The date is set!
LRE VI will take place on the weekend of 2-3 August 2014. People will be welcome from Monday July the 28th from 12 in the morning and the last of you are expected to leave again on Monday morning (the 4th). This means you can camp a whole week inside the park if you wish.
After talks with the museum about the next LRE, we have decided to go ahead with another ‘large event’.
The museum is closed to the public on Monday but open to visitors from Tuesday to Sunday. Those who are planning to arrive before the weekend are expected to display 'town life' when in kit in the museum during public hours, but official activities are only planned for the weekend. Nevertheless, everyone who is present in the park during opening hours is expected to act visitor-friendly while dressed historically correct (no glasses and modern materials, etc.).
Food will be provided by the museum at least for the evenings of Friday and Saturday. During the rest of the week you have to provide your own food, although that probably won’t be a problem. Water, coffee, tea and a refrigerator will be provided by the museum, though. We would like to ask everyone to attempt to cook as authentic as possible during the daytime.
We are also discussing the possibility of selling non-food products at the moment, in order to get some compensation for costs make to be taking part in this event. Details about that development will follow shortly.
Even more than last year, we encourage everyone to come out into the streets and be present in the marketstreet. The visitors were very enthusiastic about what we did last year to ‘make the town come alive’.
On Friday we would like to discuss and practice the displays for the Saturday and Sunday, which will probably be one military and one civilian show. For the civilian show there are some ideas, everyone who wishes to be part of that please contact Robert in order to develop this.
As planning progresses there will be more updates. Everyone who wishes to come early, please contact Robert or Jurjen as early as possible, so we can make arrangements. We would like to hear, preferably before April 15th, who will be coming and when. We would like to know:
- How many are coming (and on which day?
- Are you bringing livestock (horses, dogs, carts, chickens, elephants etc.)?
- What activities will you be showing and what do you need the park to provide for that?
- Do you already have a preference for any place in the park?
We hope we can provide accommodations for everyone, best suited to their wishes and needs.
Hope to see you soon!
Robert and Jurjen
Images of last year’s event:
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