Chantelle is offering her assistance to any gentles who wish to start, make or finish a shyrte or chemise this Tuesday night, from 6:30pm at number 6 Aratonga Ave Greenlane
Come join the fun...and remember, there are only two weeks till festival so why not spread them out!
- posted by Katherina on Chantelle's behalf -
Patterns for a 16th C man's shirt or woman's high-necked chemise:
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William (and baby daughter), Katherina, Ludwig and Caterine travelled to Hamilton on Saturday to attend Cluain's monthly Hastilude.
We had a very pleasant and relaxed afternoon: there was some fencing, a lot of boffer-fighting for the kids, lots of cooking, sewing, and socialising, then a potluck dinner - with a surprising range of extremely tasty, and in many cases well-researched, dishes - in the evening.
Auckland Museum now has a collection of photos of our demo online, as well as a beautifully-edited video, with fragments of the fencing, dancing, dressing-demonstrations on stage, as well as each of the table displays.
www.aucklandmuseum.com/default.asp
It's well worth a look.
Although, according to our regular schedule, dancing would normally be in Birkdale this week, we'll be in the city instead. We'll be in the city again next week, and in Birkdale in a fortnight. The locations on the calendar (see left) are correct.
We're dancing in the city so we can rehearse for our upcoming performance at the Winter Warmup on a good wooden floor. If you're performing this weekend, please bring garb for a dress rehearsal.
To everyone who helped with Saturday's display at the Auckland Museum, from the organisation and planning beforehand, to the amazing turnout on the day, thank you all. To those members of the public who came along and saw us, thank you!
As promised, sins were indeed engaged in at the St Cayetano's Revel just past, most noticeable among these being avarice, gambling, and theft - with an hefty helping of gluttony thrown in for good measure.
Greetings, My sincere apologies to the dancers of Ildhafn. I am cancelling dance classes this week. They will resume next week at City Dance Studio on Queen St, at 7.30pm. Cheers, Anna.
On behalf of Lady Anna, apologies for the late notice but there will be no dance practice this evening due to this year's sinus plague striking people down.
From Condessa Catalina:
I'm going to cancel tomorrow's sewing/swords sunday at our house.
I'm sorry for any inconvenience. But please come next weekend everyone!
Hope you all have a fab time at the revel. I'll be home home wheezing and coughing.
We wish Catalina a swift recovery, and hope to see people the next weekend -- William
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