It Flies Through the Air
August 14-16
Grafton Community Center, 202 6th Avenue, Grafton, IA
- https://www.graftoniowa.com/community-center/
- WARNING: some GPS have routed people coming from the east through St. Ansgar which is a little out of the way.
Fees:
- Adult Site Fee: $20
- Adult Member Discount: $10
- Children 6-17: $5 (younger children free)
- Merchants: no extra fee (we have tables for indoors)
- Tent Camping: free (Friday night to Sunday morning)
- Electrical Camping: $15/night (six sites, contact the event steward to reserve – four claimed so far (V&K, S&S, D&A, SoC) with one more possible (A/S)
- Inns: free-will donation
- Feast: $10 (at least 40 seats)
- Cash or checks, no credit cards
This is a DRY site (liquor license issues).
- Leashed pets welcome, but OUTSIDE only.
- Unfortunately, there are no showers on-site
- Above-ground fires permitted
Activities: Food! Arts & Sciences, Merchants, Archery, Thrown Weapons, Fighting (space for Bardic if desired)
Event Steward:
- Mistress Juliana Macnayre
Tentative Schedule (full schedule below):
- Friday afternoon – unofficially opens for set-up and camping
- Saturday 8:30 am – Breakfast Inn
- 9 am – Troll/Gate opens
- 10 am – most activities start
- 11:30 am – Lunch Inn opens
- 3:30 pm – A&S Competitions judged
- 4:30 pm – final bids for Silent Auction
- 7 pm – Feast
- Sunday – Brunch Inn, tear down/clean up
Food:
- Inns (Breakfast and Lunch, menu below) Ld Randall Beaumont
- Feast (Saturday evening, menu below) Lady Anastasia da Carrara
- Off-site Food at the Gobbler’s Roost (open Fri/Sat evenings and Sunday brunch) – https://gobblersroost.com/
A&S:
- Weaving demo/class
- Heraldic Consult table
- Craft Corner/Parallel Play area
- Pre-Print Painting Table?
- Games area/s – Goose, Shut-the-Box, Gluckshaus…
- Competitions –
- Largesse Derby? – Every entrant makes at least 6 “identical” items of largesse. After judging, the winner gets one of every entry. Then every other entrant can pick a single entry to keep. And the Crown gets everything left over. Populace choice.
- Classes:
- In Charge: TBA
Martialiate: Archery & Thrown Weapons:
- Saturday
- Archery MIC: Lord Gobbán Mac Roibeáird
- Thrown Weapons: Lady Avelyn Carbery, Mistress Juliana Macnayre
Martialate: Rattan and Steel:
- Rattan MIC: TBA
- Steele MIC: TBA
Merchants (indoor air-conditioned, tentative options):
- Brighid’s Barter Basket
- Chasing Squirrels – miscellaneous crafty things by Sheri of Coeur d’Ennui
- Thistlewood Manor – wonderful soaps and more. http://www.thistlewoodmanorsoap.com/
- Fundraiser/Silent Auction
- Merchant/Auction Coordinator: Lady Brighid Eilifrsdottir
Inn, Breakfast Menu (subject to change)
- Bacon, sausage, egg , cheese runzas
- NG* breakfast muffrunz (new recipe muffins with breakfasty filling)
- Instant oatmeal packets
- Clementines
- Mini-quiches
- Hard boiled eggs
- Juice
- *NG = No Gluten-containing ingredients, may have cross-contamination
Inn, Noon Menu (subject to change)
- Runzas: Beef. BBQ chicken. Mushroom and onion. Others?
- NG* muffrunz (new recipe gluten-free muffins with runza filling)
- NG Build-your-own soup: vegan vegetable soup base. add rice noodles, chicken, and/or beef to taste.
- Cheeses
- Bread and crackers
- Animal crackers and frosting
- NG ‘Nilla crisps and NG frosting
Available all day
- Coffee. Lemonade. Water. Teas. Hot water will be available.
Feast Menu, buffet-style (2025 menu as placeholder):
- Assorted breads (including gluten-free), currant rolls, honey butter
- Pickled beets, pickled carrots, pickled mushrooms.
- Meat pies, cucumber salad
- Roast pork loin with mustard sauce, saffron rice
- Chicken and lentil stew (with a vegetarian option), roasted root vegetables
- Filled cookies, assorted cheese
- Beverages – lemonade, etc.
- Ingredients