St. Valentine's Day in Østgarðr
St. Valentine's Revel
Feb. 15, 1996
Señors y damas, it is time once again to express the passions to the one
who has captured your heart! So, please join the gentles of the Crown
Province of Østgarðr
in celebrating our Fourth Annual Valentine's Day Revel
in Spain. We will be having the traditional Nonce Lovers game and brewing
competition in which all spirits entered must be the color of love! The
categories are cordials, meads, wines and beers. There will be a Don Juan
contest in which the proper Spanish gentleman must impress our panel of
ladies with chivalrous acts, worthy deeds and poetic words in order to win
their affections. We may also have a bull run for those who are daring! House
Ravens Moon has also requested to hold bardic trials during the day. During
the course of the feast, there will be a bardic competition with prizes for
the best stories and song, preferably with a Spanish theme (if you would like
to be provided with material, please call the autocrats). Lady Elwisia
Mouche will also be putting together her famous Valentine raffle baskets with
a Spanish flair.
Our spectacular Spanish feast (largely from 14th- and 15th-century
Catalan cookbooks, with possibly some earlier Arabo-Andalusian dishes as
well) will be prepared by
Lady Rufina and
Lord Ieshua. Please call these good gentles if
you have dietary restrictions (if you don't call about it, they won't know!),
questions, or if you would like to help in the kitchen at 718-847-7151. The
feast is strictly limited to 72 gentles, so please get your reservations in!
Off-board is available and space is limited to 60. Please bring yourself some
afternoon sustenance, as there will be no day board.
The site for this most romantic event is the Manettobrook Masonic Lodge,
18 West Nicholai St., Hicksville, NY 11801. The site opens at 11am and closes
around 11pm and it is damp. The site is not easily accessible to the
handicapped: there is a long set of stairs down to the hall. If you are in
need of a children's area, please call the autocrats so they can work with
you. Please volunteer for breakdown, even if just for a short while, as it
would be greatly appreciated.
On-board is 14 tygers, off-board is 7 tygers, and out-board is 4 tygers.
Children 12 and under are half price, and babes-in-arms are free. The only
reservation is a paid reservation, please. Make checks payable to
"SCA, Inc. -- Østgarðr."
Include an SASE if you wish a confirmation. Send your
reservation with any special requests to Lady
Elwisia Mouche de Voujeaucourt.
We encourage merchants to attend! There will be a 5 tyger charge per
table. Please call co-autocrat Baron Sean
de Londres.
Directions:
- By car, from east or west:
Take the Long Island Expressway (Route 495) to Exit 41
South (Route 106/107). Take Routes 106/107 past Ikea and the Broadway Mall.
After you pass the mall, Routes 106 and 107 will split. You want ot continue
on Route 107, which will fork to your left. There is a slight fork with
Jerusalem Ave., but continue on Route 107 (Broadway), bearing to your left.
You will then pass under a train trestle. Count three blocks on your right.
The third block will be West Nicholai St. (The street signs are on the light
poles in the middle of Route 107.) West Nicholai St. is one-way and very
short. It is advisable that you only park near the Masonic Lodge temporarily
to drop off passengers and gear. There is municipal parking on East Nicholai
(left off Route 107). You will pass a small church on your left, immediately
after the church you will see the parking lot.
- By train:
Take the LIRR's Ronkonkoma or Port Jefferson branch to the
Hicksville station. Go downstairs to Jerusalem Avenue. (If you end up on
Newbridge Road, when you go down the stairs you will need to walk one block
east to Jerusalem.) Go south on Jerusalem, 3 blocks to West Nicholai, turn
left, walk bast the church on your left and the Masonic Lodge is right after
the church on your left.
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Fri Jan 3 17:04:04 EST 1997
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