[WurmWald] brainstorm about demo at Urbana Free Library

[lustofin@life.uiuc.edu]

I don't know if I can attend or not yet (probably won't know until the day
before, unfortunately) but here's a few ideas I'd like to toss out:

Kids, especially the little ones, love to dance and a few of the simpler
bransles are easy enough even for children.

I've got about a dozen lucets that just need some sanding to be useable,
if some one wants to do a quick lucet workshop.  I've had success teaching
lucet cord-making to kids as young as 7 or 8 years old.

There are a few coloring books of period fashions floating around
somewhere (they're either in my closet with the sewing guild stuff or with
the MoAS stuff) that might be fun for kids to color, in addition to
shields.

A&S displays - I think it's better to have a few things people are
actively working on than just items on display.  It's more interactive and
more exciting to talk to a person about something they are doing - also
less like a museum display which people ususally aren't allowed to touch.

Keina

> As a follow-up to Quad Day and the Renaissance Faire,
> we will be having a demo-night at the Urbana Free
> Library on September 8 (Thursday) from 7:00pm to
> 8:45pm.
>
> Right now, we don't have anything set in stone, but
> ideas right now are revolving around lots of color and
> decorations, period food to nibble (yay, a place that
> will let us have outside food!), dancing with optional
> audience-participation, arts and science displays,
> something for the kids to do (color a shield?). The
> ceilings aren't high enough to do a fighting
> demonstration, but if anyone has armor, it would be
> nice if you could wear it and talk about SCA-style
> fighting.
>
> Let's get talking about this! This demo is a great
> opportunity to get some new blood into the group and
> make a stronger SCA presence in the area. Please post
> your ideas and thoughts here.
>
> --Yana
>
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