Not Quite Quarterly Braggin' Rights IV
(2024-06-15 - Site opens at 9 AM & Closes at 5 PM)
Ritterwald
Greetings City of Aiken & Kingdom of Atlantia!! Our fourth annual Not Quite Quarterly Braggin' Rights (NQQBR IV) Tournament and Demo is coming June 15th, 2024 at Virginia Acres Park in Aiken, SC! What is NQQBR IV you ask? ALL THE THINGS!! We will have a Heavy Armored Weapons Tournament! We will have a Rapier Tournament! We will have Living History Demonstrations, Classes, and an Arts & Sciences (A&S) contest. Show up, Show out, and you'll have Braggin' Rights that you attended the most fun public demo in 3+ years!! Tournament Champions and A&S Contes winner will also go home with fantastic prizes worthy of Gloating, and EVERYONE will go home with an event token of tokens! It's a WIN WIN WIN!! How do you attend? Simply SHOW UP!! Registration is not required, and the event is ENTIRELY FREE!! You are invited to join us at Virginia Acres Park, 1700 Whiskey Rd, Aiken, SC 29803. 8:00 am Open for SCA Members to set up the site 9:30 am Virginia Acres Park Pavilion open to the public 10:00 am Tournament Procession of Champions and Consorts - Prepare to Brag about your Prowess!! 10:30 am Tournaments Begin! 11:00 am Living History Demonstrations and A&S Contest Begins. Theme & instructions forthcoming. 12:30 pm Join us at the field to learn what the Society for Creative Anachronism (SCA) is and What it's like to be on the field as a heavy and rapier fighter! 1:30 pm Under the pavilion, explore Classes and Hands- on skills of the world Pre- 1700s. Please come ask questions & learn your new passion! 1:30 pm Optional Fighter & Rapier pick ups and hands-on fun if time permits. Hold a rattan sword in your hand and see what it's like to swing it, just ask! 3:00 Arts & Sciences Winner Announced. 4:00 - 5:00 pm - Site Closes and pack-up begins Event Steward Yancy Holt Co- Event Steward Ellen Hopkins To inquire info to join SCA email: nqqbrritterwald@gmail.com Facebook Canton of Ritterwald: https://www.facebook.com/ gro ups/Ritterwald/?ref=share Canton of Ritterwald webpage: https://ritterwald.atlantia. sca.or g SCA webpage: https://www.sca.org/new-to- t he-sca/ Kingdom Event page. https://atlantia.sca.org/event/? event_id=9de61a63 Hotel's near the park https://www.google.com/travel/ ho tels/s/JyymnzetCB5n2PmN 9 https://www. google.com/travel/ hotels/s/NUWq2iNGRt8 dSbxR A https://www.google.com/travel/ hotels/s/SVa8RFZJuaVt3zZJ8
Website: https://ritterwald.atlantia.sca.org/
| Fighting | Heavy & Rapier Tournament, structure TBA | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Arts & Sciences: | This year's theme is going to be "Opening Eyes: Share Your Passion". If you were to introduce a newcomer to your favorite art, what would you make? What pattern, technique, style, or design would you start a novice on and why? Display your most basic example of the art form you are passionate about with instructional hand-outs for those who would like to make it THEIR new passion. Be ready to answer questions as needed, or have a Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) sheet available. Think of the tips and tricks that you had to learn by doing, and include those as well. Help a newcomer have a shallower learning curve than you did! Bring pictures of your journey over the months or years to show off if you are able. It will be populace vote. Prize structure TBA, but will include prize cup(s) and a gift basket. Classes & Hands on demonstrations will be there also. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Feast: | No Feast. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Merchanting: | No Merchants. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Other: | Pavilion is about 300 feet from a wheelchair accessible building with ramps and wheelchair accessible inside restrooms. The site will be a grass and dirt area with a covered pavilion which has a step up and no ramp. Day shades and small pavilions allowed. Cars must be parked in the parking lot, which is also about 300 feet away. Parking lot contains handicap spots. | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Make Checks Payable To: | SCA, Inc., Canton of Ritterwald | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Registration Notes: | No registration needed, hence, no cancellation penalties and no refunds. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Site: | Virginia Acres Park, Aiken SC | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Site Restrictions: | Dry site, dogs allowed on leashes 3ft max, no fires, no camping. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Event Steward: | Nymandus Jager (Yancy Holt), 388 Jerrys Folly Rd, Aiken, SC 29803, Phone: (702) 771-1794, E-mail: nqqbrritterwald@gmail.com | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Reservations: | Send reservations to Event Steward |