From thyra.edottir at gmail.com Wed Jul 18 23:38:33 2018 From: thyra.edottir at gmail.com (Thyra Eiriksdottir) Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2018 23:38:33 -0400 Subject: [SCA-Dance] Pennsic Peace-week happenings Message-ID: Greetings, dancers! I keep my Pennsic-specific posting to a minimum over here, but I wanted to make sure those attending got some useful information! First, make sure you check https://pennsicdance.aands.org/ for schedule and revel info. Masters Gregory, Aaron, and Avatar have been working to get lots of info up there for dancers *and* musicians. Second, there are so many revels this year that we're starting on the Thursday of Peace Week! Thank you to all the hosts, it's shaping up to be an amazing year. I asked for a theme of "Birds and Beasts" (or beasts and birds?), and folks seem to be having fun with it. Third, there will be more painting of floorboards during early Peace Week! Things to know: -Even if you don't bring grubby clothes, there are aprons and sleeve protectors to use. -We will be painting in the Great Hall, on elevated surfaces. Actual painting times will be posted at the dance tent & online, as it is somewhat weather-dependent. It will not start before Monday unless folks are motivated without me. -We got caught up at AE War Practice, with thanks to Hermankyn and Sion, and a few non-dancers (Tysha, Creature, Arianna, Charani, and Dietrich, for those that know them), so we only have to paint designs on 4 boards now. I am *so* grateful that we got all the extra painting done before Pennsic, and you should be too. Related, so more folks know how things work: We have been very lucky to get help from work crews from Vlad's and House Hedgehog (I hope I'm getting those names right) for several years now with assembling the dance floor. This is an incredible amount of work that we don't have to do in order to dance! There's no guarantee it will go on indefinitely, but I make sure they know it's appreciated. We (the dance community) replace ~4 boards a year (which is about a 12-year cycle), by painting one year and inserting them the next year. Old boards get repurposed for other departments, like the Middle Eastern dance tent floor and anti-mud footing for other tents like Watch and Herald's Point. It makes our department popular around town! There is still set-up that the dance community does, like assembling the band shell and all the benches, early in Peace Week. Please stop by after you're on-site and settled to see what's going on and when! Thanks for your kind attention, Thyra Dean of Pennsic Dance From syrcin at gmail.com Sun Jul 29 23:32:48 2018 From: syrcin at gmail.com (Karen Veale) Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2018 23:32:48 -0400 Subject: [SCA-Dance] Peace week plans at the Pennsic dance tent Message-ID: For folks who do not get the Pennsic Dance fb notices, please check the (brand new) chalk boards at the dance tent for notices about plans and times for happenings during early peace week. See you soon! Thyra