Harvest Feast

Hosted by

The Shire of Bitter End (Red Deer, AB)

Event Summary

Event Main Contact (Event Steward): Ceara O'Ceallaigh
Date: September 8 , 2006 until September, 10 2006
Site opens at: 12:00 AM on September 8th 2006
Site closes at: 12:00 AM on September 10th 2006

Event site:
Shady Nook Community Hall
No Street Address Red Deer, AB

.Harvest Feast Shire of Bitter End
Sept 8-10, 2006 Red Deer, AB.

The Shire of Bitter End invites the Knowne World to join them for Harvest Feast. Come, represent our fine shire by besting the best at the Bitter End Championships. Their Highnesses of Avacal, Sir Wernar Ivarson and Tatiana the Outspoken, will be attending so be sure to send it those award recs too. Don’t miss out on your chance at one of Bitter end’s most fabulous events!

AUTOCRATS: HL Ceara O’Ceallaigh (mka Andrea Dodds) & HL Liam Angarsson (mka Steve Ferron)
unit #2 – 6322 59 Ave. Red Deer, AB.T4N 5R1
(403)347-2347 annsteve@telus.net

SITE FEES: Adults $18 site & feast; $10 site only
Youths (12-17) $10 site and feast; $6 site only
Children under 12 free

** $4 NMS will apply where necessary**
Make cheques payable to ASCA Shire of Bitter End

SITE: Shady Nook Community Hall (there is no street address)
Site Opens 5pm Friday and closes 12 noon Sunday

TENTATIVE SCHEDULE OF EVENTS:

Friday:

Site opens 5pm
Torchlight tourney 7pm
Hunkerdown tourney 8pm

Saturday:

Breakfast 8am-10am (donation)
Archery Championship & Prize tourney 11am
Lunch 11am until 1pm (bring $)
Heavy Inspection 1pm
Heavy Championship & Prize Tourney 2pm (a letter of intent must be presented to compete in championship tourney)
Rapier Inspection 3pm
Rapier Championship & Prize Tourney 4pm
A&S Championship; judging 4pm (must be a “period game”, with documentation)
Feast Served 6pm
Court 7:30/8:00pm
Silent Auction Item bidding ends 8:30/9:00pm (Donations Welcomed, Proceeds to Principality Travel Fund)

Sunday:

Breakfast 8am until 10am (donation)
Site closes 12 noon

TOURNAMENTS ARE OPEN TO ALL!!! AWESOME PRIZES!!!

Pre-registration is highly recommended, limited feast tickets available! (cutoff for pre-reg. is Sept. 1)
Merchants welcome, plenty of camping space, limited hall crash space, pets ok but must be leashed

CHAMPIONSHIP REQUIREMENTS:
The championships are OPEN TO ALL! This means that anyone from anywhere within Avacal can compete for the championship so long as you hold a valid SCA membership and comply to the other requirements. We also ask that the winners of the championships be present at the following year’s Harvest feast to run their sucessor’s tourney. Additional requirements for each championship are listed below.

The requirements for A&S are:

~Must be a “period” game with documentation to support that.
(by “period” we mean that you can chosse any type of game from any era or place in time, but you must be able to prove within your documentation that the game was played somewhere between 600AD and 1650AD)
~You must also have proof of a valid SCA membership

The heavy requirements are:

~must have proof of valid SCA membership
~must have valid SCA fighter card
~ must provide a letter of intent to compete within the championship tourney
(by “letter of intent” we mean anything that states you intention to fight in the championship tourney. This could be anything artistic, or could also be a vocal announcement prior to the start of the tourney.) I may throw in a prize for the most orriginal and entertaining letter of intent, so those that put a little effort into theirs could be going home with something cool in return

***Those wishing to compete for prize only do not have to supply a letter of intent, or SCA membership to fight. You must still show valid fighter card as per any tournament***

The rapier requirements are:

~must have proof of valid SCA membership
~must have valid SCA fighter card

**Those wishing to compete for prize only do not have to have SCA membership to fight, however valid fighter card is still required**

The archery requirements are:

~must have proof of valid SCA membership
(additional requirements may be posted at a later date as per Vicountess Morrigan’s choice)

**Those competeing for prize only do not have to have valid SCA membership**

FEAST MENU: (served buffet style)

First course:
tossed salad with garden fresh veggies
fresh whole wheat and white buns, rye breads, cornbread
cheese platter
italian wedding soup

Main Course:
Rotissarrie cooked AAA Alberta beef
Slow cooked apple apricot pork loin
Oven roasted chicken with herbs
Mashed potatoes and gravy
carrots
peas
broccoli and cheese bake
long grain wild rice

Desserts:

Chocolate fondue with an assortment of fresh friut for dipping
caramel pecan tarts with whipped cream
pumpkins pie and whipped cream
assortment of squares, sweets, cookies, cakes