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From Lady Zianna:
Hear ye! Hear ye! We have great news this fine morning!
Their Royal Highnesses will be attending this Friday! If you are able to help retain for them, please let me know.
We also learned yesterday that Dream Song will be performing and accompanying the dancing at 7:00pm in the amphitheater!
Come one! Come all! Join us in making our Barony, Kingdom, and organization shine! Contact me with questions or concerns.
ziannaevents @ gmail dot com
Read now the words of Lady Zianna:
OYEZ!!! OYEZ!!!
Good gentles of our great Barony and beyond – I, Lady Zianna, bring you glorious updates on the demo coming up this Friday.
Yes, it’s this Friday from 6p.m. – 10p.m. at the Carnegie Science Center (1 Allegheny Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15212).
Come and spend the evening showing off your skills, talents, and interests to over 400 people. That’s right: there have been over 400 tickets presold for the event, and there could be as many as 2,000. If you come dressed in garb and go through the secret entrance, you get in and park for FREE!!!
We need YOU! Below are just some of the scheduled events for the evening. We need more people to make our village come alive!
Their Excellencies will be greeted by all the guests as they enter the gates of the village. There will be a photo opportunity for guests to sit on the thrones. Can you retain for Their Excellencies? Can you guard this area to keep them safe? Please contact me to help out.
MARTIAL ACTIVITIES
Heavy Fighters – beginners to Knights – we have some great fighting areas at this event!
We have a river/submarine view that will have one, if not two, lists set up for bouts and education. Get boasted into a bout by a herald – we will have them!
There are two 20-minute demo slots in the Works Theater, at 6:30 and 8:30. We need volunteers for the demos!!! This is such a cool place to demo, in the round and with the spotlight on you!
Weather permitting: give the visitors a glimpse of your skills right outside of the entrance doors! Feel free to sit at a table and work on armor or weapons – we will have spots all over the venue.
Fencers – Oh my! We have a balcony with two lists for you to duel in. You will be visible from three floors on this great balcony!
Our neighbors from Silva Vulcani are joining our forces this great evening. Vivant! Come and test your blades against theirs.
We have a 20-minute demo slot in the Works Theater at 7:30 that we need volunteers to help with.
You, too, can be outside as the visitors enter, should the weather permit.
A ballista and trebuchet will be guarding the entrance to our great village. Siege engineers, and those interested in siege, keep watch for a shift, and teach the visitors about these forms of combat!
Speaking of combat…. Calling all combat archers! If you can be there, we need protection!!
Join the archery and thrown weapons display. Need to sharpen those axes or repair those arrows? We have the space and this area will also be visible from all floors of the venue.
Jousting, anyone? Our great equestrians will be out in force! They will be slaying some silly “Bouncy Jousting” enemies. Come and cheer them on!
ARTS AND SCIENCES
We have an entire floor dedicated to Arts and Sciences. We have a lot more space to be filled!
There will be appearances by the Great Wheel and the Printing Press. We have knitting, weaving, embroidery, and calligraphy for the start of a great arts circle.
Have a project you are working on? Bring it! Sit by the windows or by the fighting or in the theaters. We all need a few extra hours to work on a project!
I would love to have an illumination display! Who can make this happen??
Brewers: we will have the bar set up for you. Bring your best to let our visitors sample them. Remember there are already 400 tickets sold. A few good gentles unable to join us have arranged to have their product transported to the venue, but we need more!
Music! We need music! If there was ever a space for loud band, it’s here! Stroll the halls – sit by the tavern – did I mention there are several stages?
Bards, Dancers, and Drummers–OH MY! Tell a story from a balcony – stroll about, singing your favorites. Demonstrate a dance under the leadership of THL sionn the lost. Perform on a stage. Do one or more or all of the above! Members of the choir will be there to sing a few selections, as well.
Heralds, HELP!! We are going to have announcements to make all night long. Please contact me if you are available to be a roving or stationed herald.
BRING YOUR BANNERS! We want to see your heraldry! There are places for them to be hung – there are places for them to stand.
As you can see, this is a major exposure opportunity for the region, so the more participation we can get, the better. Again it’s this Friday from 6p.m. – 10p.m. at the Carnegie Science Center.
If you are on my list already, the secret entrance location will be given to you posthaste. Remember, you need to come in this way or you will not get in free.
If you have other questions, or need to be added to my list to learn the secret entrance location, please contact me:
ziannaevents at gmail dot com or Lady Zianna on Facebook.
Special Announcement coming soon….
-Lady Zianna
(Posted by
Gwendolyn the Graceful, Brehyres, OL)
Oyez, Oyez!
Now view the words of Lady Zianna, regarding a new demo opportunity:
The BMDL is partnering with Broken Plow to transform the Carnegie Science Center into a medieval village of epic proportions! There will be sword fighting – rattan fighting – fencing – arts and sciences – demos – a tavern – all surrounding the exhibits of the science center for a 21-and-over evening. When is this happening, you ask? SOON – VERY SOON:
Friday March 2nd from 6-10pm!
Facebook Event link ~~~
https://www.facebook.com/events/1372391892865448/
This is a great way to share The Known World with the great gentles of the Pittsburgh area. We need you! We need your talents – your skills – your smiling faces! He need heralds – we need game playing tavern patrons – we need fighters – fencers – artists – cooks – we need everyone to make the dream come alive!
Bring your looms – bring your spinning wheels – make a book – bring those pens and inks. Show off those banners – display a scroll – talk about your heraldry – your persona – your garb. Armor and weapons – do you have them? Are you working on some? Show them off – test them out? I would love to see gentles able to fight a Knight! Fencers – come one come all! We have space for you! Archers? Lets make an arrow – ready those bows. Are we preparing those thrown weapons – display them – talk about them – we will soon be out in the park again! Tell that story from a balcony – sing that song strolling down the our village streets. Hear the music playing!
Would you like to be a part of this magical event? Have an idea to make it great? Have any questions? Contact me – we will do our best to make it happen! Message me on Facebook or email me at
ziannaevents at gmail dot com
Look for event announcements and barony blog posts!
Our partners at Broken Plow say:
Discover the science of jousting, sword fighting, giants, and more as we travel back to the Middle Ages! Experience Historic European Martial Arts, and enjoy a Q&A with trained professionals. Observe weapon demonstrations or participate in a private lesson on the science of sword fighting by Pittsburgh Sword Fighters. Plus, all guests receive a discount code for a 4-week introductory class at Pittsburgh Sword Fighters titled, “Introduction to Broken Plow Western Martial Arts & Sword Fighting.”
-Posted by Gwendolyn the Graceful, Brehyres
On behalf of Lady Zianna
Demo Coordinator
Sat, May 07, 2016 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The European Studies Center has graciously requested our present during their festival.
We will be mustering on the grassy area between Posvar Hall and Hillman Library.
There will be a BEAR PIT… and pick-up fights!
There will be a tent, seating and of course – pickles by request!
BUT
This is not just for fencers! Bring your crafty things and join us!
Contact your chatelaine, Edana the Red, Magnus bastiano de Vigo, or Jorundr hinn Rotinn with inquiries.