Event:
School
of Musketeer
Date:
May 3, 2003 Saturday
9 AM- 4PM
Place:
Marietta
House Museum 5626 Bell Station Road, Glenn Dale MD
Contact:
Steve Alban,
9 Linden Place , Newark,
DE 19702
som@kismeta.com
(302)
832-2199
Are you cut out for 5 months
full-immersion in Colonial House? The thinking
person's 'reality TV'. The PBS folks who brought you FRONTIER HOUSE and 1900
HOUSE are gearing up for COLONIAL HOUSE – 1600s style.
They are looking for families and individuals to volunteer before
Feb 28. (Over 5000 families are expected
to apply) But before you quit your
day job, you might want to first try our program!
Brief Event Description: The School of Musketeer is a day immersed in 1642, from rapier& dagger fencing to baking hard tack. This is a truly unique adult education program with hands-on active participation. The military skills include pike, matchlock musket, cannon … and civilian courses cover costume, victuals, moderne science, games, dance and music.
(Hands-on means you DO IT
- that is,
you load and fire a real 2-pounder blackpowder cannon – kaBOOM!)
Public
Welcome, Not-for-profit event (Fee: $46;
student $23 Bring a
friend to either the Military or Civil track for $23. Advance
registration required.)
More
Information:
School
of Musketeer is a full-day program experiencing the history and culture of 1642,
and hands-on skills training ranging from rapier& dagger fencing to hat
blocking. This is a truly unique adult education program that teaches
through active participation.
Arte Militarie
All day seminar including the necessary knowledge for captains and all brave
soldiers of the "Foote bands". Featuring hands-on instruction in
the postures and use of the pike, matchlock and firelock musket, wheellock
pistol, rapier&dagger fencing, field cannon, and more!
Civilian Arts
Featuring a participatory overview of civilian life in the time of the flowering
of the Baroque arts and the founding of the American Colonies. Including
costume, victuals, moderne science, games, commerce, social and courtship
customs, arts, dance and music, and more!
Pick
Your Favorite Course. Students may switch between tracks to take their favorite
courses, but please specify your main interest for planning purposes. Specific
class topics may change.
Highlights
from a past Program
Military Arts
Civil Arts
Formation
Period Costume
Rapier and Dagger fencing
Hat blocking
Pike drill
Period Cooking
Picnic Lunch (included)
Musket drill
Spinning, Dyeing
Unit tactics
Entertainment/Games
History
Theatrical fencing
Money
Barber/Surgeon
Cannon drill
Tour of site
Field tactical
Crime & Punishment
Marietta
House is operated as a historical landmark by
the Maryland National
Capitol Parks and Planning Commission (M-NCPPC).
A
not for profit educational event sponsored by the M-NCPPC
The School of Musketeer was a highly successful program run for several years
through 1996, each year attracting up to 100 students from the general public.
More Pictures.
Participating Living History Units:
Boleslaw's Orlicki's Light Artillery (Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, Northern Wars)
Gustavus Adolphus' Lifeguard (Swedish Thirty Years War)
King's Lifeguard (ECWA/English Civil Wars)
(Others...)
