Renaissance Days 2009 planned for Friday, Saturday
BATESVILLE - The University of Arkansas Community College at Batesville's annual Renaissance Days start Friday with area high school competitions. This year's theme is Arts and Crafts in the Renaissance Marketplace. Area high schools will compete in the following: quiz bowl, carving contest, costume contest, banner contest, scavenger hunt, tug o' war and a cooking contest. Activities will begin at 8:30 a.m. and continue until 2:15 p.m.
Friday will conclude with an evening performance. The show will begin at 6:30 p.m. in Independence Hall and will feature the Ladies of the Salty Kiss Comedy Troupe.
Saturday's activities begin at 10 a.m. and will continue until 3 p.m. Activities will include horse rides, prizes, a bounce house, contests, dancing, battles, sword fighters, archers, music crafts, vendors and comedy.
Demonstrations by the Society for Creative Anachronism will include renaissance music and dance, castle life, hammered dulcimer, sword fighters, archery and may pole.
Concessions will be available both days and will include turkey legs, stews, pizza, drinks, desserts and side.
For additional information about Renaissance Days 2009 contact Marla Bennett at marla.bennett@uaccb.edu or 870-612-2038.
A complete listing of activities, times and locations (IH - Independence Hall and RJB - Roy Row, Sr., and Imogene Row Johns Library and Academic Building) follows:
Friday:
•Parade of Banners/Welcome/Kittye Williams, 8:30 a.m., IH Stage
•Southside Madrigal Choir, 8:35 a.m., IH Stage
•Vendors/Display Open, 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., IH Banquet Hall
•The Norse Saga: Storytelling/Oral History, 9 a.m., RJB 814
•Poetry/Storytelling – Renaissance Class Skit, 9 a.m., IH 103
•Renaissance Club and Debbie Spangler, 9:30 a.m., IH Stage
•Costume Contest, 10 a.m., IH 103
•Chicken Herding, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., RJB Yard
•Castle Bounce House, 10 a.m. to noon, RJB West Yard
•Tassle-Making, 10 a.m. to noon, Bedouin Tent/RJB Yard
•Sword Fighting, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., RJB Yard
•Archery, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., RJB Yard
•Morgan Horse Rides, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., RJB East Yard
•Viking Wire Weaving, 10 a.m., RJB 814
•Cooking Contest, 10:30 a.m., IH Banquet Hall
•Commedia dell 'Arte, 10:30 a.m., IH Stage
•Royal Personage Cut-outs/Stockades, 10 a.m. to noon, IH Banquet Hall
•Lunch Service, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., IH Banquet Hall
•What to do without a King, 11 a.m., Flag Pole/IH Front Yard
•Melinda La Fevers/Bardic Storytelling, 11 a.m., IH Stage
•Tug O' War Contest, 11 a.m., RJB Yard
•Kittye Williams and the Ladies of Salty Kiss, 11:30 a.m., IH Stage
•Scavenger Hunt, noon, IH Banquet Hall
•May pole, noon, IH Banquet Hall
•Belly Dance Workshop (females only), 12:30 p.m., RJB 815
•Battle of Scholars, 1 p.m., RJB 816
•Basic Cheese Making, 1 p.m., RJB West Yard
•Farewell and Bestowal of Honors, 2 p.m., IH Stage
Friday Night's Activities:
•Salty Ladies MC, 6:30 p.m., IH Stage
•UACCB Choral Singers, 6:35 p.m., IH Stage
•Commedia dell 'Arte, 6:50 p.m., IH Stage
•Belly Dancing/Lady Amina, 7:20 p.m., IH Stage
•Renaissance Class Skit, 7:25 p.m., IH Stage
•Renaissance Dancers, 7:35 p.m., IH Stage
•Salty Ladies Tale, 7:45 p.m., IH Stage
•Reception, 8:15 to 9 p.m., IH Commons
Saturday:
•Salty Ladies MC/Perform, 10 a.m., IH Stage
•Vendors/Display Open, 10 a.m., IH Banquet Hall
•Swordfighting/Bridge Battle/Barn Battle , 10 a.m. to 1:45 p.m., IH South Yard
•Introduction To Ruga, 10 a.m., RJB 815
•Chicken Herding, 10 a.m., RJB Yard
•Commedia dell 'Arte, 10:30 a.m., IH Stage
•Tassle-making, 10 a.m., Bedouin Tent/RJB Yard
•Camp Cooking, 11 a.m., RJB West Yard
•SCA 101, 11 a.m., RJB 815
•Renaissance Dancers/West Elementary Dancers, 11 a.m., IH Stage
•Bounce House, 11 a.m., RJB West Yard
•Morgan Horse Rides, 11 a.m., RJB East Yard
•Lunch Break, 11:30 a.m., IH Banquet Hall
•UACCB Choral Singers, noon, RJB Foyer
•Lunch Break, 12:30 p.m., IH Banquet Hall
•Renaissance Life and Literature Class Skit, 12:30 p.m., IH Stage
•Lady Amina/Belly Dancing (adults only), 1 p.m., RJB 815
•May Pole, 1:30 p.m., IH Banquet Hall
•Melinda LaFevers, 2 p.m., IH 103
•Farewell, 2:45 p.m., IH Stage
