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 <title>Marche of Alderford - Alderford</title>
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 <description>Marche of Alderford (Stark, Carroll, and Tuscarawas Counties in Ohio)</description>
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 <title>Masque of Courtly Love XII: Play On!</title>
 <link>http://alderford.org/events/masque2008</link>
 <description> &lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;As the winter lingers on, when the alder boughs are bare, we light our torches and garnish the hall. Players, poets, fighters, fencers, and fools!  Practice and teach your arts at the twelfth Masque of Courtly Love.&lt;/i&gt; The &lt;a href="/"&gt;Marche of Alderford&lt;/a&gt; proudly presents Masque of Courtly Love XII: Play On! Full information on our &lt;a href="/events/masque2008"&gt;event flyer page&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="background: #eee; border: dotted #000;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Weather Update:&lt;/b&gt; As of 11:30 a.m. Friday, NOAA is predicting snow likely tonight, 1-3 inches accumulation possible, but ending at 1:00 a.m. Saturday. Only light flurries are predicted for Saturday, ending early in the day. The site is accessible via major (4 lane until the last few blocks) roads that will be plowed quickly. Come on over and enjoy the event&lt;a href="glossary#term307" title="event: A gathering at which SCA folk hold classes, combat tournaments, arts and sciences competitions and exhibitions, feasts, and (if royalty or landed nobility are present) possibly Royal Court or Baronial Court."&gt;&lt;img src="modules/glossary/glossary.gif" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;!&lt;/p&gt; </description>
 <pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2008 12:02:15 -0500</pubDate>
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 <title>Alderford fighter practice and fundraiser for Debforgail</title>
 <link>http://alderford.org/node/2354</link>
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 Sun, 2008-01-20 12:00
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 St John The Baptist Catholic Church
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="content"&gt; Alderford will be holding a fighter practice on Jan 20 from noon until 5:00 p.m. at St John's Church in Canton. This will be open to all the populace of the barony to come and socialize or work on crafts as well. In order to help with medical expenses for Debforgail, we are asking for a $5 donation, but please give what you are able. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
 <pubDate>Sun, 13 Jan 2008 18:32:26 -0500</pubDate>
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 <title>Louisville Schools Demo</title>
 <link>http://alderford.org/node/2353</link>
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 Wed, 2007-12-19 00:00
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 Main St. Education Center, Louisville OH
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="content"&gt; Alderford will provide a demo&lt;a href="glossary#term304" title="demo: A demonstration held for the benefit of a school, library, civic group, or other community organization. Demos help the SCA fulfill its educational mission and recruit new members, and they are also a great deal of fun."&gt;&lt;img src="modules/glossary/glossary.gif" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; for Louisville students on Wednesday, Dec 19th, 9 am to 11:30 am at the Main Street Education Center, 407 East Main St, Louisville OH 44641. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
 <pubDate>Tue, 11 Dec 2007 19:12:09 -0500</pubDate>
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 <title>Masque of Courtly Love XII: Play On!</title>
 <link>http://alderford.org/node/2352</link>
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 Sat, 2008-02-23 09:00
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 Grace United Methodist Church, 1720 Schneider St NW North Canton, OH 44720
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="content"&gt; More information at our online flyer: &lt;a href="http://alderford.org/events/masque2008"&gt;http://alderford.org/events/masque2008&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
 <pubDate>Thu,  8 Nov 2007 15:35:49 -0500</pubDate>
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 <title>Armour Guild &amp; Fight Practice</title>
 <link>http://alderford.org/node/2338</link>
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 Sun, 2007-09-30 12:00
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 &lt;label&gt;Location:&lt;/label&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
 Justin and Milica's residence
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="content"&gt; Open armouring in Justin's workshop, and an armored combat fight practice in the yard (or garage, if weather inclement). Rapier fighters also welcome if a Rapier Marshal&lt;a href="glossary#term296" title="Marshal: An officer who is trained (and warranted, by the Kingdom) to supervise martial activities and to train and authorize new participants. Marshals may be warranted in armoured (&amp;quot;heavy&amp;quot;) combat, rapier (fencing) combat, youth combat, archery, or thrown weapons."&gt;&lt;img src="modules/glossary/glossary.gif" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; attends. Einar will be leading the fight practice, Justin the armouring. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
 <pubDate>Tue, 18 Sep 2007 23:16:51 -0400</pubDate>
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 <title>Legends Senior Care Demo -- CANCELLED</title>
 <link>http://alderford.org/node/2331</link>
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 Sat, 2007-10-06 09:00
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 2311 Nave Rd SW; Massillon, OH 44646
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="content"&gt; &lt;b&gt;Cancelled due to logistical issues.&lt;/b&gt; This is a community-fair demo&lt;a href="glossary#term304" title="demo: A demonstration held for the benefit of a school, library, civic group, or other community organization. Demos help the SCA fulfill its educational mission and recruit new members, and they are also a great deal of fun."&gt;&lt;img src="modules/glossary/glossary.gif" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; and open to the public, not just the residents of the senior center. Time is approximately 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., but exact times and other details will follow soon. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
 <pubDate>Tue,  2 Oct 2007 17:56:29 -0400</pubDate>
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 <title>Newcomer Meeting</title>
 <link>http://alderford.org/node/2325</link>
 <description>&lt;div class="event"&gt;&lt;div class="details"&gt;&lt;div class="form-item"&gt;
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 Tue, 2007-07-10 19:30
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 Daily Grind coffee shop, New Philadelphia OH
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="content"&gt; &lt;p&gt;Tuscarawas County, Alderford Wants YOU!
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For anyone interested in joining the SCA&lt;a href="glossary#term293" title="SCA: Society for Creative Anachronism"&gt;&lt;img src="modules/glossary/glossary.gif" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; or attending an SCA event&lt;a href="glossary#term307" title="event: A gathering at which SCA folk hold classes, combat tournaments, arts and sciences competitions and exhibitions, feasts, and (if royalty or landed nobility are present) possibly Royal Court or Baronial Court."&gt;&lt;img src="modules/glossary/glossary.gif" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, the Marche of Alderford will hold a special introductory meeting in New Philadelphia. Join us at 7:30 on the evening of Tuesday, July 10. We will meet at the Daily Grind coffee shop on West High Avenue opposite the Quaker Cinema.
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For additional information, email ursula (DOT) widow (AT) yahoo (DOT) com. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
 <pubDate>Fri, 13 Jul 2007 07:57:56 -0400</pubDate>
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 <title>Melee in Roswell: A Very Civil War</title>
 <link>http://alderford.org/node/2324</link>
 <description>&lt;div class="event"&gt;&lt;div class="details"&gt;&lt;div class="form-item"&gt;
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 Fri, 2007-07-13 12:00
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 Alderford (Roswell, OH)
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="content"&gt; &lt;p&gt;Join the Marche of Alderford at &lt;a href="http://home.neo.rr.com/squireeinar/OMS8/OakenMeleeSchool8.htm"&gt;Melee at Roswell&lt;/a&gt; (formerly Oaken Melee School) as we host "discussions" between Their Excellencies of Brendoken&lt;a href="glossary#term292" title="Brendoken: The Barony in northeastern Ohio containing Alderford, Gwyntarian, Thistle, and Three Towers as cantons."&gt;&lt;img src="modules/glossary/glossary.gif" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; and the Middle Marches. After last year's collaboration to fend off the Duchy of Lozengy, there's the matter of whether or not taxes are owed. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
 <pubDate>Tue, 18 Sep 2007 23:08:33 -0400</pubDate>
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 <title>Relay for Life Demo</title>
 <link>http://alderford.org/node/1916</link>
 <description>&lt;div class="event"&gt;&lt;div class="details"&gt;&lt;div class="form-item"&gt;
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 Fri, 2007-06-22 18:00
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 Louisville Soccer/Track Complex
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="content"&gt; &lt;p&gt;Alderford and guests will be participating in this overnight fundraiser for the American Cancer Society, which we will combine with an SCA&lt;a href="glossary#term293" title="SCA: Society for Creative Anachronism"&gt;&lt;img src="modules/glossary/glossary.gif" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; demo&lt;a href="glossary#term304" title="demo: A demonstration held for the benefit of a school, library, civic group, or other community organization. Demos help the SCA fulfill its educational mission and recruit new members, and they are also a great deal of fun."&gt;&lt;img src="modules/glossary/glossary.gif" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. We will show up in garb&lt;a href="glossary#term299" title="garb: The clothing worn to events and demos. We normally use the term &amp;quot;garb&amp;quot; rather than &amp;quot;costume&amp;quot;, to distinguish clothing that is meant to be functional rather than stage-clothing that is only meant to look realistic. However, the term &amp;quot;costuming&amp;quot; is used to describe the art and science of creating garb, and the term &amp;quot;costume&amp;quot; is acceptable as well, just not commonly used."&gt;&lt;img src="modules/glossary/glossary.gif" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, set up at least one pavilion, and build a campfire for bardic and socializing. We'll take turns walking the track as part of the Relay. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
 <pubDate>Wed,  4 Apr 2007 15:22:03 -0400</pubDate>
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 <title>Photos from Masque of Courtly Love 2007</title>
 <link>http://alderford.org/node/1915</link>
 <description> &lt;p&gt;Milica and Justin have posted their &lt;a href="http://sca.4th.com/node/9169"&gt;photo albums&lt;/a&gt; from the recent Masque of Courtly Love event&lt;a href="glossary#term307" title="event: A gathering at which SCA folk hold classes, combat tournaments, arts and sciences competitions and exhibitions, feasts, and (if royalty or landed nobility are present) possibly Royal Court or Baronial Court."&gt;&lt;img src="modules/glossary/glossary.gif" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, held in Alderford on March 3, 2007. </description>
 <pubDate>Fri,  9 Mar 2007 23:36:59 -0500</pubDate>
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 <title>Alderford meeting site changed</title>
 <link>http://alderford.org/node/1914</link>
 <description> &lt;p&gt;Effective with the March 6 meeting, Alderford will now be meeting at Diamond Community Center in Plain Township. The &lt;a href="/info/meetings"&gt;Meetings&lt;/a&gt; page has been updated with a Google Map link and directions. </description>
 <pubDate>Tue,  6 Mar 2007 18:39:48 -0500</pubDate>
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 <title>Photos from "Medieval Christmas at the Louisville Public Library"</title>
 <link>http://alderford.org/node/1913</link>
 <description> I've posted the album of photos I took at the LPL Christmas demo&lt;a href="glossary#term304" title="demo: A demonstration held for the benefit of a school, library, civic group, or other community organization. Demos help the SCA fulfill its educational mission and recruit new members, and they are also a great deal of fun."&gt;&lt;img src="modules/glossary/glossary.gif" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; on December 7. Enjoy!
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&lt;a href="http://sca.4th.com/node/8754"&gt;http://sca.4th.com/node/8754&lt;/a&gt;  </description>
 <pubDate>Fri,  8 Dec 2006 23:09:15 -0500</pubDate>
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 <title>Holiday Revel</title>
 <link>http://alderford.org/node/1903</link>
 <description>&lt;div class="event"&gt;&lt;div class="details"&gt;&lt;div class="form-item"&gt;
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 Sat, 2006-12-16 17:00
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 Offria Pinkhand's residence, Akron OH
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="content"&gt; Alderford's 2006 holiday revel&lt;a href="glossary#term308" title="revel: A revel is a private gathering or party. Although an invitation may be extended to group members, the activity itself is not sanctioned by nor sponsored by the SCA or the local group."&gt;&lt;img src="modules/glossary/glossary.gif" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; is a pot-luck dinner and party&lt;a href="glossary#term308" title="revel: A revel is a private gathering or party. Although an invitation may be extended to group members, the activity itself is not sanctioned by nor sponsored by the SCA or the local group."&gt;&lt;img src="modules/glossary/glossary.gif" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; at Offria's house in south Akron. Watch the Alderfolk&lt;a href="glossary#term313" title="Alderfolk: An informal term for the members of the Marche of Alderford"&gt;&lt;img src="modules/glossary/glossary.gif" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; list for details. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
 <pubDate>Fri,  8 Dec 2006 23:10:07 -0500</pubDate>
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 <title>Masque of Courtly Love 11</title>
 <link>http://alderford.org/node/1902</link>
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 Sat, 2007-03-03 09:00
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 Zion Lutheran Church, North Canton OH
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="content"&gt; Join Alderford as we gather for a day of fun, friends and a fair. We will provide a full day of activities from rapier to heavy, visiting with friends, taking a class or taking part in the  Science Fair.
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More details are on the event&lt;a href="glossary#term307" title="event: A gathering at which SCA folk hold classes, combat tournaments, arts and sciences competitions and exhibitions, feasts, and (if royalty or landed nobility are present) possibly Royal Court or Baronial Court."&gt;&lt;img src="modules/glossary/glossary.gif" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; web site at &lt;a href="http://home.neo.rr.com/squireeinar/Masque.htm"&gt;http://home.neo.rr.com/squireeinar/Masque.htm&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
 <pubDate>Sun,  4 Mar 2007 14:22:28 -0500</pubDate>
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 <title>Photos from Fox Creek Demo</title>
 <link>http://alderford.org/node/1901</link>
 <description> THL Milica of Varna has posted her &lt;a href="http://sca.4th.com/node/7983"&gt;photo album&lt;/a&gt; from the Fox Creek Outdoor Experience demo&lt;a href="glossary#term304" title="demo: A demonstration held for the benefit of a school, library, civic group, or other community organization. Demos help the SCA fulfill its educational mission and recruit new members, and they are also a great deal of fun."&gt;&lt;img src="modules/glossary/glossary.gif" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, held at Clay's Park in Canal Fulton OH on October 15, 2006. Enjoy! </description>
 <pubDate>Tue, 17 Oct 2006 18:46:18 -0400</pubDate>
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