Ducal Prize, Kingdom of the West
September 3-6, 2010
Ducal Prize Tourney
West & KHTI (Woodland, CA)
Ducal Prize is an event jointly sponsored by the West Kingdom and KHTI, with the profits to go toward the
purchase of a permanent tourney site for the West Kingdom. Since this is a jointly sponsored event be prepared to sign an event-specific waiver. Some of the competitions already on the schedule include mass weapon and buckler list, sword and shield list, superhero and cat's cradle melees, pike list, bastard sword list. There will also be chariot races for both kids and adults, the bucket brigade,and possible rapier activities as well.
The theme for the bardic competitions is Color My World (filk a song that the recording artist name or song title has a color in it.) Other bardic competitions are Period Style - Write poem in non-sonnet period style. 5 minute max; On-site composition - Pull 1 word from a hat on a mystery topic; and Period - Perform a period piece. 5 minute max. Friday night will feature the Special Request Bardic, beginning after dinner. Saturday and Sunday will be full of competitions, auctions and the world famous Ducal Garage Sale. Monday will wrap up with Monday Morning Wrestling and tear down.
As always we need stuff -- your stuff, my stuff, everybody's stuff! Donations to use as competition prizes, to fuel the Monster Auctions From Hell, and to sell at the garage sale. We can't hold a three hour auction for your listening and shopping pleasure if we don't have your items to sell back to you, can we now?
Remember, services as well as items make great auction donations. Dinners and such-like have been some of our most successful offerings! If you have any questions about whether a particular item would make a good donation, please contact the Supreme Commissar! Also contact her if you need to donate items before the event.
Site Information: Yolo County Fairgrounds in Woodland
Site fee is $10, and you will receive five raffle tickets. The site opens at 1 pm on Friday and closes at 6 pm on Monday. If you show up before 1 on Friday, then you are part of the set-up crew.
Supreme Commissar: Elysant atte Oke shana_c@juno.com
Directions: From the North: Take I-5 South to Woodland Exit East St./Downtown Woodland. (Hwy 113 N Yuba City) and turn left at the light onto East St. Proceed to the 4th light turn left onto Gum Ave, then turn right at the large blue and white sign for the Yolo County Fair.
From the South and East: Take I-5 to Woodland, Exit Main St./Downtown Woodland; turn left at the light onto Main,** proceed to the 4th light and
turn left onto East (if you cross the RR tracks you've gone too far), proceed on East St. to Gum Ave. (the next light); turn left, then turn right at the large blue and white sign for the Yolo County Fair.
From the West (Bay Area): Take I-80 East to Davis; Exit Hwy 113 N Yuba City; proceed about 7 miles; Exit Main St./Downtown Woodland; turn left at the light onto Main; follow from ** above.