Shire-March of Grimfells

Good friends from throughout Calontir, Greetings!

For decades there has been a truth well known in the southern garden spot of Calontir:

It is just as far FROM Grimfells as it is TO Grimfells.

And since we know that is damn far to Deodar, the reverse must be true.

So under the conditions below, Crown at Grimfells will be a hybrid crash/camp event.

There will be some crash space available Friday night "in town", which can vary from 10 to 45 miles from the event (Grimfells covers three counties).

There is expected to be extremely limited crash space available on Saturday night, as your hosts plan to enjoy themselves on site camping Saturday night. 

There will be several pavillions set up on site Friday night available for those arriving late at night.  The Grimfellons in whose tent you sleep Friday night would like to avail themselves of their pavilions on Saturday night.

Highest priority will be given to those travelling more than 400 miles (basically those significantly north of the I-70 corridor) and those combantants in Crown Tourney.

Additionally requests received by July 1st will receive more thoughtful attention.

The contact point for all those interested in such arrangements is Master Pavel (pavel@uark.edu).

While I could spend some time preparing a list of motels in Fayetteville (the closest "civilization" to site), I trust your google-foo.

Back to unpacking and laundry.

Your servant,
Andrixos
Event Steward, Crown Tournament

The Shire March of Grimfells is a local Northwest Arkansas group of the Society for Creative Anachronism (SCA), an international organization dedicated to recreating aspects of the Middle Ages. If you’re unfamiliar with the SCA, feel free to visit their web site, or their article, An Introduction to the SCA.

The Shire March of Grimfells covers most of the Northwest Arkansas 727XX area code (from north to Bella Vista south almost to Fort Smith, west to Siloam Springs east to Harrison). Grimfells is but a small group which is part of a much larger “kingdom”, the Kingdom of Calontir, which covers most of Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, Missouri, and NW Arkansas. If you’d like to take a look at the Kingdom of Calontir, you can visit their web site, or check out their Calontir Map.

If you’d like to get in touch with local Grimfells people, feel free to check out our Google Discussion Group, where you can get your questions answered by a real person, find out where our local meetings are, or just get a feel for Grimfells in general.

Thanks for your interest.