pennsic

[syntonic_comma]

Today's (um, yesterday's) Classes:TimeSubjectInstructorDescription
09:00Circa 1200Her ladyship Katherine von Schlosservald, Gavin White of WestburghA glimpse of life in the 13th century of the "average person". View the personal effects of a peasant freeman's household in rural Yorkshire.
10:00Bodhran BeginnersMaster Phillip the PilgrimHands-on

Comments

[aome]

Solar-powered battery charging = WAY COOL.

What does the "sic" stand for in the name, btw? The "Penn" I get, given the location (although I don't know where in PA you were).

[realinterrobang]

It's actually Penns-ic, like "icthyic" or "catatonic" or "emphatic." I think "The Pennsish War" is too hard to pronounce. :)

[dglenn]

The etymology I've seen reported is that the '-ic' was an allusion to the Punic Wars.

The site is about an hour north of Pittsburgh, near Newcastle, Slippery Rock, Butler, and Zelienople.

[syntonic_comma]

On bing.com, searching for Pennsic, you were the 5th item!

Pennsic

(I've got my photos from 1997 through 2000 but have not had time to scan them yet. Financial limitations will unfortunately delay getting my film from 2001 developed for a while.)www.panix.com/~dglenn/events/​pennsic.html