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Tewkesbury Medieval Festival 2007Saturday 7th and Sunday 8th July 2007

Tewkesbury Medieval Festival 2007

After the success of the last couple of years, Paul Hoffman will again be organising the competition at the above festival. This is just for fun

It will be split into the following categories

  1. Best Buxom Wench(Entry Word - BUXOM)
  2. Best Handsome Chap(Entry Word - HANDSOME)
  3. Best Still Life(Entry Word - STILL)
  4. Open image(Entry Word - OPEN)
  5. Group of 3This will be images 1 to 3, to be sorted for each entrant

The event is open to all members of the club.
All images entered must have been taken this year.

Images to be supplied as JPEG files sized 768 x 1025mm pixels.
Title each image with Surname and Entry Word as above.

Images can be sent via email to phof929403@aol.com or via Disk. Confirmation of receipt will be sent.

If you wish to participate, please confirm via email to phof929403@aol.com before the event.

The battle will take place from 3:00pm each day.

Remember Set Subject - Arts & Crafts.

Tewkesbury Medieval Festival 2007

Enthusiasts will be travelling from all over Europe and beyond to take part in the biggest and best medieval spectacular of them all.
Knights helping two would be kings battle for the crown of England - whilst their families live in medieval encampments for the weekend - working, eating, sleeping and entertaining themselves just as they would have done in at the time of the battle of Tewkesbury.
A jester amazing people with his skill and dexterity - or mystifying them with magical tricks, or a minstrel entertaining to earn an honest penny.
There may even be a dragon or two or other mysterious and ferocious creatures lurking in odd corners.
Certainly there will be bands, combat display and demonstrations of ancient crafts enough to please the most avid enthusiast - and many different stalls - everything from a beautifully embroidered gowns, to a wooden spoon, suit of armour or bag of sweets.
And of course there will be large beer tent with a range of real ales and beers and - if you want to try a real taste of the past - mead.
The event takes place on part of the site of the original battle of Tewkesbury of May 4th 1471, when the Houses of York and Lancaster met in a bloody battle which left thousands of brave men - including Edward Prince Wales, dead and put Edward IV firmly on the throne of England.
The festival runs from 11am to 6pm on both days, and is followed by events in the town, including the not–too serious trial and beheading of a number of captured Lancastrians.
This is followed by the service of Compline, as it would have been heard in the Abbey.

For further details, please visit the Tewkesbury Medieval Festival website.