June 27, SCA event Arts & Sciences Amazing Race

By neimhaille. 14/06/09, 04:14 am

For anyone who has wondered about what we do this is a great chance to come along and have some fun.
It is designed to be a day of Doing Stuff and then a sit down meal in the evening. The first part will be garb optional- meaning you can wear regular clothes rather than dress up ;) The second part isn't. If you wish you can book only for the first part or there is loaner garb available for those who have nothing appropriate in their own closet. And a few of us are generally happy to loan gear to responsible people too.

Booking close a week yesterday so if you would like to borrow anything please ask sooner rather than later. I am going to see Shannon who is running this event (at 'Geddon last year in the lovely silver and bright pink dress- she also was involved in the dancing display) so I'll ask her if I can post her email address here for bookings otherwise please PM me and I'll link you up :) You can also try arts@ildhafn.sca.org.nz as that will forward to her.

For the SCA garb is from about 1600 and earlier and the request is simply to attempt this. There is no pressure to go all out!
http://ildhafn.sca.org.nz is the local group

Quote :: Come one, come all, to the Ildhafn A&S Amazing Race!

This challenging
and fun daytime event is to be held on the Saturday
of June the 27th, at the
Ponsonby Community Centre in Auckland City.

This Amazing Race has an Arts
& Sciences focus, being run by myself,
A&S Officer for Ildhafn, as
Steward, and Edward Braithwayte, A&S
Officer for Cluain, as Deputy
Steward.

We'll spend the day working in groups (garb optional), trying a
range
of actvities covering the whole amazing gamut of A&S stuff
available -
most people will find there'll be something they're fairly
comfortable
with, something they know a wee bit about, and something
that's
completely new to them. The idea is to have some fun, and try a
few
different things, and at the end of the day, you'll get to take
what
you've been working on home with you (or even eat it at
dinner).

We have an esteemed panel of judges, who will be judging the
results
of each activity (entries will be anonymous, but winning groups
will
be asked to identify themselves when the results are announced), and
a
winner will be announced for each category, in a very spiffy court
in
the early evening.

We'll then break for dinner (which is provided),
following up with
some dancing and games before bidding our adieus for the
evening
around 9pm.

The cost is $24 per adult ($26 for
non-Members), or $18/20 for those
not wishing to stay for dinner.
Children of an appropriate age, that
would like to join in the adult's
activities, will be charged at adult
pricing. There will be a separate,
visible play area set up for the
children, so that they are occupied and
supervised throughout the day.
Children under the age of 5 are free (but
please book so we know
you're bringing them), all other children are $8, or
$5 for those not
staying for dinner.

For those that would like it,
there will be a booklet of the event
available for an extra $1 - this will
have an outline of all the
activities that you've tried throughout the day,
as well as links and
a mini-bibliography if you're interested in learning
more about some
of the activities. I'll be giving these out as people leave
though -
otherwise it might be cheating!!

The timetable goes something
like this:

11.30am Site opens
12pm Choose teams and outline Tha
Rulz
12.30pm BYO lunch
1pm Amazing Race kickoff
3pm afternoon
tea
3.20pm Resume Amazing Race
5pm break for judging and changing into
garb
6pm Court and Prize Presentation
6.30pm Dinner
7pm-9pm Dancing
& Games
9pm Event closes - hall pack down begins