Millstone 4-H Camp, 1296 Mallard Dr, Ellerbe, NC 28338

Directions: Take your best route to North Carolina US-1 South to Hoffman. Turn right onto Caddell Rd for 0.6 mi. Continue onto McDonald Church Rd for 3.4 mi. Turn right onto Millstone Rd. go 4.7 mi. Turn right onto Mallard Dr. Go .4 miles into Millstone 4-H Camp.

Accessibility

*Please Note: While much of the camp is wheelchair accessible, some areas of the site are currently under construction and may be restricted.

*Trigger Warning: This site is near enough to an active shooting range that it is common to hear the sounds of distant gunfire throughout the day. Please be aware that some individuals may find this background noise to be uncomfortable or triggering.

Per Millstone 4-H Camp’s policy, pets/animals are NOT allowed onsite unless they are service animals.

For more information about the camp, please consult the Camp Website.

Camp Maps: 

The Tournament

• Immediately following court inspections and authorizations will begin in preparation for the day’s tournament.
• Four pools are to be fought.
• The top eight fighters from these pools advance.
• The final eight will be enter a single elimination tournament on a giant cow hide, if a fighter sets one foot off the hide voluntarily (not shoved), they lose the round. The final bout will be to three touches, best two out of three.
• There will be a Bear Pit run simultaneously with the round of eight for all of the remaining fighters that did not make the top eight.

Rapier Activities

Master Raphael de la Rosa

• Starting just after morning courts.
• A novice tourney. Authorization must be less than 3 years old.
• A “not-a-peer” tourney. Open to all as long as they do not hold a Martial peerage.
• White Scarf prize fight
• Cut and Thrust – open to all
• Open tourney, any authorized fighter can attend.
• Pick ups on a side field during the day with acting marshals as needed.

Archery

Lord Robert Shockley of Avonsford

• Starting after morning court and finishing at 4pm. 
• A competition will be held from 1pm to 2pm.
• The range will be located behind the A&S building (Upper Hall)
• Thrown Weapons will be near the same location (if we can find someone to run it)
• Baron Naran will be running a Period/Mongol/Clout shoot in the far field (off the right hand edge of the site map) from 2:30pm

Friday Night A&S Meet & Greet

Location: History and Learning Centre

Date: February 17

Time: 7pm – 9pm

Hospitality: Beverages and Light Snacks

Concept: Take a moment to enjoy the company of other artisans in a relaxed environment. Attendees are encouraged to snack, imbibe, and indulge in conversation.

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Slavic Spring

Location: Outside the History Building

Date: February 18

Time: 11:30

Concept: Spring is coming and your friendly neighborhood slav invites you to the workshop to celebrate it, like true pagan slavs? Anyone is welcome. Children under 13 only with parents’ supervision as there will be hot skillets and flames.    

What will we do:

• Discuss the traditions, history, and interesting phenomenons in the traditional celebration (Maslenitsa), including Orthodox church and families.
• How to cook crepes (blend) symbols of the sun
• Cook crepes as we talk, and we will perform one of the most important activities. We will eat crepes with different dipping sauces.

Allergy Warning: Eggs, flour, sugar; non-kosher.  

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Performing Arts

NOTE: As the players of Atlantia always deserve the an audience’s full attention, the scheduled performances of the Selected Scenes from Hamlet and The Murder of Thomas Brynde will in no way conflict with one another.

Play: The Murder of Thomas Brynde by Ishmael Reed

Location: Recreation Hall

Date: February 18

Show Time: 11am – 12pm

Show Time: 3pm-4pm

Event: The performance of The Murder of Thomas Brynde by Ishmael Reed

“I have heard that guilty creatures sitting at a play
Have by the very cunning of the scene
Been struck so to the soul that presently
They have proclaimed their malefactions.
For murder, though it have no tongue, will speak
With most miraculous organ. I’ll have these players
Play something like the murder of my father
Before mine uncle. I’ll observe his looks,
I’ll tent him to the quick.” 

Hamlet, act 2, scene 2, lines 586-594

Performance of Selected Scenes from Hamlet

Locations:

• Gate/Upper Hall
• Fencing Field
• Merchants
• 4H Circle
• Feast Hall Possessing the Kitchen

Date: February 18

Time: TBD

Theme: The theme of Ymir this year focuses on Shakespeare’s Hamlet.

Concept: A small troupe of actors under the direction of Baroness Sophia the Orange will perform six (6) scenes and monologues from Hamlet, scattered around the event site. Scenes have been selected based on their key role in the story of Hamlet and the recognizable lines the audience will find familiar. If you’ve never seen Hamlet, this is a good first taste, and we recommend seeing the whole play.

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Competitions & Display

Flowers and Poisons Challenge

Location: To be held at the History and Learning Centre

Date: February 18

Time: 9am

Theme: See Below

Concept: A&S Contest

“I’ll have prepar’d him A chalice for the nonce, whereon
but sipping, If he by chance escape your venom’d stuck,
Our purpose may hold there”

Hamlet, act 4, scene 7, lines 159-162

Poison

The use of poison in the act of recompense transcends both culture and time. Hamlet is no exception. By the conclusion of the play, Claudius, Gertrude, Hamlet Sr., Hamlet Jr., and Laertes will have all expired by poison.

In keeping with this theme, submit an A&S project related to the study and use of poison. Entries might include but are certainly not limited to: 

• Research into names and uses of poisons
• Dishes or objects that could conceal or deliver poison

Disclaimer: No poisonous substance should be physically incorporated into an A&S entry in any manner. Ignoring this mandate will cause the A&S entry to be rejected from the competition and a request will be made to remove it from site.

“There’s rosemary, that’s for remembrance.
Pray you, love, remember. And there is pansies,
that’s for thoughts. . . .
There’s fennel for you, and columbines.
There’s rue for you, and here’s some for me; we
may call it herb of grace o’Sundays. You must wear
your rue with a difference. There’s a daisy. I would
give you some violets, but they withered all when
my father died. They say he made a good end.”

Hamlet, act 4, scene 5, lines 199-201; 204-209

Flowers

Like many women of her time and place, Ophelia uses the language of flowers in order to communicate her thoughts and feelings. In act 4 scene 5, she distributes flowers to the Claudius, Gertrude and Laertes delivering pointed messages to the recipients.

It is in the same act and scene that Ophelia’s drowning is relayed to the audience by Gertrude. Gertrude notes that her floating corpse is accompanied by, “…fantastic garlands did she come/ Of crow-flowers, nettles, daisies, and long purples.”

In keeping with this theme, submit an A&S project related to the study and use of flowers. Entries might include but are certainly not limited to:

• Dishes containing floral elements
• Actual flowers or flowering plants
• Research into how flowers were used or depicted 
• Calligraphy or painting involving flowers

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Poetry Competition: Shakespeardislag!

Location: TBD

Date: February 18

Time: 9am

Sponsored by: Master Dunstan LeHeryngmongere (Trust me, I am a bard.)

Concept: A poetry competition based on the ancient poetry forms of Shakespeardislag*. This is a hybrid form of poetry that is essentially the combination of standard Shakepearean iambic pentameter in rhymed couplets but that also utilizes the Fornyrdislag practices of consonant rhyming (alliteration) and, where possible, kennings.

For those of you not completely familiar with all the poetical gibberish above, fear not! We welcome all levels of poetical prowess and all you really have to do is scribble down two sentences and call it a poem and you will get at least one point, which will entitle you a chance to win exciting prizes, fame, and glory. All entrants will be given the chance to read their poem (or have their poem read) at the bardic Saturday evening.

This will be a simple points only competition, with anyone capable of winning, but with each point increasing your chances of winning a prize; similar to a raffle. The entrant(s) with the poem with the most points will also win a prize.

There is a maximum total of 8 possible points. Points will be scored as follows:

The Royal Baker Competition

Details for Atlantia’s Royal Baker Competition can be found here.

KASF Open Display

Location: To be held at the History and Learning Centre

Date: February 18

Time: 10am – 3pm

Theme: A preview of entries for KASF 2023

Concept: The artisans of Atlantia are invited to display their works in progress with whatever documentation they may have. There may be an opportunity to receive feedback from other artisans.

*Disclaimer: This form never actually existed in period and is entirely made up. This is, of course, in the spirit of maintaining the Society’s levels of anachronism.

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Bardic

Location: To Be Determined

Date: February 17 & February 18

Time: 8pm – ?

Sponsored by: Dunstan LeHerynmongere

Concept: Greetings unto all good gentles (oh, what they heck, let’s say hey to the bad ones too!) As all good Vikings know, storytelling and lifting one’s voice to the gods is not just a good thing to do, but a necessary thing.  Otherwise you end up with, well, bored gods, which is almost never good.

Friday Evening 

There will be a completely informal bardic circle that will last until people don’t want to be there anymore.  Bring any new material you want to practice or old material you want to share.

Saturday Evening

There will be a bardic circle that will last until people don’t want to be there anymore.  Anyone who entered the poetry competition will be given the opportunity to recite their poem or have their poem recited for them.

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Dance

Location: Recreation Hall

Date: February 18

Time: 8pm – ?

Sponsored by: Lady Morgan Baese

Concept: Classic ball setup of three sets of European dances. Also featuring Bard in the Box to provide musical accompaniment. Print guides to the dance steps will be provided.

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