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[threadwalker]

We booked the Oak Grove Middle School in Concord for Collegium. (October 15)

It's not quite the "slam dunk" it might appear to be on the surface. A lot of sites in Cynagua were screened for this event, but those that had the facilities we need were already booked. We're still pursuing sites in Cynagua and as soon as we get our calendar dates for Collegium for next year, will start the booking process for Spring collegium. Thus it was not a wasted effort.

In the meantime, Oak Grove was also partially booked and it has a new pricipal. I went through the process of introducing the principal to who we are, what we do, etc, and then found out that some of the facilities we need were booked by someone else. DRAT! However, because we have a history at the site, we worked together to accomodate everyone and I got us what we needed. Hurrah!!!!

Happy dance and all that.

I'm switching from "find site" to "find teachers". Those of you who bother to read my dribble are invited to send me a class suggestion.

I need to hit up my feast-o-crat for a budget so I can price the feast tickets. Hmmm... and she's just a phone call away. And that would be Tangwystal who's doing the feast, which should be fun.

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[loup_noir]

So, yeah, Concord. That's quite possible. I'd be up for a history class. Right now, I'm au courant on Henry II and the rebellion of '73, I'll probably be working on Elizabethan spies around then (but I'm not sure how much research I'll have ready) and I can easily talk about William the Marshal, probably the care and training of squires (not interested in touching the SCA end of things)and maybe some other thing from history.

If you're interested, I'm intersted in an early morning slot. I like to get things over with ASAP and I also like having the class room to myself to get set up. I'd need electricity so I can play music in the background. It keeps me calm and gives a bit of ambiance. Plus, I happen to like medieval music.

[thread-walker.livejournal.com]

Fabulous.

Feast Tix? You're long time friend, HRJ, has been wooed back into the kitchen. She's doing a feast based on a Byzantine text. Something about the advice of the Byzantine ambassador to one of the European kings. She's very inspiring when she's chatting about it.

[loup_noir]

Urg. Before we commit (notice the plural), himself has to make sure he can trade that Sunday with the other host of Oak and Thorn, the Celtic music show he co-hosts on KZYX. The 15th, of course, is his weekend to host.

Should all go well, he thought a class on the history leading up to the Horns of Hattin fiasco would while away ninety minutes without much problem.

Should this go, feast yes (assuming there are enough things I can eat on the menu. I'm a terribly picky eater.).

Do you have any preferences re: classes?

Happy Day!

[thread-walker.livejournal.com]

Wow - both of you teach?!? I can barely contain myself.

I don't really know enough on any of the topics to have a preference. I find the concept of Elizabethan spies very tantalizing and conceptually flashy - but if you're not ready to present info, then that wouldn't be a good idea.

The squire in period would be interesting. I just started reading Joseph Gies book "knights" and he starts out by mocking a popular theory of the evolution of knighthood and the spur. But then he starts discussing the economic and social evolution of the knight from around 800. I'm not far into it, but _I_ am fascinated and find the idea of a class on squires in period also fascinating.

Okay - you're going to laugh, but you need to realize that everything that has stuck in my brain about history has a "costume" tag attached to it. So I ready your blurb about Henry II and the rebellion and my thought was something like "which country was that and which '73? 1173? 1273? 1373?" ... Yah, once you're done rolling your eyes, try and remember I'm an engineer and I pretty much failed history in school. However, I think that it would be very interesting.

You sort of implied last time around that you could do a class on shape-shifters in period. Is that still possible? That would certainly prick people's curiosity.

To be honest, I think the best classes are the ones the teachers throw themselves into with passion. If you are really excited about one of these, then that's the one you should go with. You should only ask me if you're being indecisive.

And if you're going to be a very picky eater, I can always send the husband out to bring you back falafel or Thai food or something. There's several yummy places in Concord.

Re: Happy Day!

[loup_noir]

Re: shapeshifters in period. I started the research and then got sidetracked when I made the mistake of peeking into the sagas. The vikings, the Norse folk at least, were really into it. Lots of werebears and some werewolves. When I took a look at how many there were, something inside froze up. It's still on my research list, but on the backburner. For a class, it's pretty clear that I'll need to pick a small sliver and go from there. Really, I had no idea there was that much stuff out there.

Spies are way cool and Elizabethan spies in particular are documented. I'm waiting on a new biography of Walsingham to be released. C'mon, Amazon! He was one of the two spymasters during Elizabeth I's regime. While I do have the books *eyes stack* and I could get it prepared in time...hmmm, well, I could, but I'll probably skip that in favor of sticking in the twelfth century for a bit. Tiny brains get distracted and confused easily.

I'll try to get Tim to contact Colleen about October. October is a five-weekend month and they're rather uncertain as to who gets that weekend. He's usually the first and third, while she does the second and fourth weekends. She just took July's fifth weekend so I've no clue (and neither does Tim) as to October.

I am a complete pain to feed as I don't eat most pork or beef. I think I know where this particular school is. Worked not that far away for eleven years in WC, but I can't place any mediteranean places - not that that couldn't change in the last several years since we're been gone. Boy, do I miss Pomegranite in WC. And Back 40 in PH. Damn, now I'm hungry.

Best of luck getting your classes ready.

Hope the weather cools down. We're in Martinez tomorrow and the temps I saw were in the nineties. I think it's 65 here. I'm going to melt.

Re: Food

[thread-walker.livejournal.com]

The Pomegranite opened antoher restaurante in Concord in the same building as the Brendan Theater, but they didn't make a go of it. Hard location - we've seen something like 4 restaurants in 4 years there. Howwever, there's "The Mediterannean" on Willow Pass near the Brendan Theater. It's a hole in the wall, but very good. They just opened another restaurant in Berkeley at Shattuck and University. Nummy! I think I'll have to get some take out this week because now I'm hungry.

Can you recommend research resources for 11th and/or 12th century costuming? I'm digging mostly for books on manuscript because those seem to be the best leads. However, I'd appreciate some titles so that I'm not searching blindly.

[beanolc.livejournal.com]

Because of the date (October) I have no idea how much you can count on me. At best, you can count on me that day only. At worst, ... let's not think of that. ;)