1. The Demonstration Space

A. Will the demonstration be held in a room, auditorium or out of doors?

B. If the demonstration will be in an auditorium, will microphones or other forms of amplification be available to us?

C. Will tables and chairs be made available to us to use in the demonstration, and will the tables be in an area where children cannot easily reach them or the items placed upon them.

D. Is the demonstration space accessible to the handicapped?

2. Demonstration Time and Students / Attendees

A. The date(s) of the demonstration is/are

B. The time the demonstration is scheduled is between the hours of and .

C. Will the demonstration be one long demonstration or will the time be broken up into smaller repeating demonstrations?

D. What is the age of the attendees/students attending this demonstration?

E. Will this demonstration be for a single group/class or multiple groups/classes?

F. Approximately how many attendees/students will be attending this demonstration?

3. Group Rules

A. Please list anything that we may not bring on to the camput (i.e., tobacco products, cell phones, beepers, medications, etc.
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B. What is your Groups policy on Historical Weapons? Will you allow historical weapons on campus for display only? Should presenter not wear personal blades / eating knives, sword, carry spear, bow and arrows?

C. If your group allows it, would you like to have a fighter's component as part of your scheduled event? SCA fighters use rattan sticks wrapped in duct tape to approximate the live steel weapons used in history. The weapons used in combat are not real steel weapons. If a fighting component will be part of your demonstration, can you submit to our group a permission letter, stating that a fighting demonstration will be allowed on your campus, signed by either your manager or District Officer prior to the demonstration taking place? (if this letter of consent is not provided, no fighters will perform, even if an oral agreement was reached prior to the demonstration.)

Initial here to verify you understand the paragraph above. This is not granting permission for the martial arts demonstration, only that you acknowledge that a letter of permission needs to be provided before we can offer a martial exhibit.

4. Day of the Demonstration

A. Who will be our campus contact for the demonstration, phone number and or e-mail address?
POC:
Phone number:
Email address:

B. Where ahould we meet our contact?

C. Where should we park our cars? Is Handicapped parking available?

5. Is there any other information you feel is pertinent for us to know? Please include additional information below. Thank you for taking the time to fill out this form. It will help us present with a well-planned demonstration.

Demonstration Topic Listing and Guideline

Below is a brief listing of topics / components that could be covered in a demonstration. If there is a historical topic that you do not see on this list, please contact the demonstration coordinator. It may be possible to find someone with the knowledge you seek if the coordinator is contacted in a timely manner. If you wish to pick topics for your demonstration, based on the list below, please allow at least 90 days from the time of your request, until the actual day of your demonstration. If your are willing to let us design your demonstration, a lead-time of 60 days is requested.

Put an X in the input boxes below for the topics you would like covered.

Archery - The period making, fletching and shooting of bows and arrows.

Armoring – The design and making of armor; it’s history and uses.

Bardic Recitation – Period singing and story telling; it’s history and development.

Brewing – The craft of turning grain or fruit in to potable drinks. Brewing does not always involve alcoholic beverages. There are non-alcoholic tonics, cups, bowles and vinegars (drinking vinegar tastes like fruited lemonade).

Calligraphy – The scribal art of lettering, the making of inks and the making / sharpening of quill pens.

Cooking – The art and history of food through the ages and cultures.

Costuming – Who wore what when & why.

Dancing – The art of dancing from English country dancing to Court dancing.

Embroidery – One of the many forms of needle craft done throughout history.

Fighting, Period – The rules and codes of honor and combat. What was a Knight? What was a Squire? What is Chivalry? What is personal honor?

SCA Fighting – see 4c. of the Demonstration Questionnaire.

Glass Bead making - Lampwork - The making, designing and use of glass beads in history.

Gaming – Historical games, like fox & geese, nine men morris and chess. How these games taught strategy to warriors and statesman.

Horticulture – How plants were grown historically. The different theories for crop rotation. What plants were indigenous to what areas.

Illumination – The painting of manuscripts or scrolls. This is the beautiful artwork you see in the text or at the beginning of a paragraph in historical manuscripts. How to make your own paint, gold leaf, gesso and brushes.

Inkle Loom Weaving – How to use an inkle loom to weave thread into strips of trim and or belts. How to design your own patterns using different color thread.

Leather working – How to take a tanned hide and turn it in to any of the hundreds of things needed in daily life in the Middle Ages. The making of pouches, shoes, game boards, belt, leather bottles, arrow quivers, scabbards and armor.

Medicine and Disease – What is the difference between pneumonic plague and bubonic plague? What is sweating sickness? What is the Theory of the 4 Humours? Did bleeding cure disease? Mortality rate of the time.

Needlework – Covers embroidery, blackwork, hardanger cutwork and any other form of needle / thread decoration used on clothing, household goods or vestments.

Scribing – The art of copying text by hand. (See calligraphy & Illumination).

Textile Arts – Taking any fiber from its natural form and processing it into cloth. Or going from “sheep to shawl”. . i.e. combing dyeing, carding, spinning, plying thread, weaving, cutting, sewing, trimming and finally wearing your new piece of clothing.

Wood Working – How to make things from wood in a period fashion. How to carve decorations in-to the wood. What wood would be used for what piece? How was medieval furniture made? How to make plates, bowls, cups and spoons.

Additional topics:
Again if there is any topic on this list that does not cover something you are interested in, or if there is anything on the list you would like more information on, or if you would like to know if a hands on version of a demonstration component is possible, please fill in the blank below.

Be aware we can provide Fighting, SCA demonstrations, in which SCA fighters depict a combat between equally armed and chivalrous combatants. If you would like to have a combat component added to your demonstration, please contact us as soon as possible. PLEASE NOTE: For a combat component to be added to your demonstration, we will need to know what your group policy is regarding weaponry on your premises. We will also need written permission from some one in authority stating that a fighter’s demonstration is allowed on your premises for the date of the demonstration. Without written permission, no fighting component will be allowed to go on at any demonstration, no matter what may have been agreed to in any prior verbal exchanges.