Got a wild hair up my bum this morning. Been doing "Regial Pursuit"--Trivial Pursuit about matters pertaining to Regia--for a while to my group. I gathered ten good questions, arranged them as multiple choice and plan to have them on the literature table at Reenactorfest, etc., with a note to stop by our recruiting table if the reader is interested ( Read more... )

Just passing on information on ReenactorFest 5: as of an hour ago, hotel rooms were still available. Hope to see all people interested in historical matters there! www.reenactorfest.com

Can you tell we've been discuss accuracy on the RevList? The original came from Ian Baird ( Read more... )

A fellow on the RevWar list described the talk given by his sergeant when he started reenacting two decades ago:

"Anyone can dress up in a costume and go out in public. The difference between a reenactor and a clown wearing a colorful outfit is the reenactor has to know history...and a clown just dresses up."

Micel Folcland will have its annual Folcand Fest at Forest Glen on 15-6 May at Forest Glen, Westville, Illinois ( Read more... )

There's a bit of a ruckus right now on Revlist. Someone asked about a dining fly in the military camp, and that started it. Anyone in AWI reenactment has hopefully heard it so I won't repeat the arguments here.
( cut for the benefit of folks who don't give a hang about accuracy and still call themselves reenactors )

Just got back. Despite a few reservations--I don't think Holmes would ever go about unshaven--I thought it was magnificent. Ritchie returned to the canon so many times--and deviated in a couple inconsequential details--and gives a much more physical and cerebral Holmes than so many lazy portrayals have given us. Downey, as always, was a delight, ( Read more... )

Some people like holidays, winter and snow. I like old silent movies. Kino's year-end gift this year is a silent film segment from "A Christmas Past, so even the rest of you might enjoy watching it: http://www.kino.com/trailers/

Well, not research on holidays (unless you really love to celebrate Slaughtering Month). I'm taking advantage of the down time to research Viking Age farming methods so that folc can knowledgeably converse with MoPs on the ropeline who see our new ag tools and have questions ( Read more... )

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