January 23 - 25, 2008
Indian Springs State Park, 678 Lake Clark Road, Flovilla, GA 30216
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Jour d'Amour IV welcomes the
Meridian Bardic Congress
sponsored by The Shire of Drakenmere and the Company of St. Cecilia. Join us for classes on all things bardic, competitions in poetry, song, storytelling, and theater, and a bardic circle following feast. For more information on the Meridian Bardic Congress or to sign-up to teach a class, contact guild steward Tobias Morgan. |
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November 15......Web site launched
January 9............Classes added >>
...........................Feast menu Added [ 35 feast spaces still available] >>
...........................Traveler's fare menu added >>
...........................Fundraiser lunch menu added >>
...........................Bardic Classes Added >>
...........................Bardic Competitions Added >>
...........................Buzkashi Rules (fighting) Added >>
January 22..........Rapier Info Added >>
...........................Bardic Class Added >>
Deadline for payment if you are on board (with feast): Monday, January 19. Please contact the autocrats if you have any questions or concerns.
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This event is a Regional War Practice, more info forthcoming!
Fighting Activities
Buzkashi (aka Bouzhkashi, Kok-boru, Ulak Tartysh, or Oglak Tartis) is a Central Asian game that translates roughly as "grab the goat." It is still played in present-day Turkmenistan , Kazakhstan , Kyrgyzstan , and other parts of the Middle East and Central Asia (see individual country entries in CIA World Factbook). Players ride horses, and even at full gallop, they grab goats or other herd animals off the ground. The object of the game is to get the goat across a goal line into a circle guarded by the other team. The opposing team can block the carrier of the goat by any means possible—so it is often highly competitive and quite dangerous. Buzkashi bears some resemblance to modern day polo.
In the SCA, the game is sometimes known as "sheep rugby." According to Wikipedia's entry, "two evenly divided teams of any size compete for control of a stuffed fabric sheep. The sheep is placed in a circle in the center of a playing field with one stake at either end. On signal, the teams rush from the stakes to the center and the sheep is carried around both end posts once and then returned to the center circle. The side whose members return the largest portion of the fake sheep score one point. Play continues until either side scores two points."
If you come to Jour d'Amour, you'll get a chance to play this exciting game which requires both skill and endurance! For more information, contact the autocrats.
Rapier:
Round Robin Teaching Tournament--Will suit any number of rapier fighters from 2 - 200
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An A&S salon will be hosted during the day for those who would like to work on projects and share with others.
A list of classes can be found here.
Written Poetry Competition
Drop by the Craft Cabin and read the poetic works of the bards of our kingdom. We welcome you to bring your entries (no more than 2 entries of medium length (up to 30 lines) or 1 entry of greather length). Please make sure your entry contains your name so you can be identified and drop it off by 3:30 PM. Starting at 3:30, we invite the populace to come and vote for their favorite entries.
Performance Entries Competition 3:30pm
Come see and hear the best in storytelling, song, and theater. We invite any interested gentle to bring an entry for any or all of the three categories (please keep performances to less than 5 minutes). Those gentles not performing will be invited to vote for their favorites in each category.
Champion of the Company Competition - During Feast
Each of the winning entries, plus a Steward's Selection, will be invited back to perform / recite during the feast. The populace will then have the opportunity to select the best overall entry who will be deemed Champion of the Company and will win a fantastic Champion's cloak crafted by The Honorable Lady Katrina of Coventry.
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For more information about Jour d'Amour IV, please contact the Autocrats:
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Please mail your reservation to:
Lady Sophia di Cellini
(Beth White)
912-354-6137
1510 Rosewood Drive
Savannah, GA 31406
Make checks payable to "The Shire of Drakenmere, SCA Inc."
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By Dec 1st |
By Jan 1st |
At the Door |
Weekend, Adult |
$20 |
$21 |
$22 |
Weekend, Child |
$9 |
$10 |
$11 |
Daytrip, Adult |
$17 |
$18 |
$19 |
Daytrip, Child |
$6 |
$7 |
$8 |
*For adults with no feast, subtract $7. For children with no feast, subtract $3.
Maximum of 80 people for feast. NO REFUNDS on feast portion of fees after January 19th.
Child: Ages 5-12. Children under 5 are free if they do not use their own bed.
There is a $3 non-member surcharge required.
Per Kingdom Law, no family shall pay higher than 3 adult member prices for admission to the event as long as the children are all under 15 and have memberships.
The site charges a $3 parking fee.
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