Highlights from the Nov. 14 Commons
Broken Bridge: We have a park recreation center available for winter fighting practice.  Brooklyn school demo being considered for spring.
Viceroy & Vicereine: TRM want to do a "Make-A-Wish" tourney; use Queens County Farm demo for this?  Arts Exhibit at Twelfth Night: one entry/person, may have been displayed before, presentation counts.  Please nominate people for awards: write to Timothy and Gabrielle, copied to Ian & Katherine, including modern and persona name (correctly spelled!), home group, specific achievements, etc; for Their Majesties' convenience, put separate awards on separate sheets.
Chronicler: Cantons are invited to submit canton news & info to Seahorse (esp. Lions End, whose own newsletter is dormant).  Watch out for chain letters, copyright violation, authors' permissions, etc. especially when copying material from the Internet.
Herald: Submit devices & names.  If you've already got them, use them.  There will be a consulting table at Twelfth Night.
Lions End: Jessica will run Lions in Winter; Gail will cook.  $15 on-board.
Seneschal: Everybody come to Twelfth Night, which has c. 300 on-board seats.  To decorate the hall, bring banners early in the morning or give them to Suzanne in advance..  $18 on-board before 11/30, $20 thereafter.  Brew U. is $23 for the weekend, with Ian cooking (he'll need help Saturday morning).
Whyt Whey: We've been asked for a 1-hour, Weds. morning demo in February for grade-school children.
Cai: Seahorse Ball will be $8 for the day, $5 for children, $5 for half a day, $20 maximum per family.  Potluck dessert revel, with contests for sweet & savory.
Suzanne: Twelfth Night will include a dessert soteltie contest, on the theme of Your Household Heraldry.
December 19 Commons
will be at Deborah and Steve's at 8:00 PM.  Parking is limited, so please carpool or use public transit if you can.  Our apartment is up two flights of stairs, not handicapped-accessible, and contains two (basically well-behaved) dogs.
By LIRR: be in one of the first four cars and get off at Kew Gardens Station.  Walk east up stairs or alley to Lefferts.  Cross Lefferts at 5-way intersection and turn right, then first left and see *
By subway  (and 10-minute walk): take E or F train to Union Turnpike.  Follow signs to Q-10 bus, and avoid signs containing the word "north", to fruit stand.  Right through passageway, then left onto Kew Gardens Ave.  Right at 4th light onto Lefferts.  Go 2 blocks, bear left at 5-way intersection, take next left, and see * below.
By bus : take the Q-10 to the intersection of Cuthbert and Lefferts.  See *
By car:  van Wyck, Grand Central, etc. to Interboro Parkway.  Exit onto Metropolitan eastbound.  Left at 5th or 6th light onto Lefferts.  Third right
* onto Cuthbert Road, half a block to 84-19, on left, next to a parking sign.