[Mid] About Border Raids

I am forwarding this letter I received for the autocrat of Border raids.

She has included a lot of more up-to-date information that will help
traveling Midrealmers.

Please respond to her email link in the letter if you feel the need.

I know nothing that isn't in the letter and links provided. :)

-Omarad

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Unto the good populace of the MidRealm and the various neighbors of
Meridies: Greetings!

As Autocrat of Border Raids this year, I would like to take this
opportunity to both encourage you to attend and to give you a little
more in-depth information about the upcoming event and the site where it
will be held.

As many of you are aware, we are trying a few new things for Border
Raids. There will be a feast for those who pre-registered before the
cut-off as well as lunches and breakfasts we are running as fund-raisers
for various groups and causes in the SCA. There will be travelers’ fare
for all who come through the gates on Friday night. There will be plenty
of classes as well as an Arts and Sciences competition. Of course, there
will be plenty – and I mean plenty – of martial activities for those
that are so inclined.

It has been a pleasure to work with the staff of the Cumberland Centre
in preparing for this event. They are a non-profit organization made up
of SCA folks who have put together a site for SCA events. Everything
they make in event fees goes back into the site. None of the directors
or staff are paid for their work on the Centre. In fact, many have
contributed their own funds for love of the game.

When I approached them about hosting Border Raids there, I met with
their directors to plan out what would be needed to make the site ready.
As a result, they have added county water to handle the large number of
attendees we hope to see. They have 12 showers (2 handicapped accessible
and 2 regular are in the hall, 4 solar showers, 4 temporary "camp
shower" stalls). They have 2 full restrooms in the hall (handicapped
accessible) for each gender plus we are getting 12 porta-johns, 2 of
which will be handicapped accessible.

The reasons for allowing event-goers to set up early for the event are
1) to reduce traffic during the event, and 2) to recruit (we hope) a few
extra hands to help with preparations. Based on previous years’
attendance numbers and the large size of the event site, it is highly
unlikely that Border Raids will “sell out” (although it would be pretty
amazing to try!). We do ask that large groups contact Lady Z
(housedarktree@aol.com <mailto:housedarktree@aol.com>) to reserve an
area suitable to their needs. The site is 50 acres in size: 40 acres of
open fields for camping and other activities, plus 10 acres of wooded
camping. There is plenty of room for camping for everyone!

For those of you who prefer to “camp” in your RVs, there is an RV park
10 miles from site, and another 16 miles away. We plan on providing
shuttle service to and from the nearer, if there is a need. There are
many hotels and restaurants in the area, as well. There will be bags of
ice and hay bales for sale on site as a convenience. There is a Super
Wal-Mart 5 miles away.

Finally, I would like to point to the web site for this year’s Border
Raids, http://www.south-downs.org/borderraids, for a complete list of
activities and staff contact information, and to the web site for the
Cumberland Centre, http://www.cumberlandcentre.org, if you are
interested in finding out more about this really great place. If your
have questions beyond what are answered by either of these, please send
me an e-mail (miramah@att.net <mailto:miramah@att.net>) or call me
(770-253-0549).

Looking forward to seeing you there,

Miramah

Autocrat – South of the Border Raids 2005

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