Welcome to the Online Clann Tartan Newsletter for April 2006

Our first camping event will be at Charles City on April 28-30. We are planning on packing the trailer the previous Saturday, April 22nd, at 10:00 in the morning.

Our storage garage is at 1036 24th Av SE in Minneapolis; this is just a couple of blocks south of East Hennepin near the eastern border of Minneapolis. Please come; it doesn't take long at all if we have enough helpers.

Your staff thanks you.

CHARLES CITY MILITARY HISTORY DAYS

Our first camping event of the season is Charles City Military History Days, from April 28 through 30 in Charles City, IA. School Day is Friday the 28th from 9:00 to 6:00. Showtimes are Saturday from 9:00 to 6:00 and Sunday from 12:00 to 4:00.

This event features military reenactors from many time period. Clannfolk who went last year had a really good time. Please inform Julie (julieyoder@juno.com) if you are planning to attend.

The information on camping, vehicles, and so forth is still sketchy at this time. We will try to publish more details as they come. Please call your Staff if you have any questions.

SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL SCOTTISH FAIR

The Minnesota Scottish Fair and Highland Games is having a fund-raiser on Saturday, April 29th, and Clann Tartan would like to do some sort of demo for them. As this conflicts with Charles City, it is likely that this will not be a military demo, but that still leaves us lots of options. If you are not going to Charles City and will be available to help with these event please contact Julie (julieyoder@juno.com) so that we can figure out what kind of demo is possible.

Your staff thanks you.

BUSY TIME IN JULY

Colonel Gaffneyis Regiment has two events on the weekend of July 15 this year. The Minnesota Scottish Fair and Tactical are both on the same day. While nobody can be in two places at once, Clann will do its best to support both events.

Because we need to allocate resources appropriately, please let Julie (julieyoder@juno.com) know at once if you are planning to attend either event, so we can parcel out equipment appropriately.

Unfortunately, the trailer cannot be in two places at once, either, and the Trailer is required for the Scottish Fair. Any and all equipment that is destined for Tactical must be hauled by attendees.

Again, we need to plan ahead to make this work. Please let Julie know your plans as soon as possible.

Your Staff thanks you.

CAMP DRILL

Don't forget Camp Drill! This is an occasion to gather and work on camp-type projects—clothes, characters, brogue, camp crafts. Even if you don't have a project of your own to work on, please come and help. We have a number of projects under way for the benefit of Camp as a whole. A number of members have also expressed an interest in a fabric swap—trade your old, boring bits of stash for somebody else's new, exciting bits of stash. We encourage those who wish to participate to bring their fabric, and themselves, to Corcoran every fourth Saturday at 12:00. It's always a fun gathering—see you there!

Clann's Dance Guild has a new Wednesday location. We will be dancing at the Lake Hiawatha Community Center at 2701 E 44th St in Minneapolis. The center has a sprung wooden floor (so much easier on the feet than concrete!) and views of Lake Hiawatha. Parking is on street and is free, and the center has pop, water, and snack machines. Because there are one-way streets in the area, you must approach from the east on 44th St. Mapquest has a good map. We will dance at the new space on February 1st and 22nd, and March 8th and 22nd, then return to our regular schedule of 1st and 3rd Wednesdays for the rest of the year. We will continue to have our Tuesday practices on the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of each month at St. Christopher's Episcopal Church in Roseville as usual. If you haven't come to dance lately, come give us a try – the dances are easy and we have 'way too much fun!

No, get your minds out of the pasture! The Clann Staff is looking for shearling remnants (skin with fleece on) to use for hotpads and mortar swabs. If you have any scraps you can share, please advise Rob Johnson; otherwise, we will have to see to buying a sheepskin.

Your staff thanks you.

The online store can be found at www.cafepress.com/clanntartan.

Drill

Board Minutes

Minutes of Clann Tartan Board and Membership Meeting
February 4, 2006

In attendance:  (Board) Bruce Yoder, Mary McKinley, Sean McCanna,
Glenn McDavid, Herb Lindorff

(Staff) Julie Yoder, Marty Byers, Maeve Kane, Mia McDavid, Betsy Bolton,
Eric Ferguson

Hellen Ferguson, Jonathan Palmer

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Minutes of the January Meeting were accepted as presented.

OLD BUSINESS
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PAPER DOLLS -- A book with plates is too expensive.  11"x17" color
sheets on hard stock are OK.  We will print all of the smaller images on a
single sheet.  Mia will arrange for these to be printed.  We will print
50 copies at $1.04 each, plus the cost of the envelope.  We will sell
them for $5.00 each


REPORTS
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TREASURER -- Reported on status 10 months (end of January) through the
fiscal year.  The budget deficit is about $500.  He emphasized that we
have too much money for an organization of our size and should find ways 
to spend it.  A trip to one of the Jamestown quadricentennial events 
next year is one possibility.  We will still need to keep some money 
for the rainy day fund and for replacing the trailer at some point.

SECRETARY -- We need help with the Web site.  Eric and Jonathan said
they could contribute to this.

QUARTERMASTER -- The trailer has sustained more damage than expected.
The fenders and tie-down bolts need replacing, as do some boards.  The
estimated cost is about $250.  The repairs can be done when the weather
gets warmer and the trailer should be done in time for the Charles City
event at the end of April.  He noted that it is still worthwhile to
repair rather than replace the trailer.

One of the muskets has a cracked stock.

We need a better way to transport the mortars and their supplies.  Marty
will make some boxes.

Marty will repair the linstock.

Some the tent pins are bent, but it is possible to bend them back.

Pikes: One is missing, another needs to be replaced.  We will need to
tighten the pike heads.  We also want a spare shaft.  Marty has a source
for this, as does John O'Duggan.

Canvas:  Camp drill will design and construct prototype bags for
carrying tents and stakes.

Members who use troopers are responsible for their set up and tear down.

The initial budget estimate for repairs ($100) seems way too low.
Trailer repairs could go up to $400, with up to $600 on equipment.
$800-$1000 seems more reasonable.  This will help reduce the Treasurer's
concern about too much money being in the bank account (see above).

COMPANY REP -- No report

CAMP REP -- No report

DANCE GUILD -- We have a new site for Wednesday dance and are very
pleased with it.

We are also forming a Dance Music Guild.  Period instruments (or
reasonable facimiles) are needed for shows.  However, those with modern
instruments are also welcome--modern instruments are fine for rehearsals
and other events that are not in front of the public,  Inclusion, rather
than exclusion, of members is the intent here.

SWORD GUILD -- Meeting on the 3rd Thursday of each month at Corcoran.

HISTORIC SITE -- We have a schedule conflict between Tactical and the
Minnesota Scottish Fair and Highland Games.  Both are official events
and both will be supported.

MUSIC GUILD -- No report.

FIBER GUILD -- No report.

PUB NIGHT -- Big Crowd in January.  Coming up:  Feb. 17 at the Lake
Street Garage, March 24 at Mannings (Como and 22nd)


UPCOMING EVENTS
===============
St. Paul Winter Carnival Torchlight Parade this evening (Feb. 4).
Soldiers will carry swords and lanterns rather than pikes.  We need to
march faster.

Scottish Ramble (Feb. 18-19) We will be on the 2nd floor rather than in
the Lobby.  Sunday there will be a pike drill and a dance with audience
participation.

Mary's Party (Feb. 25)

Winter Muster (Sat., March 18)

Charles City (April 28-30)

Twig (June 10-11).  Olde World Ren Faire

Scottish Fair (July 15)
Tactical (July 14-16)

Deer River (August 5-6).  We want more money this year.

Iowa Ren Faire (September 9-10).  Contracted.  May conflict with
Highland Fling Weekend at the MN Ren Faire.  This will be similar to the
situation on July 15, and, as in that case, we will support both events.

Big Island/Mankato/Big Muddy.

There was some discussion about holding a summer muster.  Unfortunately,
the calendar is getting quite full.  We may be able to hold it in May.

Maeve mentioned the Culloden 2006 event out east.  She will start
looking at 2007 Jamestown events.

BOARD ELECTIONS
===============
Mary McKinley was reelected President.

Cate Hesser was elected Vice-President for 1yr, to fill the remainder of
Bruce Yoder's term.

Bruce Yoder was re-elected Treasurer.

Diana Steben was re-elected as Camp Rep.

AWARDS
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Presented by Mary to Maeve, Diana (in absentia) and Marty (Corporal of
the Camp)

OTHER BUSINESS
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Marty announced the plan to hold Col. Gaffneyies Memorial Dinner at Big
Island on Saturday night of the Festival as a tribute to Shaun Gaffney.
All former Captains will be invited, as will Shaun's family.  Members
who knew Shaun are invited to contribute to a publication of memories of
him.

Board & Staff

If you need to contact someone associated with Clann Tartan, here is where you find out how. If you are unsure who to contact, you can always email us at: info@clanntartan.org

Guilds

COMMON MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS IN SCOTLAND AND SURROUNDING AREAS IN THE 17th CENTURY

BRASS

Serpent-drawing by David Vavreck

Trumpet - These are what we would now call bugles - the valves on modern trumpets are a result of the industrial revolution. These were used to play cavalry calls, naval calls, and to play fanfares and such at civic events.

Horn - this small trumpet (bugle) was used to play calls while on the (nobleman’s) hunt, both to control the dogs and to inform other hunters what was going on. It was also used as a badge of office for a nobleman’s master of the hunt and/or chief forester.

Serpent - a bass instrument, predecessor of the tuba, made in an s-shape.

Sackbut - this is the immediate ancestor of the slide trombone. It is the only period brass instrument that is fully chromatic (i.e. it can play all the notes in every key).

Brass not appropriate for our time period

Anything with valves.

Lower Class

Jew’s Harp (trompe or trump in Scots, also geegaw in English) - this little metal frame is bitten upon, and an attached tongue is twanged. It uses the mouth as its sound chamber. By changing the shape of the mouth, and varying the breath, a remarkable variety of tones can be produced with a little practice. Dates from at least the early middle ages. Very common trade item in the New World from the 17th to 19th century. They were manufactured in Massachusetts by 1650 - perhaps the first European instruments to be produced in the New World. Now often called a jaw harp or mouth harp to avoid the possibility of anti-Semitism. For what it’s worth, the rabbi I heard talk about it - who is also a member of the Anti Defamation League - considered the notion of Jew’s Harp being anti-Semitic “silly”. Although generally considered very lowbrow, Johann George Alberchtsberger (one of Beethoven’s teachers) wrote several concerti for virtuoso jew’s harp players.

Bones - sometimes made of wood, bones were most often made from cattle ribs or long bones. Rectangles with rounded corners which were held in one hand, they were struck together by quickly moving the hand as if playing a bodhran, sometimes striking them against the other hand or the thigh to vary the sound and rhythm. Arguably the oldest known musical instrument, these were used by Neanderthals.

Triangle - this device was usually made of iron. In a well made triangle, the three sides are each tuned to different notes, so it could accompany other music.

Tabor - this small drum was strapped onto the player, who played it with his left hand while playing the pipe (see lower class woodwinds) with his right (the original one-man band). Generally used for dance music.

Tambourine - this is a small frame drum, played with the hand rather than a stick or tipper. Correct for us whether or not it has jingles attached to the frame.

Bodhran (BO rahn) - Although modern historical fiction often calls this a “war drum”, there is no evidence whatsoever to indicate that this humble Celtic goatskin frame drum was ever anything but a peasant drum, used for song and dance. The stick used to strike it is called a tipper. Tunable bodhrans, which have a mechanism to adjust the pitch, are modern.

Side Drum - This is the drum used in armies. Gaffneyis Regiment owns two of them. In period, the larger of these would be considered to be at the small end of normal size. The heads are kept taut by ropes with sliding leather or rope tensioners. Often had one or two gut strings stretched along the bottom head as a snare. Both tensioners and snare must be loosened when the drum is not in use to avoid warping the drum’s shell.

Kettledrum - borrowed from the Turks, two of these were strapped on either side of a horse, and were used to sound cavalry calls. Also occasionally used in civic parades and such - in one period illustration I have seen, some poor sap had a kettledrum strapped on his back, while the drummer followed behind beating the thing. This must have been as hard on the porter’s ears as it was on his back.

Bells - used to sound the hours as well as to play music. Each town or city’s bells played their own tune - you all know the sound of Westminster’s bells; most modern bell towers, as well as many modern doorbells, play it. Bells were often requisitioned during wartime; their bronze is also good for cannons. Also, they were used to sound the alarm on the approach of the enemy, to celebrate the conclusion of peace treaties, and such.

KEYBOARDS

There is a large collection of early keyboards in the Schubert Club Museum, in the basement of Landmark Centre in Saint Paul, where the Scottish Ramble occurs.

Organ - church organs were pretty much non-existent in Scotland by 1630, as they had been destroyed by Presbyterians while they were wrecking so much else in 1569-1570. Puritan troops trashed many church organs in England during the British Civil Wars, too.

Portative Organ - varying in size from cabinet mounted, to tabletop, to lap-sized, these bellows organs were used in the home primarily for secular music.

The following are all keyboards with strings, which generally used quill to pluck them. They sound lovely, but have only one volume - low.

Virginals - referred to as a pair of virginals, this instrument was often a rectangular tabletop instrument. Considered particularly appropriate for female musicians, which may relate to their name. Precursor to the harpsichord, there is often one on display in the Tudor Period Room at the Minneapolis Art Institute.

Harpsichord - precursor to the piano, it was generally triangle shaped - like a grand piano without the curves.

Spinet or Clavichord - a small harpsichord, which used quill or leather to pluck the strings

Keyboards not appropriate for our time period

Piano - this is the first stringed keyboard that could play both quietly and loudly (its full name is pianoforte - “quiet/loud”), due to the keys being connected to wooden hammers. The volume is controlled by how hard the keys are struck as well as by use of foot pedals.

Other instruments not appropriate for our time period

There were no free reed instruments in the 17th century, so harmonicas, accordions, concertinas, and the like are not appropriate.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Arbeau, Thoinot (penname of Jehan Tabourot). Orchesographie. Langres, 1589.

Blades, James. Percussion Instruments and Their History. Faber and Faber, Boston 1984

Buchner, Alexander. Musical Instruments: An Illustrated History. Crown Publishers, NY 1973. In Clann Library.

Kemp, Will. Kemps Nine Daies Wonder. London, 1600.

Wedderburn, Robert. The Complaynt of Scotland. (c. 1550). Edited and introduced by A. M. Stewart. Scottish Text Society, Edinburgh 1979.

THE SWORD

Though the Art of War has been evolving since the beginning of time, two factors have changed very little. One, the soldier. He has changed relatively little since he began waging war on his neighbors. He still requires food, water and something to give him the advantage over his enemy. The second is the advantage, or the weapon.

Immediately after the technological development of the rock, tree branch and sharp stick, man discovered that a piece of good steel will, if worked correctly, hold a good, sharp edge and take the place of and/or defeat the weapons of the past.

The sword has gone through its share of changes and improvements, but it remains very much as its original vision.

Starting out, constructed of bronze, its life was short. Bronze is a soft metal, easy to form, but too weak to take and hold an edge. The shape of the blade would not last through a harsh battle. A new material was being sought to take it's place; Steel.

Steel is a material that, in the right hands, can be shaped into whatever form is needed. It is also a material that will graciously take an edge and hold it. Some of the best steel in the Old World came from the Germanies. Next to Spanish steel, it was highly prized.

The longest lasting version of a short sword, and the standard issue sword to the Roman soldier was the Gladius. Gladius is Latin for the word " sword". The sword that we commonly refer to as "Gladius" is a single handed, double edged sword, that measures about 24 inches in length.¹ Though the design of the blade favored the slashing action, it was very nasty in the thrusting arena. Slashing from behind a shield wall, that the Romans employed , would prove to be quite difficult and the thrusting action would allow the wall to hold it's shape and integrity. Eventually this sword, the Gladius, would give way to the weapon that cavalry and officers would use, this being the "Spatha".

The Spatha is, again, a single handed, straight, double edged sword, that measures approximately 38 inches. This length would allow a cavalry rider to reach his target on the ground without exposing too much of himself to the enemy on all flanks. This sword was later adopted by the legions. This sword did favor the thrust motion, as its blade is noticeably narrower than the previous sword, but it was a match for any other sword on the field, with its length and heavier construction.²

As the Roman legions were defeated on the field, not necessarily by better weapons, but by numbers and different tactics, the legions' weapons fell into their enemies hands. And with the armies growing against the Romans, the need for weapons grew as well. Northern tribes developed double edged, straight bladed, single handed swords, capable of effective thrusting or slashing. The major difference between these swords and the Roman swords, is that the hand is better protected against the opponents blade. These swords had cross shaped quillons, more effective at stopping the blade and holding it. These swords were later classified as "cruciform swords" in an effort to press the Christian dominance on the people.³ These short swords were the ones carried by the Crusaders.

It wasn't until the middle of the 13th century that swords grew to the size of 55 to 70 inches in length, and even these were quite rare. These were the first of the two-handed swords, or "great swords". The term "two handed" came from the realization that these swords required two hands to wield the full potential of these massive blades. With grips in excess if 10 inches,( to allow both hands to be on the grip, with spacing to provide a fulcrum), these swords became noted for their ability to provide offensive cuts, as well as defensive counterblows.

Two handed swords were not just used to hack and slash the enemy's body, as one might surmise by their appearance. They were outstanding in breaking down the enemy's defensive formations, i.e. pikes and cavalry.

Pike formations would fail when a group of two handed swordsmen would charge the pikes, in different locations of the block, and begin to lop off pike heads, then retreat out of range of advancing pikes. This was more of a mental attack on the strength of the pike block.

Then, when cavalry would be sent out in a lightning attack, the great sword would be used to pull the riders from their horses, then smaller swords would dispatch the rider. Riders would be pulled off the horse by reversing the sword and grasping the blade, which was seldom sharp, hooking the opponent's armor with the quillon, and dragging the rider to the ground. Also the horse would be removed from the rider by slashing at the horse's front legs as they charged, causing the horse to stumble and throwing the rider off.

Very seldom would the two handed swords be sharp, other than the final 6 inches to the point of the blade. To keep the entire sword sharp would cause a failure in the strength of the blade, and eventually allow a stronger blade to break the sharpened one. By the 1500's, the two handed sword was a foot soldier's favorite weapon.⁴

By the later half of the 15th century, the French had a term for swords that could be easily concealed under ones robes and used by those of the "court" or general towns folk. That term was "epee rapiere", or as we know it, the "rapier".

Though this weapon could be fast in combat, the use of it in major battle was mostly restricted to the officers. To go against a sword of greater size and weight, the outcome would depend on the abilities of each individual swordsman. The size and weight of a larger sword would render a smaller sword useless in even combat. However, if a individual has more and better training with the rapier, the larger sword would be of little use to its holder. The rapier was a weapon designed for the thrust, and could be used for slashing, from the very tip.

Eventually, the rapier was used more in the defense of honor than the defense of the kingdom.

The Longsword or Warsword was the sword that the crusaders carried into battle. This is a sword that could be considered a hand and a half sword, as the grip is large enough to accommodate two hands, but the weight and length were as such that one hand could use it in battle. The Longsword/Warsword is actually smaller than the Bastard sword, which is smaller than a claymore.

It is with the Longsword/Warsword that the phrase "to pummel" someone probably came into use. To Pummel refers to the using of the pommel of a sword to make an opponent inactive on the battlefield, without causing his death.

The Claidhmore , which is Scottish Gaelic for "great sword" is another two handed sword, that later became a single handed sword. The true claymore came into being during the 15th century. Its size and swept quillons posed a rugged feature on the battlefield. Though the Scottish are known for the Claymore, the design and construction of most Scottish blades come from Germany. The metals found in Scotland were inferior to that found on the continent, particularly Germany and Spain. Also German smiths were renowned for their work in metalsmithing. So, most "Scottish" weapons were weapons left by someone else, in their haste to leave a particular area.

The use of the true Scottish Claymore has shown that it took practice using the sword to achieve its full advantage. Swinging the sword in great arcs would be of little good against the armor that they might have come up against. A blade with no sharp edge would not have much effect on plate armor. But with the practice of a swing with a thrust or drag included, the effect is much greater.

Later on the Claymore became a smaller sword, a single handed broadsword.

The term "broadsword" is a term of proportionate size. Though the Basket hilt broadsword had a blade barely 2 inches wide, as opposed to the 2 ½ to 3 inches of a longsword or warsword, the basket hilt claymore had a shorter blade and the view of the weapon was that it had a broader blade.

The Wallace sword, which is a great two handed sword, may be the predecessor to the true claymore, developed in the latter half of the 15th century, but none the less, it is a simple two handed sword.

The true claymore can have a blade as long as 45 inches, with a grip in excess of 10 inches. It will also have downward swept quillons, extending the length of a hand on either side. At the finals of these quillons, there will be 4 round cutouts, whose significance is still in question. It may be a great place to carry your last bit of ribbon, that you inherited from your mother. At the end of the grip will be a wheel pommel; later versions will have an orb. The weight will be in the range of 3-7 lbs, any heavier may make the sword too awkward to wield in a great battle.

During the 14th and 15th centuries, a sword came into being that fit neither the description of the single handed or two handed sword requirements. The grip on this sword was great enough to accommodate two hands, but the weapon was light enough to easily use with one hand. It also had the length to equal that of most two handed swords. This sword is the sword that is commonly referred to as the " Executioner Sword", this common sword was used to behead the convicted, and a noticeable difference was that the tip was squared off. This sword is commonly called " The Bastard" , as its description fits between the single handed and the two handed swords.

Dispelling the Myths:

#1. As mentioned earlier, the Crusaders did not carry "Great swords" into combat on their journeys. What they carried was short swords or single handed swords.⁵

#2. A well balanced 3 pound sword will kill as effectively and probably quicker than a 20 pound sword. The only difference is that the swordsman will probably be able to mount his horse and ride away sooner than the one with the 20 pound sword, provided he survives the next battle.

#3. The Gladius was not used by the Gladiators, rather they used a shorter version of the sword, 12 - 14 inches long.⁶

#4. The Claymore is a relativity new sword in our time period, (1630), less than 200 years old. William Wallace probably carried one of the first two handers. His sword is about 66 inches long, with 52 inches of that being blade.

#5. Swords were issued to musketeers during the 30 years war. A picture shows a force of musketeers all carrying the same type of broadsword. Though shorter, almost the Gladius length, still there were swords in the musket ranks.⁷

#6. Most swords of the time were sharpened to a fine edge only in the final 4-6 inches. A few swordsmen might prefer to have the entire blade sharp, but for the most part this was overly time consuming and damaging to the blade itself.

Bibliography

1. Wikipedia, on-line , keyword "Gladius"

2. Wikipedia, on-line , keyword "Spatha"

3. George Hernandez, Sword History, George Hernandez.com

4. Neil H. T. Melville, The Origins of the Two-Handed Sword , Journal of Western Martial Art, January 2000.

5. J. Clements, The Weighty Issue of Two Handed Greatswords , 2001

6. Wikipedia, on-line, keyword, "Gladius"

7. Geoffrey Parker, The Thirty Years' War , 1987, pg.120 &130

Additional Resources

http:// members.aol.com/dargoylt/TheForge

http://www.celticgrounds.com

http:// www.thearma.org/essay/weights.htm

P.S.

Look forward to getting more information about different , particular swords, dating from our timeframe and before.

Calendar of Events

CLANN TARTAN SCHEDULE
FOR APRIL, 2006

Date	Event	Status
April 5	Dance Practice—Hiawatha Community Center 7:00	Scheduled
April 8	Tartan Day—in front of the Capitol 10:30	Scheduled
April 11	Dance Practice—St. Christopher’s 7:00	Scheduled
April 18	Board meeting—Yoder’s 7:00	Scheduled
April 19	Dance Practice—Hiawatha Community Center 7:00	Scheduled
April 20	Sword Drill—Corcoran 7:00	Scheduled
April 21	Pub Night—Lake St. Garage 7:00	Scheduled
April 22	Load Trailer 1036 24th Ave. SE in Minneapolis—10:00 AM	Scheduled
April 22	Camp Drill—Corcoran 12:00	Scheduled
April 25	Dance Practice—St. Christopher’s 7:00	Scheduled
April 28-30	Charles City Military History Days	Scheduled
April 29th	Scottish Fair Fund-raiser	Scheduled

MAY 2006

SUNDAY	MONDAY	TUESDAY	WEDNESDAY	THURSDAY	FRIDAY	SATURDAY
	1	2	3Dance Lake Hiawatha Community Center	4	5	6Quarterly membership meeting 12PM at Corcoran Park Hall
7	8	9 Dance	10	11	12	13
14	15	16	17 Dance Lake Hiawatha Community Center	18 Sword Drill 7PM at Corcoran Park Hall (where we hold our annual meetings) Call Marty 651.483.1173 twolodge@yahoo.com	19	20
21	22	23 Dance	24	25	26	27 CAMP DRILL 10AM to 4PM Please call a staff member for location
28	29	30	31

Event Schedule for the 2006 Season:

Hello all,

The following is a list of the dates of the events that are currently on the schedule for this year. The staff has met and decided to keep this running list of events in the newsletter to give you a chance to get an idea of what is going on this season as well as keep you updated to changes in the schedule.

The column titled status will include the following information.

Tentative- this means that an event organizer or clann has expressed a strong enough interest in doing this event that it warrants reserving space on the calendar for the event.

Pending- this is the next stage of an event. This means that Maeve has entered serious discussion about Clann doing an event but we are still not committed to the event. You should however if possible think about wether or not you may be able to attend this event.

Scheduled- this level means that the board and staff have approve the event and we are committed to providing manpower to making the event happen. When an event is assigned this level please let Julie know as soon as possible if you can or can not attend this event.

Canceled- This means that for various reasons an scheduled event has been removed from the current season. We will try and give as much notice as we can prior to canceling an event.

If you have any questions about this, please feel free to contact me regarding this matter

Thanks,
Rob Johnson.

DATE	EVENT	STATUS
1/1/2006	Airing of the Tartans 1st Footing	Finished
1/28/2006	Grand Day Parade	Finished
2/4/2006	Torchlight Parade	Finished
2/18-19/2006	Scottish Ramble	Finished
4/28-30/2006	Charles City Military History Days	Scheduled
6/3-5/2006	Wisconsin Renaissance Fair (This fair runs all weekends in June) www.wirenfaire.com	CANCELLED
6/10-12/2006	Wisconsin Renaissance Fair (This fair runs all weekends in June) www.wirenfaire.com	CANCELLED
6/10-11/2006	Olde World Renaissance Faire (Twig) http://www.owrenaissancefaire.com/	Scheduled
6/17-19/2006	Wisconsin Renaissance Fair (This fair runs all weekends in June) www.wirenfaire.com	CANCELLED
6/24-26/2006	Wisconsin Renaissance Fair (This fair runs all weekends in June) www.wirenfaire.com	CANCELLED
7/15/2006	MN Scottish Fair and Highland Games http://www.mnscottishfair.org/	Scheduled
7/15/2005	Dun Gowan Tactical www.dungowan.com	Scheduled
8/5-6/2005	Deer River Rendezvous www.whiteoak.org	Scheduled
8/19/2006-10/1/2006	MN Renaissance Festival (This fair runs weekends typically we only do one of them)	Tentative
8/2-4/2006	Wisconsin Scottish Highland Games http://www.wisconsinscottish.org/	Tentative
9/10 2006	Des Moines Renaissance Fair	Scheduled
10/5-6/2006	Big Island Rendezvous (education days)	Pending
10/7-8/2006	Big Island Rendezvous (public days)	Pending
10/12-14/2006	Mankato History Fest	Pending
10/17-22/2006	Big Muddy River Rendezvous	Pending

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Board Minutes	Staff & Board Directory	Guilds
Calendar of Events	Maps	Announcements
Articles	Event Schedule for the 2006 Season
	Captain's Corner

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Maps

 

Map to Board Meetings Bruce and Julie Yoder's Home	Map to St. Paul location St. Christopher's- Dance
Map to Board/Quarterly/Annual Meetings Corcoran Neighborhood Center, 3334 20th Av South, Minneapolis, MN	Map to Lake Hiawatha Community Center 2701 E 44th St in Minneapolis 1st & 3rd Wednesdays dance location Helleand Building

Board Minutes	Staff & Board Directory	Guilds
Calendar of Events	Maps	Announcements
Articles	Event Schedule for the 2006 Season
	Captain's Corner

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