Event Information

Harvest Wars
(2019-09-27 - 2019-09-29 - Site opens at 5 PM & Closes at 11 AM)
Bright Hills

Hear the beat of the war drums, Atlantia\'s borders are under threat of invasion! The summer is over and the harvest is in now is the time to raid your neighbor\'s bounty. An invitation is extended to Aethelmearc, Kingdom of the East and Atlantia to come and enlarge their own harvest by raiding their neighbors. There will be cattle and food raids, siege engine pumpkin chucking (bring your own pumpkins), along with many battles. There will be A&S displays and contests, children\'s activities and a daytime bardic circle of bone-tingling tales, not to mention a fabulous feast featuring our bounteous harvest.

Website: www.brighthills.atlantia.sca.org

FightingHeavy Fighting Competition - Rapier Scenarios - Thrown Weapons - Youth Martial activities. Cattle Raids - Sheep Tosses - Fish Feeding Frenzy - Siege Pumpkin Chuck!!  MiC is Lord Randver askmaor, MoL is Lord Alexander Fowler. 
Arts & Sciences:A&S Displays and Contests: 1. Open display - Suggest entrants have a notepad or 3x5 cards for comments. 2. \"New to me Novice Competition\" - Entries must be something you\'ve tried for the first time in the last year. Documentation suggested but not required. 3. \"Harvest Wars Triathlon\" - Must enter three items. There are six categories and you must pick three of those categories for your entries. Documentation required. Does not have to match your persona. Categories are: A. Oat cakes - This is the food category. Recipes, Preservation methods, special dishes, etc. B. A Wee Dram - Beverages for the Winter months. Alcoholic and non-alcoholic. C. Hedge witches and Ague cures - Herbalism in all its glory. Uses for various herbs, recipes for all sorts of \'cures\', Customs and practices of herbalists and \'Wise Women\'. Bring your own leeches. D. Everything but the Baa! - Once the meat and certain organs are harvested, what uses can you find for hides, hooves, bones, horns, etc. - clothing, shoes, utensils, etc. E. Holidays and Cabin Fever! - Holiday customs and practices, superstitions, holiday games, dances, things to keep the little ones occupied, music and musical instruments. Needlework, sewing, beading, etc. F. Whittling away the days - Wood - wooden tools, weapons, utensils, looms, toys, anything but firewood.
Feast:Mistress Wynne ferch Rhodri (Jill Peters), Jay_Wynne@hotmail.com 443-519-9382 (NLT 9 PM)
Merchanting:Merchanting is FREE. Please contact the Event Steward for more information and electricity.
Other:Children’s Activities and Bardic Fyts will be held. Feast: Yummy food will be prepared. Dietary concerns address to the Head Cook Merchanting: There will be merchanting available please contact the Event Steward for more information. Other: No cost for camping, but spaces need to be reserved. Contact Event Steward. Lunch provided by Spiaggia Levantina Potluck Dinner Friday night. Site opens at 5 PM Friday night Silent Auction to benefit the Baronial Coronet Fund Quilt Auction to benefit the Kingdom Travel Fund. Send reservations to: Karen Whitlock, 891 Walker St., Aberdeen, MD 21001. Kindly include both SCA and modern names as well as Membership numbers with your check. Please indicate ages of any youth or under 6 children included in the reservation. If you have questions contact via chagankhulan@gmail.com or by phone at 443-789-9050 (NLT 9:00 PM) E-mail is more reliable
Cost:

Day-TripFeastCamping
Adult, Member$15.00$12.00FREE
Adult, Non-Member$20.00$12.00FREE
Youth (5-17)$6.00$12.00FREE
Child (0-4)$0.00$0.00FREE
Make Checks Payable To:SCA, Inc., Barony of Bright Hills
Cost Notes:If a child is occupying a seat/chair at feast, child\'s feast cost is $6.00. Babes in arms are guests of the Barony.
Site:Caroline County 4-H Park, 8314 Detour Road, Denton MD 21629. Site opens 5pm Friday, closes 11 a.m. on Sunday.
Site Restrictions:No animals except working service animals. No alcohol sales. No ground fires. Must use a fire bowl. No original containers. If you bring a container in - pack it out with you.
Event Steward:Baroness Tatiana Ivanovna of Birchwood Keep (Claudia Bosworth), 248 Inlet Drive, Pasadena, MD 21122, Phone: (410) 437-7090, E-mail: crbosworth@aol.com
Reservations:Mistress Chagan Jhulan (Karen Whitlock), 891 Walker St., Aberdeen, MD 21001, Phone: (443) 789-9050, E-mail: chagankhulan@gmail.com

Directions:
The site is in Denton, Maryland. The best route from the west is to come over the Bay Bridge. Continue on US 50 East (about 7 miles) to MD 404 and turn left at the traffic light. MD 404 is also called Shore Highway. Follow 404 about 17 miles till you reach Harmony Rd. **Harmony Road is also Rt. 16. The highway sign for Harmony Rd. has a different road name on it. Turn right on Harmony Road / Rt. 16. Go to Detour Rd. about 1.5 miles and turn left. The 4-H park is well marked and on the right. From North or South, take US 13 to Rt. 404 (intersection is near Bridgeville DE) and turn West. Follow the directions above.