Historical Reenactment
and
Living History Exhibitions
SCA - The Shire of Cuil Choluim
Columbus, Indiana
The shire is the Columbus based entity of The Society for Creative Anachronism, Inc.
(SCA). The avowed purpose of the SCA is the study and recreation of the
Middle Ages & Renaissance, its crafts, sciences,
arts, traditions, literature, etc.
The SCA "period" is defined to be Western
civilization from 600 to 1600 AD. As you can probably
guess, the thing that separates the SCA from a
Humanities 101 class is the active participation in the
learning process. To learn costuming,you design and
build costumes. To learn SCA infantry fighting, you
make armour, weapons, shields, and put them on and go
learn how it feels to wear them when somebody is
swinging a (rattan) sword at you.
You will frequently hear a SCA person describe the
SCA as recreating the Middle Ages "as they ought to
have been." In some ways this is true-- we have few
plagues and indoor plumbing. In the dead of winter we
have other things to eat than the King's venison, salt
pork and dried tubers. However, a better description is
that we selectively recreate medieval culture, choosing
elements of the culture that interest and attract
us.
The group meets at various times throughout each
month, but always on the first Monday at 7 PM, for a
general business meeting. Also, there are several Arts
and Sciences meetings on the Second and Fourth
Wednesdays. The fighters have practice every Sunday
afternoon.
For more information contact the group's
Chatelaine (information officer): Lady Iseabail McTavish (Sharon Persely). Call 1-812-546-5877 or email firelizard67@yahoo.com.
Indiana Society Sons of the American
Revolution Color Guard
The color guard will be wearing uniforms that their
relatives would have worn in the Revolution. The
participates are from the Daniel Guthrie Chapter.
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