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The Kingdom of Æthelmearc welcomes one and all to join us in celebrating AEthelmearc Twelfth Night on Saturday, January 9th, 2016 in the Shire of Abhainn Ciach Ghlais.
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Our site, the gorgeous Washington Lodge #265 Caldwell Consistory -- 150 Market Street, Bloomsburg, PA 17815 -- Site opens at 10am. The gate will close at 2pm. The event ends and the site closes at 10pm.
The site is handicap accessible, but on-site parking is limited. those with limited mobility are encouraged to contact to request a parking placard.
Several gas stations and a hospital are located within a mile of the site.
To see photos of this GORGEOUS site -- including its 600-seat auditorium -- go to http://caldwellconsistory.com/facility.
Come One Come All to the Celebration of Saturnalia with our Most August Imperiatori, Tindal and Etain, featuring the renown competition for Sylvan Bard of AEthelmearc.
Keep your strength up for reveling by partaking of the splendid lunch presented by Baron Janos Mezzaros, and after a day full of activities, you may choose to sit Above the Salt or Below the Salt for a Saturnalia Feast also created by Janos and his Company of Cooks.
You may choose your entertainment throughout the day: dancing (Instruction during the day and dance in the evening), an arts contest with roots going back to the the days of Cicero (more info to come), games of chance (including a Kingdom fundraiser) and games of skill.
Come in your most brilliantly-hued haute couture. As did our ancestors, we too will revel in the Roman fashion. There will be a Kings Choice and Queens Choice for best dressed in Saternalia sartorial splendor. And as the Sun turns, so too shall our social order, and as befits our celebration, our Lord and Lady of Misrule too shall make their choices known.
Here is the hat pattern created for our glorious event. Ciarrai Eaton is the author.
Please send reservations to Edith of Winterton (Caroline Elliott, 38 Chateau Terrace EAST, Amherst, NY 14226, , 716-574-1354).
Please include an email with your reservation for followup. Please include any food allergies when you make your reservation.
The cost for this wondrous affair is :
SITE FEE (includes lunch):For Children age 0-12 there will be an alternate Children's Feast available at a children's table in the feast hall for $3.00.
For those whose minor children do not eat event dinners at all, parents may reserve for them with site fee only. We will have a table in the feast hall for kids who are not partaking any feast whose parents are, so that the kids may still be in line of sight without taking a feast seat.
Off board tables will be available for people who wish to stay at the event and bring their own feast.
Please make your checks payable to: "SCA NY Inc, Canton of Beau Fleuve" (yes, Beau Fleuve - the group for our reservationist. It makes the accounting easier) A $5.00 non-member surcharge will be collected at the door from all non-member adults.
View Caldwell Consistory in a larger map
FROM THE WEST
Take Interstate 80 East. Take Exit 232 (Buckhorn). Turn right onto Route 42 S and follow for about 1.5 miles; keeping left at the fork, follow signs for US-11 N/Bloomsburg and merge onto US-11 N to Route 11 N (Bloomsburg exit). This is Main Street.
At the third light, turn left onto Market Street immediately PAST the large fountain. The Caldwell Consistory is the large red brick building on the left.
FROM THE NORTH OR SOUTH, west of PA Route 15
Take Route 15 to Interstate 80. Then follow "From the West," above.
FROM THE NORTH OR SOUTH, east of Interstate 81
Take Interstate 81 or the PA Turnpike to Interstate 80. Then follow "From the East," below.
FROM THE EAST
Take Interstate 80 West. Take Exit 236 A (Bloomsburg). The ramp exits onto Route 487 S; travel through three traffic lights and one flashing light to the fourth traffic light. This is Main Street.
Turn right and travel to the third light (monument at the square). Turn right onto North Market Street immediately BEFORE the large fountain. The Caldwell Consistory is the large red brick building on the left.
The Caldwell Consistory is located at the corner of Market Street and Ridge Avenue.
Space in the site's (smallish) parking lot will be reserved for those with limited mobility; please contact to request a parking placard.
Parking in front of the Consistory will be limited to 5 minutes. To facilitate speedy unloading, a Brute Squad will be available to assist with unloading and ferrying.
Several municipal lots are located nearby. On-street parking and parking in the municipal lots is free on Saturdays.
Click here for a local map showing parking lots. Lots C and L are closest to the site.
Limited crash space will be available upon request. Please contact to request space.
We have reserved a block of rooms at a discounted rate of $62.00/night (nonsmoking, 2 double beds) at the Econo-Lodge, 189 Columbia Drive, Bloomsburg, PA 17815. The hotel is 2 miles from the site, just off Route 80.
To book a room, call 570-387-0490 by December 19, 2014; ask for SCA Group block to receive the discounted rate. All guests receive a 10% discount at the nearby Quaker Steak&Lube or Perkins. A continental breakfast is provided in the lobby 6:30-9:30 am daily. Individual reservations needing to cancel must do so 48 hours prior to arrival by 4pm to avoid any cancellation fees. Check-in time is 3:00 p.m. or later; check-out time is eleven am. A peace ordinance is in effect at 10 pm daily. Hotel revenue loss due to property damage or due to violation of any; peace ordinance, non-smoking policy or unregistered pet policy will have costs assessed to guarantor's credit card.
Several other chain hotels are located within 5 miles of the site: