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Barons Brouhaha

Barons Brouhaha 7 is a 3 day camping event at the Northgeatham Great Hall near Underwood. Stay up to date with the latest news on our Facebook Event Page. This year our theme is Lucky Number 7, so an elements of Luck and Chance throughout the activities of the day.

Where: 973 Concession Rd 8, Tiverton ON N0G 2T0 (see map below)

When: Friday June 21 3pm to June 23 4pm

Event Steward: Lord Wulfric of the Blackwood trweirmeir@gmail.com
Reservation Steward: Baroness Sibylla of Glyndmere tamara.pasley@gmail.com

Fees:

weekend $20 member/$30 non-member 
single day $10 member/$20 non-member
16 & under free

What’s Happening?

  • Iron Smelting demonstration by DARC
  • Tournaments of Chance
  • The Royal Horticultural and Herbalism Guild of Ealdormere meeting, seed swap and garden walk.
  • Blacksmithing with Penda at the Glyndmere forge
  • Armored Combat, Rapier, Archery & Thrown Weapons.

Schedule

Friday

  • Camp setup from 3pm onward.
  • Construction of the Iron Smelter Furnace and drying fire in the evening.
  • At dusk there will be a robust campfire and a bardic circle.

Saturday

  • Coffee and tea will be available in the Great Hall.
  • Early morning the Smelter furnace will be stoked and the process begins.
  • The Royal Horticultural and Herbalism Guild of Ealdormere meeting, seed swap and garden walk. The walk will start at 11am guided by Sibylla. This will last roughly an hour, followed by a tea social hosted by Her Majesty.
  • Armored combat and rapier. Inspections usually starts around 11. This will consist of pickups, bearpits and Tournaments of Chance.
  • Thrown Weapons will be open at 11 with a Tournament of Chance throughout the day.
  • Archery range will be open at noon with an assortment of interesting targets to try and hit! There will be a Tournament of Chance throughout the day.
  • All tournament participants need to ‘play’ before Court.
  • Court is at TRM discretion (typically at 4pm).
  • Potluck feast in the great hall after court. Guests are asked to take all their food/dishes back home with them after the feast. Providing an ingredient list with your dish is suggested.
  • Iron extraction! Very exciting to watch.
  • Learn to start a fire using flint and steel.
  • The evening will close with a campfire and bardic circle hosted by Sibylla.

Sunday

  • Coffee and tea will be available in the Great Hall.
  • Penda will start up the forge in the Blacksmithing shop and invite folks to come and make something.
  • Archery and thrown weapons may be open depending on marshal availability.
  • Iron bloom examination and cleanup.
  • Enjoy the day, head back home later in the afternoon.

Tournaments of Chance

Armored and Rapier

All fighters will get the opportunity to test their skills with each other in pairs. Choose a combatant and each of you roll a pair of dice. A roll of 7 is considered a win. If both combatants roll a 7, or neither does, they proceed to the field and fight it out- the victor earning a point. If only one rolls a 7, they are considered the victor and earn a point. Fighters may opt to fight just for fun.

Once everyone has challenged each other, the person with the highest score wins. Ties will be resolved by the same process until their is a high score.

Archery & Thrown Weapons

Participants will throw/shoot at a target with 2 sets of cards numbered 1 to 6 (dice). Scores of 7 count as a point. Archers are granted 12 shots, thrown weapons 8 throws.

Site Information

  • The event will be hosted around the Great Hall (the Barn). There is water and electricity available.
  • There is lots of room for tent camping on site.
  • Limited sleeping/cot space is possible in the Great Hall. Keep in mind there won’t be any privacy there and it will be quite noisy at night. You will also have to pack-up your cot during the daytime to make more space available in the great hall. Please contact Sibylla about cot space.
  • A centrally located firepit is available for cooking.
  • We suggest leaving your dogs at home. If you really, really want to bring your pet, please contact Sibylla to confirm it is ok to do so. Dogs must be on a leash at all times, you must clean up after your pet and it must be friendly with humans and other dogs.