Greetings to the Kingdom!  This year is the 29th year that the Lakewood Lion's Club and the Barony of Carillion will be having their annual Lakewood Renaissance Faire.  Please come and join us for the celebration!  The day is free for SCA, Markland, and Lucern members.  All you need is your membership card, a newsletter label, or to answer some easy questions.  (See the ***note*** at the end)

As this is being penned we have planned a fencing contest, a heavy weapons contest, an archery contest, as well as a contest in thrown weapons.  These contests may break into tournaments at a moment's notice.  There is a professional jousting team to entertain, as well as jugglers, singers and other sundry entertainments.  This is a public demo during the day, so pomp and heraldic displays are lauded.

There is plenty of room to add other items to the list of activities if you wish to run something that is not on the schedule already.  Contact the autocrat to see what can be done.  Does your heart sing at the thought of hound coursing? We have an area for you to run your pups.  Are the youth fighting activities more your style? Bring your equipment and your marshals and we will set up a list area for you.  Carillion has no warranted youth marshal.  We can not provide one.

Camping will be available on Saturday night for a nominal fee.  As the event gets closer a camping coordinator will be named.


MERCHANTS:  You must contact the autocrat before August 1, 2010 in order to vend at the faire.  As in the past there is a fee for merchanting at this faire.

***NOTE***:  The SCA does not run the entrance gate.  Some members of the Lion's club are more adamant about “proof” that you are in the SCA than others.  Please, if you do not have a membership card or Pikestaff label available, be prepared to answer questions at the gate such as; ‘Who is the current King & Queen?', ‘Who are the Baron and Baroness of Carillion?', or ‘Who is the Seneschal of the East Kingdom?'.  Being in garb is not always a given indication of participation in the SCA at this demo.  Many members of the general public come to this Faire dressed in costumes.

Directions:

(LOOK AT A MAP!!!)

From the North:  Take your best route to the Garden State Parkway southbound.  Take Exit 91 and stay to the right on the exit ramp, towards Brick/Lakewood.  Continue straight through the first light, and at the second light, turn right onto Route 526 west (Lanes Mill Road).  **Continue on this road to Route 9 (Exxon Station and Diner on corners), cross over (it becomes West County Line Road at this point) and ***after approx.  1 mile you will see a golf course on your left, get into the left lane.  Take the first left and follow the chain link fence to the first gate.  Turn right into the gate and follow the road to the site.

From the South:  Best route to the Garden State Parkway northbound.  Take Exit 90 and make the u-turn at the first light.  Follow to the third traffic light, and make a left onto Route 526 (Lanes Mill Road).  Continue from **above.

From East/West or NJ Turnpike:  Best route to Interstate I-195 to Route 9 South (Exit 28).  Continue for approx.  4 miles into Lakewood and turn right onto Route 526 (West County Line Road) at the Exxon station (if you pass the cemetery on the left you have gone too far).  Continue from *** above.

At-a-Glance Event Information

Site:
Pine Park
no street address
Lakewood, NJ  08701
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Site Opens: 8 AM Saturday the 18th for general participants
Site Closes: Dusk on Sunday

Event Fees:

Site : Site :  There is no day fee for the event, however you may be asked to prove that you are a member of the SCA.

The camping fee schedule is $3 if you register with the camping coordinator before Wednesday, September 8th, $5 at the door. 

Merchants - Contact the autocrat before August 1st.  There is a fee for vending at this demo.
Feast: At this time there are no plans for a feast, however negotiations are in the works.

Send Reservations to:
Lakewood Ren-Faire, 130 Bay Avenue, Forked River, NJ 08731

Autocrat:
Baroness Mary The.  Hunn (Mary L.  Jacobson) 130 Bay Avenue, Forked River, NJ 08731 (609)693-5176 marytheophaniahunn@verizon.net

Make Checks Payable to: SCA Inc., Barony of Carillion

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