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NPR – Alter Egos – SCA

Salesman By Day, Medieval Swordsman On The Weekend

Morning Edition continues its series, “Alter Egos,” which explores weekend hobbies, with David Greene talking to Medieval re-enactor Franklin Slaton of Birmingham, Alabama.

( link to read the transcript or listen to the audio on their site)

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Press – Next Pittsburgh writes about Pennsic

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Midnight Madness is the night stores open late and music fills the air as people at Pennsic look for deals and friends at the merchant tents glowing in the evening light

“Pennsic War is a 17-day reunion of the Society for Creative Anachronism (SCA) (yep, that’s the name) an international organization dedicated to researching and re-creating an authentic—and they mean authentic—pre-17th century experience.

“In other words, it’s a time portal to the Middle Ages.

“Enter the gated city and the magic of the Pennsic experience unfolds. There are Spanish conquistadors, Japanese Samurai, Vikings, Romans and other Europeans, all in period costume.” (read more at the Next Pittsburgh site)

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Press – City Paper writes about Pennsic

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City Paper's photo of Pennsic's battlefield

Reports from a medieval war

The Pennsic War is the largest gathering in the world of the Society for Creative Anachronism, which calls itself “an international organization dedicated to researching and re-creating the arts and skills of pre-17th-century Europe.” Each August, around 10,000 people converge on Slippery Rock, Pa. from all over the world to set up a sprawling tent city at Cooper’s Lake campground. It even has its own street signs, some of which now show up on Google Maps. (read more at the City Paper’s site)

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Press – article in the Daily Pennsylvanian

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getting together for a bardic circle at a member's house

For these knights in shining armor, SEPTA is their steed

In addition to fencing, the Penn chapter participates in calligraphy workshops, Renaissance dance lessons and “bardic circles” (read more at the Daily Pennsylvanian site)

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