Month: January 2022

2/11-2/13 – Friends of Faire Move-In Weekend:
FoFs! Time to set up Camp for the Season! Huzzah!!!!

2/12 – Annual Member Re-Orientation
Updates to member opportunities and how to be involved in planning and doing the cool stuff that our committees do! Don’t worry – we’ll do this again later in the season for those of us not involved in Move In Weekend 🙂

2/12 – The Great Garb Gift-Again!
Do you have garb you just don’t wear anymore? Maybe you ate your way through quarantine or you worked out twice a day from your home office or maybe you just aren’t into your emo/vampire phase anymore. Whatever the case may be, bring your unwanted garb and exchange it for someone else’s unwanted garb. Then, you will have new, better garb!
WHAT TO DO- 1. Drop off ye old garb at Trash Panda’s table asap Saturday. 2. Come back between 12 and 4 to hunt for ye treasures.
WHAT TO BRING-clothes garb, head garb, foot garb, accessory garb
No unwanted garb, but you still want to garb hunt?- Donate $5, proceed to rifle through stuff.
Any unclaimed garb will be donated to public school theater departments.
Invite your friends and their garb!

3/4-3/6 (Week 1) – Toothless + Catalyst Wedding
Hey everyone, this is the weekend Amy and Joe are getting MARRIED! Wedding will be at 2 PM Saturday in faire at the chapel, with a party in camp that night, all friends are welcome to come join. No gifts necessary, just come join us in the festivities!

3/11-3/13 (Week 2) – Naptime Buddies III: Nap Hard with a Vengeance
Captain Naptime is calling all members to unite! For the last two years, our favorite stuffed animal superhero team, “The Naptime Buddies”, have been hard at work protecting the world from pandemic-inspired nightmares. At times it has been relentless and morale has been tested. Now it is time to gather once again and take a well-deserved break. We will throw a grand Pajama Tea Party! Everyone is invited to bring cookies, tea biscuits, scones, little cakes, or whatever you like to enjoy with different styles of tea and hot chocolate. It’s also been a hard couple of years for the supervillain team, “The Nightmare Besties”, so we’ll welcome them too… If they promise to behave  I will soon post more details and a sign-up sheet for our tea party.

The night-light in the dark,
Captain Naptime!

3/17-3/20 (Week 3) – Legacy of the Heathen Army 2: Wrath of the Old Gods
(D&D 3 day weekend)
Join us as we once again relive the glory and triumph of the Great Heathen Army. This year after treacherous events following the raid on Tonwell Abbey, we will take vengeance upon the city of Nottingham, Lord Snot, and his cowardly Saxon band. Multiple in-fair events over Friday and Saturday will culminate in a convention style 5th edition Dungeons & Dragons event. The adventure itself will consist of parties of six, five players and one dungeon master. A sign up sheet for teams will appear online closer to the event but if you’re interested in being a DM please reach out to Greg Knowlton.

3/25-3/27 (Week 4) – Harry Potter & the Goblet of Campfire with the You’ll Dance Ball
(Kid- Friendly)
Join us for year 4 of the Harry Potter themed weekend!
The scavenger hunt for prizes and the coveted Goblet of Campfire, along with a dance party to wrap it all up!
Who shall prevail??

4/1-4/3 (Week 5) – Loki’s Gamble
*new raid!*

The Tale of Loki’s Gamble
“Really” his tone was soft, sly, and filled with intent. “You are going to hold it against me? It was but a trick, an illusion.” The lilt in the tone was veritably oozing with mischief. “I don’t think that Hunin and Munin thought it was funny Loki, and father is furious.” Thor stood, arms crossed over his broad chest, “They are completely naked, devoid of feather. The farmer thought they were his chickens and plucked them bare, and was about to behead them, had I not intervened.” Loki smiled, “Really brother, all is well, look… their feathers are growing back even now.” Thor shook his head, “No, father said if he laid eyes on you before the next full moon…” he paused the tone, serious, Thor sighed, “Go, find something to amuse you, make it a vacation, perhaps an outing with some of the other gods, many are bored right now. Think of something to keep you and them busy. I’ll keep father busy, soon enough he will forget, or at least be calmer.” Loki raised his left hand, beginning to tap his left index finger on his chin, “That faire is about to start, you know, that one with all those Viking dress up drinkers?” Thor’s brow raised, “Loki.” He said in warning. “Be at ease brother, I will not harm them, just, well, some games of chance, a drink, a horn of mead here and there. It will be fun!” Thor inhaled, slowly, and shook his head, “Do not cause too much of a mess brother.” He turned and left Loki. “Sherwood, yes, this should be fun. “ Loki skipped and hopped about for a moment and then began to call out names of those gods he knew would enjoy a bit of sport, and chance. Coins twirled around his fingers as his plan began to fall in place. “Loki’s Gamble, has a certain ring to it.” He laughed…

4/8-4/10 (Week 6) – Sure Would! Not So Highland Games
(Crawfish Boil)
Do you desire to gorge your body on crawfish AND to compete in The Not So Highland Games? Sure Would!
Join your fellow Heirs of Asgard for the most fun you can have this side of the Danevirke. Have a leisurely day in Faire, then return to camp for Highland-esque team shenanigans lead by Toothless, and a crawfish boil prepared by none other than Chef Trash Panda. (For you shellfish-intolerant, other tasty noms will be provided.)
Sure Would! also is our RESCU fundraiser weekend!! All bar tips will be donated.
Crawfish and kilts: together at last!!

4/15-4/17 (Week 7) – Keep it Loki 4: Heirs of Mischief
(Easter)
Loki, God of Mischief & Lies has swayed Heirs to this mischievous weekend adventure!
Our 4th Loki competition will have 3 categories: Traditional, Non Traditional & Non Alcoholic.
Loki has erased all the numbers for the entries and all the judges have to go by is a strange name describing the loki entry with no clue as to what the flavor will be. Come up with a name for your loki/NA entry describing the feeling of your creation without giving away the flavor.
Entries can be turned in next to the Heirs Bar 6-8:30 pm Saturday.
Winners will be announced at 10 pm.
Please contact Tails (Jenn) or Atlantis (Emy) if you need a different time to submit your loki.

4/22-4/24 (Week 8) – Baldur’s Bangarang
(Awards Ceremony/Induction/Chili Extravaganza)
Our annual Sherwood Induction and Ball….Celebrate 10 years plus a little of HoA History! Enjoy a weekend of friends, fun, and generally gallivanting about the Faire (and Camp) in joyous revelry!

The weekend started with the slow trickle arrival of our faithful Heirs Crew and several guests. After setting up camp, we enjoyed a weenie and s’mores roast around our appropriately-themed Star Wars fire pit. Hot Dogs were eaten. Marshmallows were devoured. Though I can’t remember who this food revolutionary was, someone even tried adding marshmallow to their hot dog! Merriment continued throughout the evening as more people arrived and we huddled around our fire for warmth on this cold, cold evening.
   Saturday morning kicked off with a fresh breakfast courtesy of Melanie Treadway and her crew! Omelets, pancakes, and fresh fruit had everyone energized for the day’s activities! After breakfast our crew began donning their Star Wars garb in celebration of this Heroes and Villains weekend! After collectively getting ready and taking our clan photo, formed teams of two set off to begin the Photo- Scavenger Hunt inside Faire. At midday the Heirs participated in the Costume Contest, with a massive clan presence competing as a Medieval Star Wars Group! The competition had many valiant competitors, and unfortunately, we were dethroned this year and did not take home the title as we had last year. Ah well, we had fun, and there’s always next time! As the day waned on, more laughs and merriment continued, teams continued their hunts, and the Faire day was eventually brought to a close.
   Back at camp our Dinner Odin Chef Chase and his crew were beginning to work on dinner. Scavenger Hunt entries began being scored, and Star Wars Trivia ensued while we awaited dinner. An impromptu Star Wars/ Weird AL sing-along ensued, and it was glorious. The smells wafting from the kitchen tent were mouth- watering at this point. Eventually, dinner was ready, and boy was it worth the wait. The chicken tacos with street corn and beans were just what the crew needed to gear up for our nighttime games. Team Champs, Tails and Mr. Mitts, won the Scavenger Hunt by 1 point, with Ben Swolo, David Paul and Aurora as the close second.
   Off to a bit of a late start, the teams still present and awake began facing off in heated rounds of Beer Pong, Cornhole, and Tetherball. Tetherball became a fiercer battle than any of us anticipated! PJ came in clutch solo in Tetherball as his partner was MIA, going on to the final round. After a close battle, the Darth Ballers, Chase and Blake were victorious in the Battle of Hoth (Tetherball). As the heated Tetherball match had overly exhausted Mr. Mitts, the final battle of Yavin IV (Cornhole) came down to Tails of Team Champs vs. Team Ramrod, Ethan and Ryan. Tails managed to claim victory for her team! Our most heated game of the evening, the Battle of Endor (Beer Pong) came down to Darth Ballers vs Team Champs! With Mr. Mitts still incapacitated it was all up to Tails. After an extremely close match, Darth Ballers claimed the victory in this battle. All points for the day were tallied, and after some math was corrected (it was late and I was a bit sleepy) we had a tie for best overall team! It came down to a trivia showdown between Darth Ballers and Team Champs for the trophies! Mr. Mitts was able to rejoin the fray for this final showdown. After an initial round of no correct answers, in the second Team Champs became ultimately victorious. As it was well after 3am, everyone largely headed to bed.
   The weekend ended with a surprise hearty breakfast of pita bread, diced meat and fixings courtesy of Tails! Much needed after such a full, exhausting evening. All remaining Raffle prizes not claimed the night before were given to their respective winners. Everyone pitched in with camp cleanup and breakdown, and then we all went our separate ways, until next time………  
— Valkyrie Tano