Harts and Horns

Welcome back lords, ladies, thems and theydies, to the annual Harts and Horns!  If you don’t care for whimsy there is a plain English summary below.  You have been warned, but whimsy is imminent.  While there shan’t be jousting, excluding words, there will be fencing, heavy fighting and other such tomfoolery involved with politely hitting your friends with weaponry!  There will be food, of an edible kind!  Additionally bean juice and leaf water (coffee and tea) shall be provided for the morning, bringing of foods in additions to those being served is encouraged.  Dancing, of the old and varied variety as well as games shall abound.  Bring the best of yourself, for competition shall arise.  To the people of artistry, or ye artificer, bring forth your fine creations so that we may witness their gloriousness! 

And now:  CHEEEEEEEEESE!!!  Make it, eat it, judge it!  We shall this year again be conducting a food competition in honor of the late great cook John Marshall atte Ford.  The category this year:  homemade cheese!  The delectable competition does have rules and parameters however as stated on the link!  As always bring your best!  Competition Rules:  https://tinyurl.com/a4nvn8b9

We hope you’ll come, and have fun!

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Feast

The full feast will be at 2:00 in the afternoon to allow gentles to enjoy feast without going late into the evening.  There will NOT be a lunch style dayboard, but 'Elevensies' will be on a side table in the main room with coffee, tea and snacks throughout the morning.  Attendees are encouraged to contribute a snack to the table.

Feast menu:

First remove:
Genovese crustless tart (spinach and cheese)-gluten free, vegetarian.  Cannot be dairy free
Cabbage boiled with honey and mustard- vegan, gluten free and dairy free
Sausage
Heathen cakes-beef, apple and egg pie.  Can make gluten free crust if needed.  Cannot be egg free.
Bread and butter

Second remove:
Blancmanger-sweet casserole of chicken and rice, served hot.  Dairy free, gluten free
Apple tart-can not be dairy free, vegetarian but not vegan
Sausage
Cucumber salad-vegan, dairy free, gluten free
Bread and butter

Contact the cooks at:  Milissent 150800@members.eastkingdom.org

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Schedule of events: 

In the morning there will be: 
*A tournament to choose our Shire Champions for Rattan and for Rapier;
*In the main hall an A&S display (documentation is encouraged, but not required) finished or unfinished-all projects are welcome to display.  Contact Lady Aislinn for more information moas@hartshorn-dale.eastkingdom.org ;
*Coffee, tea, and snacks (feel free to contribute to the snacks at this "elevensies" table;
*The John Marshall atte Ford cheese competition will also be in the main hall;
*and we hoping to run a 'renaissance rummage sale' (more information to come).

Followed by an early feast at around 2pm with two removes, seating capped at 80, but off-board seating is available.

And in the late afternoon/early evening we will have: 
*Dancing organized by Duchessa Diana (for more information contact Diana at 25189@members.eastkingdom.org),
*and a Games Tournament hosted by our own Hrolfrgeirr (Chewie). 

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Tournament
Anyone is welcome to enter the tournament.  If you do not wish to serve as Shire Champion please indicate that when you enter.  We ask that our Champion be ready to defend Hartshorn-dale in the Shire Wars event, and any other tournaments of the kind. 

Shire Rattan Champs:
Inspection at 10:00 and tournament to begin at 10:30.  Tournament will be a shieldless round robin.  Bucklers will be available in case a fighter is not comfortable with an alternate weapons form.  If we have a large showing of fighters, the tournament will be single or double elimination in place of round robin.

Shire Rapier Champs
Check in with MoL by 10:00 and Tournament to start at 10:30.  Tournament will be a round robin leading into top two best-of-five for finals.
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Games Tournament

There will be 10 period games available to play:

9 Men's Morris
Alquerques
Backgammon
Byzantine Chess
Chess
Fitchneal
Fox & Geese
Game of the Goose
Mancala
Tarot

Players will receive points as follows:
Play a game = 1 point
Win a game = 2 points (in addition to the point for playing)
Play 3 different games = 3 points (score again for 6 and 9 games)

The player with the most points will be the tournament champion.

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Changing rooms will be available.

Site rules:
Dry site
No smoking indoors.  *Cigarette butts* must be disposed of properly.  Absolutely no butts dropped on the grounds anywhere.
No pets.

Site Opens: 9:00am
Site Closes: 7:00pm