Fiber, Fabric, Fighting and Feasting
Additional Notes on Flames: no flames indoors. there are designated firepits throughout the site.
We cordially invite you to the Known World’s finest fiber arts symposium. Please join us for an intimate weekend of fiber, fabric, fighting, and feasting. Friday night, attendees will arrive to light snacks and a cozy communal atmosphere full of interesting people, books, and crafts. On Saturday, there will be an all-day period inspired dayboard with several removes, engaging classes, and fighting (weather permitting). As always, the site has ample space for tent camping, outdoor activities, and vendors–please contact the Autocrat if interested.
Site:
The event will be held at the Seven Mountains Scout Camp, 227 Sand Mountain Rd, Spring Mills, PA 16875. The site opens at 5PM on Friday and closes 10 am Sunday. Children under 18 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.
Contacts:
Autocrat: Magnifica Fede di Fiore (dkzemba@gmail.com) (412) 335-0467 No calls after 9pm
Reservations Clerk: THL Ethne an Locha (Nithgaard@aethelmearc.org)
Fees:
<5 year old = Free
<18 years old = $10
Non members= $30
Member fee = $20
Family cap (members) = $55
Family cap (non-members) =$75
Dayboard (all day buffet-style)=$15
Bunk space = $10
Dayboard and Bunks are available by preregistration. Tent camping is free.
There is an attendance cap to this event, so please be timely with your pre-registration. All checks are to be made payable to “SCA PA, Inc. – Shire of Nithgaard”. Complete the reservation form (below) and send pre-registration monies to THL Ethne an Locha, 1818 West Gatesburg Road, Warriors Mark PA16877
Please show proof of membership at the door or with your pre-registration to receive the member discount.
Registration
We are asking that all attendees use our pre-registration form:
https://forms.gle/
This one form will allow you to:
register as a day tripper or weekend attendee
pre-register for dayboard
inform us of any dietary restrictions
register for Bunk space (which is only guaranteed upon receipt of payment)
Meals
An all-day dayboard is available on Saturday (Menu forthcoming) which is by pre-registration only.
A light complementary breakfast will be available Saturday and Sunday morning. As in the past, a Hospitality Table (containing Coffee, Tea and Hot Chocolate) will be available from Friday evening through Sunday morning after breakfast. Various nibbles may also make an appearance.
If you have any dietary issues, make sure to indicate it in your registration.
Feastocrat: Laerfathir Jǫrundr Hinn Rotinn (shinigamikirin@gmail.com)
Classes
If you are interested in teaching, please submit your class information here: https://tinyurl.com/
We have lots of space, good lighting, projectors, electricity, and a messy class space! There’s also space outside allocated for forestry or similar classes, including a fire ring. Please submit all class proposals through this form, and include any specific needs for particular space or facilities.
Class list and schedule will be regularly updated at https://www.stringpage.com/
Contact Mistress Phiala O’Ceallaigh (sarah.goslee@gmail.com) with any questions.
“F’ing Arts and Sciences Display”
The AEthelmearc Clothiers Guild will host a display for any project pertaining to the letter F. Bring your F’ing Project and sign up to receive Feedback. If you’re Feeling brave, join us for an F’ing round table session to share and discuss your project Face to Face.
Entries will be displayed on site and through the Guild’s social media channels. Contact: Clothiers_guild@aethelmearc.
Martial
There will be fighting if the weather is good and attendance is favorable. There are covered pavilions with nearby bathrooms and fireplaces where martial activity will be held.
Heavies will be organized in a period-style pas d’arme format.
Heavy Marshal in Charge: THL Thorvaaldr Frithsamr (thorvaaldr@gmail.com)
Merchants
Outdoor vendor space is available. Contact the autocrat for details.
Silent Auction
A Silent Auction will be held to defray travel costs for out of state teachers. Auction donations are welcome and encouraged! Lost and Found items aged one year or more will be on the auction table. If you discover your long-lost item and choose to reclaim it, we ask that you leave a donation in its place as we looked after it for a year and others wanted to bid on it.
Library
We invite all attending to bring relevant books from their personal libraries to contribute to an event reference library. The library will be staffed, and books will not leave the library area.
Accommodations
Bathrooms (indoor plumbing), changing space, and showers are readily available on site. Limited bunk and bed space is available on site in the form of multiple 4-person bunkrooms, which will be co-ed. Reservations will receive first consideration for on-site sleeping accommodation, and we do expect to run out – so please reserve early! Groups of four may reserve rooms together; please email reservations clerk with questions or group arrangements. All guests will need to provide their own bedding, but mattresses are provided by the site.
Parking
Drop off and handicap parking available outside Kriner lodge. After drop-off and troll-in, staff will guide you to the closest available parking. Do not park on any roads.
Local hotels
Quite a few hotels can be found along 322, nearby State College and Reedsville
Directions
From points North and West: Find your best route to US 322 East. Take the Sand Mountain Road exit. Turn Right onto Sandcrest Road. Turn Right onto Old Rte 322. Turn Left onto Sand Mountain Road. You will pass a large sign for Seven Mountains Scout Camp – bear right and continue around the lake. Kreiner Lodge is the first large building on your left.
From points South and East: Find your best route to US 322 West. Take the Sand Mountain Road exit and continue onto Sand Mountain Road. You will pass a large sign for Seven Mountains Scout Camp – bear right and continue around the lake. Kreiner Lodge is the first large building on your left.
Directions cautions, if using your own GPS: Check the last steps of your route for the following issues.
You should not be on Sand Mountain Road for more than a half mile. If your GPS is taking you on Sand Mountain Road for 5+ miles, do not follow this route as it will be mostly dirt roads, possibly impassable. Redirect it to travel via US 322 West or East instead.
You should not make any U-turns on 322. This is no longer a possible, legal maneuver. You will instead exit at the Sand Mountain Road exit and follow the instructions as given above.
Additional notes:
Wheelchair Accessibility: Bottom floor of this venue is not wheelchair accessible (access between the floors is via stairs). Top floor and lodging is fully wheelchair accessible (this is the level with bunks, common space and dayboard buffet).
Open flames: Permitted but must be contained to fire pits. Site has ample firewood, do not bring your own.
Site is dry
Smoking is not permitted anywhere on site
