Welcome to the Online Clann Tartan Newsletter for May 2008

Under Heidi Vair's supervision, the Clann sutlery has really begun to amount to something. As one might expect, certain growing pains have been a part of this, and we have some new rules to implement:

1) All items for sale will have a tag with seller, item, and price. This tag will be kept by the sutler and used for payouts. If tags are not attached by the seller they will be attached at check-in.

2) All items not owned by Clann will be transported to and from events by owners or their deputies. The sutler can no longer carry around all these goods.

3) All items left with the sutler will be checked in and checked out so that we can be more definite about our inventory.

Finally, Lisa Gillstrom's son Hunter will be apprenticing to Heidi in the sutlery. Please give him the same courtesy and cooperation you would give Heidi.

Thank you for your patience as we develop this part of Clann's corporate life.

Mia McDavid
Chief of Staff

Siege of Woodville

Set up: Thursday, May 1 (meet at the school at 5:00) as many as we can get so we have as little as possible to set up in the morning! If you attend set up, Lisa and Sean will be providing dinner....

School Days: Friday, May 2 (8:00 to 3:00)
the format for this will be similar to last year, where the kids will be divided into groups and go through the camp to each demonstration station with their worksheets. They will begin at the outdoor classroom and move through after an intro to what we are and what we do and what it meant historically.

Public Day: Saturday, May 3 (8:00 to 12:00)
This will be open to the public. There may be a local hockey or other association with a brat stand (public draw and all that).

Tear Down: Saturday, May 3 (12:00 to ????)

INFO: At this event we WILL have access to hot and cold running water. We will have access to showers after 6:00 am until 6:30-7:00 am. We need to be out of the lockerrooms BEFORE school starts. We will have access to flushing toilets both days and until 11:00 pm at night.

If you have not yet RSVP'd to the HCF for this event, please do so ASAP: anstice_demalkuth@yahoo.com or 612-986-8511.
Please include the following information: tent status, demonstration and three worksheet questions, allergies, days attending.

Dun Gowan Immersion Weekend!

On the schedule are various activities. You may choose to learn the use of various period tools in the pursuit of constructing a 17th century cottage with an added sleeping loft. Additional pursuits may include hawk throwing, music (modern and 17th century) by the campfire, and general fun. If you need to muster in cooking a meal, these will be prepared and served by volunteer staff who would most always be grateful for assistance.

Come, learn all you can, and take advantage of the privilege Clann Tartan so generously offers us! Really, how many people are afforded the opportunity to experience as unique an adventure? We'll actually be building a structure that our-17th century-selves would have maybe lived in. Don't forget, too, that Clann's Tactical weekend is coming up. Everything we add to the landscape on our permanent historic site enhances our scenarios. All this is offered for no more than the cost of transportation and food! Others have paid hundreds of dollars for such an opportunity. Plus, we have each other, and we'll enjoy the plentiful aspects of, "many hands making light work," and even fun!

Event Details:
Location: 5261 Fish Lake Rd Duluth, MN
Dates: This year's Dun Gowan Weekends currently include May 9, 10, 11 & June 27, 28, & 29, July 11, 12, & 13 with Tactical starting on the morning of July 18 and going through the 20th.
Length in Days: Friday evening through Sunday
Lodging: Bring your tents. If you don't have one, there are many who have room to share. Send out an email with your needs to coordinate.
Tuition: Donation of food or $12 per person to cover meals cooked by volunteer staff Materials Fee: Included
Level: Beginner
Age: Any - with necessary permission forms filled out & signed by parents/guardians of minors & an adult present who takes responsibility for that minor.
Necessary items to bring: If anyone has any axes, or a chainsaw, please bring them. These would be very much appreciated!
Registration Contact Info: call Laura Swenson at 715-684-4221 or register via email at mommyco1630@yahoo.com

MINNESOTA SCOTTISH FAIR

For those who are day-tripping, the gates will open for participants at 6:30. PLEASE BE IN CAMP FOR CAST CALL AT 8:30: we open at 9:00. Teardown will be at 5:30 when we close. As usual, please inform HCF Lisa (anstice_demalkuth@yahoo.com) if you are coming and if you need tent space. Please let her know 10 days before the event so she has time to plan and cook; May is *very* busy and we need all your help!

If you have any questions please ask your Staff. Thank you.

John O'Duggan & your own Clann Tartan Staff invite you to Johndezvous!

Some other possibilities include:

• Help figuring out if your project is appropriate to your particular period & location
• Trading your surplus items with other re-enactors
• Making match-cord
• Dipping beeswax candles
• Clay marbles for a children's project – if any are present and interested.

This is an official, Clann sponsored event. That means meals will be provided in the same manner as at paid events. Clann will be bringing all of the regular paraphernalia including tents to Johndezvous, as well. Please RSVP as soon as you are able to reserve your tent space. (All of the usual rules apply to this, too.) There will be plenty of space for camping and outdoor workspace. John will be providing fire-wood, and, depending upon the number of people who decide to attend, privies may be provided, also. (The O'Duggan farm-house only has one small bathroom.).

A 'hawk block and archery target will liven up the gathering. A safe spot for some muzzleloader shooting might be found, as well. People are welcome to stay the entire Memorial Day weekend, if they wish, with arrival beginning as early as Friday.

Particular thanks go out to John and the O'Duggan family for offering our members this opportunity. Some of us have the resources to make the things we need. Others normally are not able due to lack of skill, opportunity and/or equipment. If you are one of those with skill, or equipment, please consider coming out in support of the rest of us. The base of knowledge in Clann is enormous. We influence each other, and the help we each offer can be inspiring!

Please include your project ideas with your RSVP to Laura Swenson at 715-684-4221 or email her at mommyco@baldwin-telecom.net The RSVP is crucial to planning, so be sure to let her know as soon as you can.

Directions to the O'Duggan Farm at:
20628 Whistle Pass Drive Lewiston MN 55952
Their home phone # is 507-523-3233

Directions from the Cities: Take US 52 to Rochester. Head EAST on US 14. At Lewiston, turn left (north) on CR 25 (Quik Trip is at this intersection) Go approx 1 & 1/2 miles, and turn LEFT on Whistle Pass Drive. The first house on the right is Duin O'Duggan. They live some 20 minutes west of Winona or 40 minutes east of Rochester, MN.

MUSTER

Modern clothes and modern tents are acceptable.

Setup will be the Friday; if weather conditions make that look uninviting, please watch your mail for updates.

For this occasion, we are also hosting Mairi's Girl Scout Troop; they want to Learn to Do Things. Please come down and help make them welcome! As usual, if you have any questions, please ask your Staff. Thank you.

FOR SALE

Camp Drill Schedule

GAFFNEY'S SUTLER SEEKS WARES

You can either bring your goods to Heidi at events, or entrust them to her beforehand. We ask that items be small and not terribly fragile if Heidi is to transport them.

Thank you for your support of Clann Tartan.

Board Minutes

Clann Tartan Board Meeting, March 18, 2008

Present: Julie Yoder, Bruce Yoder, Cate Hesser, Betsy Bolton, Glenn McDavid, Marty Byers, Sean McCanna


Minutes of the February Meeting were accepted as presented.
REPORTS

VP: Will print more flyers. Will leave room for acknowledgement of sponsorship. 
This will mean a special printing for each show, but that can be done. 
Marty will produce an electronic copy of the basic flyer, to which show-specific verbiage 
about sponsorship can be added as needed.

TREASURER: Asked our agent about possible changes to our insurance policy (See minutes from previous meetings). 
No reply so far. Also contacted another agency, but again no word back. Nobody is really interested 
in such a small policy amount--too much work for not enough money.

Not much financial activity in February. As for March, we already have the check from Moorhead.

We are currently running a budget surplus.

SECRETARY/CAMP REP/COMPANY REP: No report.

QUARTERMASTER: The trailer inspection has not been scheduled yet. The new priming flask is done. 
We have a possible source for good, cheap pike heads--just need to make sure they are what we expect. 
Herb is working on the broken scouring stick [Update--this is done] and trailer repairs.

Marty said we could use another 20 tent stakes, because of the well-documented property of 
iron and steel to evaporate when so used. No argument, and duly noted by the Quartermaster.

MUSIC GUILD: Big turnout in February: 12 members. Thinking about a 2nd monthly meeting. 
This would be on another day of the week and at another location.

DANCE GUILD: Going well.

FIBER GUILD: No report.

SWORD GUILD: Asked Powderhorn Park about meeting space. No response yet. We will be doing something 
at events on Saturdays. When warmer weather comes we will move outside. Looking for wooden practice swords.

GARDENING GUILD: No report. Mary has some sorrel which would be nice for our meals.

HISTORIC SITE: No report. Work weekends have been scheduled.

EVENTS

Julie liked Lisa's post-Moorhead write-up. We need to write more such reports. At Moorhead we had 
six people 10-4 on Saturday. They were busy all day long. It was a good event.

4/6. Tartan Day. Need a newsletter write-up.

4/25-26. Charles City. Cate offered the use of her truck if we need it for transportation. Gratefully accepted.

5/2-3 Woodville. Possibility of a sponsor (See above).

5/17. Minnesota Scottish Fair and Highland Games. Mary passed along the message that no 
alcohol is permitted except in the beer tent. There is an officially sanctioned monopoly.

5/30-6/1. Muster at McGowan's in Mankato. Jack was very good about changing the date once, 
but Mia is not going to ask him up again. Don't even think about requesting another change.

6/14-15. Twig. We have sent them a contract. Nothing back yet.

7/18-20. Dun Gowan Tactical. We will be paying a flat fee of $50 for everyone who attends. 
$70 if you count Don's membership. This is just fine.

8/1-3. Deer River. Pending. Similar to last year.

8/??. Perham. We have sent them a contract

10/2-5 Big Island. Same contract as last year. We will provide 9 stations for school days. 
We will need to have people for all these stations, but if necessary we can combine them.

10/9-11 Mankato History Fest. Sent the contract out. No response yet.

10/14-19 Big Muddy (Winona). Luke is asking that we present him with a firm offer, rather than 
haggle over the price. After some discussion of the relevant game theory and our needs and 
resources the Board came up a negotiating position and directed Lisa (our Contracts rep) to proceed 
with it in her discussions with Luke.

11/?? St. Andrew's in Fargo. In contact.

Other events are being looked at.
OLD BUSINESS

Julie will check with John Debnam about calendar reminders in the new web site.

Maeve asked if she could assign some of her many paid-up membership years to other members. 
No problem. Moved/Seconded/Passed.

We received an anonymous donation (cash in an untraceable envelope) to cover two other memberships. 
However, one of the families designated has declined the offer. We should refund the money to the donor, 
but we have no idea who that might be. Bruce will send out an announcement about this, and hopefully the donor 
will contact him for the refund.

We will need to clean up the mailing list soon, removing non-members.

Julie suggested that from now on new members not be offered the option of a hard copy newsletter. 
This would not affect current recipients of hard copies. This was tabled.

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

Contact:
Marty L. Byers
orthodoxdruid@gmail.com
651-483-1173

MUSIC!!!!!!!!!!

We will sing and play music of many styles and places from our period. Bring your voice and/or your instrument(s). Neither need be period correct.

The Yoders have graciously offered to host music once a month. We will meet at their house at 4736 12th Ave S, Minneapolis, from 7 - 9pm the 4th Monday of each month.

To contact the Yoders, call 612-825-4519 or email to Julieyoder@juno.com.

To contact your Music Chair, call David at 612-378-1973 or email to baethan1630@yahoo.com

Thanks, and I look forward to making some noise with y'all!

David

Dance

It is at the corner of 27th Av S and E 44th Street. Both streets are one way. That block of 44th between 28th and 27th Avenues is one way westbound and that block of 27th Av between 44th and 43rd Streets is one way northbound. You must enter turning west onto 44th St from 28th Av and exit from 27th Av onto 43rd St.

Questions? call Mary at 651-699-6853 or Julie at 612-825-4519

2nd & 4th Tuesdays
Saint Christopher's Episcopal Church, 2300 N Hamline Ave. in St. Paul.

It is at the northeast corner of Highway 36 and Hamline Avenue (Hamline is between Snelling and Lexington). The church is actually encircled by the highway entrance ramp.
The Dance Guild gathers weekly from 7PM-9PM to learn and practice historic Scottish country dances.
For more information call:

Mary at 651-699-6853 or Julie at 612-825-4519

It's a great place to meet people!

Garden Guild

Other Guilds

Fiber Guild Meetings

Clann Tartan has our own historic site near Duluth MN. Dun Gowan is an ongoing project, which is the site of Gaffneyis Annual Tactical in July. We are finishing the fort and beginning the construction of a village this year. Contact David Vavreck at 612-378-1973 or baethan1630@yahoo.com for further information, or to volunteer to help.

Drill

Calendar of Events

Event Schedule for the 2008 Season:

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 the Contracts Administrator 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 whether 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,
Lisa Gillstrom McCanna

Maps

Map to 1st and 3rd Wednesday Dance Lake Hiawatha Neighborhood Center 2701 E 44th St., Minneapolis	Map to St. Paul location St. Christopher's- Dance
Map to /Quarterly/Annual Meetings Corcoran Neighborhood Center, 3334 20th Av South, Minneapolis, MN	Map to Marty & Judy Byers home 2821 Churchill, Roseville MN
Map to Bruce and Julie Yoder's Home Music and Board & Staff Meetings 4736 12th Ave S, Minneapolis	Map to Glenn & Mia's home Hosts for staff meetings and Fiber Guild 340 Brooks Ave Roseville, MN

SIEGE OF WOODVILLE, Woodville WI May 2-3 2008

Hwy 169 into Mankato;
Left at the Hillcrest Health Care Center ( if you go past the flashing lights at Co Road 68 you've gone too far);
Left onto Shamrock Lane;
follow this to it's end (Jack McGowan's on the map)

TWIG-Olde World Renaissance Faire June 14-15 2008

~ From Duluth: From Interstate 35 and U.S. Highway 53. Take U.S. Highway 53 North to County Highway 7 (also known as Industrial Road). Turn left on County Highway 7 and continue on to McGregor Road. At McGregor Road turn right and proceed to the Olde World Renaissance Faire entrance on your right. Distance is approximately 19 miles.

~ From Grand Rapids: From U.S. Highway 169 and U.S. Highway 2. Take U.S. Highway 2 South to State Highway 33. Turn left on State Highway 33 and continue on to County Highway 7 (also known as Industrial Road). Turn right on County Highway 7 and continue on to McGregor Road. At McGregor Road turn left and proceed to the Olde World Renaissance Faire entrance on your right. Distance is approximately 69 miles.

~ From Virginia: From U.S. Highway 169 and U.S. Highway 53. Take U.S. Highway 53 South to County Highway 7 (also known as Industrial Road). Turn right on County Highway 7 and continue on to McGregor Road. At McGregor Road turn right and proceed to the Olde World Renaissance Faire entrance on your right. Distance is approximately 50 miles.

~ From Minneapolis/Saint Paul Area: From Interstate 694 and Interstate 35. Take Interstate 35 North to the State Highway 33 exit going to Cloquet. Follow State Highway 33 thru Cloquet and continue on to County Highway 7. Turn right on County Highway 7 (also known as Industrial Road) and continue on to McGregor Road. At McGregor Road turn left and proceed to the Olde World Renaissance Faire entrance on your right. Distance is approximately 145 miles.