NAAMA 2010
From their website (12 July 2010):-
Costs:
Northern Horde Contact: GoTheHorde@gmail.com
Phone: 07 544 3642
Cell phone: Carolyn 021 154 4081 or Andria 021 022 55 898 or Charlie 021 296 0215
Carrier pigeon: R382 Welcome Bay Road, RD5 Welcome Bay Tauranga
When it will be:
22nd to 25th October 2010 (Early helpers welcome from 22nd 2.00pm)
Camp will NOT be open until 3pm due to another camp being there until 2pm. Please don’t turn up before then.
Where it will be:
Ngamuwahine Camp Ground
Address: Ngamuwahine Road, Kaimais
Online map: Ngamuwahine map via googlemaps and basic map attached
Saturday night feast theme is Middle Eastern – dress traditionally if you wish.
Sunday night feast theme is German – dress traditionally if you wish
Horses: Not sure yet we will keep you posted. Dogs: No.
Fires: Yes, a specially designated area will be available. Unapproved fires will be put out and Ken will deal with the culprits. So don't do it.
Alcohol: Yes, though usual curfew will apply, no underage drinking will be tolerated. If you are allowing your child/tween to drink, they are your responsibility.
Market Stalls: Are encouraged.
Workshops: There are plans afoot for these and if you have a medieval skill you are willing to share via a workshop, please contact us now. We currently have four, I’m not sure how many more we can fit in, but we’ll try.
Archery: Naama rules – helms must be meshed or plastic safety glasses must be wore.
Jugger: Get your teams together.
Slave Auction: The more the better and the more that will go toward next years NAAMA. Let Carolyn know who’s keen. (Bring plenty of money)
Combatants must be 16 on the day. No exceptions.
Children will be putting a small play Sunday night please let us know who will be interested, there is only space for seven so first in best part.
Our squires will be running some activities/games if anyone else has any medieval children’s games/activities they would like to show us please feel free to add to the fun. And also parents are welcome to join in the fun, you know you want to squeeze in a childs sack and try and bounce from one end to the other.
We will be eating and socialising/drinking/carousing/singing/dancing etc in different areas so please once dinner is over and you want to drink etc there will be the marquee set up away from the bunk rooms so the noise doesn’t keep anyone up adults or children.
Stuart Andrews will be putting up $100 for the best staged fight between two combatants. This will be judged on Sunday afternoon so those who throw something together on the weekend will have a chance.
And of course if there are any changes between now and NAAMA we will put them on our website and GD.
If your club is happy to bunk in together and you are thinking of hard accommodation please we have several big bunk rooms as you can see.
Rooms will be allocated by us, so please don’t have your heart set on a specific room. We will try to accommodate everyone’s wants and needs.
And as usual first in gets the rooms.
NAAMA plan for everybody
Friday 22/10/10
2pm - earliest anyone can register - see the Northern Horde members on the desk
Then help is required to set up the big marquee (volunteers anyone?)
Prep the kitchen for action (Bex to direct the team, volunteers required)
Set up/prep anything else (Charlie - team required ... volunteers?)
Evening - Dinner will be stew & bagels
Saturday 23/10/10
7-8 breakfast - toast/bagels, cereal, hot drinks
8.30 – Lunch - Rego table to be manned by Northern Horde (if you arrive after this, seek out Caro)
8 - 9 Archery
9-10 Weapons check
10 Combat commences
10-12 Clay pit pot making/firing
10.30-11.30 Kids activities include: Tug of war; Sack race; Egg’n’spoon race; 3-legged race
11.30 -12 Net-making workshop
11-1ish Market stalls in marquee (cared for by their owners)
12ish Lunch
1ish Combat commences
1-2ish Kids activities include: play prep
2-3? Breadmaking workshop
2-3ish Kids activities to include: nature walk for nature jars; rounders game; Queek or tablut
6 ish onwards Middle Eastern feast :- wear Middle Eastern costume or accessorise your Medieval garb with Persian details. Entertainment will include raqs Araby, possibly a slave auction (any volunteers?) and the brewing competition. Hopefully this will lead smoothly into more general dancing, much merriment, games and fun.
Sunday 24/10/10
7-8 breakfast - toast/bagels, cereal, hot drinks
8-9 Archery
9-10 weapons check
10 combat commences - fort battle? Veterans? bear shoot?
10-12 Kids activities include: bracelet making, ring toss - make & do, queek/tablut
10-12 Gap
11-1ish Market stalls in marquee (cared for by their owners)
12ish Lunch
1ish Combat commences
1-3ish Kids activities include: play prep;
3-4 Medieval dance workshop
5ish crafts set up on verandah for all to view/vote - creators to include a brief write-up about their object, please
6.30 ish Medieval Feast opens with thespic ructions. Entertainment will include speeches & prize-giving for combat and crafts and local musicians Penny & Paul play with any willing others. Dancing, mayhem & merriment
Monday 25/10/10
7-8 breakfast - toast/bagels, cereal, hot drinks
Then ... clean up crew required, volunteers to make good the campsite, take down marquee etc & pack up to roll home.
This ‘plan’ is intended as a guide only, due to the nature of NAAMA it is expected that much will change - relax and enjoy it.
Camp clean up:
Clean all toilets and showers
Collect rubbish from camp and surrounding farm paddocks
Kitchen packed up and cleaned thoroughly
Any tables chairs etc that have been moved go back to where they were
All rooms and dorms to be swept out and mopped, checked under the beds etc
Tables and chairs to be taken down and stacked ready to go on the truck
Comments
Found the site of the Group thats holding this not much more detail available yet but thought you might like to know.
http://www.sportsground.co.nz/ClubSite.asp?SiteID=11486&PageTypeID=5&PageID=45785