Camp Fenby, 2001
Held at Oakley Farm in St. Mary's County, Maryland from Friday, June 22 to Sunday, June 24.
Camp Fenby is a laid-back medieval arts and crafts weekend sponsored by the Longship Company, Ltd. Comfortable 21st century civilian clothes are perfectly acceptable, and the emphasis is upon learning, scholarship, relaxing, teaching others, good food and good fellowship. I will be teaching beginning blacksmithing classes in the morning and at night (when it's cool) and there will be an open forge for those with some experience in the afternoons. We plan to have two forging stations, one in the forge and the other in the barn.
Camping is available on the farm and motels are within a half-hour drive. We usually have a crab feast Saturday night for which the crab eaters pitch in on the cost for these delectable crustaceans (have you seen the price of crabs lately?!) and there are several general stores, groceries, fast food joints and restaurants within a 15 minute drive. Oakley Farm is a maximum impact camping area, so fire pits for cooking and tree cutting for camp structures and firewood are fine (just ask first).
Event fee is $10/person or $30/family to cover the port-a-potty rental and other expenses. This is a non-public official event in which non-Marklanders are also welcome to attend and participate. Because this is an official Markland event, people without Markland a membership must pay a $2 surcharge, which will be forwarded to Markland's Treasury.
Further information may be found at: http://www.pressroom.com/~thyri/fenby2000.htm (Note: this is last years schedule, but should be updated to the 2001 version soon.)
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Full time civil servant, part time blacksmith, and seasonal Viking ship captain.
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Camp Fenby, June 22-24 (X-post w/ Off Topic)
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