Grand Tournament of the Unicorn

Grand Tournament XV:

Happy Birthday Unicorn!

Join Marche of the Unicorn for a day of fighting, fencing, classes, archery, and feasting as our shire celebrates its 30th birthday!

When: Saturday, March 24, 2007
Site Opens: 9am, closes at 10pm
Site Fee: $4 ($3 non-member surcharge)
Feast Fee: $10

Held on Miami University's Western Campus
500 Western Drive, OH 45056
(site is dry, directions are below)

Activities Schedule

Heavy Weapons:

10:00am List opens for inspections and authorizations

1:00pm Atlantean style speed tourney, single elimination

12:00pm 5 man melee tournament

                                                                                                       Round 1-each team gets to fight every other team once.
                                                                                                    Last man standing wins
                                                                                                     Round 2-Kill the Captain round

Round 3-Barrier battles, again last man standing

(Provided we can come u p with enough barriers)

Round 4-WARLORD Tourney

4:30? List opens for pickups.

Feast Menu

First Course:
A Good Roast (Beef)
Stuffed Eggs
Salat
Salted Venison w/ mustard

Second Course:
Cormarye (Pork)
Spinach Tart
Parsnips
Gely

Third Course:
Apple Tart
Wafer Pipes
Snowe
Sugared Nuts
Custard (?)

Please note that this menu is tentative and subject to change. Please stop back for updates.

Many of the recipes can be found at www.medievalcookery.com/recipes.shtm.

If you have any questions, concerns, please email Lady Avelyn Grene at avelyn@medievalcookery.com.

Event Staff

Autocrat: Lady Angharad verch Llywelyn mkhohe@gmail.com

Arts & Sciences and Unicorn History Coordinator: Lady Elizabethe Alles lady.elizabethe@gmail.com

Feastocrat: Lady Avelyn Grene avelyn@medievalcookery.com

Heavy Weapons Marshal in Charge: Lord Colin O’Flannery mflanery@woh.rr.com

Rapier Marshal in Charge: Lord Hektor Rodriguez el Amante Espanol hektorrodrigueztsl@gmail.com
Archery Marshal in Charge: Lord Caedmon Wilson caedmon.wilson@gmail.com

Merchant Coordinator: Baroness Soffya von Kulp ladyvonkulp@yahoo.com

Directions

From the North (Dayton area):
Take I-75 south to the SR73 (Franklin) exit. Turn right (west).
Watch the signs carefully and stay on SR73 West all the way into Oxford.
Once you reach Oxford, SR73 will come to a T-intersection. Turn left onto Patterson Ave. (SR27)
Go through one stop light and turn left at the next street (Western Dr.)
Follow Western Dr around the curve and turn right between Havighurst and Clawson Halls (it'll be the first right you can take after Havighurst)
Alexander Dining Hall is on the back side of Clawson.

From the South (Cincinnati area):
Take your best route to SR27 North
Watch the signs carefully and stay on SR27 all the way into Oxford.
Once you get to the Oxford campus, you will go through one stop light as you come up the hill. Then you will turn right onto Western Dr.
Follow Western Dr. around the curve and turn right between Havighurst and Clawson Halls (it'll be the first right you can take after Havighurst)
Alexander Dining Hall is on the back side of Clawson.