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Saturdays
& Sundays: July 24 thru August 22, 2010
11:30
am to 6:00 pm
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Music,
Theatre
Old
World Crafts
Armored
Knights
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Admission:
(cash or check please)
Adults
- - $10.00 60
years & over - - $6.00
12
years & under - - $6.00 5 years &
under - - free
Feast &
Festival - -
$45.00
Children
12 and under must be accompanied by an adult at all times
No
pets - radios - flash - videos, please
Limited
Smoking areas provided
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The
lord of Camlann invites you to attend his summer village festivals,
all with theatre, knightly combat, music, crafts, archery, swordplay, minstrels, and
victuals.
Come to Somersetshire, ancient realm
of Arthur the king, as our morning
trumpet & charter proclamation open the village
gates upon the colorful world of Chaucer's England in 1376. The pace is leisurely: everything does not happen at once. The scale is small,
intimate: leave behind the hectic 21st century.
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Sir
Ywayn and Sir Gawain, a wondrous dramatization of a 14th century
Middle English Arthurian romance, presented by Camlann's troop of players.
The story is taken from a 14th century translation of Chrétien de Troyes' Yvain. This summer we will present the
third of three parts of the romance, in which Ywayn with his lion finds
the Castle of Infinite Misfortunes, encounters two devils and fights a
martial combat at Arthur's court, in defense of a damsel in need.
Director:
Diana Peterson;
Script
Transcription and Language Consultant: Roger Shell;
Mask & Scenery Design: Jacob Priestley;
Music Provided by:
The Misteri Players & Chansonnier.
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A combined
arts presentation featuring armed combat. ensemble music, with sets and masks
based on medieval artistic forms |
Planned
also for this
festival:
Horse
Rides Swords-master
Demonstrations War
Bow
Archery
Demonstrations. Visitors can join villagers in
Freemen
Training
to support their
knight in arms. Minstrels
play all the day with music and dancing; Camlann's
Troupe of Jongleurs presents: stories from Boccaccio's Decameron. Crafters
demonstrate and offer excellent wares
and fine goods to carry home to your manor house.
Join
in Villager Dances
and
a Danse Macabre
that brings the faire to a close.
Medieval
Banquets:
Jul 24, 31 Aug 7, 8, 14, 15, 21 |
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Festival
Food:
For lunch, our food stall has wholesome ploughman’s meals, pasties,
and muste
to drink; You may sit down at þe
Bors
Hede þ e
Bors
Hede þe
Bors
Hede and order ale, wine or mead with a hot lunch (11:30
- 3:30 pm); Enjoy our outdoor dining area.
Call ahead to reserve a table for a wondrous dinner (5:00 to 7:00 pm).
Saturdays
& some Sundays the Summer
Feast begins at 6:00 pm.
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Concerts
all day long! Performers
at Camlann are skilled professional entertainers, presenting music and
stories from medieval sources, using instruments and equipment of the types
available before 1400, including the Lute,
harp, shawm, symphonie, recorder,
vielle, pipe & tabor, psaltry,
and many others. You too may participate by joining hands with the village
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PAYNES
MAGYKES
Wondrous sleight of hand
by Master Payne, who has been a feature a the Camlann Faire since
1982. Payne treats his audience to a highly interactive and engaging
medieval experience. 'Solid gold rings' link and unlink at his
command. Handkerchiefs change colors, and a hapless spectator may or
may not survive the dreaded Ram's Bladder Trick!
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BAWDERIE &
BLISSE
Roger
Shell, and Diana Peterson and Cassi Nelson perform original arrangements of courtly and popular songs from the
middle ages, accompanied by
lute, harp, recorder, tabor, bell and tambor.
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CHANSONNIER
This
trio ensemble, led by Gail Perstein, performs vocals and music for
listening and for village dancing. Their many instruments include
recorders, gemshorns, shawm, psaltery, harp vielle, lute, krumhorns,
bells, tabor pipe, nakers and timbrels.
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JANET
ÞE HARPER
Janet
Naylor, of Eugene Oregon, resurrects traditional techniques on the wire
strung harp, performing songs from Gaelic and medieval traditions.
She has won national awards for composing and arranging in the Scottish
tradition, and teaches harp privately and in workshops. |
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RACHEL
ÞE
STORYTELLER -
Rachel's
wonderfully retold stories are taken from medieval Arthurian literature,
Chaucerian stories and Celtic tales. Her expressive presentation
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ÞE SISTERS
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This
exquisite a capella vocal ensemble from Seattle performs music by
Hildegard von Bingen, from
the Cantiguas de Santa Maria, and other sacred and secular
medieval works.
Kathy Sankey incorporates occupational therapy with teaching vocal
technique at her Voiceworks studio. Kiki Hood solos at University
Christian Church, and sings with the Seattle Chamber Singers.
Alison Hopkins works on her Early Music doctorate at the University of
Washington, sings and cantors at Our Lady of Fatima. Miriam
Espeseth sings
also in the Northwest Chamber Chorus, and is the group's linguistic
expert.
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MYSTERI
PLAYERS is a
unique early music duo from the Pacific Northwest who perform medieval
music and poetry from Spain to Kiev. Jacob Priestley has been
singing and telling entertaining stories for the past 20 years, and has
made most of the instruments on which he performs, including the fiddle,
rotta, organistrum, and clavicytherium. Music performed includes
music from the Cantigas de Santa Maria, Ars Nova, Carmina Burana,
Troubador and Trouvère music, and Middle English songs and dances.
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Craft
presentations at Camlann are chosen to feature the kind of hand-made goods that
were produced in the middle ages. Preference is given to artisans who can
demonstrate the use of medieval tools and techniques. |
Here you may
purchase unique gifts and useful items incorporating medieval art designs, and join in our village life - - you can wear or rent fine attire,
shoot the longbow, and try the games
of skill.
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BOOKS
(Medieval History & Culture) Scribe's
Shop
CLOTHING
& ACCESSORIES sales & rentals Clothier
Shoppe
BLACK
SMITHING demonstration
- Jonathan Seaton
LONGBOW ARCHERY
& BOWYER demonstrations - Dave Tinsley
FLETCHING demonstrations
- Scott West
WOODWORKING
- Timothy Kupec
GAMES
OF SKILL - The Graves family
WOOL
DYEING demonstration - Ewalani Christian
CANDLE
MAKING demonstration - Michelle Hansen
POTTERY
demonstrations - Mitzi Tinsley & Mary Jo Reid
MASSAGE
- Jennifer Lund
LOTIONS
- Gwyneth Young
FLOWER
GARLANDS - Ashley Swanland
PENNANTS
& BANNERS - Gail Perstein
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