YULE TOY TOURNEY V

As the leaves change color and fall from the trees, the weather gets colder and the Yuletide Season approaches. It is a time to curl up beside a warm fire on a chilly winter’s night and enjoy the peaceful joy of the season in the company of loved ones. But let us all also remember those who need our help the most at this festive time of year. The Barony of Nottinghill Coill would like all to join us for our annual Yule Toy Tourney and help bring the spirit of Yuletide to needy children in the upstate of South Carolina. Each new, unwrapped toy donated will be hand delivered on Christmas Eve to children who otherwise would not have the opportunity to experience this magical time of the year!

The Country Santa has been working many years to give toys to needy children in the upstate. ALL toys will be donated to this most worthy organization! The website for The Country Santa is http://www.countrysanta.org/

Martial Activities:

Heavy and Rapier Tourneys will be “gift tourneys”. Each fighter will be given two “gifts”. If you are defeated on the field, your opponent will tell you whom to present the gift to on their behalf. There will be additional gifts at the MoL table so that eliminated fighters can buy back in to the tourney for a $5.00 donation to “Country Santa”. The winner of each tourney will be the last fighter with a gift remaining.

Archery Shoot will be a Holiday Themed test of skill and accuracy.


Arts & Sciences Activities:

1) Best Handmade Toy (does not have to be period)

2) Best Baked Item (breads, cookies, etc.)

3) Best Yuletide Ornament

While documentation is not required, extra points will be given if it is included!


Cost:

SITE ENTRY: One new UNwrapped toy per Gentle. For Fighters: one new UNwrapped toy per Fighter, per weapon form. All toy donations will go to “Country Santa” of Pickens County SC.

Lodging: $10.00 per person. This covers lodging for Friday and Saturday Nights in dormitory-style rooms that sleep from 6 to 12 persons. Each room has its own heating/cooling unit and bathroom. Lodging will be limited to the 1st 50 gentles who register, so register early!

Feast: $10.00 per person. As a special treat, Saturday evening, three of the foremost chefs in the Barony will participate in a “Medieval Iron Chef” challenge. Lady Jamila, Lady Milicent, and Captain Nichola will each prepare feast portions using a secret ingredient to be chosen by Their Excellencies and announced during Baronial Court at War of the Wings. Feast is limited to 80 gentles, so don’t miss out!

Site: Wesleyan Camp, Tabor Building. 125 Bethany Cove Drive, Pickens, SC 29671

Site Restrictions: Site is Dry. No Fire Pits or Open Fires. Smoking in designated areas only. No pets.

Autocrat: Brandon Caiside (Brandon Cassady). PO Box 543, Easley, SC 29641. Phone: (864) 404-6796. Email: bcaiside AT yahoo.com