Kingdom 12th Bight Announcement

[Barbara Bilodeau <carthew@mindspring.com>]

Poster: Barbara Bilodeau <carthew@mindspring.com>

Kingdom Twelfth Night
January 3, 1998

Their Royal Majesties of Atlantia, Logan and Arielle, call upon the good
people of Atlantia to join them in celebrating this most festive of
seasons at Their Kingdom Twelfth Night, to be held in their Barony of
Ponte Alto.  Much feasting and merriment is planned: courts,
performances, children’s activities (sorry, no babysitting), shopping,
and dancing. The theme of the day is "heraldic display."  Show off your
banners, your heraldic garb, and other items with heraldry.

The Kingdom A&S office is sponsoring a competition on historic footwear
(shoes, pattens, socks, etc.). Documentation is strongly recommended. 
In addition, there will be an A&S display.  An auction will be held to
raise funds for the Kingdom.  See related announcements in the Acorn for
information on the auction and donations.

The schedule is:
10:30am Event opens
12:00   First Court
1:00pm  Auction
2:30    Dancing
4:00    Feast: First Remove
5:00    Second Court
6:30    Feast: Second remove
8:00    Dancing
10:30   Event Ends 

Feast:  A great feast of two removes is planned by our Head Cook Lady
Winifred Corbet de Wynterwood.  We have room for 320 on-board, but we
will cook only for those whose paid reservations are received by
December 5.  Anyone with dietary concerns, please contact Lady Winifred
(Marsha Goodell) at  (703) 440-5093.  Please note that there is
significant space for off-board seating in the hall (320 spaces!) which
can be claimed first-come, first-served at the troll.  

Cost: 
                        On-Board        Off-Board
Adult                   $17             $10.50   
Children, 6-12          $8              $5
Children under 6 free.

Send reservations and question to the autocrat, Lady Anne of Carthew
(Barbara Bilodeau), 13456 Cobra Drive, Herndon, VA, 20171, (703)
437-6271 (NLT 10pm), carthew@mindspring.com   with checks made payable
to: Barony of Ponte Alto/SCA Inc.

Accommodations:  Ponte Alto invites you not only into our Barony but
into our homes.  We will endeavor to  provide FREE crash space to any
who request it.  To make arrangements, please contact our crash-space
coordinator, Lady Karen Larsdatter (Karen Harris), 703-449-1928 (NLT
10pm), karen@agent.infodata.com.  For those who want other
accommodations, hotel reservations can be made at Fair Oaks Courtyard
Marriott, 11220 Lee Jackson Hwy, Fairfax, VA, (703) 273-6161 or
1-800-228-9290 for $49 a night (plus tax) by Dec. 21.  Mention the
"Society for Creative Anachronism" when making reservations.

Merchants:  Merchants are welcome and encouraged.  Space is by
pre-arrangement only.  Please contact our Merchant Coordinator, Lady
Tehair MacDiarmada, 9301 48th Place, College Park, MD 20740, (301)
474-3344 (NLT 11pm),  2152178@MCIMAIL.COM

Other stuff: 
The site is wet.  Candles/open flame allowed. There are changing rooms
available, but we expect a lot of people so please consider coming in
garb. No pets. No smoking in the hall.  For this and other information,
see the Seneschal mailing or our web page (watch the Merry Rose for the
address).

Directions:  The site is the Kena Temple at 8901 Arlington Blvd,
Fairfax, VA.
1. Take your best route to the Virginia side of the Capital Beltway,
Route 495. (From the south come up I-95 to exit 170B and follow the
signs to I-495 north towards Rockville;  From the north or east, take
I-270 or I-95  to I-496 towards Northern Virginia) 
2. Take exit 9 onto I-66 West, towards Fairfax.  (note: from the south,
there are three exits for I-66. The 9a is a left exit to go west, the
exit 9b is a right exit to go east, exit 9c is a right exit, again to go
west.  If you miss the first exit to go west, don’t panic - another will
be up within a mile!) 
3. Go 1.7 miles and take the first exit (exit 62, Rt 243) onto Nutley
Street SOUTH.
4. Get in the middle lane so you can continue straight on Nutley Street,
crossing Rt. 29, until the 4th light where Nutley ends at Rt 50,
Arlington Boulevard.  Turn left onto Route 50. 
5. Go to the second light, Barkley Drive, passing the site on your
right.  Turn right onto Barkley Drive,  and make an immediate right onto
the Rt. 50 service road.  Turn left at the second drive, into the main
parking lot.

Directions to Hotel:
Follow step 1 and 2 in the directions above to I-66 west. 
Continue on Rt. 66  for 6.8 miles to Exit 57A, Rt. 50, EAST to Fairfax.
Go east, to the first light.  The Courtyard Marriott is just past the
light, on the left.
To get to the lobby, turn left at the light, onto Waples Mill Road. 
Turn right into the first drive, and turn right at the 3rd drive into
the parking lot.
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