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Miami County 4H Fairgrounds

1029 W 200 N, Peru, IN 46970

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Arts and Sciences:

Have a class you'd like to teach? Contact our A&S Coordinator: THL Arianwen Triona Ceridwen O Wyndham

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Rapier

Questions about rapier? Contact our MIC: Warder Damian Nihthauk

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TENTATIVE SCHEDULE:

Sign-up for Courtiers Tournament

Meeting of Courtiers Candidates

Courtiers Rapier Tournament (Open to all fencers)

Judging of Fencing Garb (Courtiers Candidates only)

Lunch Break

Dice Chess Tournament (Open to all who wish to play)

Bardic Competition (Open to all performers)

Extemporaneous Speaking Competition (Courtiers Candidates only)

Winners announced and prizes awarded.

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Courtiers Tourney:

Courtiers Tournament Marshal: Baron Jon Inchingham

Part I: "To play well at fense upon all kinds of weapons."

Candidates will be required to show their fencing skill in a list run by Warder Damian. Points will be awarded reflecting each candidate's standing at the end of the day's fighting.

Note: Fencers who do not wish to be Courtier candidates may still compete in this part of the tournament.

Part II: "To be handesome and clenly in his (or her) apparaile."

The fencing garb of each candidate will be judged on the basis of comeliness and appropriateness.

Part III: "To be meanly seene in the play at Chestes (chess), and not over cunninge. To play for his pastime at Dice [and] not . . . fume and chafe in his losse."

Candidates will play matches of DICE chess. Participants need only know how various chess pieces move and capture in order to play.

Part IV: "To be brought to showe his (or her) feates and qualities at the desire and request of others."

Each candidate shall be asked to demonstrate skill at some mode of entertainment of the candidate's choosing (dance, sing, recite a poem, play an instrument, tell a tale, etc.). A candidate who has created an original work, may ask any gentle besides John Inchingham to perform it.

Part V: "To be well spoken and faire languaged" and "To be no envious or malitious person."

Each candidate will be asked to briefly speak extemporaneously upon the virtues of one of the other candidates (to be drawn at random).

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PREVIOUS COURTIERS:

1. Ian Jameson;
2. Brighid the Ageless;
3. Rutger van Groenigan;
4. Rutger van Groenigan;
5. Torquil MacGillavrey;
6. Torquil MacGillavrey;
7. Moonwulf Starkaaderson ((Orange Cloak: Damian Nihthauk);
8. Uahdahlrich Sassmanshausen (Orange Cloak: Damian Nihthauk);
9. Brighid MacCumhal (Orange Cloak: Damian Nihthauk);
10. Damian Nihthauk (Orange Cloak: Gregory Bryant);
11. Uahdahlrich Sassmanshausen (Orange Cloak: Damian Nihthauk);
12. Gregory Bryant (Orange Cloak: Albert, known as Aleator);
13. Christian Furnier (Orange Cloak: Damian Nihthauk);
14. Brighid MacCumhal (Orange Cloak: Damian Nihthauk);
15. Damian Nihthauk (Orange Cloak: Catalin Zoldzem);
16. Sorcha MacGillavrey (Orange Cloak: Maximilian von Fallingbostel);
17. James Greenleaf (Orange Cloak: Philippe de Lyon);
18. Pieter van Doorn (Orange Cloak: Alexander de Seton);
19. Damian Nihthauk (Orange Cloak: Alphia Biraz Pars);
20. Taren Wilgaer von Heidelberg (Orange Cloak: Kurro Ookami);
21. Pieter van Doorn (Orange Cloak: Cecil DuPont);
22. Jack the Newbie (Orange Cloak: Cecil DuPont);
23. Gwynneth verch Leuan (Orange Cloak: Seto Gesshuko);
24. Marie la Fauconniere (Orange Cloak: Seto Gesshuko);
25. Wendell of Dark River (Orange Cloak: Marie la Fauconniere);
26. Saraswati man.Ikkam (Orange Cloak: Christofle Etienne de Lorraine dit le Jeune)
27. Warder Roland de Sullane (Orange Cloak: Dai Gerdwr)
28. Master Torquil MacGillivry (Orange Cloak: Sparrow Hawksdaughter)

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PRIZES:

Chess Queen Trophy (awarded to Courtier's Tournament winner)-donated by Their Excellencies, Master Wilhelm Michalik and Metressa Alzbeta Michalik.

Orange Cloak (Second Place traveling trophy)-donated by Mistress Sofia the Orange.

Buckler (awarded to Top Fencer in Courtiers Rapier Tournament)-Constructed and donated by Baron Damian Nihthauk.

Other prizes TBA.

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DICE CHESS RULES

1. Pieces move and capture in normal manner, except castling and capturing via en passant are not allowed.
2. The object of the game is to capture the opponent's king. Check and checkmate are irrelevant.
3. On each turn, player rolls one six-sided die. Result of die roll indicates which type of piece must be moved:
• one-pawn;
• two-rook;
• three-knight;
• four-bishop;
• five-queen;
• six-king.
4. If a player cannot move the type of piece indicated by the die roll (eg. On the first turn only pawns and knights will be able to move), then player must pass without moving . . . unless (see Rule 5).
5. The exception to Rule 4 is that if a player no longer has any of the pieces in play indicated by the roll of the die (eg. A three is rolled but both knights have already been captured) then the player must still move a piece BUT may move ANY one of his or her pieces still in play.

Armored

Questions about armored? Contact our MIC: THL Dawood al Tayyib al Samari

Hound Coursing

Questions about coursing? Contact our MIC: Lady Giuliana Lucia Solari

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Schedule

8:30am - Field Setup

9:30am - Hound Check-in

10am - Coursing Begins

All dog owners must provide written proof of up to date vaccinations and be willing to sign SCA waiver to participate.

All dog owners are responsible for the care, control & maintenance of their dogs at all times.

Dogs participating in the course should withhold all food for a minimum of four hours prior to coursing to prevent bloat.

Archery & Thrown Weapons

Questions about thrown weapons should be directed to our MIC: Birgita von Meten, or about archery to our MIC THL Torvald Swakhammer.

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Thrown Weapons Schedule

9:30 - Noon: Open Throw

Noon - 1pm: Range Closed for Lunch

1pm - 2pm: Competition

2pm - 3:30pm: Open Throw

3:30pm: Range Closed

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Archery Schedule

11am - Noon: Open shoot

1pm-4pm: Competiton Shoots

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Meals

Questions or dietary concerns about food can be directed to our lunch director: TBA

Lunch is provided by the Shire of Steren Codha. Choice of soup, drink, bread, and chocolate chip cookie for $7

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3 Bean Stew with Roasted Tomatoes and Brown Rice. olive oil

• onion
• celery stalks
• carrots (Large)
• ground coriander
• ground cumin
• 1 thyme
• cloves garlic (Minced)
• tomato paste
• vegetable stock
• bay leaves
• fire roasted tomatoes (Diced)
• black beans
• Great Northern bean
• red kidney beans
• 1 lemon
• white wine vinegar
• salt
• 3 potatoes
• olive oil
• sweet paprika
• kosher salt
• freshly ground pepper
• cooked brown rice

Lentil Soup

• 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
• 1 medium yellow or white onion, chopped
• 2 carrots, peeled and chopped
• 4 garlic cloves, pressed or minced
• 2 teaspoons ground cumin
• 1 teaspoon curry powder
• 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
• 1 large can (28 ounces) diced tomatoes, lightly drained
• 1 cup brown or green lentils, picked over and rinsed
• 4 cups vegetable broth
• 2 cups water
• 1 teaspoon salt, more to taste
• Pinch of red pepper flakes
• Freshly ground black pepper, to taste
• 1 cup chopped fresh collard greens or kale, tough ribs removed
• 1 to 2 tablespoons lemon juice (1/2 to 1 medium lemon), to taste

Viking Stew

• 2 large onions - roughly diced
• 4 cloves garlic - crushed
• 2 large potatoes - chopped into chunks
• 450 g (1 lb) Meat of choice - Smoked sausage
• 225 g (0.5 lb) bacon - optional but necessary and chopped roughly
• 1/2 cabbage - or other vegetables like carrot or celeriac roughly chopped or grated
• 500 ml (2.11 cups) beer - Dark beer works best
• 500 ml (2.11 cups) water/meat or vegetable stock

Merchants

Interested in merchanting at our event? Contact the merchant coordinator THL Arianwen Triona Ceridwen O Wyndham

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