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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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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.