Spring Carnival

["chuck graves" <chuck_graves@mail.hq.faa.gov>]

Greetings to those of the Merry Rose.

I'd like everyone to spread the word far and wide...it'll be in the next ACORN 
but here's a preview.

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Break out your spring best, a carnival has come to town.  The Incipient Shire of
Roxbury Mill (sponsored by The Barony of Lochmere) invites one and all to

                           Spring Carnival

on 22 April at the Laytonsville VFD in Laytonsville, Maryland.  Join us for:  
Palio races, merchants, workshops, dancing, children's activities, fighting 
(armored combat), more fighting  (duello), and an obscure local game called 
cambok.  The festivities will be followed by a scrumptious feast prepared by 
Lady Ciera Lawan and, of course, more dancing.  The site will open at 10 am and 
close at 11pm.  The hall is wet but the grounds outside are not!  No open flames
in the hall.

                           Postmarked 
                           by 15 April             At the door
Fees                       ON      OFF             ON      OFF

Adults                     $ 10    $ 4             $ 12    $ 4
Children (7-12)               5      2                6      2
Children (6 and under)     Free    Free            Free    Free

NOTE:  Non-members will be assessed a $3 surcharge (unless the BoD changes its 
mind.)

Please note that these prices are for SCA members only; there will be a $3.00 
surcharge for non-members.  Reservations should include SCA name, real name, and
SCA membership number, if applicable.  Any gentles with special dietary 
restrictions should contact Lady Ciera at (301)946-4644 (before 10 pm.)  Please 
mail reservations to the autocrat:  Lord Tadhg macAedain uiChonchobhair, 12229 
Dalewood Dr., Wheaton, MD, 20902.  Make checks payable to "Shire of Roxbury 
Mill/ SCA, Inc.".  Merchants are welcome, please reserve space with the 
autocrat.  If you have any questions or if you need crash space, please call the
autocrat at (301)942-9551 (before 10 pm.)

*Directions from South*:  Take your best route to I-95 North.  Follow I-95 to 
Washington, and follow it toward Baltimore--you are now of the Washington 
Beltway, I-495.  Continue on I-495 toward Silver Spring.  Take the Georgia Ave. 
exit toward Wheaton.  Follow Georgia Ave. (Rt. 97) through and beyond Wheaton to
Olney (about 10 miles).  Turn left onto Rt. 108.  Follow Rt. 108 about 5 miles 
to Laytonsville.  The Laytonsville VFD is on the left.  *Directions from North*:
Take your best route to I-70 North (leaving Baltimore.)  Follow I-70 to Mount 
Airy.  Take Rt. 27 South to Damascus.  Take a left onto Rt. 108.  Follow Rt. 108
to Laytonsville.  The Laytonsville VFD is on the right.

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Hope to see you there,
Tadhg