Pennsic XLII - Thursday War Week
2013 Aug 1 Thu: Pennsic, War Week
Thu 07:48
Woke at 07:40 without the alarm.
Deleted 88 text messages received overnight.
Thu 15:31
Wow, nothing like looking over into one of your campmate's tent with the door open and seeing him lying on his back "pleasuring himself"....
I'm back after the dress rehearsal/recording session to get ready for the concert. I can also get to a class in between. If rehearsal had ended at 14:00, I could have come back, gotten some lunch, and gotten to 2 classes before the 17:00 call for the 17:30 concert. But we went long, and then worked more on the men's piece after, so that leaves me choosing a 16:00 class over the 15:00 classes, and being back at camp now.
It looked like rain this morning, but it turned sunny during the 09:00 class and it's another beautiful day now.
The Kindle was up to 99%.
Thu 22:02
I've had a really nice evening with Erin (which I suppose confuses things even more). She came back to my camp after the concert, and we had a couple of hard ciders/lemonades, and then we went to her camp and had another, and a delicious hot butter/caramel/apple/liquor concoction with her campmates.
At some point there was an off-hand comment about what a nice day this had been, and how if it had been my last day it would have been a good one. Of course, that sends the chronically depressed off in a different direction....
The concert was not as good as the dress rehearsal. One probable contributing cause was a bass who was at very few rehearsals, and not there this afternoon, but there this evening. ☹
I'm not sure whether I got a 2nd recording of the Children's and Youth Choirs, since I turned the recorder off without stopping the recording first. (It may not be smart about that.) They were much better at the concert than the rehearsal. I should have the Debatable Choir, but the battery ran out during the Pennsic Choir performance. (But we were better at the rehearsal.)
I did get to one class between rehearsal and the concert, on building a hub-and-spoke pavillion (tent). It covered some examples of pavillions from sources (paintings), and the instructor's experience designing and building her own pavillion. She brought a scale model she had made of the tent that she used as a visual aid for an Arts and Sciences competition. She bought an industrial sewing machine to make the tent. (Another class this week suggested renting access to such a machine. A home-grade machine will not handle tent/sail canvas.) The class was invited back to her camp to see her tent, but I had the concert.
WhenTitleInstructorDescriptionComments
09:00- 10:00Viking Navigation (1102)Master Alanus of BungheaThis class will present at least two of the methods of direction-finding seen in the Viking TV series. Taught 3 times.
09:00- 10:00Building a Spring Pole Lathe (254)Bedawyr of AvaricumLearn how to make your own break-down spring pole lathe with materials that you can get at any home center. Handout limit: 25. Taught 2 times.
09:00- 11:00Medicine, Physick, and Surgery (803)Lord Erich von KleinfeldAn overview of medicine as practiced by Doctors, Surgeons, and Apothecaries. Handout limit: 20.
09:00- 11:00Medieval Gardens: Basic Resources (1922)Jadwiga ZajaczkowaBasic design of pre-1600 gardens, with a review of the resources for finding out more. Handout limit: 25.
09:00- 10:00Travel and Trade in Anglo-Saxon England (1518)Lady ArastormWhere did the Anglo-Saxons travel, how and why? Taught 2 times.
10:00- 12:00Battlefield Gathering of the Louds (1415)Mistress Deonna von AachenShawms, sackbutts and curtals, oh my. Players of loud Renaissance instruments gather just for fun to play poly-choral music. Come and be heard. Taught 3 times.Was this one of the years I made it?
10:00- 12:00University Point Weed Walk (1535)Master Emrys Eustace, yclept BroomWild plant identification. Wear walking shoes & hat; leave from Univ. Point. We are seeking teachers to help us continue this Pennsic tradition! Taught 6 times.
11:00- 12:00Skully Bits: Skulls and Skeletons in Prayer Beads (823)THL Elizabethe AllesLecture class on the use of skulls and skeletons in western European paternosters in the SCA period. Handout limit: 15, fee: $1.00.
11:00- 12:00Deconstruction of Period Glass Beads (223)THL Keely the TinkerHands-on class designed to show construction techniques of period glass beads using clay instead of glass. Taught 2 times.
11:00- 12:30Advanced Labyrinths (1523)Lord Ambros KyrielleA more in-depth look into the symbolism and use of the labyrinth in specific cultures (to be determined by participants) Taught 2 times.
12:00- 13:00Known World Children's Choir (1418)Lady Rachel DalicieuxThe Known World Children's Choir is open to children up to age 11 who love to sing and want to perform with the Known World Choir and Friends concert. Taught 6 times.
12:00- 13:00Known World Youth Choir (1420)Lady Rachel DalicieuxThe Known World Youth Choir is open to youth age 12-18 who love to sing and want to perform with the Known World Choir and Friends concert. Taught 6 times.
12:00- 14:00Known World Choir Rehearsal (1419)Lady Siri ToivosdotterJoin the oldest Pennsic Choir as we rehearse in preparation for a concert Aug 1. We will perform some music in tribute to Owain Phyfe. Taught 8 times.The Debatable Choir and Chorulus recorded too.
12:00- 13:00Pagan Beliefs in Ancient Russia (834)Lady Luceta Di CosimoThis is a brief reconstruction of ancient Russian mythology, based on archaeological and folkloric evidence.
14:00- 15:00Evolution of Black Powder Arms from 1320-1600 (810)Lord Erich von KleinfeldHistory and development of black powder arms from 1320-1600. This is a NON-shooting, lecture/discussion class covering period firearm technology. Handout limit: 20.
15:00- 16:00Chocolate in Late Period (545)Lady Alicia of CambionLearn how Spanish explorers brought cacao beans and the Aztec technique of making xocolatl or chocolate to Europe. Handout limit: 20.
15:00- 17:00With These Knots I Bind My Camp (406)Master Emrys Eustace, yclept BroomYou will learn to master a very few knots that will meet almost every need you may have in camp-or double your money back! Taught 2 times.
15:00- 16:00Viking Domestic Architecture (1909)Lady Ragnveig SnorradottirHow Scandinavians organized their buildings and neighborhoods, regional variations in house types, and individual construction elements. Handout fee: $1.00.
15:00- 16:00Viking Age Clothing: The Archeological Evidence (121)THL Sunnifa GunnarsdottirA survey of the major finds of Viking Age clothing, with an emphasis on interpreting the finds to make accurate reproductions. 45-page handout. Handout fee: $5.00. Taught 2 times.
15:00- 21:00Period Bead-Making and Furnace Construction (224)THL Keely the TinkerExperimental archeology in using wood fire-fueled furnaces to create period glass beads. Come and go. Taught 2 times.
16:00- 17:00Design of a Renaissance Hub and Spoke Pavilion (1500)THL Philippa MontagueAn overview of Renaissance pavilion styles, with particular attention to the hub and spoke style. After class, we can visit the presenter's pavilion. Handout limit: 15.
16:00- 17:00Choosing the Right Book for Your Persona (232)Lady Isobel MuireAn overview of the styles and basic techniques of the various bindings for books in period. Handout limit: 20.
16:00- 17:00Ninja: Truth from Shadows (827)GinDare you look into the shadows of history to find the truth? Come to discover both the legends and real history of Japan's famed assassins. Handout limit: 20. Taught 4 times.
16:00- 17:00Period Portable Furniture You Can Make (256)Master CariadocThree chairs, two tables, and a bed, all based on period designs. Handout limit: 50.
16:00- 18:00Bardic Collegium:
R-E-S-P-E-C-T (1709)Lord Llywelyn GlyndyverdwyAt many times and places the reputation of the bardic community is not good. How does this come about, and what can we do about it?
Apparently the Viking Longboat ceremony was Tuesday night, so I missed it. ☹ [Perhaps because this Pennsic is a day shorter than usual?]
[2017/Sept: I don't know why I have a note here to look for these lyrics: Leslie Fish, Arlin Robins, and Kathy Mar - No High Ground. Maybe I heard a bit of it somewhere today? Seems particularly relevant of late. ☹]
Thu 23:33
This seems to be a night for partying and roving. People are raucous. Classes are over. Battles are over. Shopping is closed. We're left to our own devices....
223 more new messages on my cell phone. My Outlook inbox must be so trashed....
Thu 23:50
I'm listening to my recording of the concert. Parts of it are heartbreakingly beautiful.
Balance between the parts for the Pennsic Choir is amazingly good, considering how outnumbered the men were.
I did get the children's portion of the concert. (Turning the H2 off did not lose the file.) The battery died just before the Rossi started. (And the Rossi was particularly affected by the return of the unrehearsed bass.)
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comments).]
Thu 07:48
Woke at 07:40 without the alarm.
Deleted 88 text messages received overnight.
Thu 15:31
Wow, nothing like looking over into one of your campmate's tent with the door open and seeing him lying on his back "pleasuring himself"....
I'm back after the dress rehearsal/recording session to get ready for the concert. I can also get to a class in between. If rehearsal had ended at 14:00, I could have come back, gotten some lunch, and gotten to 2 classes before the 17:00 call for the 17:30 concert. But we went long, and then worked more on the men's piece after, so that leaves me choosing a 16:00 class over the 15:00 classes, and being back at camp now.
It looked like rain this morning, but it turned sunny during the 09:00 class and it's another beautiful day now.
The Kindle was up to 99%.
Thu 22:02
I've had a really nice evening with Erin (which I suppose confuses things even more). She came back to my camp after the concert, and we had a couple of hard ciders/lemonades, and then we went to her camp and had another, and a delicious hot butter/caramel/apple/liquor concoction with her campmates.
At some point there was an off-hand comment about what a nice day this had been, and how if it had been my last day it would have been a good one. Of course, that sends the chronically depressed off in a different direction....
The concert was not as good as the dress rehearsal. One probable contributing cause was a bass who was at very few rehearsals, and not there this afternoon, but there this evening. ☹
I'm not sure whether I got a 2nd recording of the Children's and Youth Choirs, since I turned the recorder off without stopping the recording first. (It may not be smart about that.) They were much better at the concert than the rehearsal. I should have the Debatable Choir, but the battery ran out during the Pennsic Choir performance. (But we were better at the rehearsal.)
I did get to one class between rehearsal and the concert, on building a hub-and-spoke pavillion (tent). It covered some examples of pavillions from sources (paintings), and the instructor's experience designing and building her own pavillion. She brought a scale model she had made of the tent that she used as a visual aid for an Arts and Sciences competition. She bought an industrial sewing machine to make the tent. (Another class this week suggested renting access to such a machine. A home-grade machine will not handle tent/sail canvas.) The class was invited back to her camp to see her tent, but I had the concert.
WhenTitleInstructorDescriptionComments
09:00- 10:00Viking Navigation (1102)Master Alanus of BungheaThis class will present at least two of the methods of direction-finding seen in the Viking TV series. Taught 3 times.
09:00- 10:00Building a Spring Pole Lathe (254)Bedawyr of AvaricumLearn how to make your own break-down spring pole lathe with materials that you can get at any home center. Handout limit: 25. Taught 2 times.
09:00- 11:00Medicine, Physick, and Surgery (803)Lord Erich von KleinfeldAn overview of medicine as practiced by Doctors, Surgeons, and Apothecaries. Handout limit: 20.
09:00- 11:00Medieval Gardens: Basic Resources (1922)Jadwiga ZajaczkowaBasic design of pre-1600 gardens, with a review of the resources for finding out more. Handout limit: 25.
09:00- 10:00Travel and Trade in Anglo-Saxon England (1518)Lady ArastormWhere did the Anglo-Saxons travel, how and why? Taught 2 times.
10:00- 12:00Battlefield Gathering of the Louds (1415)Mistress Deonna von AachenShawms, sackbutts and curtals, oh my. Players of loud Renaissance instruments gather just for fun to play poly-choral music. Come and be heard. Taught 3 times.Was this one of the years I made it?
10:00- 12:00University Point Weed Walk (1535)Master Emrys Eustace, yclept BroomWild plant identification. Wear walking shoes & hat; leave from Univ. Point. We are seeking teachers to help us continue this Pennsic tradition! Taught 6 times.
11:00- 12:00Skully Bits: Skulls and Skeletons in Prayer Beads (823)THL Elizabethe AllesLecture class on the use of skulls and skeletons in western European paternosters in the SCA period. Handout limit: 15, fee: $1.00.
11:00- 12:00Deconstruction of Period Glass Beads (223)THL Keely the TinkerHands-on class designed to show construction techniques of period glass beads using clay instead of glass. Taught 2 times.
11:00- 12:30Advanced Labyrinths (1523)Lord Ambros KyrielleA more in-depth look into the symbolism and use of the labyrinth in specific cultures (to be determined by participants) Taught 2 times.
12:00- 13:00Known World Children's Choir (1418)Lady Rachel DalicieuxThe Known World Children's Choir is open to children up to age 11 who love to sing and want to perform with the Known World Choir and Friends concert. Taught 6 times.
12:00- 13:00Known World Youth Choir (1420)Lady Rachel DalicieuxThe Known World Youth Choir is open to youth age 12-18 who love to sing and want to perform with the Known World Choir and Friends concert. Taught 6 times.
12:00- 14:00Known World Choir Rehearsal (1419)Lady Siri ToivosdotterJoin the oldest Pennsic Choir as we rehearse in preparation for a concert Aug 1. We will perform some music in tribute to Owain Phyfe. Taught 8 times.The Debatable Choir and Chorulus recorded too.
12:00- 13:00Pagan Beliefs in Ancient Russia (834)Lady Luceta Di CosimoThis is a brief reconstruction of ancient Russian mythology, based on archaeological and folkloric evidence.
14:00- 15:00Evolution of Black Powder Arms from 1320-1600 (810)Lord Erich von KleinfeldHistory and development of black powder arms from 1320-1600. This is a NON-shooting, lecture/discussion class covering period firearm technology. Handout limit: 20.
15:00- 16:00Chocolate in Late Period (545)Lady Alicia of CambionLearn how Spanish explorers brought cacao beans and the Aztec technique of making xocolatl or chocolate to Europe. Handout limit: 20.
15:00- 17:00With These Knots I Bind My Camp (406)Master Emrys Eustace, yclept BroomYou will learn to master a very few knots that will meet almost every need you may have in camp-or double your money back! Taught 2 times.
15:00- 16:00Viking Domestic Architecture (1909)Lady Ragnveig SnorradottirHow Scandinavians organized their buildings and neighborhoods, regional variations in house types, and individual construction elements. Handout fee: $1.00.
15:00- 16:00Viking Age Clothing: The Archeological Evidence (121)THL Sunnifa GunnarsdottirA survey of the major finds of Viking Age clothing, with an emphasis on interpreting the finds to make accurate reproductions. 45-page handout. Handout fee: $5.00. Taught 2 times.
15:00- 21:00Period Bead-Making and Furnace Construction (224)THL Keely the TinkerExperimental archeology in using wood fire-fueled furnaces to create period glass beads. Come and go. Taught 2 times.
16:00- 17:00Design of a Renaissance Hub and Spoke Pavilion (1500)THL Philippa MontagueAn overview of Renaissance pavilion styles, with particular attention to the hub and spoke style. After class, we can visit the presenter's pavilion. Handout limit: 15.
16:00- 17:00Choosing the Right Book for Your Persona (232)Lady Isobel MuireAn overview of the styles and basic techniques of the various bindings for books in period. Handout limit: 20.
16:00- 17:00Ninja: Truth from Shadows (827)GinDare you look into the shadows of history to find the truth? Come to discover both the legends and real history of Japan's famed assassins. Handout limit: 20. Taught 4 times.
16:00- 17:00Period Portable Furniture You Can Make (256)Master CariadocThree chairs, two tables, and a bed, all based on period designs. Handout limit: 50.
16:00- 18:00Bardic Collegium:
R-E-S-P-E-C-T (1709)Lord Llywelyn GlyndyverdwyAt many times and places the reputation of the bardic community is not good. How does this come about, and what can we do about it?
Apparently the Viking Longboat ceremony was Tuesday night, so I missed it. ☹ [Perhaps because this Pennsic is a day shorter than usual?]
[2017/Sept: I don't know why I have a note here to look for these lyrics: Leslie Fish, Arlin Robins, and Kathy Mar - No High Ground. Maybe I heard a bit of it somewhere today? Seems particularly relevant of late. ☹]
Thu 23:33
This seems to be a night for partying and roving. People are raucous. Classes are over. Battles are over. Shopping is closed. We're left to our own devices....
223 more new messages on my cell phone. My Outlook inbox must be so trashed....
Thu 23:50
I'm listening to my recording of the concert. Parts of it are heartbreakingly beautiful.
Balance between the parts for the Pennsic Choir is amazingly good, considering how outnumbered the men were.
I did get the children's portion of the concert. (Turning the H2 off did not lose the file.) The battery died just before the Rossi started. (And the Rossi was particularly affected by the return of the unrehearsed bass.)
[This entry was originally posted as http://syntonic-comma.dreamwidth.org/615827.html on Dreamwidth (where there are
comments).]