Winter Faire at Redwall Abbey
All events are “drop–in” unless otherwise listed.
Saturday February 6, 2010
Musser Public Library • 10am to 5pm
- Society of Creative Anachronism (SCA) demonstrates spinning and weaving, knot making, herbal medicine, and arts and sciences of the medieval age.
- Medieval Medicine - Edwin Holtum, Curator, Hardin Library for Health Sciences University of Iowa will discuss the use of medicinal plants, roots, and herbs. Samples of actual “medicinals” will be available to see and smell courtesy of a certified herbalist.
- Eulenspiegel Puppet Theatre of West Liberty will present two shows and various drop-in workshops.
11am - Till Eulenspiegel and the Education of Donkey
NEW EVENT ADDED! 12:30pm - Music workshop with Ron Hillis
1:30pm - Shadow Puppetry - All ages are invited to create their own shadow puppets and use them in an improv show.
3pm - Little Red Riding Hood
- All day throughout the library there will be different puzzles and word conundrums from the Redwall Riddler book.
Muscatine Art Center • 10am to 5pm
- Rare Books - presented by David Schoonover, Curator of Rare Books and Historian, University of Iowa.
- Letter Forms and their Historical Development - presented by Cheryl Jacobsen, adjunct professor of History of Western Lettering at the Iowa Center for the Book.
- Heraldry and Calligraphy - All ages are invited to try their hand at the art of the written word in these small, informal classes.
- Musica Antiqua - Visit the serpent, the lizard and glockenspiel, authentic replicas of medieval instruments, played by Iowa State early music ensemble in the Music Room.
Environmental Learning Center/
Discovery Center • 10am to 5pm
- Come and meet the real animals that are Redwall’s main characters - shrews, mice, a badger, and a rabbit, as well as “bad guy” rats, and snakes.
- “Missile” Launch - Watch a real trebuchet, built by engineer Tom Niedergeses, fling “missiles” through the air. Then try out our scaled down version and see if you can hit the distance markers!
- Archery Display - The Buffalo Bullseyes 4H Club will give safe archery displays. All ages are invited to try their skills with hands on demonstrations.
Wesley Family Life Center • 10am to 5pm
- Stage Combat Demonstrations - Shattock School of Defense will display period weaponry as well as short skits of medieval combat.
10:30am - the Romeo and Juliet show
12:00pm - Demo
1:00pm - the Romeo and Juliet show
2:30pm - Demo
3:30pm - the Romeo and Juliet show
4:30pm - Demo
Sunday February 7, 2010
Wesley Family Life Center • 2 to 5pm
An Afternoon at the Redwall Abbey Great Hall
This faux banquet demonstrates a three dimensional picture of a late winter feast.
- Enjoy light refreshments selected from the “Redwall Cookbook.
- ”William the Bard will regale all ages with medieval tales & songs.
- The Mouse-costumed Muscatine Children’s Choir will sing opera excerpts.
- Shattock will display and demonstrate medieval weapons and combat techniques.
