Inaugural Event
Wolves At Our Door
August 4, 2018 (Day trip only)
White County Fairgrounds
565 Hale Street
Sparta, TN 38583
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PRICING
Coming Soon
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SITE POLICIES / ADDITIONAL SITE INFORMATION
CHARGING TABLE AVAILABLE in main hall for your electronics – unsupervised.
ALCOHOL: Descretely wet, police your empties.
FIRE POLICY: No grounds fires but braziers and grills OK. Fire extinguisher must be in camp.
LINKS
FB Event Link – coming soon
PHOTO ALBUM of site features, and list of amenities, shopping, medical
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CONTACTS
AUTOCRAT – Eoin Mac Cana
MARSHALL(s) – Eoin Mac Cana mka Rob Pace
LUNCH STEWARDS – Strybjorn Gunnarsson & Darri Smidor Contact is Asa Kolbrun
RAPIER –
ARCHERY & LIVE WEAPONS – Asa Kolbrun
HALL STEWARD – (Merchants, Classes, Newcomers, Largesse Competition) – Ellen DeLacey
NEWCOMERS POINT – Limited Gold Key will be on site in the main hall.
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LARGESSE CHALLENGE
Yes indeed! Support your Kingdom!
All items not drawn for prizes will go to
Kingdom Largesse and Bagatelle.
CHALLENGE 1 General Largesse
- Dirty dozen.
- No documentation necessary, but a note card is encouraged.
- Teams allowed, but count as 1 person.
- The winner will receive 1 of each of the items entered in this challenge.
- Each of the other entrants will receive 1 item drawn blind, that is not from their entry.
CHALLENGE 2 Kingdom Regalia / Bagatelle Items
- Meridies Regalia Items – Dirty half dozen.
- The 6 units can be of mixed regalia or the same regalia.
- No documentation necessary.
- Teams allowed, but count as 1 person.
- The winner will blind draw 6 items from Challenge 1.
- Each of the other entrants will receive 1 item blind drawn from Challenge 1.
For general Largesse ideas check out Largesse Makers on Facebook
For regalia ideas, check out Jessica Sheffield’s posts about regalia on Kingdom of Meridies FB Group. Meridies orders and awards can be found here. Some items are needed more than others, and we will have a list of those as soon as it is available. Photos will also be coming for examples.
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SCHEDULES
Subject to Change (All times Central – CST)
SITE MAP – at end of schedules
Site opens:
Site closes:
TROLL HOURS
Saturday: 8:00 AM – 12 Noon
TROLL will be at the AG Building .
HEAVY SCHEDULE
RAPIER SCHEDULE
ARCHERY SCHEDULE
CLASS SCHEDULE – Subject to Change
TRACK 1
TRACK 2
OPEN SCRIPTORIUM
Saturday 8:00 AM – 3:00 PM Table space will be available in the main hall for those who would like to work on scribal arts.
MUSIC & BARDIC
There is plenty of space for the musically inclined to gather. Please reach out on the Facebook event if you would like to organize anything.
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LUNCH
Strybjorn Gunnarsson & Darri Smidor
Subject to Change (All times Central – CST)
- Smoked meat (pork butt or shredded chicken) on a bun. Sauces available
- Tater Salad or Cole Slaw
- Chips
- Dessert
- Tea, Water
A limited number of smoked butts will be available for sale. Mm-mm smoked butt!!!!
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SITE MAP
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LOCAL INFORMATION
Shopping
- The Fragrant Mushroom – Vivid collection of hand thrown pottery – 3 miles from site – Sparta, TN
- Hamilton Dry Goods – reenactor fabric store – linen and wool blends as $5 and up – 5 miles from site – Sparta, TN
- Muddy Pond General Store – Mennonite community closed Sundays. Great supply and reasonable prices on spices and leather – 33 miles from site – Monterey, TN
- The Short Sheet –large variety of home décor and other fabric and trims – 34 miles from site – Crossville, TN
- Serenity Thrift – 2 miles from site – Sparta, TN
- Rescue Mission Thrift Store – 12 miles from site – Cookeville, TN
- Goodwill – 14 miles from site – Cookeville, TN
- Serenity Thrift – 18 miles from site – Cookeville, TN
- Habitat Restore (Thrift) – 18 miles from site – Cookeville, TN
Restaurants In Sparta, TN (1-3 miles from site)
El Tapatio (Mexican) | Burger King |
El Meson San Pedro | Captain D’s |
Casa Luna (Italian) | C H Donuts (awesome) |
San Pedro | Hardee’s |
Sheer Delights BBQ | Huddle House |
Yannis Grill | Kentucky Fried Chicken |
Bojangles | Little Ceasars |
McDonalds | Subway |
Pizza Hut | Sonic Drive In |
Panda Garden | Taco Bell |
Restaurants In Cookeville, TN (12-14 miles from site)
Buffalo Wild Wings | Jersey Mike’s |
Cheddar’s | Kentucky Fried Chicken |
Chili’s Bar & Grill | Krispy Kreme |
Cracker Barrel | Krystal |
El Tapatio (Mexican) | Long John Silver’s |
Godfather’s Pizza | McDonalds |
Golden Corral | Pizza Hut |
Gondola (Italian) | Smoothie King |
IHOP | Red Lobster |
Little Kobe (Hibachi) | Rib City |
Logan’s Roadhouse | Waffle House |
Nick’s Restaurant | Wendy’s |
O’Charleys | Super Hibachi Grill |
Olive Garden | Blue Coast Burrito |
Outback Steakhouse | Firehouse Subs |
Shoneys | Arby’s |
Ruby Tuesday | Burger King |
Sonic Drive In | Captain D’s |
Starbucks | Chic-fil-A |
Steak and Shake | Cook Out |
Subway | Duncan Donuts |
Taco Bell | Fazoli’s |
Lodging, Address, Miles From Site
- Miss Eula Maes’s B&B, 127 N Main St, Sparta, TN 38583 – 3 miles to site
- Fairfield Inn & Suites, 1200 Sams Street, Cookeville, TN 38506 – 13.1 miles to site
- Holiday Inn Express, 1228 Bunker Hill Road, Cookeville, TN 38506 – 13.1 miles to site
- Day’s Inn, 1296 S Walnut Avenue, Cookeville, TN 38501 – 13.2 miles to site
- Red Roof Inn, 1292 S Walnut Avenue, Cookeville, TN 38501 – 13.3 miles to site
- Hampton Inn, 1025 Interstate Drive, Cookeville, TN 38501 – 13.4 miles to site
- Comfort Suites, 1035 Interstate Drive, Cookeville, TN 38501 – 13.4 miles to site
- Best Western, 900 S Jefferson Avenue, Cookeville, TN 38501 – 13.4 miles to site
- America’s Best Value Inn, 897 S Jefferson Avenue, Cookeville, TN 38501 – 13.4 miles to site
- La Quinta Inn & Suites, 1131 S Jefferson Avenue, Cookeville, TN 38501 – 14 miles to site
MEDICAL (Very close to site)
Fast Pace Urgent Care – 7 days a week – 2 miles from site
150 Sam Walton Drive, Suite 600, Sparta TN, 38583
Friday 8a-8p, Saturday 8a-6p, Sunday 1p-5p
Saint Thomas Highlands Hospital – .9 miles from site
401 Sewell Drive, Sparta, TN 38583
Cookeville Regional Medical Center – 17 miles from site
1 Medical Center Boulevard, Cookeville TN 38501