Celtic Silliness

The Cheese Farmers' Harvest Festival

Mar. 18, 2000

In keeping with the spirit of the day, there will be a great assortment of cheesy activities and entertainment. Fighters can enter the Viceroy's Handicap Tourney, for example. Armor inspection (to make sure your armor isn't too cheesy) begins at noon, which is also when the archery range opens. Merchants are more than welcome to come and sell their not necessarily cheesy wares.

The Big Cheese for the festival is Richard the Poor of Ely The cheesy feast, featuring all the cheese you can handle, will be prepared under the direction of Lady Andrea MacIntire. Special dietary needs (except possibly allergies to cheese) will be considered if you let us know about them by March 1.

If you have reservations about the Festival, send them to Doña Ana Ravaya de Guzman (Ana Areces, P.O. Box 134, New York NY, 10009, 718-230-1679 at reasonable hours). Make checks payable to "SCA Inc. - Ostgardr". You'll be set back $12 for each on-board spot and $6 for one of the few off-board spots. People under 12 years old get to be at the feast for half price (that's $6 on, $3 off). If you just want to be there for the day's fun, you'll have to come up with $3 - unless you're under 12, in which case it's free.

Directions:

• By car:
  Take your best route to Route 110 North (off both the L.I.E. and the Grand Central Parkway). Go North on Route 110 through Huntington Station to its intersectionwith Mill Dam Road (it's a traffic light with a large boulder on the island on the left. Jeff's Seafood is on the right). Make a left at this intersection. Proceed to a T-intersection (West Shore Road). Make a right, keeping the water on your right continue along West Shore Road. As the road veers away from the water it becomes Browns Road. Follow the road up the hill. The site is 1/2 mile on the right.
  See the MapQuest map of the area.

  NOTE: There is a great deal of road work being done on and around the LIE in Nassau County. Please allow additional travel time, or take an alternate route.

• By train:
  Take the Long Island Railroad, Port Jefferson Branch to Huntington Station, and take a cab to the site (Approx. $5 fare), or pre-arrange pickup. The last train home is 11:00 pm.

The standard details:

Date

March 18, 2000.

Time

11 AM to 10 PM.

Sponsoring group

Crown Province of Østgarðr

Site

Universalist Unitarian Fellowship at 109 Browns Road in Huntington, NY (just over the county line into Suffolk County)

Autocrat

Master Richard the Poor of Ely.

Chef

Lady Andrea MacIntyre. Menu available.

Fees

$12 on-board, $6 off-board, $3 out-board. Children under 12: $6 on-board, $3 off-board, free out-board. Make checks payable to "SCA, Inc.- Ostgardr", and send your reservations to Donna Ana Ravaya de Guzman.

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