Vol. XI, no. xii, December 2001
AFTER-ACTION REPORT: Walk Through Bethlehem
The village of Bethlehem at the
Seventh-Day Adventist HQ was rearranged this year, the whole show being
on the first floor of the building's big atrium (nothing upstairs like
last year). Instead of having our own little street booth, the
Legion
was parked in Herod's throne room, directing the crowds through in
groups.
We also had men posted at random points along the rest of the winding
streets.
I tended to hang out in an open spot by the Carpenter's shop, trying to
keep the kids who were manning it (in the absence of the adult
participant
who was missing) from damaging the tools or themselves. They sure
made a lot of mulch! It was several exhausting nights of
oppressing
and insulting the locals and the visitors, trying to recruit children
into
the army, threatening old ladies, the usual fun. On at least a
couple
of the nights there were roughly 1500 visitors, all of whom seemed to
be
having a good time. King Herod (played to the hilt by Associate
Member
Dick Stenbakken) was particularly evil, his ranting and threats earning
him some enthusiastic boos from the audience. He sends his
highest
appreciation to the members of Legio XX who were able to help out this
year.
THINGS GOING ON
Ron Kenat mentions that the
Baltimore
Museum of Art has a special exhibit called Antioch: The Lost City,
running
through December 30, 2001. For more info see their website at http://www.artbma.org/home.html.
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Rusty Myers of Legio VI in SC
has put out a call for help for a gig on March 2, 2002. It
is a Christian presentation at a church in Georgia, about 25 minutes
long
for each of two performances. In between, some
exhibiting/recruiting
can be done. All expenses (food, lodging, and travel) will
be paid by the Church. Anyone who is interested can contact
Rusty.
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Darren Nunez of Legio III Gallica
in New Orleans forwarded this to me:
"We are going to have an event at the Roman Fort site [in Lafe,
Arkansas]
on the last weekend of March. We will have Barbarians and will practice
battle and living history for future events. Hope you guys can make it,
we thought it would be plenty of time to plan. Let me know if you can.
"Bill McGee , Celt Leader...501---"
STUFF
My lovely wife Jane got me a
bronze
Mycenaean sword for my birthday! Opens up all KINDS of new
possibilities:
boars tusk helmets, figure-eight shields, hmm… On the other hand,
Tom Kolb has started picking up stuff for a Zulu War impression (AD
1879),
and already has a spare rifle!
On a (reluctantly) more Roman
note, Roger Moskey got his gladius from Godfrey Knight, and challenged
me to find anything wrong with it. Tough call, to be sure, but I
finally decided that it was simply too gorgeous for a surly legionary
and
confiscated it for my own use. NICE sword, Roger!
CALENDAR
January 5, 2002 -- Monthly Workshop session at the
Moskey's,
10 AM to 5 PM
February ? --Lupercalia, anyone?
April 13-14, 2002 --Marching Through Time, Marietta
Mansion
June 8-9, 2002 (tentative) --ROMAN DAYS, Marietta Mansion
October 2002 -- Demo at Univ. of PA Museum of Archaeology
and Anthropology in Philadelphia
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Directions to the monthly workshops/musters at Roger Moskey's house:
From I-495 Capital Beltway, take
Exit 12 B Route 267 Toll Road West towards Dulles Airport. After
paying toll (50 cents), take the first exit--Exit 16 Route 7 Leesburg
Pike
West for about 11 miles. Go past Cascades Parkway, and at the
next
light take a right onto PALISADES Parkway, then an immediate left onto
"Triple 7" (Route 777). Pass Calvary Temple on right, take the
next
right onto Regina Drive; follow it to the end and take a right onto
Markwood
Drive. At stop sign take a left onto Terrie Drive
(culdesac).
#304 is just to the right of the middle.
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ADLOCVTIO is the Official Newsletter of the Twentieth Legion,
published on the Ides of each month. The Editor is the Legion's
Commander,
Matthew Amt, 9416 Rhode Island Ave.
Note
that the Commander is MOVING, assuming all goes well, in a couple days,
and the new address will be published soon. My email won't
change,
though, and I shouldn't be out of touch for very long. The
fabulous Legio XX website is still at http://www.larp.com/legioxx/.
I hope everyone has a very Merry Christmas, and please keep our troops
overseas in your thoughts through the holidays.