March 28, 2009
10 am - 5:00 pm

Live Chess Game and A&S Demo

Brain meets Brawn as fighters take the parts of chess pieces on the field as the real chess match is played upon the board. Knights, Bishops, Rooks, Kings, Pawns and the Queens’ Champions will battle it out for supremacy on the squares! Each class of pieces will fight with a designated set of arms, as determined by our Chess Master, Sir Mark von dem Falkensfenn. (click here for details and rules of the game)

Arts & SciencesDemos will delight passers-by and newcomers alike. Join us in celebrating the advent of Spring with a Potluck Luncheon Feast and other outdoor activities in the beautiful Miwok Meadows.

Miwok Meadows at China Camp State Park, North San Pedro Road,  San Rafael, CA 94903. Click here to see a map.

Afternoon Feast: Join us for a Potluck Feast for Primavera (or, Spring-Theme-Eats). The groaning board will include small birds (Cornish, quail, or spring chickens, if you will), provided by the Caldarium populace to hopefully nourish and mollify the Fighting Chess Hordes. The site has a very large barbeque pit and many picnic tables.

All visitors, guests, foreigners, and friends please bring one of the following according to mundane last name:

dessert or bread/cheese-type appetisers: A-G
vegetable-based: H-M
fruit-based: N-R
grain-based : S-Z

If you have a strong desire to bring a dish in a category other than the one designated, just let us know.

Site opens at 9 am – closes at sunset.
CHESS MATCH BEGINS AT 11:00 AM
LUNCH BEGINS AFTER THE CHESS
COURT WILL BE AROUND 4PM

Site fees: $10 for members, +3 for non-members (Please make checks payable to “SCA, Inc – Principality of the Mists”)

Autocrat: Allison de Saint-Loup (Allison Rolls)  seneschal@caldarium.org

Directions: Four miles east of San Rafael on the shore of San Pablo Bay. From Highway 101, go east on North San Pedro Road for five miles until it enters the park.
Latitude/Longitude: 38.0144 / -122.4600

In case of dreadful rain or horribly inclement weather, we will have an alternate indoor site for the Feasting.

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