How many Greek reenactors are there?

[Anonymous]

Salve Paul,
dates mean, from - to (in this case you said 3rd and 4th june), where, what does it cost in case of own "bring in", who will be there already and what is on schedule (that we can plan what we have to bring from our stuff and what we can leave home) and so on.

I ll bring, as soon as i know this to our people so they can decide.

Thx and greetings

Hi, Tiberius,

I'm sorry I haven't made things clear. We will be staging our displays,
re-enactments, dramas, etc. on both Saturday the 3rd and Sunday the 4th June, so it will be necessary for people to arrive on Friday the 2nd. The School has only agreed to camping overnight on Saturday, so far, so I am looking for a campsite nearby where people from further afield, such as yourself, can stay from, say, Thursday to Monday, inclusive. This would give you time to relax a little, before and after the event.

As things stand at the moment, you would have to pay for your own travel, accommodation and food. I am, however, trying to find sponsors to
provide food and accommodation, at least, as I said, for those from outside the UK. Schools will be invited to the event and, if we make enough money from such visits, I hope to be able to pay something towards travel expenses from this. If we contribute to Watford Council's event, we should get a fee from them, from which to make such payments.

Elsewhere on RAT, I have posted a list of people who have promised to attend; it includes The Hoplite Association, Time Tarts, members of The Vicus and a number of independent re-enactors, as well as representatives of Watford School's Classics Department. This list is continually growing.

You need to bring basic kit - i.e. what you stand up in, plus your weapons and armour. If you can conveniently bring large props. or Living History Display equipment, it will be welcome, but is not essential. If you can field several men in Late Hellenistic or Macedonian armour, I will be over the moon.

The programme has not yet been set; I have invited people to choose what they wish to contribute and notify me. So you, for example, might choose to put on an arena display or a talk with live-action display - we can handle either. Again, I have listed elsewhere the type of thing I hope to stage but the show essentially belongs to the contributors - do what you like doing/what you are best at (usually the same thing). Your contribution is likely to be unique and a first, I'm not going to tell you how to do it.

If all this seems a little vague, don't worry, I will set up a website about the event where people can contact me to register their interest and state what they want to contribute.

I hope this helps.