Carolingia 50 Year Celebration
Schedule
Sat Sep 09 2023 at 09:30 am to 11:00 pm
Location
Middlesex County 4-H Fair, Inc. | Chelmsford, MA
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It has been a long and wonderful journey since the first event in Carolingia, the St. Valentine’s Day Ball held at Wellesley College in February of 1971. Come celebrate with us as the Barony of Carolingia honors the 50th Anniversary of its founding with a celebration event. There will be something for everyone! We will have fighting, fencing, thrown weapons, and archery. There will be European dancing instruction, A&S Challenges, an A&S display, and a theatrical performance. We will have a full day of Middle Eastern classes and performances, ending in a Hafla. There will be a hearty dayboard prepared by Lord Zohane Faber, and a fabulous feast board prepared by Lady Deirdre Grenewood. The site is the 4H Middlesex Fair Ground in Westford, MA. It is the site of our annual Falling Leaves event in recent years. It is a dry site, with no exceptions. We invite all current and former citizens of our Barony as well as all of our esteemed neighbors to join us in these activities, or just come and reconnect with old friends and new.
A Pas d’armes will be held to celebrate 50 glorious years. Honored combatants will have the opportunity to display their prowess by issuing challenges to honored houses, brave companies, or bold individuals.
Be it singles or melee, matched weapons or bring your best, warriors from the East will meet the challenge. Participants are encouraged to arm and dress to impress as each challenge will be announced and each combatant heralded into the list.
If you are a musician, storyteller, or performer, we will have a performance stage available throughout the day for you to entertain the populace. Please contact our performance coordinator to reserve a time to perform. In addition to these performances, i Sebastiani, Carolingia's own Commedia dell'Arte troupe, will entertain us with a show in the afternoon.
Later in the day, there will be a Baronial Court of Carolingia, and a Royal Court.
Merchants are welcome and encouraged to attend. There is no charge beyond the gate fee to sell your wares at the event, but merchants must contact the autocrat ahead of time to reserve a space.
As we expect this event may be of interest to many who have been citizens of our Barony in the past, but who have been absent for some years, we will have plenty of loaner garb (Gold Key) available for those who no longer have, or don't fit into their old garb. If you know you will need to borrow garb, please reach out to our Gold Key coordinator with size requirements so we can do our best to have something that works for you. You can also make arrangements with him to pick garb up in advance, so you can be sure you will have it for the event.
A hotel block has been reserved at a hotel nearby - the Westford Regency Inn & Conference Center. The hotel block will be held until August 3rd. Depending on the number of folks staying at the hotel, we are prepared to put a shuttle service into place, as the parking at the event site is limited. This is the link for booking: https://us01.iqwebbook.com/WRICCMA543/~/?coupon=SCA
Additional bathrooms will be supplied in the form of six port-a-potties and two handwashing stations to compensate for the size of the event vis-à-vis the on site facilities.
The event schedule, menus, and other details will be added to the event website as the event gets closer.
For all A&S/ME Track, Performance, or Feast questions, please contact:
THL Kassandra Aiantide
Email: [email protected]
For questions about Merchanting, Gold Key, or Site Specific info, please contact:
Lady Kara Irini Bint Todori
Email: [email protected]
For all questions about Martial activities, please contact:
Sir Trentus Nubianus
Email: [email protected]
Site Opens: 9:30 AM
Site Closes: 11 PM
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Where is it happening?
Middlesex County 4-H Fair, Inc., 55 S Chelmsford Rd,Westford,MA,United States, ChelmsfordEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
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