The Voyage of the Crimson Squid (Baby Harp Seal V)

The Expedition leaves port at 10 AM on February 15, 1997 from the shores of Coppertree's Staley Jr. High School (620 E. Bloomfield St., Rome, NY 13440). The Patron of this voyage (read autocrat) is Duchess Rowan de la Garnison (Loie Hodge, P.O. Box 627, Westmoreland, NY, 13490. 315-855-4402). Please send reservations to her. A modest fee of $6 buys your passage and lunch, $8 more gets you onboard. Halflings are half price. Please make checks payable to "SCA, Inc.-Shire of Coppertree." The site is DRY.

A sumptuous Indian feast is being prepared by our own native guides, Baron Daniel del Cavallo and Lady Edana Aldys Haukyns. Questions regarding the feast (including those regarding allergies) should be directed to Baron Daniel at 315-337-2373 or cavallo@dreamscape.com. Persons interested in placing items in the A&S exhibit should bring items that feature either the fencer's art (a weapon, armor, accessory, or a poem, story, research, scroll or other art about or involving fencers/fencing), or that other talent that employs a thin metal weapon-embroidery. For more information please contact Viscountess Meirwen uerch Owein (Rosemary Mink) at the autocrat's address. The fencing tournament will cover all weapons forms. For more information, please contact Lord Diego Miguel Munoz de Castillo (315-735-2195).

There will be an area set aside for children's activities. We ask that parents bring toys to share and take turns supervising. In the past we have had a problem with unsupervised children. This year, any such children's parents will be sold as serfs to the Barony of Delftwood. Site closes at 10 PM.

Directions:
From the east:
Take your best route to the NYS Thruway (I-90). Take exit 31 (Utica). After the toll booth, follow signs for Genesee St. North and Rome, staying to the right. Merge onto Genesee St. N. and stay in the right-hand lane, turning right at the first light, marked "Rome" and 1-790." Immediately thereafter take the entrance ramp to the right, also marked "Rome." Follow this expressway for approximately 2.5 miles, watching for signs for Rt. 49 west and Rome. At the first stoplight turn left onto Rt. 49 west (River Road) and follow Rt. 49 approximately 10 miles to Rome. Take the exit for E. Dominick Street. At the stoplight at the end of the exit ramp, turn left onto E. Dominick St. (you will see a sign for this turn across the street). Follow E. Dominick St. for approximately 2 miles west into Rome and turn right onto Sixth Street (If you reach a T at the end of E. Dominick St., you have gone too far). At the first stoplight on Sixth St., turn left onto Bloomfield St. Staley Jr. High School will be the first building on your left.

From the west:
Take your best route to the NYS Thruway (1-90). Take exit 33 (Verona). After the toll booth, make a right onto Rt. 365 east and follow for approximately 10 miles. Take the exit marked "Downtown Rome, " which exits to the left. Follow signs for Rt. 26 north (Black River Blvd.), which will exit towards the right after the bridge. Watch for construction on the bridge. Take Rt. 26 north for several blocks and make a right onto East Bloomfield St. (Rt. 26N exits the boulevard to the left at this point.) Staley Jr. High School is approximately 1/2 mile further on the right side of the street. If the street ends you've gone too far.

From the north:
Take your best route to either Rt. 26 or Rt. 46 south to Rome. Stay on Rt. 26 S., and it will turn into W. Bloomfield St. at the intersection with N. James St (Byrne Dairy will be on your left). Stay on Bloomfield St. until you see the school on the right. The street will end at a bridge just beyond the school. On Rt. 46 S you will come into Rome on Black River Blvd. Make a left onto Bloomfield St. and go 1/2 mile. Staley Jr. High School will be on your right.

About the Menu: Comments from the Harp Seal Cook

by Daniel del Cavallo

If you have other special dietary restrictions or questions about the menu, you will need to contact the autocrat in writing by the reservation deadline. The menu is available by e-mail at cavallo@dreamscape.com or on my web page at http://cavallo.rny.com/Dan/feast/menu.html.