Saturday, August 28, 2010

Update: Membership Deadline Is Up!

The Deadline to apply for SSBD Membership as well as SSBD Renaissance Festival Performance and Encampment space has passed.

Be sure to pay your dues early in 2011!

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Wednesday, August 18, 2010

UPDATE: Links Page!

There are now a lot of new and very informative links up on the Links Page that cover the following peoples/tribes:
  • The Turks
  • The Ouled Nail
  • The Rom (Gypsies)
  • The Ghawazee
Enjoy!

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Tuesday, August 17, 2010

UPDATE: Even MORE RenFest Stuff! *whew!*

First of all, sorry for the site being down for a few hours today. There was some back-end work that needed to be completed. I was my fault, and I'm a bad, bad webmaster for letting it happen.

*smack's own hand*

The Board would like to thank everybody who came out the August 15th General Meeting at Sunset Library! We had a very productive meeting where many things were discussed in regards to the upcoming Renaissance Festival. Many of the below updates are in accordance to what was either covered or brought up during that meeting, so if you weren't there please get in touch with somebody who was there to get caught up!

SSBD will schedule at least one more meeting before the Renaissance Festival, and it is very important that we have as many members as possible attend!

So here you go, the lastest and greatest from shiftingsandsbellydance.org:
  • Rules Companion - This is a compilation of all the State, County, and Event Obligations SSBD is expected to follow during the Renaissance Festival. It also contains all the Encampment, Camping, and Performance rules specific to SSBD. This document was originally passed out during the August 15th General Meeting and additions (the entire Encampment Section) as well as changes have been reflected in this version. It is now a requirement that when you receive your wristbands you must sign stating that you have both read and understand the obligations and rules presented in this document, so please take the time to read this thoroughly.
  • Renfest Encampment Rules - This page has been updated to reflect the new information to be found within the Rules Companion.
  • Links! - The links page has been re-launched with lots of goodies to assist anyone who is wishing to research what traditional speech, behavior, dress, and fabrics were during the Renaissance period. Check back to this page as it will be updated frequently!
Please remember that the SSBD rules for RenFest are there for three main reasons:
  1. To ensure the safety of everybody at the event, and
  2. To ensure that the people who pay to come see us at a Renaissance Festival get a somewhat Renaissance-y experience,
  3. And to make sure everybody is aware of what the State, County, and Renaissance Festival expects of us.
Please make sure to take the time to look over the rules, failure to do so could result in you being as unhappy as this guy...



... When the goal is to have a good time like these two...



As always, the comments box is open for anyone who wishes to have their voice heard (you can even post anonymously!).

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Sunday, August 15, 2010

BIG Update: More 2010 Renaissance Festival Stuff!

Here are some of the highlights of the most recent updates to the SSBD website:

  1. The email address for the SSBD Performance Committee is up at both the download and contact pages! Please send all your materials to that address if you can!
  2. Renfest page expanded: Encampment Rules, SSBD Renfest History, Renfest News, and Volunteer Info!
  3. Images link is fixed and actually shows images. (gasp!)

Please be sure to review these pages as Ren Fest is just around the corner!

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Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Update: Downloads Page

Directions as to what to do with Renaissance Festival related forms has been added to our Download page!

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Sunday, July 25, 2010

IMPORTANT STUFF!

  1. Membership Dues are due August 27th, 2010 by midnight. If you haven't already done so, please pay your dues as soon as possible.

  2. Please take the time to read the two posts below... they are also VERY IMPORTANT!

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Site Update: Fillable Forms Now Available for SSBD Participation @ 2010 Las Vegas Age of Chivalry Renaissance Festival

Two new forms have been added to the downloads page for your general use!
Please feel free to download them and fill them out. Please note that these forms may be filled out electronically for everybody's ease of use, however the second page of the Camping Request form must be hand written.

Oh, and two broken links on the Pay Dues page were fixed, but nobody seemed to notice they were broken so, you know... :-)

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Sunday, May 23, 2010

Classes for Renaissance Festival!

What kind of classes would you like to see SSBD provide specifically for this year's Renaissance Festival?

So far we're looking to provide classes on:
  • period costuming,
  • improvisational acting (for interacting with patrons), and
  • generic middle-eastern accents.
If you have suggestions for any other kinds of classes you'd like to take, please post them via comments below.

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Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Al Wadi @ 2009 Renaissance Festival!

2009 Renaissance Festival: Three Days In The Sun