just psasing the word around. i know theres some vikings in the mid west that might want to check this out. i'm hopeing i can make it.

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The Einherjar would like to invite all to join us for a weekend of fellowship, living history and combat. The event will be August 11th,12th and 13th which is a Friday, Saturday and Sunday It will be held at Loveland Castle in Loveland Ohio http://www.lovelandcastle.com/loc.html We will be having period camping and modern camping but the sites will be seperated to allow for groups to do photo shoots of their period camps. We would like to work on combat training, LH displays, and crafts. We will have a RTT in attendance so assessment are a possibility The event will be a learning atmosphere. The setting will allow groups to do photo shoots of their members in and around a Castle. http://www.lovelandcastle.com/pix.html We will be striving to keep authenticity as high as possible. We hope you can join us! Thorfinn Site fees: It's free! Food: Breakfasts will be provided. Everyone needs to bring finger foods such as cheeses, jerky, hard salami, summer sausage that type of thing and fruits for a communal lunch. For dinner Saturday night you will need to bring your own meat. We will have side dishes and will provide a fire, grills, etc for you. Everyone needs to provide their own feastware. I am checking to see if there is a grocery store close to the venue and will post this information as soon as I have it. Beverages: Everyone needs to bring water and/or Gatorade for communal use. For those wishing to have sodas and adult beverages you will need to bring your own. Please note that no alcohol is permitted until all weapons are put away for the night. This will be strictly enforced with violators asked to leave the event immediately. Facility: We will have access to the castle. There are port-a- potties. I am going to go with advising everyone to make sure that they bring bug spray as we will be camping next to a river. There will be a period encampment as well as a plastic encampment. Plans: We will be having an RTT present for training sessions. There will be textile and crafts demonstrated as well, ie weaving, spinning, leather work, woodworking, etc. well we have full run of the castle for 3 days and we will be doing Viking NA combat training and we will have a RTT also who can do assessments. We also will be doing crafts and textile work and general fellowship. We havent yet figured all the details but we will be letting everyone know as soon as we settle on a schedule. Our main aim in this event is to get as many people of a like mind with the love of re-enactting the Viking age togeather and learn and share in it. And if you feel like comeing please contact Ragna or me. And feel free to check out the Castle site http://www.lovelandcastle.com/ you can contact Ragna at Lroeth@... and you can contact me at wiltheimpaler@... We would love to have you attend

Chuck,
Thanks for the info. For those that aren't familiar, Loveland is a northern suburb of Cincinnati.

Sound's interesting, I have liver here for 30 year's had no idea this place was even there.

I may show my face there.

Jeff

My interest is more Medieval, but I might make a presence there! Thanks so much for this info, Chuck! :surprised:

heres the missing contact info:

RSVP: Please RSVP to ragna@avikingwife.com by July 31, 2006

Greetings all:

The time has come for final counts for the event. Below is a
registration form. If you plan to attend the event please fill it
out and return to ragna@avikingwife.com on or before July 31,
2006. A final count and registration is necessary to be submitted
for insurance reasons.

The who's, what's, when's and where's are here:
http://www.theeinherjarlsg.com/ as well as some more tidbits below.

Grocery Store: There is a Meijer's as well as a WalMart Super
Store on the way to the castle, maybe 15-20 minutes before you reach
your destination.

Public: There will be Boy Scouts at the castle on Friday night and
a wedding reception on Saturday, so there will be some public
about.

Parking: The number in attendance will dictate the parking. If we
have as many come as have voiced interest to this point, we will be
setting up a drop off gear and then park at Meijer's down the road
and be shuttled back to the castle. I hope this is the case! If
not, we will be directly parking per the facilities direction and
availability.

Thanks! And looking forward to seeing you all there!

Ragna


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