From the Steward: There have been many questions about the need to keep daycamps to a minimum for Kingdom A&S and Crown Tourney. It is important, for two reasons. One, we need to keep the main hall accessible for real-world safety regulations and for our cousins who may have mobility impairments. Second, we need to have a buffer area around the list to keep combatants and tourney viewers safe. The grounds around the main building are limited, and will be in use for merchants and activities on Saturday: adult rapier, youth combat and archery. Please use caution on the grounds. A paved path is just below the bottom parking area to permit all event guests access to the picnic shelter. The new, revised children's activity policy recently announced by the SCA Board of Directors is in effect for this event. Saturday, May 26 Kingdom A&S will be held in the Oasis Room. Portable dividers will separate the A&S areas. While judging is going on, it is requested that the populace refrain from visiting the Kingdom A&S display area. The main hall will be a populace area throughout the day Saturday. The populace may visit the Youth Craftperson's Fair during the day Saturday, which will be in the southwest corner of the main hall. Please remember that there may be many folks talking to the youth artisans at the same time, and be considerate in your conversation volume. To volunteer to help with the Youth Craftsperson's Fair or to volunteer to help with any scheduled youth activity at Kingdom A&S/Crown, please contact the Kingdom Minister of Youth, Duchess Sabine de Rouen at moy@midrealm.org. Saturday's lunch service will be in the picnic shelter below the bottom parking lot, behind the merchant area. It is a fundraiser for the Barony of Brendoken, the home barony for the Marche of Gwyntarian, your hosts for Crown. Picnic tables are available in the shelter for your alfresco dining comfort. Plans are still being made for the time/place of vocal performance, dance and related performance entries. Please see the site book and/or Herald's Point for details on Saturday, May 26. A&S Happy Hour will begin at 5PM. Our thanks to the Tadmor Shrine for opening their member lounge for us Saturday evening. This is a cash bar, run by the Tadmor Shrine. Please place any empty aluminum cans in the Shriner's containers designated for aluminum. Saturday Night Live! bardic begins one-half hour after court (if there is court, at the pleasure of Their Majesties, of course!) concludes Saturday night. If there is no Saturday night court, Saturday Night Live! will begin at 7:30 PM. The site closes at 11PM Saturday night to all attendees and staff. Event attendees should plan on leaving the site at 10:30PM, or be drafted into cleanup staff! ================== ================== Sunday, May 27: Crown Tournament The gate will open at 8:30AM. Crown Tournament will be held indoors, in the main hall of the Tadmor Shrine. The activities planned will be at the pleasure of the Crown. The main hall is 6,400 square feet. Approximately 1,600 square feet will be reserved for list space and safety buffer. Combatants will receive priority in allocation of space for their weapons and equipment. (Combatants, if you have questions, please contact the Steward at karenjohnson@neo.rr.com; or phone 330-524-2247.) We will be using the bleachers that cover the entire back wall as a seating area for the combat audience. A minimum access aisle of approximately 10 feet across will be enforced in front of the bleachers to provide a safe access area for that seating. Those with mobility issues are welcome to bring chairs/seating, and can use their personal seating on the floor, just so long as it does not obstruct the bleacher access aisle. We also will be reserving some floor space for the Crown presence in the front of the main hall on and near the stage. Lunch service will be in the Oasis Room on Sunday until 1:30-ish. Please see the site book for beginning and ending times. After Crown Tourney is concluded, volunteers to help pick up the combat floor and set up chairs for court/feast are welcomed! Please see the Gwyntarian marshal, Tetsuo Akira or me, your event steward for details on helping out with this hugely important task. Feast will be served at 6PM. A few (under 20) tickets are available as of May 22. We will sell feast tickets onsite, and establish a waiting list. I look forward to seeing old friends and meeting new ones this weekend. My thanks to my home group, the Marche of Gwyntarian for their work and dedication to this event. My barony, the Barony of Brendoken--thanks for the support, volunteers and fun emails. See you all on Saturday. Katarina Peregrine Kingdom A&S/Crown Steward karenjohnson@neo.rr.com