Night at the Faire
(2025-04-12 - Site opens at 9am & Closes at 9pm)
Lochmere
Event Info
Name:
Night at the Faire
Website:
Date(s):
2025-04-12 @9am to 2025-04-12 @ 9pm
Group:
Lochmere
Virtual?:
No
Site Info
Site Name:
Severn Christian Church
Address:
8132 New Cut Rd, Severn, MD, 21144
Directions:
From DC: Take US-50 E to Bowie. Take exit 13A-13B-13C
from US-50 E
28 min (18.2 mi). Continue on MD-3 N to your destination in
Anne Arundel County
From Baltimore: Take MD-295 S to I-97 S to New Cut Rd in
Anne Arundel County. Take exit 12 from I-97 S. Continue on New Cut Rd to your
destination.
Restrictions:
No
alcohol, smoking, pets, ground fires, firearms, modern weapons. Service animals
are permitted.
Accessibility:
Accessibility Coordinator: Baron Gabrell Fairecloughe
Modern
accessible one story building and parking. Fields for activities
are generally flat grassy areas with some dips. There are some paved walkways
around the building and to the pavilion.
Event Steward
SCA Name:
Email:
Description:
Guten Tag, Atlantia!
Die Baronie Lochmere lädt Sie zum Abend auf Dem Schützenfest ein!
Good afternoon Atlantia!
The Barony of Lochmere invites you to Night at the Faire!
Based on late period German shooting festivals that fencing events occurred at, enjoy Rapier, Archery,Tthrown Weapons, Arts and Sciences, and a fantastic
German feast! Lochmart is making a reappearance to help you clean out your closets of gently used SCA appropriate items. This is a single day event. The website will be updated with more information in the next four months so check back frequently.
Cost Info
| Day-Trip | Feast | Camping | |
| Adult, Member Discount Event Registration | 15 | 15 | 0 |
| Adult, Event Registration | 25 | 15 | 0 |
| Youth (6 - 17) | 10 | 15 | 0 |
| Child (0-0) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Reservationist Name:
Eilionora inghean an Bhaird
Reservationist Email:
daughterofthebard@gmail.com
Checks Payable To:
SCA-MD, Inc., Barony of Lochmere
Cost Notes:
SCORES Link: https://sca.app.neoncrm.com/np/clients/sca/event.jsp?event=1064
Send reservation information and checks to:
710 S Cherry Grove Ave Apt 203
Annapolis MD 21401
710 S Cherry Grove Ave Apt 203
Annapolis MD 21401
Last Day to send reservation by mail: Friday April 4th 2025
Lochmere Event Refund Policy:
- The exchequer must receive a refund request by mail or e-mail (Lord Reginald Dormant at exchequer@lochmere.atlantia.sca.org) no later than five (5) days after the event. Refund requests via Facebook message, text, or posts to the event page will not be accepted.
- All requests received prior to the event will be honored.
- Refund requests received at or after the event will be honored only if the event made a profit.
- Refund requests for feast at the event can only be honored if the feast spot is resold.
- No refund requests will be issued until the event books are closed and all reservation checks have been cleared by the bank.
- Refund checks will be issued no later than forty-five (45) days after the end of the event.
General Activities
Martial Activities:
Marshal in Charge: TBD
Rapier: Lord Lord Farþegn Keldansson
Archery: Lady Kara Bryttiadottir (karaoflochmere@gmail.com)
Thrown Weapons: Master Kryss Kostarev
Rapier Activities:
Tiny/Tall Tournament
Fighters will be divided equally into two groups by height, half the contenders will join the “Tiny Tournament” and half the contenders will join the “Tall Tournament”. Each tournament will be fought in a round robin with the top fighters from each pool having a finals match to determine the winners for each tournament. Finals will be a best of 3.
Note: Depending on timing and number of fighters, we may swap to a double elimination instead of a round robin. We may also have multiple pools going at once for each tournament.
Kunst Der Verteidigung (Art of Defense) – Titan’s Tournament
This competition is an art + fighting tournament wherein each entrant either teams up with an artist or makes a piece of art for the competition.
Each rapier fighter shall create a piece of art or team up with an artist as a partnership to form their Fighter/Artist team. The art will then be part of the prizes at the end of the tourney!
Art entries can be simple items such as baked goods or other easy creations, no documentation is required. Ideally items will be handmade.
Note: We will have a few extra art pieces for those that wish to participate in the tournament and weren’t able to complete an art piece. These will be first come first served and will be limited.
Art Prize Competition: Judged by participants of the tourney. Each fighter and Each artist will get one token to vote for the art they would most like to win. (Fighters who create their own art get 2 tokens – one for being an artist and one for being a fighter). Each art entry brought by a Fighter/Artist team will receive points equaling the number of teams plus 1 point for each token (ex: if 18 teams enter and the art received 5 tokens that art will have earned 23 points).
Rapier tournament: This will be a Swiss Round tournament. The winner of the tournament will receive points equaling the number of combatants. Each subsequent person will receive one less point (ex: If there are 18 entrants, first place gets 18 points, second place gets 17, third gets 16, etc).
Prizes: Will be distributed to the Fighter/Artist team with the highest combined point total first. One prize will be picked by the team (up to the team how they wish to handle it between them). We will then go through each team in point ordering.
Additionally, the first placed Fighter will receive a Torch which will serve as the entry fee for the Titan’s Tournament held at War of the Wings in October.
The first placed Artist will receive a prize to be announced at a later date.
Schedule
9:30 AM – Field Opens for Authorizations and Inspections
10:30 AM – 12:00 PM – Tiny/Tall Tournament
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM – Lunch and Pickups
1:00 PM – 3:00 PM (roughly) – Kunst Der Verteidigung (Art of Defense)/Titan’s Tournament
3:00 PM – 4:00 PM – Pickups
4:00 PM – Field Closes (We request anyone able to please assist with field tear-down before court)
Archery:
Willkommen Bogenschützen!
Welcome Archers!
Join us at Night at the Faire for a Schützenfest (marksmen festival). As the legend goes, a fifteenth-century marksman (Schütze) shot down an eagle that had attacked a small child. The people in the village were so joyous that they made this hero an honorary king of the village for a year. In subsequent years, the villagers would hold a festival to commemorate this occasion with a sharpshooting competition, with the winner becoming honorary king for a year. Come join us for a range of German-inspired targets and our victor will become the Schützenkönig ("king of marksmen") for the event.
Range open/inspections: 10am
Range close: 3:30pm
A&S:
Contact: Lady Lucy of Wigan (lucyofwigan@gmail.com)
Displays/Competitions:
Wanderjahre, or “Wandering Years” was the medieval equivalent of taking a gap year. After completing an apprenticeship, a young craftsman might travel for several years taking on commissions and gaining experience. Only after completing their wanderjahre would they be promoted by the guild to the level of master in their craft.
Artisans are invited to craft items that a wandering craftsperson may have with them on their travels; a travel journal, sturdy boots, a coinpurse, or perhaps the tools of their trade.
“It’s Not a Phase!” High Gothic Illumination
A scribal competition focusing on woodcut style illumination and gothic art.
Open Display
For anyone wanting to display any arts and/or sciences. Feel free to request feedback if desired!
All Activities occur in the A&S Hall
| TIME | ACTIVITY | INSTRUCTOR/FACILITATOR | NOTES |
| 9am - 10am | Competition registration / drop
off | Lucy of Wigan | |
| 10am - 11am | Clash of Empires. Clothing in Trent, Italy in the early 16th century | Lady Isabella D’Angelo | |
| 11am - 1pm | Glorious German Hats: Make and Take The fabulous, flamboyant haberdashery of 16th century Germany | Herrin Clara Huttmacher | $5 kit fee. Kit includes 14” hat base and wire. Limit 12
people. Participants need to
bring 1 yard of fabric in the primary desired color (preferably wool) and ½
yard contrasting fabric (silk, satin, linen, cotton, etc.) |
| 1pm - 2pm | Medieval Dancing | Patches | |
| 2pm - 3pm | Bardic Circle | Ollam Lanea Inghean Uí Chiaragáin | |
| 3pm - 4pm | Everything Yarny. Time for knitting, spinning, crochet, weaving, lucet, really anything with yarn. | Lucy of Wigan | Bring a yarn project for social time. |
4pm - 5pm Help turn hall over for feast
Feast:
Head Cook: Dame Caitriona MacDhonnachaidh (cmacdhonnachaidh@gmail.com)
Symbols:
V=Vegetarian, GF=Gluten Free available upon prenotification
Course
1: Smoked Beef with Pear Mustard, Pickled Vegetables (V), Rye Bread and Butter
(V)(GF)
Course 2: Sauteed Spinach with Eggs
(V), “Pike” (white fish) in Lemon Sauce, Grünes Bohnengemüse (Green beans and
herbs)(V)
Course 3: Spaetzle (V)(GF),
Mushrooms in Cream Sauce (V), Kohlrabi Roasted (V). Roasted Chicken
Dessert: Strawberry Tart (V)(GF)
We are looking for server volunteers and kitchen clean up crew! Please reach out to both Dame Caitriona and Lady Eilionora if you would like to volunteer. We do treat our volunteers well!
Merchants:
As fairs and festivals are a time for shopping, Lochmart is thrilled to make a reappearance!
It’s time to clean out your SCA closets. Lochmart is opening its doors at Night at the Faire!
For those of you who have not had the “Lochmart Experience”, Lochmart is our annual SCA
yard sale. We will sell your gently used SCAdian items that you no longer need or want!
Here’s what you need to know:
Here’s what you need to know:
- Please deliver your items to the site no later than 10:00 a.m., Saturday morning.
- Items should be clean, in good repair, and labeled with the asking price and your initials.
- Clothing items should be on hangers.
- You will be asked to complete a brief intake form and indicate what forms of payment
- you will be accepting (Cash, Check, PayPal, Venmo).
- You may keep the money for any items sold or donate all or some to the baronial
- coffers. (Management does NOT charge a consignment fee.)
- Lochmart hours of operation will be 10:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
- “Management” is not responsible for any items not claimed after closing. If you wish to donate any items to the loaner closet, please let us know in advance.
- Are willing to donate 1 or more hours of your time to help during the event (This is a nice sedentary job!)
- Have any garb racks or tables you can lend us
- Have any questions.
She can be reached chrissings@juno.com. Use the subject line “Lochmart”
There will be a bake sale at Lochmart! This is a personal fundraiser with proceeds going to an Ukrainian animal shelter. For more information, contact Mistress Arianna Morgan at chrissings@juno.com with the subject line "NATF Bake sale".
Other:
Children's Activities
The stellar team of Lady Raven and Lady Astrid have put together the following. If you have any questions, please reach out to the Event Steward who will forward them appropriately.
Children's Activities will include coloring pages, games, and a few activities.
Children's Activities will be open during the following hours, depending on how many children there are:
Children's Activities will be open during the following hours, depending on how many children there are:
- 10am - 12pm
- 1pm - 3pm
All parents please note that the children activities area are not babysitters.
- For children 5 and younger, parents or guardians must stay with the child.
- For children 6 to 9, parents must stay within touch range: meaning no more then 5 feet away.
- For children 10 to 14, parents must be within voice and sight range: meaning can walk away, but no further then 30 feet.
On a side note, per Society rule, there must be 2 people at all times for Children's activities that are not related to each other; one of whom has a background check on file. If there are not 2 people, then the activities will not be able to happen.