May Crown

Hosted by

The Barony of Vulcanfeldt (Yakima County, WA)

Event Summary

Event Main Contact (Event Steward): Katya Kazimirova Hrafensfuri von Salza
Date: May 20 , 2016 until May, 22 2016
Site opens at: 12:00 AM on May 20th 2016
Site closes at: 12:00 AM on May 22th 2016

Event site:
Toppenish Rodeo & Livestock Association
600 South Division St. Toppenish, WA 98948

Greetings An Tir!

The Barony of Wastekeep and Vulcanfeldt are excited to be your
stewards and hosts for May Crown 2016.   Here are some
classes that will be offered at May Crown 🙂

Classes

Saturday 21, 2016

11-12                   
Sing able Period
songs ~ come learn fun, historically accurate songs. No
experience required.

12-1pm               
Bodran
Improvisational drum session. Learn basic bodhran drumming
techniques then jam with them. Bring your own drum and stick. No
experience required.

12:30-1pm         
Entering the Kingdom Bardic Championship Tourney: A
Pilgrimage of Discovery. This open discussion is intended
to encourage and support bards in committing to entering the Bardic
Championship–whether in March 2017, or later years. Entering the
tourney is a long journey, with many milestones and much learning
along the way. As current Champion, I will describe some possible
paths, and offer resources, encouragement, and support to anyone
interested. Those who commit to the path will receive the first of
several “Pilgrim Badges,” to mark them as aspirants. Sir Martin le
Harpur, current Kingdom Bardic Champion.         

           
1:00 pm              
Intro into Roman
Clothing (costuming guild pavilion in A&S area)
“Intro to Roman Clothing: Male, female,
and children’s garments and accessories, both under and outer
clothing. Focus   

                                       
Rome in the Late Republic, with forays to other times and
places.     

                 
1-2:30                 
Introduction into Documentation (located in the  Arts and Science
pavilion)

2:00 pm              
Costuming Guild
sewing class (costuming guild pavilion) Introductory-level
classes finishing hems, seams, etc., no prior experience necessary.
I will provide all materials for 8 students, others are welcome to
observe.”

3:00 pm              
Cartridge
pleating (costuming guild pavilion) introductory-level
classes, no prior experience necessary. I will provide all
materials for 8 students, others are welcome to
observe.”

                             
Renaissance lute for guitar players. Explore the
similarities and differences between the period and the modern,
with brief overview of tuning, right hand technique, and reading
period tablature, followed by individual instruction workshop. All
levels of musicians welcome. Bring a guitar and a willingness to
learn. Sir Martin le Harpur, current Kingdom Bardic Champion.

            
3-5 pm                
Ottoman
improvisational jam session. Learn historical Ottoman
rhythms and musical modes, then jam with them. Bring drums, zills,
or whatever you have to make music. Lord Malek
&                                           
Lady   Khanzara of Samarqand

All bardic classes will be
held in the Bards of An Tir encampment. Look for their Banner
flying high (Large banner with harp on a white background with
black and gold border

Below you will find a list of people you may need to contact for
meetings, schedule times, eric reservations, RV reservations,
merchants, etc.

Event Stewards:

 Mistress Ysabella Green (heatherparchen@gmail.com) 
also reachable at 509-750-5636 feel free to text 🙂

HL Katya Kazimirova Hrafensfuri von Salza
(Katyavonsalza@gmail.com)

Eric
Reservations:   Please send
name/group/and size you need with frontage listed first/with or
without ropes

HL Rowland Greene (jasonparchen@gmail.com)

RV
Reservations:    please be
prepared for no hook ups for RV’s.

Master Ulrik Grimwolf de Montazure (Ed Lund) 
grimwolf@hotmail.com

Merchants:
There is no monetary fee for merchanting at May Crown, however we
do ask for a donation to the Barony’s largess…

  HL Gudrun Saesbjorndottir (aisling23@gmail.com)

  HL Lleoffled Whiloughby (lleoffled@yahoo.com)

Royal
Liason (Mary Tolman)

* Lady Ionamyst Valhallarama Reginasdottir
(ionamyst@gmail.com)

Volunteer
Coordinator: HL Thorkell Palsson
(40kfelix@gmail.com)

  Volunteer an hour or more and receive a ticket to be
entered into a drawing 🙂

Schedule:
Mistress Ysabella Greene (heatherparchen@gmail.com)

Please if you email one of the above and you do not hear back
with a confirmation please let the event stewards know so we can
make sure all requests can be handled.

We look forward to a wonderful
and amazing May Crown:   Please see the event webpage
also for more information in the coming weeks
🙂     http://maycrown2016.webs.com/