A slight departure from normal for us this weekend as we took part in the Napoleonic Weekend at Kingston Maurward. A number of true Napoleonic Society and groups where present along with us all talking and working with the public. The Allied and French encampments where very atmospheric filled with men, women and children all dressed in exceptionally good costume. The market and shows at the House where equally as interesting with our friend the excecutioner this time showing his more gentle side at a Georgian meal.
In a packed programme, something was happening every 30 minutes we offered two different shows at 11AM and 1PM each day.
Cutlass Drill.
The cutlass drill took on a different form this time with adult participation in a 'Generation Game' style play off. Although we did not realise at the time that one of the contestants was a 3rd dan Ju Jistu instructor and caught on very quickly (all of 3 seconds) before mastering the art of the cutlass. After the cutlass drill the children had a go with the foam weapons and then repelled borders by beating the group to a pulp. Immedieatly after this a tavern challenge turned nasty as two drunken sailors fought it out to settle an old score and managed to kill everyone in the pub apart from themselves.
Tavern Brawl.
The tavern brawl starts with explaining a few of the different tricks of the stage combat trade ending in Alisa knocking some sense into Graham and John. After this the Tavern saw a nasty brawl break out due to some cheating during an arm wrestle.
All in all everyone enjoyed themselves with much positive feedback from the public and the customer alike. The weather, although not great, was merciful and both days saw sunny intervals breaking through the clouds which no doubt helped the organisers with the weekends events that where enjoyed by all of the group.