Forward Into the Past 12

Date	April 13, 2002
Place	Scholar's Hall
Adult Pre-Reg Price	$2.50 / class-hour $15.00 whole day
Child Pre-Reg Price	$2.00 / class-hour $10.00 whole day
Adult Day-Reg Price	$3.50 / class-hour $20.00 whole day
Child Day-Reg Price	$3.00 / class-hour $15.00 whole day
Site Cost	$ 250.00
Speakers Cost	$ 262.00
Advertising Cost	$ 131.43
Other Costs	$ 60.00
Profit	$762.82

Interesting Stats         Class Statistics          Comments from Attendees

Interesting Stats
Speakers	57
Session Hours	102
Repeat hours	2 (1.96%)
Unique Hours	100
Canceled Hours	2
Approx Attendance	118
Number of hours attended / 7	91.29
Adult hours attended	569
Child hours attended	70
Average attendance per session-hour	6.39
Most popular non-keynote session	Japanese Tea Ceremony (17)
Groups Participating	SCA DARC AEMMA

 

9:30	10:30	11:30	1:30	2:30	3:45	4:45
16th Century Russian Clothing	Astronomy	Adapting Early Irish Poetics for the Modern Recreationist	The Art of the Fletcher II	Bodices and Corsets	Children - Bread and Butter	Arthurian Legends
Books, Articles, and Research	The Baltic Crusade	Children - Heraldry	Basic Stone Carving		Byzantine Jewelry
Children - Music	Calligraphy		Chainmail - Advanced Techniques		Drop Spinning for Beginners	Children - Basic Stitching
Ceramics		Cryptography	Children - A day in the life	Children - Herbs	Embroidery - Blackwork
Introduction to Rennaisance Dance	Chainmail for Beginners		Conquest Era clothing in England	The Culture of Courtly Love: Who, What, When/Where, Why (or Why Not) and How	Fashion Accessories	For your eyes only - Espionage and Intrigue
Leather Armour	Children - Dance	The history of Embroidery	Embroidery		Games
Roles of Women in Norse Society	Crossstitch	Making Musical Instruments	Japanese History of the Azuchi-Momoyama Period (1543-1603)	Japanese Tea Ceremony	Historical Techniques of Armoured Combat
Ship Models	Dueling and the Rapier Culture	The Mysteries of Henna Unveiled	Middle Eastern Dance for beginners		Introduction to reading square notation
	Herbal Workshop	Norse Ironworking	On Being an Elizabethan Gentleman	Reading the Tarot	Life during the Tudor Era	Italian for Re-enactors
	The History of the Rom (Gypsies)	Quarterstaff	Pavillion Making		Medieval Medicine in China
	Medieval hats for modern heads		Pets	Textiles	Pretty Books - Illumination	Scottish Life
	Norse Tool Time	Silver Point Drawing	Pronouncing Old Norse	White Ruffs, Black Turtlenecks - Development of the English Sonnet	Printmaking
Papermaking			Tudor Clothing		The Real Braveheart
	The Role of the Bard in Celtic Society	Superstitions	Vocal Projection		Warp Weighted Loom
	Saxon History

Class (Full List)	Speaker (Full List)	Time	Attendence
16th Century Russian Clothing	Kseniia Nikolaeva doch'	9:30	7
Adapting Early Irish Poetics for the Modern Recreationist	Tim Jennings	11:30	4
Arthurian Legends	Heather Dale	4:45	10
Astronomy	Francois van Heerden	10:30	6
Basic Stone Carving	Davin de la baliene	1:30	12
Bodices and Corsets	Catherine Ollerhead DeSantis	2:30	9
Books, Articles, and Research	Amy Menary	9:30	4
Byzantine Jewelry	Tom Telford	3:45	10
Calligraphy	Zahra	10:30	6
Ceramics	Larisa Kallaur-Telford	9:30	5
Chainmail - Advanced Techniques	Gary Snyder, Justin Marshall	1:30	6
Chainmail for Beginners	Gary Snyder	10:30	5
Children - A day in the life	Margaret Trainor Cook	1:30
Children - Basic Stitching	Tracy Trombley	4:45
Children - Bread and Butter	Tracy Trombley	3:45
Children - Dance	Caroline McLachlan-Darling	10:30
Children - Heraldry	Vladislav cel Inalt Tepelus	11:30
Children - Herbs	Paddy Gillard-Bentley	2:30
Children - Music	Aslief	9:30
Conquest Era clothing in England	Beth Patchett	1:30	7
Crossstitch	Rebecca Naugler	10:30	3
Cryptography	Peter Westergaard	11:30	10
Drop Spinning for Beginners	Sarah Hughes	3:45	9
Dueling and the Rapier Culture	Artus Faucon	10:30	12
Embroidery	Larisa Kallaur-Telford	1:30	5
Embroidery - Blackwork	Leonora da Liliacea	3:45	1
Fashion Accessories	Danute Dorion	3:45	5
For your eyes only - Espionage and Intrigue	Peter Westergaard	4:45	10
Games	Jim McColm	3:45	6
Herbal Workshop	Paddy Gillard-Bentley	10:30	15
Historical Techniques of Armoured Combat	AEMMA	3:45	16
Introduction to Rennaisance Dance	Eric the Peacock	9:30	13
Introduction to reading square notation	Ann Graham	3:45	3
Introduction to the SCA	Neil Peterson	9:30,	4,0
Italian for Re-enactors	Alfredo De Santis	4:45	2
Japanese History of the Azuchi-Momoyama Period (1543-1603)	Brendan Smith	1:30	10
Japanese Tea Ceremony	Brendan Smith	2:30	17
Leather Armour	Mark Patchett	9:30	20
Life during the Tudor Era	Catherine Ollerhead DeSantis	3:45	3
Making Musical Instruments	Richard Schweitzer	11:30	8
Medieval Medicine in China	Elyse Tera	3:45	5
Medieval hats for modern heads	Jo Duke	10:30	4
Middle Eastern Dance for beginners	Mohasaba	1:30	5
Norse Ironworking	Darrell Markewitz	11:30	13
Norse Tool Time	Dave Cox	10:30	6
On Being an Elizabethan Gentleman	David Stamper	1:30	2
Papermaking	Audrey Hollinger	9:30	0
Pavillion Making	Danute Dorion, Brian Dorian	1:30	14
Pets	Ealasaid Loginach na Kildare	1:30	5
Pretty Books - Illumination	Kelly Carney-Garlow	3:45	4
Printmaking	J Caz Bentley	3:45	5
Pronouncing Old Norse	Ragnheithr Thorbjarnarsdottir	1:30	9
Quarterstaff	Daniele di Padola	11:30	15
Reading the Tarot	Maddelena bala Kameskro	2:30	3
Roles of Women in Norse Society	Karen Peterson	9:30	19
Saxon History	Foote the Potter	10:30	8
Scottish Life	Ealasaid Loginach na Kildare	4:45	16
Ship Models	Gary Snyder	9:30	1
Siege Attack Weapons - Theory and Practice	Jerry Penner	9:30,	12,11
Silver Point Drawing	J Caz Bentley	11:30	4
Superstitions	Francois van Heerden	11:30	4
Textiles	Beth Patchett	2:30	7
The Art of the Fletcher II	Marcus Burnham	1:30	9
The Baltic Crusade	CANCELLED	10:30
The Culture of Courtly Love: Who, What, When/Where, Why (or Why Not) and How	Roselyne de l'Estrangere	2:30	3
The History of the Rom (Gypsies)	Karina Bates	10:30	2
The Mysteries of Henna Unveiled	CANCELLED	11:30
The Real Braveheart	Heather Dale	3:45	7
The Role of the Bard in Celtic Society	Tim Jennings	10:30	17
The history of Embroidery	Leonora da Liliacea	11:30	7
Timber Framing	Ken Cook	9:30	0
Tudor Clothing	Catherine Ollerhead DeSantis	1:30	7
Vocal Projection	Heather Dale	1:30	14
Warp Weighted Loom	Anne Cox	3:45	10
White Ruffs, Black Turtlenecks - Development of the English Sonnet	Ann Graham	2:30	3

Comments
Summary of 60 Feedback Forms

What Class did you like the most and why?

Advanced Chainmail - Fun, Informative - could have been longer though because of difficulty.
Arthurian Legends
      - No reason given
      - Well organized, very knowledgeable, really interesting
Art of Fletching II, because it provided me with an excellent comprehensive paper handout and in-person explanation and advice from a person with a lot of experience making arrows. A bonus was the handout from last year's Art of Fletching I (historical). My only suggested improvement for that would be a longer (2-hour) class incorporating both aspects.
Astronomy - excellent, clear presentation
Blackwork - No Reason Given
Byzantine Jewelry - something I'm interested
Calligraphy - No Reason Given
Ceramics
      - hands on
      - because I learned the most. The other classes I knew a bit about but I went into this one with nothing & we got to make & keep something
Chain mail
      - because I like medieval weapons and armour.
      - Garwig's beg. chainmail Chainmail, lots to learn
      - very successful because of the hand's on nature.
Chinese medicine
      - informative and interesting
      - well taught, thought provoking, fascinating
Cryptography - cause you made me choose one
Drop spinning
      - No reason given
      - handouts included kit of different types of wool, basic spindles, pictures to illustrate a specific stage in setting up the spindle and even cards for where to buy spindles and rovings! teacher was relaxed, hands on
Espionage - really knowledgeable teachers, fun and interesting
Herb Class
      - well done instructor was knowledgeable
      - lots of information, hands on and resources
      - interesting
      - hands on, lots of knowledge, something to take home
      - No reason given
      - really knowledgeable teachers, fun and interesting
History of Embroidery - well taught, good examples, good handout/visual aids really liked them all
History of ROM - very professionally taught
Introduction to the SCA - most helpful to newbie!
Leather Armour
      - informative with chance to put ideas into practice
      - practical& loads of info
      - No reason given
Longsword - by AEMMA
      - No reason given
      - No reason given
      - I liked the long sword combat because we learned hands on
      - great presentation
      - fun & interactive
      - it was amazing to learn about sword techniques while actually doing it
Japanese Tea Ceremony; because the Japanese culture should be more prominent in the SCA
Middle Eastern Dance Bellydancing
      - because I've wanted to do it for a L-O-N-G time
      - what a great instructor!
Norse Iron
      - great detail and well presented
      - interesting enthralling course
      - Sylard knowledge
Norse Tools - enthusiastic and knowledgeable instruction
Norse Women - No Reason Given
Old Icelandic because it was the perfect length, and was interesting enough to make me want to learn more
Pavillion Making
      - No Reason Given
      - lots of info
Real Braveheart - No Reason Given
Scottish Persona - No Reason Given
Siege Engines - very successful because of the hand's on nature.
Stonecarving
      - No Reason Given
      - the teacher was organized and we got 2 files & soapstone to take home
Tarot
      - fun to do
      - fun, humour
Tudor Clothing- I've read a lot about it but still learned something
Vocal Projection
      - No Reason Given
      - because I learned the most and was very relaxed afterward
      - Marion is helpful, informative, and entertaining, also I learned things I needed to know
Weaving - No Reason Given

I liked them all
All were good.
All were great but armour & combat were the coolest (for the kids) history and theory for adults.
Well done, lots of info & a lot of fun.
All of them because they were fun!
All - they were great


What Class did you like the least and why?
Astronomy errors
Books, research = leader late and we had to find her downstairs
Bread and butter. because it was too young for me
Corset Class not detailed enough
Cryptography - was expecting to do more ourselves
Games
      - slightly confusing but still well done
      - I would have liked to see outdoor games
Henna - oops [teacher was VERY late - org.], but she caught up with me later
Japanese history
Medieval Instruments
Middle Eastern Dance
SCA Intro - I'd pretty much learned all of it online but it is good for a total newbie
Norse Women
      - not prepared
      - Teacher needs to be more involved/lively/energetic
      - boring
      - only because I didn't learn much beyond what I've picked up through casual reading. I still enjoyed it though.
      - No reason given
Old Norse Pronunciation
      - 'cause she seemed to run out of steam early without people to prompt her with questions, could have enjoyed a 'repeat after me' approach
      - because I'm not a linguist
Print Making - not enough to fill time
Quarter Staff
      - instructor was disorganized, very little hands on, not informative
      - very unorganized. format was wrong of this environment, seemed like fight practice
Russian Clothing - the subject matter is good but the speaker needs to learn to plan and focus more to avoid digression and while giving credit to others for their research is good - consistently referring to it as such and not interpreting tends to distract from the tack as well
Saxon history
      - they talked about stuff that only members would understand, and not a lot about saxon history
      - because all we talked about was pots
Siege Engines
      - I found the siege engine talk a little disappointing. After I registered, I remembered the multitude of popsicle stick catapults that I had seen about at previous collegiums etc. and realised that I was not interested in the building side of the class. However, I think I was hoping for more from any talk that went with it. In the end I found this very simplistic and uninspired, with the talk read word for word from printed out notes, no use of the blackboard for illustrations of the different engines, trajectories etc. and no spark. Although I would probably recommend this class as being a good one for younger audiences (who love to play with bits of wood and glue and have a toy to take away (to annoy their parents) at the end of the class) or people who know nothing about sieges, I would not put it high on my list for adults who wish to learn more about the subject.
      - I think the presenter could have had a better knowledge of the historical forms and uses of seige weapons and warfare, and not passed along some common misconceptions. The practical aspect (building the miniature catapult) was entertaining. I think it would be improved if the presenter brought a model or diagram of a similar miniature that could be made with mostly period materials (e.g. sticks, nails, string, etc.) rather than modern (popsicle sticks, hot glue, plastic spoon). This would allow serious re-enactors to take their quick-assemble model home and use it as a guide to building a more period one to bring to feasts. That said, it was still a worthwhile class.
Textiles
      - presenter was filling in for someone else, information repeat of much of previous session "Conquest Era Clothing" taught by same person
      - because you didn't give her long enough to prepare
Warp Weighted Loom - because it was too long for what we did

None
none
None. I wanted to know the information so didn't dislike any
I couldn't count one class as "least" as they were all great!
None, they were all great!
I really enjoyed them all. I was very impressed. Lots of fun!
The only thing that might be considered bad was that there wasn't enough time
N/A I loved them all
I liked all of them N/A
I liked them all
The last one, but only because I was tired and fell asleep


What other classes would you like to see?
basketweaving again
not sure yet
Tudor Elizabethan garb for men & _fitting_ said garb
I'm not sure
How to research for A&S
any other persona info.
Non European civilizations info
Quarterstaff
fletching
Wood carving
Period cooking
More costuming besides Viking & Tudor
silversmithing
Early period embellishment
leather working
pewter casting
more diverse costuming, ie. mongol, etc.
wood carving
Stained glass
mosaic - practicums
day long clothing making
Ask me in December
you covered it, just can't be in more places at once!
any on needlework, textiles, etc
Arrow making - not just fletching
practical building construction - description of techniques and materials
chain mail
chain mail
history of postmedieval/medieval battles in Europe and Asia
battle techniques ie. flanking the enemey
Combat
quarterstaff
fencing
Sewing of a garment start to finish
English country dance
Drumming
cooking/recipies
poetry
jewellry designs
Norse shoes
none
I don't know
Egyptian
instruments
mythologies
Some followups to previous years classes, to advance or learn more then just the basics of things
more adv(anced) classes
women's headdresses/veils
knitting/naalbinding
lapidary (stones/gems)
norse cooking
dyeing fabric/spun wool/raw fleece


Other Comments
Not enough Posters
Great Day, thanks!
Troll needs clarification on cheques, we were not allowed to pay by cheque
Very enjoyable, thank you
larger class sizes
Was a good time
Being more organized so we can make the most of a 1 hour class would be great, Extending classes like instruement making.
you covered a wide variety of classes which seemed interesting but unfortunately I arrived late and only had time for 1 class
This is my 1st FITP & I will definitely come back next year. Space out the classes that have similiar themes.
The Japanese samauri class, Beginning Chainmail and (maybe) Scottish Life would have benefitted from some kind of simple hand-out
This is great, keep it going
I would strongly disagree with Garwig's opinion that his class was incomplete or of such a poor quality that it was worth a refund... Garwig is way too modest and I am not sure what he expected he should have done.
Cool!
This was my first FITP....thank you for a wonderful day!
Book Illumination - this was a very good course. The handouts were excellent and the instructor knowledgeable and comfortable teaching. I was itching to actually try some techniques. This may not have been possible but would have been nice.
The Seige Engines class would have benefitted from some pictures of the various types of engines (ballista, etc.)
Want real tables to cut fabric & put sewing machines on!
Heraldry (children) - We really enjoyed this but it got better when I grabbed a few blank sheets and we could take notes and try to draw some of the emblems. A future class could have blank shields and have the child (or adult) draw a crest.
Some of the lecturers didn't have notes, they should have. It would have avoided the awkward apologies when they forgot a name or other fact. Not a big deal, I was impressed with their ability to talk on their feet, it was certainly better than I'd have done. I realize that many of them have not had any formal training in teaching.
Very interesting, wished I could have done more
Great, as last year!
Always a good day at FITP
Keep up the good work
Handouts in some classes would be good and pictures, videos, etc.
You should make the classes longer and hold classes more often. Even make "theme days"
The food was good!
Had a great time but longer (2 days) would be great.
Great food at lunch!
Always love the experience and chatting with participants
Everthing was great, I am looking forward to the next time
Vocal Projection talked about breathing, but didn't get to a point of making noises or experimenting
Great!
It was a great day
Excellent - keep it up as i love it all!
This is one of my favourite event/demos, I only wish it could be longer, even over two days so that I could get in all the classes I'd like to take
Instead of children's classes, paid babysitting may be better.
I'd like to see more public come out because I really think we have something good to offer here - lifelong education is a good thing! I can only see this happening with a drastic increase in advertising.
Overall, the day went very well, we'll certainly return next year.
The overall organization was excellent, well done!
The food was excellent and reasonably priced. You need better flow through the line if possible.
The instructors I had were very knowledgeable and passionate about their subject matter.
Med. Combat was awesome
Quarterstaffs was boring till they were able to try some things
Saxon History was very boring
I didn't like the Dance class
I mainly came for the Fletching class, but I enjoyed the other classes I attended. Unfortunately, some of the other classes which I would have liked to attend were offered at conflicting times. There is not a lot that you can do about that, except perhaps encourage more of the instructors to offer their class twice during the day. (I can see that a problem with this might be smaller attendance at each class). Alternately, you could offer cloning services.
Scottish Life was interesting, though the laird was a little scary!


How did you hear about us?
poster
poster in Stratford
SCA, x17
biweekly meeting in Canton
fight practice, x2
Ragnarr, x3
Ealdormere events calendar, x7
Friend, x12
Tidings, x3
don't remember
we were here last year, x2
through the tidings and from Canton members
I taught
through co-workers
at Skeldergate
internet
through local group
Jerry Penner (the Chain Mail Guy)
I heard about this event through the Heather Dale's Amphisbaena Music newsletter, which mentioned the classes she was teaching and had links to the event site and the Ealdormere site.