Hello all from the reenacting world!

We project to make a time line in the Montreal region, in the province of Quebec, Canada. An interesting and pittoresque event to present what is renacting, why we do that, how we do that, etc. We hope to be able to make this from Antiquity to World War two.

The site is very beautiful. It’s an little island, with green grass, trees and little pedestrial roads. It’s the Ile-des-Moulins at Terrebonne. You can see the web site of the historical site here: http://www.ile-des-moulins.qc.ca

We hope to present each period of time with the best group of Canada and USA. Each group can be their and present themself with a camp or other historical set-up to show the every day life (military or civilian) of there period.

We want to know if some groupe here could be interested to participate. It could be a very nice trip to meet other people from the renacting world of North America and show your group to the public in a real convivial event.

If you are interested, please respond to this questions. If you want more info, don’t be shy to ask us!

Evelyne Bouchard
Carroussel de l’Histoire
evelyne_bouchard@yahoo.ca

Director of Societe d’Histoire IN MEMORIAM http://www3.sympatico.ca/napoleon.josephine/shim.htm

WHO ARE YOU?

• Group or association name

• Period of time renacted (we want the more precise and short interpretation time period it’s possible for you)

• Description of your camp or setting

• Number of people interested to participate and who they represent

• Contact person name and adress, email, etc.

• Do you have an insurance policy for your activities (please detail)?

YOUR CAMP OR SETTING

Dimensions of your set-up: (This must include all your tentage, awning, ropes and tent pins.)

________ feet wide (front) x_________feet deep = _______ square feet

We prefer a... (you can choose more than one option)

o 2 days event (Saturday and Sunday)
o 3 days event (Friday, Saturday and Sunday)

In case of rain...
o Yes, we can make our setting in a rainy day.
o No, we can’t make our setting on a rainy day.

We prefer to make this event...(you can choose more than one option)
o May 5-6-7
o May 12-13-14
o May 26-27-28

o June 2-3-4
o June 9-10-11
o June 16-17-18

o September 22-23-24
o September 29-30-31

o October 6-7-8
o October13-14-15

YOUR PRESENTATION (you can choose more than one option)

o Everyday camp life
o Drill
o Arts and crafts
o Cooking, washing, etc
o Woodworking, blacksmithing, etc
o Battle
o Other (please specify)

o We can make military presentation without fireing or live combat
o We can’t make military presentating without fireing or live combat

o We can have canon or vehicule or horse, etc (please specify)

FOR EATING (you can choose more than one option)

We prefer to cook by ourself our historical meals, pique-nique or rations...
o All the day
o Only for breakfast
o Only at dinner
o Only at supper

We prefer to eat in a modern cantine or restaurant in a modern room...
o All the day
o Only for breakfast
o Only at dinner
o Only at supper

We need a fire camp to cook
o yes
o no

FOR SLEEPING (you can choose more than one option)

o We prefer to sleep on the site with our historical camping or military setting.

We prefer to sleep near the site with our modern camping facilities...
o in a modern collective room
o in a modern individual or small group room
o in a modern camping site

o We prefer to sleep in a modern motel or hotel.

For washing...
o We can wash the “essential” with our historical commodities
o We just need a little sink with water.
o We need all the modern commodities everyday (bath, shower, etc)

ABOUT MONEY AND COMMODITIES (you can choose more than one option)

No group will receive any amount of money for their presentation. Every group comes on a volunter way to have fun and to have a nice reenacting timeline. But, in case of some facilities are possible, we want to have some detail about yours.

We will be pleased if we receive some help for...
o For the burning wood for our cooking fire
o For eating at the event
o For sleeping at the event
o For the straw for our mattress
o Gas and travelling fees

o We can pay and bring all by ourself.

o If you don’t offer any money, we can’t participate.

OTHER GROUPS...
If you know some other groups with a very interesting authenticity, please give us their link!

FRENCH-ENGLISH SPEAKING
If you don’t speak french: no problem! We want to put a bilingual person with all the groups who need it to help communications between the renactors and the visitors. But we want to know if:

o Nobody speak french, we will need a bilingual person to help us
o Some people speak a bit french in our group
o We are bilingual

THANKS!
Thank you for your responses! We will prepare the project with your suggestions and ideas and we will give you some news as soon as possible.

If you have any comment, please feel free to write them!

Ms. Bouchard, I would be glad to ask my Company about their interests. I know that for myself, that we do what we do for the pleasure of each other's company (our profit) as much as for the educational aspects for the public (our labor), and that we are interested in longer events rather than shorter. I personally find that I am just getting to enjoy myself after the travail of setting the presentation up at about the third day--and so far you are discussing a three-day event.

To be direct there is also a vacation element to what we do--it is for most of our company a sizable portion of our vacation time to participate in this kind of activity. It is entirely possible that in exchange for a venue within which we can enjoy our pastime and have a pleasant experience in conjunction with like-minded medievalists we would be willing to undertake the expense involved in transporting our kit (which is sizable, we have a 1/3 scale trebuchet in addition to several tents and so forth the likes of which you are no doubt familiar with) and our selves to your site so that we can help you put on this event.

Would you consider the possibility of groups arriving before the event to conduct practices and to integrate their portrayals into a coherent package? If so, what sort of time frame are you willing to consider?

John
Jehan de Pelham, esquire (1370-1400 English in France)
Jehan de Pelham, esquire and servant of Sir Vitus

[ 10-21-2005: Message edited by: John McFarlin ]

Thanks a lot for your interest!

I will see with the site if it's possible to be there before the event.

Is it possible to see your web site or some pictures of your group and setting?

You emailed me enquiring as to the possibility of the Red Company at your event.

Sorry to say but the Red Company is as dead as a doornail, and no group has formed to take its place.

John, I'll fight ya for that Tatooine description of your locale. I think San Diego is even deader than Nevada.

Guys, if you're going to talk about Tatooine, you have to say it right.

"If there is a bright spot in the universe, you're in the place that is farthest from."

And as for Las Vegas..."You'll not find a more wretched hive of scum and villiany...we must be cautious"

We return you to your regularly scheduled post.

Evelyne, since we are on the east coast, it is much easier for us to travel to events in Quebec. We haven't planned our 2006 calendar yet, except our own event is tentatively scheduled for May 2006.

So any time after that.

Myself, I would look at June perhaps, later June as a good time for us (Wolfe Argent).

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For the moment the possible dates are:

May 5-6-7
o May 12-13-14
o May 26-27-28

o June 2-3-4
o June 9-10-11
o June 16-17-18

o September 22-23-24
o September 29-30-31

o October 6-7-8
o October13-14-15

But it seam that May and October can be too cold. Ye are look more for late May, June or September. The responses received at this time turn in thoses dates.

If your group is interested, please "copy and paste" my questionnaire (see in my first message) and email it to evelyne_bouchard@yahoo.ca

I will be able to put your group in the "official" file for the project.

Thanks!!!

Evelyne

Yes, well, perhaps Nevada is more alive than San Diego, in the same way that Frankenstein might be more alive than The Mummy. Strangely, we have received letters from people near and far interested in doing what we are doing, so we must be doing something right.

We have got to do something in the west, something for us.

Ms. Bouchard: Absolutely. Please go to http://www.mediumaevum.com/chalice/ to see some photographs of our kit and camp.

Thank you for taking up the issues I have expressed with your organization. I look forward to hearing your response.

John
Jehan de Pelham, esquire (1370-1400 English in France)
Jehan de Pelham, esquire and servant of Sir Vitus

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Originally posted by Ginevra:
John, I'll fight ya for that Tatooine description of your locale. I think San Diego is even deader than Nevada.

Gwen

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Yes, well, perhaps Nevada is more alive than San Diego, in the same way that Frankenstein might be more alive than The Mummy.

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Yes, the mummy's blind and wrapped in skanky rags, and Frank's got a flat head containing the brain of a murderer and bolts in his neck, but they were both originally -dead-.

Yes, the comparison is interesting

JH

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Originally posted by Chevalier:
Yes, the mummy's blind and wrapped in skanky rags, and Frank's got a flat head containing the brain of a murderer and bolts in his neck, but they were both originally -dead-.

Yes, the comparison is interesting

JH

[ 10-22-2005: Message edited by: Chevalier ]

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And San Diego is definitely wrapped in scanky rags.

All jokes aside, events like the one that Ms. Bouchard is collecting information for are important. They provide the outlet and the showcase for high fidelity re-enactment (I like that term). This in turn permits our pastime to grow and to encourage increased participation by a public whose imagination might be sparked by our portrayals.

I saw your pictures on your Web site: very nice! We will be very happy to have your groupe at Terrebonne event to represent the end of the 14th century.

I wait info about the possibility to be at the event some day earlier. I will give you some news as soon as I have the response.

Thanks a lot everybody for your interest. We working hard to put "on the map" the high quality renacting groups. Too many people don't know the pleasure of our hobby and how authenticity can give real satisfaction.

Of course, I do the hobby since 1994.

I founded my first group in 1994. A group focussed on 1185-90 France called Chastellenie de Roche-en-Vallons. In 1998-99 we reach a nice authenticity at the end of hard work.

In 1999-2000 I begun to make some World War Two and 1755 renacting.

In 2001, me and my friend decide to found the Societe d'Histoire IN MEMORIAM: a multi-period renacting association. http://www3.sympatico.ca/napoleon.josephine/shim.htm

We stopped the 12th century group definitively, because the new standards of authenticity can't be reach with the reproduction material we could find on the market for this period.

So between 2001 and 2004 we open to membership several news groups:

Soldats du Roy et Habitants en Canada (Life in 1755-60 in New-France) http://www3.sympatico.ca/napoleon.josephine/1750.htm

Les Anciens Canadiens (late victorian renacting of French-canadians 1898-1902) http://www3.sympatico.ca/hasting/1890.htm

Habitants du Bas-Canada (The history of our Patriots in 1835-39) http://www3.sympatico.ca/fbarbeau11/1830.htm

In Memoriam 39-45 (World War two lived by the Canadians) http://www3.sympatico.ca/fbarbeau11/1940.htm

Europe 39-45 (World War two on the side on of the Russians and the Germans) http://www3.sympatico.ca/fbarbeau11/russie.htm http://www3.sympatico.ca/fbarbeau11/allemagne.htm

Finally in 2005, we put alive our 15th century group. This groupe lived by my friend between 1994 and 96. He stop the group for the same reasons as I stopped my 12th century group. He also talk with Gerry Embleton about renacting and he came back to Quebec with his decision. But, the flame was not dead!!! Between 2002 and 2005 we worked hard to find better stuff and to make renacting again with the Levees Cantonale. In July 2005, we was on the map again! http://www3.sympatico.ca/hasting/1470.htm

For 2006, we work on a World war one project.

So, I'm totally a freak of renacting, my life is renacting! Authenticity is always my principal motivation. I can't choose one period to another I like them all. Some people think I'm a traitor to love so much period...But, when you begin, you can't stop!

We received enough responses from the renacting groups too choose a date for the time line renacting event the Carroussel de l’Histoire at the historical site of l'Île-des-Moulins at Terrebonne.

The official date of the event will be the september 22, 23 and 24th 2006.

The realisation of an event like this need some money. If the financing is too limited, the event can be annulated or reported in 2007. We will know if we have all the financing needed in January 2006. We will keep informed the groups who want to participate to the event. To be in our mailing list, you group should have contacted me before the 31 december 2005.

If the financing is good we hope to give an amount to the groups for the travelling and/or for the food. This amount will not cover 100% of the expenses of the groups. It’s an allocation to help and support groups.

For sure, the groups will receive :
- burning wood for cooking
- straw
- access to water and toilets

Don’t forget it’s a public event to share the renacting as a hobby and to learn different part of history to the visitors. It’s also a nice place to share with other renactors.

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You can email me at one of those 3 emails:

napoleon.josephine@sympatico.ca
(email of IN MEMORIAM)

facteurvirtuel@hotmail.com
(my personnal email)

evelyne_bouchard@yahoo.ca
(my email for the timeline event)

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The official date of the event will be the september 22, 23 and 24th 2006.

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Well, that prevents us from coming. Pastonpalooza (The fall east-coast multi-group 15th Century event) is the weekend after that.

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This is some news about the Carrousel de l’Histoire de l’Île-des-Moulins de Terrebonne.. We promised in january we will know if the event can be or not.

Unfortunately, this event can’t be alive for 2006. Several things out of our control are the principal causes of this decision.

If you have questions, you can contact:
evelyne_bouchard@yahoo.ca
scharbonneau@ile-des-moulins.qc.ca