Forward Into The Past - Single Year Details

Forward Into the Past 16

Date	April 1, 2006
Place	Scholar's Hall
Adult Pre-Reg Price	$3.00 / class-hour $15.00 whole day
Child Pre-Reg Price	$2.00 / class-hour $10.00 whole day
Adult Day-Reg Price	$5.00 / class-hour $20.00 whole day
Child Day-Reg Price	$3.00 / class-hour $15.00 whole day
Site Cost	$ 250.00
Speakers Cost	$ 556.10
Advertising Cost	$ 0.00
Other Costs	$ 0.00
Profit	($41.10)

Interesting Stats Class Statistics Comments from Attendees

Interesting Stats
Speakers	42
Session Hours	77
Repeat hours	0 (0%)
Unique Hours	77
Canceled Hours	0
Approx Attendance	58
Number of hours attended / 7	47.86
Adult hours attended	302
Child hours attended	33
Average attendance per session-hour	4.35
Most popular non-keynote session	Naalbinding - a workshop for Beginners (16)
Groups Participating	SCA DARC

9:30	11:00	12:00	1:10	2:10	3:20	4:20	5:20
Children's Interactive Activities	Box Building		Introduction to the SCA	12th century Hair Styles	Archery Equipment for Beginners	12th century Clothing Styles	12th century Dress Accessories
	Egg Tempera Painting		Carving		Black Death	Building a Viking Ship Model	The Art of Displaying your Work
	Knightly Virtues	Flint and Steel Fire Striking	Mongol Invasions	Chainmail for Beginners	Early Period Beaded Necklaces	Chainmail - Second Steps
	Japanese Food History		French Beaded Flowers		Europeans in Japan	How to Organize your Research	Cryptography
	Kumihimo - The Art of Japanese Cordmaking			Finger Braiding		Games
	Plants and Stones	Making Norse Instruments	Goldwork Embrodiery		Introduction to the Cut-and-Thrust Swordplay of the 15th and 16th Centuries	Japanese History from 794-1543	Handsewing: period seams and seam finishes
	Spinning with Flax - Advanced Drop Spinning	Naalbinding in History		Herbal Workshop		Intermediate Calligraphy
	Textiles 101: Colour and Pattern in Dark Age and Medieval Fabrics	Portraits and Clothing Design		Library Studies	Knights Templar, who were they?	Literacy in Western Europe	Iron Smelting - a Practical Guide
		Practical Trebuchet	Natural Dyes in Medieval History, a Workshop		Pastimes of the Vikings	Medieval Experience of Leprosy	Japanese History from 1543-1605
		Sprang		Ninja and Warrior Monks	Shetland Sheep	Naalbinding - a workshop for Beginners	Naalbinding - a workshop for the More Experienced
		Survey of Norse Bead Making		Playing with Kennings		Renaissance Era Dance	Pirates of the Elizabethan Era
	Tablet Weaving for Beginners			Ukrainian Names and Heraldy		Ukrainian Clothing from 1400-1600	Political Uses of Medieval History

Class (Full List)	Speaker (Full List)	Time	Attendence
12th century Clothing Styles	Elise Kingston	4:20	8
12th century Dress Accessories	Elise Kingston	5:20	1
12th century Hair Styles	Elise Kingston	2:10	7
Archery Equipment for Beginners	Michael Kleinknecht	3:20	10
Black Death	Gary Van Lingen	3:20	9
Box Building	Nicholas West	11:00	2
Building a Viking Ship Model	Gary Snyder	4:20	10
Carving	J Caz Bentley	1:10	5
Chainmail - Second Steps	Jerry Penner	4:20	5
Chainmail for Beginners	Jerry Penner	2:10	6
Children's Interactive Activities	Christine Olliffe, Tina Gaston	9:30	2
Cryptography	Steven Strang	5:20	2
Early Period Beaded Necklaces	Jean Ross	3:20	8
Egg Tempera Painting	J Caz Bentley	11:00	4
Europeans in Japan	Brendan Smith	3:20	2
Finger Braiding	Karina Bates	2:10	7
Flint and Steel Fire Striking	Mark Patchett	12:00	12
French Beaded Flowers	Jackie Wyatt	1:10	6
Games	Jim McColm	4:20	6
Goldwork Embrodiery	Kathy Page	1:10	2
Handsewing: period seams and seam finishes	Nina Bates	5:20	13
Herbal Workshop	Paddy Gillard-Bentley	2:10	2
How to Organize your Research	Joanne Blumetti	4:20	0
Intermediate Calligraphy	Tamara Manning	4:20	1
Introduction to the Cut-and-Thrust Swordplay of the 15th and 16th Centuries	David Stamper	3:20	1
Introduction to the SCA	Grace Carr	1:10	13
Iron Monks and Steel Lords: Pursuing the Medieval Origins of the Industrial Revolution in Rural Shropshire	Ronald A. Ross, Ph.D.	9:30	28
Iron Smelting - a Practical Guide	Darrell Markewitz	5:20	9
Japanese Food History	Brendan Smith	11:00	1
Japanese History from 1543-1605	Brendan Smith	5:20	0
Japanese History from 794-1543	Brendan Smith	4:20	1
Knightly Virtues	Susan Carroll-Clark, Ph.D.	11:00	6
Knights Templar, who were they?	Nicholas West	3:20	5
Kumihimo - The Art of Japanese Cordmaking	Melanie Robbins	11:00	0
Library Studies	Judy McKay	2:10	1
Literacy in Western Europe	Ann Graham	4:20	1
Making Norse Instruments	Richard Schweitzer	12:00	4
Medieval Experience of Leprosy	Gary Van Lingen	4:20	5
Mongol Invasions	Brendan Smith	1:10	5
Naalbinding - a workshop for Beginners	Kim McAuley	4:20	16
Naalbinding - a workshop for the More Experienced	Kim McAuley	5:20	3
Naalbinding in History	Kim McAuley	12:00	9
Natural Dyes in Medieval History, a Workshop	Karen Peterson, Vandy Simpson, Jo Duke, Nina Bates, Sarah Hughes	1:10	9
Ninja and Warrior Monks	Brendan Smith	2:10	4
Pastimes of the Vikings	Neil Peterson	3:20	4
Pirates of the Elizabethan Era	David Stamper	5:20	7
Plants and Stones	Paddy Gillard-Bentley	11:00	5
Playing with Kennings	Richard Schweitzer	2:10	4
Political Uses of Medieval History	Gary Van Lingen	5:20	2
Portraits and Clothing Design	Catherine Ollerhead DeSantis	12:00	5
Practical Trebuchet	Jerry Penner	12:00	0
Renaissance Era Dance	David Learmonth	4:20	4
Shetland Sheep	Alfredo De Santis, Catherine Ollerhead DeSantis	3:20	5
Spinning with Flax - Advanced Drop Spinning	Sarah Hughes	11:00	6
Sprang	Judy McKay	12:00	4
Survey of Norse Bead Making	Neil Peterson	12:00	1
Tablet Weaving for Beginners	Laura Stein	11:00	3
Textiles 101: Colour and Pattern in Dark Age and Medieval Fabrics	Jo Duke	11:00	9
The Art of Displaying your Work	Joanne Blumetti	5:20	0
Ukrainian Clothing from 1400-1600	David Blanchard	4:20	1
Ukrainian Names and Heraldy	David Blanchard	2:10	1
Wood Working	Scott Thorburn	2:10	2

Summary of 69 Feedback Forms
spelling and grammar are that of the participants, editorial notes in [these brackets]

What Class did you like the most and why?

Natural Dyes - loads of info, perspectives & good round table discussion
Dye Class - very interactive, exciting, some unexpected results (helped instruct)
Dye Class - it was very fun & informative, even if I was a teacher
Natural Dyes - fun to play and be messy
Natural Dyes - better organized this year with precise plan on what to discuss, not for beginners - should have said so. I'm not a beginner but someone was and was very lost. Could have a beginner class for a basic bath and then this class. Enjoyed it very much.
Herbolgy - hands on
Games
Games, I like games
Games - hands-on
12th century hairstyles - I have no hats
12th century clothing - Elise
12th century Garb
12th century clothing styles - class very informative, able to maintain topic even after going "on a tangent" - learn lots
Shetland Sheep - something new and I learned a lot
Shetland Sheep - hands on round table, photos
Egg Tempura Painting - learned a lot, hands on
Egg Tempura
Naalbinding - I wanted to do it
Naalbinding
Naalbinding - I always try to learn something real each year & that's what happened
Black Death - reappraisal of available information
Black Death
Fire - just fun
Flint and Steel Fire Making - I've always been a fire bug
Flint and Steel Fire Starting
Flint because I got to try to make fire
Iron Smelting or Fire Starting :)
Smelting - very informative
Iron Smelt
Iron Smelting. just a great presenter!
Darrell's smelting class. Most informative.
Iron Ore. Fire
No one class stand out above rest for me
Lepracy - talk was very organized and presented with energy
Pastimes of the Vikings - good questions to find answers and start a fight
Pastimes of the Vikings - "and then they fought"
Tablet Weaving - teacher very polite, explained things well!
Tablet Weaving - I could do it! Lots of postive feedback
Pirates
Pirates and Side Sword - Liked both equally, I taught them
I liked all my classes equally
Finger braiding. Had time to learn without being rushed. It was interesting class and good number of people
Finger braiding because it was a new thing and it was fun
Black Death, Medieval Experience of Leprosy, Political Uses of History - Mine, all 3 of them
On limited observation, Gary's Black Death
Black Death - interesting reappraisel of traditional subject with new basic science
Handsewing - I could do it! Lots of positive feedback
Handsewing - learned a stitch & have descriptions to practice other stitches
Handstitching - well, aside from my own [class] :)
Kumohimo
Herbology - It was very interactive and informative
Herb class - the instructor and interactive
Classes on Japan, teacher was quick and knowledgeable
Textiles 101
All - Playing with Kennings, Early Beaded Necklaces, Model Viking Ship, 12th Dress Accessories - the knowledge of the teachers & the great discussions
Fire-Starting and Handsewing - because they were hands-on
Crytography - learned many things that I didn't know
All that I took - very informative & fun
Sprang - good one on one, really wanted to learn
Intermediate Calligraphy - ended up being a 1 on 1. It was great instruction, lots of conversation, lots of tips
Box Bulding - hands on, instructive
Chainmail - because I got to make stuff
Chainmail - lots of interaction and fun working with the chainmail
Intro to Rapier / Intro to SCA - interesting and useful
Keynote - very good, well presented, intelligent, knowledgable speaker, chose topic and examples well (for audience)
Keynote - so much good info, so short a time, fascinating
Keynote speaker
I didn't attend any [other] classes
I really enjoyed them all, especially the hands on classes like the period seams & seam finishes, dance
All were very informative

What Class did you like the least and why?

Shetland Sheep - while interesting (no class was bad), there wasn't much info
Archery - not enough time
none
NA
N/A
n/a - only took one
None - all excellent
Beaded Necklaces - out of date
Norse necklaces - it was informative and interesting class but the time alloted was too short
no one class stands out above the rest for me
None
enjoyed all took (4)
Pirates
liked both equally - I taught them
None - all wonderful!
None
They were all marvellous - Sarah's pee stinks 'tho [Natural Dyes - woad dye bath]
Survey of Norse beadmaking - lack of audience participation
none
Naalbinding
Naalbinding - beginners - too short!
Naalbinding - third attempt to learn, third different teacher - just didn't get it. It's just me.
Naalbinding Beginner - teaching was great but too many students
Beginner Naalbinding - not clear
None
classes that weren't about Japan. Not about Japan
I liked them all. I liked that they were small in number
None
None - they were all 4 excellent
Portraits and clothing design - not because the teacher was poor. More because it was not what I was hoping for
Sprang - wrong description was provided on the net, it ended up being the same class I took last year
Sprang - because it was hard and boring
Nothing I attended was disappointing
Our own [Natural Dyes Class] needs more structure - getting better but further to go
9:30am Children's - not enough children, not interactive enough
Knightly Virtue - no interaction
N/A
All classes I went to were fine. The only classes I didn't like were classes I couldn't go those conflicted
Egg Tempera - Nothing to do with the instructor - technique is a new brand of tedium
Medieval Textiles - because we ran out of time and I didn't get to look at the examples
n/a
n/a
Political Uses of Medieval History - speaker and audience getting tired
n/a
Intro to the SCA - tell her not to say 'um' so much
Knights Templar - didn't clearly distinquish fact from conjecture
my own I taught
Archery for Beginners - too much talking and no interaction

What other classes would you like to see?

Excellent selection this year. It was a tough choice
Bellydance (Middle East Dance)
Sword fighting
Heraldry
Wire Knitting
more art/painting
sand casting
Norse woman's garb
Tablet Weaving? More cooking classes, other period clothing/accesory classes
Healing Herbs - strictly Herbs - growing, harvesting, preparation methods, etc.
Wider variety of subjects - say cooperage or animal husbandry or something really out there. A topic which would surprise me to see :)
Medieval Medicine
Evolution of Language
Castle Life - what people did as jobs in them
Blacksmithing
Seize Weapons
16th century land warfare
cooking or cooking related
More dance?
Intro to DARC
Cooking
... not sure
More for kids
period music, tents? period camping gear
Beginner Illumination
Greece?
Women fighters (heavy combat), activities for kids and teens
More on embrodiery in different periods (I know, I need to bug my apprentices)
Fashion from later period
Costuming of different eras
Warp weighted loom and other weaving classes
Cultural classes. Clothing specific to countries/ periods
More youth classes (not kids - ages 8 &up), adult beginner classes in smaller numbers (4 kids max) works well
More handsewn & instructive woodworking, metal working, leather working, stuff
ask me later, in the fall
more flint and steel
Beginner's Calligraphy (since I taught the intermediate, I can fix this! I can also make a class of lower cost)
more workshops, more dance, more doubled classes
Advanced Calligraphy classes, more longer workshops
Lace making - bobbin, filet punto in ana
Archery
lots of hands-on classes
more hands-on glass
Pole-lathe wood turning
The Apocalypse - war, famine, pestilence, death
no idea -sorry, smelt demo?
More Illumination
Japan cooking, Ninja histories

How did you hear about us?

website and at SCA events
SCA
my Mom
Tidings, website
SCA - teacher
SCA member came last year
SCA
SCA
wife teaches classes
Neil contacted me, SCA
previous years
Ragnarr
SCA
known for years
Neil
SCA members
monthly letter
familiar from previous events
Duh!
member
through the SCA, former member
years ago
friends and Ealdormere calendar
SCA
We come every year
Friends
SCA
I teach
SCA calendar
Mom and Dad
through a friend
SCA
Parent
Google!
A friend, the internet
SCA
Funny Man!
Friend
Friend who is a member of the SCA
Friends
Yada Yada
You emailed me as always
My mom and Christine
SCA member
I wonder...
Ragnar was chatting up a potential teacher
Loren Becker (aka Johan Bierhoff) introduced me to the SCA is how I found myself here
Mistress Anne le Gris!
Well, seventeen years ago...
I come every year :) and teach
Because you told me:)
From the local canton
Friend at work
Co-worker
I had asked to be contacted, had taught the year before
organizer chatted up my wife (8 times!)
Friends
Ya kidding
Uncle Sylard
previous years
been here too many years
various SCA sources
a friend

Other Comments

box building should be downstairs
set up part of the cafeteria for kids and parents to hang out, move some tables to make a bit more floor space
There are a few SCA families bringing their kids and having the parents share class times. I think these should also be able to share a day of classes, or have a maximum class fee between them.
flax [spinning] was also excellent, as was hand sewing. Naalbinding was a bit overcrowded for a hands-on class
last class for the day should be around 4pm. Day too long for most people
I couldn't do too many subjects because they were 2 part classes
way too many conflicts between my classes and ones that I wanted to take and many classes at the same time, eg. 12th century clothing, ukranian clothing, intermediate callig
use ground floor rooms for accessibility
better use of room space / time
don't need to use classrooms for lunch
Loved everything today! Thanks as always.
Too many 2 hour classes that went into the first hour of other classes that I wanted
It was fun!
Thank you
fun as always, thanks for the venue for teaching
Neil, I am changing my email address. I will send you a new one.
I hate filling these out. NoNoNo, they're a cult.
Great day. expensive food (but tasty)
it was a good day
I had an excellent day
the menu was interesting
Wow! Amazing teachers and subjects
Utsi actually opened the canteen at 11am but the schedule said Noon.
I do like to have a break between workshops particularily if I have to move rooms.
12:00 Portraits as good. could have been more applied (how to look at pictures, not just 16th century)
3:20pm Necklaces - good, less time on strings would have left more time for how to arrange the stuff.
12th century clothing was cool, I wish I'd been at all of it
I like the interactive stuff. I don't like non-interactive stuff
I enjoyed the oppurtunity
Less reading from books - it's boring. At least visual aids.
put Paddy on the first floor
naked men to help carry stuff
some classes (eg. making norse instruments) could have been 2 hours instead
The keynote was quite good this year
Keynote great. accoustics in Gym bad.
Great event
Excellent keynote - try Textiles next year?
close the event 5:20pm TMI - my brain is fried
Okay, no more 4:20pm, next time 2:30pm