[SCA-Dance] Cheap airfare to Europe - Dancing in a castle! (please forward)

[Rachel/Judith]

Salvete!

    Airlines have recently cut their fares for transatlantic journeys over the next two months (Lufthansa, Singapore Air, among others). Take advantage of this to take that European vacation and attend an event in a castle! 


    


Judith








Academia della Danza and Ball



 



March 13-15, 2009



 



 



The right noble lord Baron of the Ancient
lands of Knights Crossing has declared that his subjects, noble in their
demeanour, should learn the ancient art of dance, that they may better grace
his court with knowledge of this gentler art. 
To this effect, he has hired sundry dance masters from lands far and
wide to come and provide instruction. 
For one weekend, his holding, the Pfälzer Schloss, shall play host to a
school of dance, known in the tongue of more refined courts as an academia
della danza.  In addition to learning,
there shall be terpsichorean revels and a ball as no one has seen in many years,
together with gaming and revelry to sate the most hedonistic amongst us!  The lord baron bids one and all to come and
partake!



 



Site information: Pfälzer
Schloss, Pfälzergasse, Gross Umstadt, Germany.



Site opens at 1600 on Friday, March 13, and
closes on Sunday, March 15 at 12:00. 
Site is wet (which could significantly aid the rhythmically challenged
in the pursuit of happiness….); there are no showers on site.  Site is limited to 110.0A


 



Classes: 
Classes will begin at 1800 on Friday evening.  The last class will finish at 11:00 on
Sunday, March 15.  There will be two
tracks of classes, to suit all tastes: a beginner track, and an
intermediate/advanced track.



 



Ball: 
There will be a formal ball on Saturday evening following feast, which
will be a reconstruction of a ball chronicled in Ulm in 1503. 
  After this, there will be a more
free-style dance revel until we can no longer dance!  Music will be provided by the one and only Gaita,
a professional ensemble hailing from Edinburgh!



 



Food: There will be a hearty stew provided
Friday evening, breakfast, lunch and feast on Saturday, and breakfast on Sunday
(with leftovers from feast serving as lunch).



 



Sleeping arrangements:  There is crash space  (no bedding) in the lower hall on site in the
castle (which is not heated).  Otherwise,
Gross Umstadt is a charming little medieval town with numerous reasonably
priced inns (reasonable = 50-90 EUR for a double room per night), one of which
sits directly across the street from the castle (they do speak English):  



 



Gasthaus zum Lamm



Hotel Hax



Georg-August-Zinn-Straße
32



64823 Groß-Umstadt



Tel: +49 
60 78 - 33 17



Fax: +49 60 78 - 40 10



 



There is a second, significantly smaller
B&B also near the site which is slightly less expensive (and where20you can
get an even lower price by not doing breakfast at the B&B).  



 



Hotel REGINA  Obergasse 11



64823 Groß-Umstadt 



Telefon: +49 6078/6585



 



 



Travel: 
The site is reachable by public transportation (train and bus) via Hanau, Frankfurt and
Darmstadt Central Stations (stop: Gross Umstadt, mitte).  The airport of choice is Frankfurt Main
International.  Lufthansa is running
89-99 EUR specials from all over Europe to
Frankfurt Main.  Hahn Airport
is about 200 km from the site, and a 3 hour + ride by public transport.  For help with making travel arrangements,
please contact the event steward, Judith.



 



Cost: Total cost for the weekend will be 27
EUR per person over 12.  Children 7-12 10
EUR for the weekend. Children under 7 are free.  There will be a family cap of 60 EUR for the weekend.



 



Event Steward/Reservationist: Judith de
Northumbria (Rachel Lorenz), Zum Steckengarten 21, 63322 Rödermark, Germany.  +49 (0)6074-211-8045



 



Reservations: The only real reservation is
a paid reservation (for people within the Euro zone), or failing that, a copy
of confirmed travel arrangements.  Deadline
for cancellation of reservations is March 7, 2009.  Please transfer the total sum of the
reservation to:



 



Name of Account Holder: Greg Leonard Oliphant



Account Number: 0048130231



Bank Code: 508 526 51



Bank name: Sparkasse Dieburg
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Purpose of transaction: Academia



IBAN: DE44 5085 2651 0048 1302 31



BIC: HELADEF1DIE



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