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4:00 PM |
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5:00 PM |
Baronial and Prize Court at |
6:00 PM |
Pig Feast fund raiser for |
7:00 PM |
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7:00 PM |
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8:00 PM |
Adult Bardic in Monastery (2 |
8:00 PM |
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9:00 PM |
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10:00 PM |
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Monday: |
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9:00 AM |
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10:00 AM |
Castle tear down (1 |
11:00 AM |
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11:00 AM |
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1:00 PM |
Site closes you must be off |
New class
9 |
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