[Great Hall of Rockwall] Breaking news: Warriors and Warlords

[Wulfric]

On a related note, Wolvesbane will NOT be in attendance at WW this year.
We are hoping to attend PMP instead, which is 8/3-8/5.

Wulfric wrote:
> The site has gone Adult only and has a full summer of Adult
> entertainment festivals. The SCA does not need to have that kind of
> publicity.
>
> Kelli Quinn wrote:
>> First the big news from the event autocrats: Say goodbye to the NCN
>> Campground.
>>
>>> Date: Sat, 26 May 2007 21:02:07 -0700 (PDT)
>> From: Peregrine <chaos at world.anarchy.com>
>> Subject: [Northshield] WW Location - from the Autocrats.
>> To: The Great Hall of Northshield <northshield at northshield.org>
>> Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.58.0705262056250.31506 at world.anarchy.com>
>> Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII
>>
>> Hello all.
>>
>> The SCA has recently learned via a national press release by NCN
>> campground, that it has changed the public nature of its venue. This
>> revised public image and purpose runs contrary to the nature of Warriors
>> and Warlords, the Kingdom of Northshield, and the SCA. Therefore we are
>> discontinuing SCA presence at the NCN site and Warriors and Warlords
>> will
>> not be held there.  The site owner has not yet been notified, as
>> there are
>> legal and property issues to address before doing so.  We are in the
>> process of attempting to retrieve all of our event property from the
>> site
>> so we ask that absolutely no communication occur between members of the
>> SCA and NCN Campground staff or those who might relay information to
>> them.
>>
>> We are actively searching for an alternate site and will make an
>> announcement as soon as we have more information available.
>>
>> At this time, we fully expect that WW XIV will occur, just at a new
>> location.
>>
>> We apologize for any uncertainty or difficulty caused by this
>> announcement.  We realize that many of you will have questions and
>> concerns; however, we ask that you please be patient.  We are currently
>> focusing all our energies toward finding our new site and therefore have
>> limited time to reply to individual emails and calls.  We greatly
>> appreciate your cooperation and will send additional updates as soon
>> as we
>> have more specific information.
>>
>> Thank you for your understanding and patience.
>>
>> -Iulia Terra on behalf of the WW Autocrat Team
>> -Tara<
>>
>> There are no specifics as to why the campground no longer suits the
>> SCA in general. According to the website, the owners have made
>> significant improvements, and are now calling the property a
>> "campground and entertainment complex".
>>
>> Website: http://www.campncn.com/pages/1/index.htm
>>
>> Nordskogen and Jara are still listed as the only hosts. The event
>> website (warriorsandwarlords.org) has no additional information.
>>
>> I'll do my best to keep an eye out for info on the new location.
>> Understandably, this could cause changes to our plans, depending on
>> where the new site is.
>>
>> The following plans, ironed out at the business meeting on Saturday,
>> should therefore now be considered tentative.
>>
>> It looks like most of the shire's households (with the exception of
>> Wolvesbane) will be traveling on Thursday, July 5. Wolf's Head
>> (Astridr and Conlin) look like they will be the first to set out, so
>> they will take the shire banner and stake out camping space. Astridr
>> requests that anyone who plans to put up a tent provide her with a
>> tarp or ground sheet so she can reserve enough space for everybody.
>> Also, if anyone needs Astridr or Martin (who seem to have the largest
>> vehicles/trailers) to take up camping equipment for them, please let
>> them know. Bring any tarps or your equipment to the shire yard sale
>> (Friday, June 29 to Sunday, July 1).
>>
>> It was also decided to have communal meals, with each household
>> cooking about 2. The following schedule was decided upon:
>>
>> Thurday, July 5
>> Lunch: Wolf's Head
>> Dinner: Lone Stone
>>
>> Friday, July 6
>> Breakfast: Bent Stake
>> Lunch: Lone Stone
>> Dinner: Bent Stake
>>
>> Saturday, July 7
>> Breakfast: Bearfolk
>> Lunch: Wolvesbane
>> Dinner: Bearfolk
>>
>> Sunday, July 8
>> Breakfast: Wolf's Head
>>
>> The cooking equipment will consist of at least the campfire, gas
>> stove, oven and coffee maker. Martin will bring buckets/pans for
>> dishwashing. Please plan on feeding 20 to 22 people. Don't forget
>> your snacks, extra water and medications, too!
>>
>> Shire rummage sale: please bring anything you wish to donate to the
>> sale to Martin's house in mid June. Whenever possible, have it
>> already tagged with what you think is a fair price. Remember,
>> anything you donate to the sale counts as a deduction on your 2007
>> taxes!
>>
>> In other news, Tanya volunteered to serve as feastocrat for Reaper's
>> Revel, with Astridr as autocrat and Edda as hall monitor. Also, we
>> will need a volunteer (not Grietje) to run the lunch counter at
>> Boar's Head if we decide to take on that challenge.
>>
>> Your roving chronicler,
>> Edda
>>
>>
>> "I imagine I was always writing. Twaddle it was, too. But better far
>> write twaddle or anything, anything, than nothing at all."
>>
>> Katherine Mansfield (1888-1923)
>>
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>>
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