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DVD of "Saxon Gold"
National Geographic tells me that only about 15 percent of their shows go to DVD, and they don't know yet if "Saxon Gold" will be one of the lucky ones. Availability may be checked at 1-800-627-5162 or www.shopngvideos.com. I was told that they keep a record of people calling about a particular program that is passed on to the main office and that ( Read more... ) -
Nation al Geographic Channel on the Staffordshire Hoard
Anyone who subscribes to the National Geographic Channel, the Saxon Gold episode--about the Staffordshire Hoard and featuring Regia and Wychurst--will be3 shown on the US channel on Sunday at 7 pm cdt. However, there are a number of videos and other articles on the production of the piece on the web site at Read more... ) -
TV Segment
Was anyone able to see our segment on WAND-TV? We had them turn the tv to Channel 17 at Gark's while we waited for the poly meeting. It was facing the setting sun and there was music playing, but it looked decent. They edited out all the embarrassing fubars! It'll be on again at 6:45 am tomorrow and at noon in a week, then be posted to the internet ( Read more... ) -
Baseball for a Brit at Pennsic
We're hosting Geoff Williams, a visitor from Regia in the UK, in July, and then he & I are heading for Pennsic. Geoff is a big fan of American baseball (Red Sox especially) and wanted to know if there's any chance of a pick-up game at Pennsic before the 9th. If anyone would like to see about setting things up, I'm certain he'll be very grateful. -
Viking Heritage Magazine
Norse & Viking aficionados:
In case you haven't heard about it, a note was published on Norsefolk_2 today noting the following:
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I'm Ready for My Close-Up, Mr. DeMille
On Saturday, 3 April 2010, despite the rain, Micel Folcland filmed an installment for Central Illinois A-Z. It stars Scott England and appears on WAND TV, Channel 17 in central Illinois. The segment--hopefully highly edited to remove the flubs, stutters and falling equipment--will appear 7 April at 6 pm, 8 April at 6:45 am and 14 April at 12 noon, ( Read more... ) -
Been Busy
Been doing a lot of woodworking and tidying the house. Let me tell you, lugging heavy wooden V-A furniture up and down the stairs to the attic can make your muscles sire! I had to brand quite a few of it and reattach bags to hold the legs (a recommended procedure sinvce we haven't mixed up or lost legs since we started doing it; the bags now have ( Read more... ) -
Web Page Update
Yep, I just made an update to the Micel Folcland web page, including calendar and a link to Bill Short's great new book. It's at www.micelfolcland.org -
On the Air
I'm proud to announce that the interview I did with the Living History Podcast at Reenactorfest has been uploaded, and I don't thihnk I disgraced myself. A lot of talk about living history, about Regia. about Micel Folcland and much else (I get in a plug fo the Viking Ship as well). You can listen to and/or download it at Leave a comment 4Regia Goes to School
Back home safely in late afternoon. ( Here's what transpired )