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Challenge of the Heart
June 22-24, 2007
Barony of Dun Carraig

The Barony of Dun Carraig invites the gentle folk of the Knowne World to a Grand Tourney. Come and join us in a celebration of great fighting prowess, of colorful heraldry, of delights of the senses and of the palate. Please make a place on your personal calendar to come to Dun Carraig in June. We promise an exhibition of feats of arms for which the Kingdom of Atlantia is so well known.

Martial Activities:
There will be an Armoured tournament for teams of three to honor Love and Glory. Each team will choose which side they fight for. Teams fighting for love must be sponsored by a Lady. The first ten teams to register for each side will receive banners hand drawn by Syr Richard de Montbrai and painted by the artisans of Dun Carraig. Ladies, bring your tokens and join us in the ladies' gallery for the day to encourage and reward our noble fighters! A prize will be awarded to the highest scoring team for each side, as well as for Best Presence. We encourage other baronies to sponsor fighting teams. The highest scoring baronial team will have a streamer in their baronial colors added to a Challenge Banner of Honor to be maintained by Dun Carraig, with new streamers added each year to commemorate the victors. The team will also receive a streamer they can take home to be flown with their own banners. The schedule of the day also includes Rapier and Archery tournaments.

Arts & Sciences Activities:
For the Arts and Science enthusiasts we shall celebrate Love with competitions for Best Love Poetry and for Best Favors & Tokens; and Glory with competitions for Best Arms or Armour and with Best Tales of Heroism. We are also hosting an Artisans' Row.

Children’s Activities:
There will be a full day of children's activities on Saturday, and a supervised play area on Friday night to allow parents undisturbed time to unpack.

As a reminder, if you are bringing a child who you are not the parent or legal guardian for, you must have signed and notarized Minor Medical Authorization Form for the child.

Site:
The site is Kings Landing Park (3255 King’s Landing Road, Huntingtown, MD 20639). Camping will be available, both in rustic cabins and with limited space available for tents.

Site Rules and Restrictions:
Dogs can be at Challenge. They must be on a leash and cannot be left to stray, or bark and annoy folks.

We do have permission for beer and white wine in the hall only, and only during feast.

Feast, dayboard and other food:
This will all be followed by a fabulous feast prepared by Lord Khadir bar Yosef (the cook formerly known as Muirghen Rhuadh) that will no doubt surpass Dun Carraig's reputation for good food. The feast menu is found here. A Below-the-Salt Feast will also be available, prepared by Lord Matthew of Summerdale.The Below the Salt feast menu is found here. The site fee includes a dayboard available to all attending. Because of this, we request that even those who plan only to day trip also pre-register to ensure adequate food and drink are purchased for all attendees. The Barony will be sponsoring a fund-raiser breakfast on Sunday morning. Questions or dietary concerns, email the head cook at: cook@duncarraig.net Questions about the Below the Salt feast can be sent to btscook@duncarraig.net

Cost:

	Site Fee	Feast	Below-the-Salt	Cabin(per person)	Tent(per person)
Adult, Member	$10	$8	$5	$6	$4
Adult, Non-Member	$13	$8	$5	$6	$4
Child(6-17)	$8	$8	$5	$6	$0
Child(0-5)	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0

Make checks payable to:
Barony of Dun Carraig, SCA, Inc

Baronial Refund Policy:
The baronial refund policy for events can be found here.

Directions:

Autocrat:
Mathias von Oldenburg(James Sprouse). 22694 Athlone Drive, Great Mills, MD 20634. Phone: (301) 994-0981. Email: autocrat@duncarraig.net