Forward Into the Past 21

Date	April 2, 2011
Place	Wilfrid Laurier University
Adult Pre-Reg Price	$15.00 whole day
Student/Senior Pre-Reg Price	$10.00 whole day
Child Pre-Reg Price	$5.00 whole day
Adult Day-Reg Price	$20.00 whole day
Student/Senior Day-Reg Price	$15.00 whole day
Child Day-Reg Price	$10.00 whole day
Site Cost	$ 0.00
Speakers Cost	$ 150.00
Advertising Cost	$ 84.99
Other Costs	$ 85.23
Profit	$1220.03

Interesting Stats         Class Statistics          Comments from Attendees

Interesting Stats
Speakers	52
Cancelled Speakers	0
Session Hours	77
Repeat hours	0 (0%)
Unique Hours	77
Canceled Hours	0
Approx Attendance	102
Number of hours attended / 7	64.29
Adult hours attended	287
Student hours attended	155
Child hours attended	8
Average attendance per session-hour	5.84
Most popular non-keynote session	Hnefatafl - A Viking Good Time! (25)
Groups Participating	Society for Creative Anachronism Dark Ages Re-creation Company Independant Scholar Wilfrid Laurier University Waterloo Historical Society Crown Forces North America Regia Anglorum Torvik Blackthorne Productions AEMMA University of Toronto Incorporated Militia of Upper Canada

 

	9:00	10:30	11:30	12:30	1:30	2:30	3:30	4:30
BA101
BA102	The First Stage: The Officers of the London Garrison and the Theatre Royal
BA110		Spinning - Handcarding and Blending Fibres for Colour and Composition $#	Dress the Anglo Saxon and Viking man	Introduction to the stitches on Bayeux Tapestry $#		Flint and Steel Fire Striking	Dress the Anglo Saxon and Viking women	Introduction to Naalbinding #
BA111		DARC goes to L.A.M.; Integrating Historic Re-enactors into an Existing Parks Canada Presentation or How We Spent Our Summer Vacation.	The History of the Rom (Gypsies)	So - You Want to be a Blacksmith - A beginners historical guide'		Brief History of Pottery		Viking Age 101 - A fast overview of the material culture of the Norse
BA112		Re-enactment and Historical Martial Arts	Simple Medieval Dice and Table Games	Viking Era Beads	Hnefatafl - A Viking Good Time!	Warps for Weighting	Making Musical Instruments $
BA113			Chainmail for Beginners #	Beginner's Ball	Dances from Tudor England (Gresley Dances)	Chainmail - Beyond the Basics #		16th Century Italian Dance
BA202
BA208		Settling Down in Waterloo	A brief history of everything harp: a workshop in two parts #		Queens & Peasants			Introduction to the Society for Creative Anachronism
BA209		Drinking the Pipe; Tobacco and its Consumption though the Ages.	Energy sources in the Victorian Age	Run for fear, spring cleaning's here! Victorian approaches to housework.	A Working Day on a Victorian Farm and Estate	The History of Ogham	Amber in the Viking World: technique and significance	The Benevolence of manners
BA210		Lusty Kings, Drunken Bishops, and Fool's Gold: Humor and Morality in Merovingian Gaul	Large Menu Planning	Introduction to Tablet Weaving $		'So, where are we going?' Motivations and patterns of travel in Viking-Age Iceland	Analysis and drafting of patterns in Tablet Weaving	Costuming Research (1000 - 1800 A.D)
BA211		The Development of the Knight in the Early Middle Ages			Elizabethan Embroidered Slips $#	Arthurian Legends	Vocal Projection	Early Medieval Warfare, Arms and Armour 1000-1200 CE
BA305		Norse Jewellery ... NO - not the bead guy ... $#		Meaningful Scratches #	Introduction to Glass Bead Making $#		Soles and Heels: The Development of the Modern Lasted Shoe	Glass Bead Making - Beyond the basics $#
BA306		Designing for your Recipient		Feet firmly in the past - Shoes from the Viking Age 800 - 1050			Italian White-Vine Capitals $#
BA307		Beaded Flowers $#		Make a Bracelet $#		Tree of Life - Myth & Symbolism $#		Hand Building Pottery $#
BA308		Herbal Workshop $#			The Evolution Of Archery Into The Modern Age	Making Antler Rings $#
Ampitheatre			Viking Combat Demonstration	SCA Combat Demonstration	An introduction to Meyer's German Rappier.		The use of the Buckler and small Shield in single combat with Swords.

# - Session has attendance limits
$ - Session has a materials fee

Class (Full List)	Speaker (Full List)	Time	Attendence
'So, where are we going?' Motivations and patterns of travel in Viking-Age Iceland	Rachel Backa	2:30	14
16th Century Italian Dance	Marc Collins	4:30	6
A Working Day on a Victorian Farm and Estate	Ken Cook, Margaret Trainor Cook	1:30	14
A brief history of everything harp: a workshop in two parts	Melanie Burrett	11:30	3
Amber in the Viking World: technique and significance	Sarah Backa	3:30	19
An introduction to Meyer's German Rappier.	John Enzinas	1:30	9
Analysis and drafting of patterns in Tablet Weaving	Rob Schweitzer	3:30	6
Arthurian Legends	Heather Dale	2:30	14
Beaded Flowers	Jackie Wyatt	10:30	10
Beginner's Ball	David Learmonth	12:30	16
Brief History of Pottery	Karina Bates	2:30	3
Chainmail - Beyond the Basics	Jerry Penner	2:30	20
Chainmail for Beginners	Jerry Penner	11:30	13
Costuming Research (1000 - 1800 A.D)	Amy Menary	4:30	14
DARC goes to L.A.M.; Integrating Historic Re-enactors into an Existing Parks Canada Presentation or How We Spent Our Summer Vacation.	Darrell Markewitz, Steven Strang, Karina Bates, Dave Cox, Karen Peterson	10:30	18
Dances from Tudor England (Gresley Dances)	Richard Schweitzer	1:30	10
Designing for your Recipient	Peter Westergaard	10:30	12
Dress the Anglo Saxon and Viking man	Beth Patchett	11:30	15
Dress the Anglo Saxon and Viking women	Beth Patchett	3:30	14
Drinking the Pipe; Tobacco and its Consumption though the Ages.	Nathan Laanstra	10:30	5
Early Medieval Warfare, Arms and Armour 1000-1200 CE	David Stamper, Ian Walsh	4:30	16
Elizabethan Embroidered Slips	Jackie Wyatt	1:30	4
Energy sources in the Victorian Age	Ken Cook	11:30	16
Feet firmly in the past - Shoes from the Viking Age 800 - 1050	Marcus Burnham	12:30	13
Flint and Steel Fire Striking	Mark Patchett	2:30	12
Glass Bead Making - Beyond the basics	Jean Ross	4:30	6
Hand Building Pottery	Penni Stoddart	4:30	18
Herbal Workshop	Paddy Gillard-Bentley	10:30	13
Hnefatafl - A Viking Good Time!	Neil Peterson, Kate Burnham	1:30	25
Introduction to Glass Bead Making	Jean Ross	1:30	11
Introduction to Naalbinding	Mark Patchett	4:30	16
Introduction to Tablet Weaving	Rob Schweitzer	12:30	16
Introduction to the Society for Creative Anachronism	Brendan Smith	4:30	7
Introduction to the stitches on Bayeux Tapestry	Nina Bates	12:30	12
Italian White-Vine Capitals	Peter Westergaard	3:30	2
Large Menu Planning	Jean Ross, Martin Ross	11:30	4
Lusty Kings, Drunken Bishops, and Fool's Gold: Humor and Morality in Merovingian Gaul	Alicia McKenzie	10:30	22
Make a Bracelet	Erhard Kruger	12:30	10
Making Antler Rings	Steven Strang	2:30	13
Making Musical Instruments	Richard Schweitzer	3:30	14
Meaningful Scratches	Steven Strang	12:30	4
Norse Jewellery ... NO - not the bead guy ...	Sam Falzone	10:30	19
Queens & Peasants	Andrew Szucs, Samantha James	1:30	13
Re-enactment and Historical Martial Arts	Aaron Bolarinho	10:30	13
Run for fear, spring cleaning's here! Victorian approaches to housework.	Catherine Ollerhead DeSantis	12:30	9
SCA Combat Demonstration	Brendan Smith, Mark Patchett	12:30	12
Settling Down in Waterloo	rych mills	10:30	9
Simple Medieval Dice and Table Games	Jo Duke, Kate Burnham	11:30	19
So - You Want to be a Blacksmith - A beginners historical guide'	Darrell Markewitz	12:30	23
Soles and Heels: The Development of the Modern Lasted Shoe	Peter Monahan	3:30	13
Spinning - Handcarding and Blending Fibres for Colour and Composition	Nina Bates	10:30	6
The Benevolence of manners	Margaret Trainor Cook	4:30	10
The Development of the Knight in the Early Middle Ages	David Stamper	10:30	15
The Evolution Of Archery Into The Modern Age	Simon Newcombe	1:30	3
The First Stage: The Officers of the London Garrison and the Theatre Royal	Mark Tovey	9:00	56
The History of Ogham	Melanie Burrett	2:30	12
The History of the Rom (Gypsies)	Karina Bates	11:30	9
The use of the Buckler and small Shield in single combat with Swords.	Brian McIlmoyle	3:30	9
Tree of Life - Myth & Symbolism	Bonnie Coursolle	2:30	7
Viking Age 101 - A fast overview of the material culture of the Norse	Darrell Markewitz	4:30	13
Viking Combat Demonstration	Ilya Shkarupin, Jim Byrnes, Jarek Sobczyk, Nadim Michaty	11:30	13
Viking Era Beads	Neil Peterson	12:30	8
Vocal Projection	Heather Dale	3:30	17
Warps for Weighting	Jo Duke	2:30	8

Summary of 68 Feedback Forms
Spelling and grammar are that of the participants, editorial notes are in [these brackets]

How was the variety of workshops and lectures?

• Average: 4.4
• 5/5: 31
• 4/5: 31
• 3/5: 3
• 2/5: 0
• 1/5: 0
• one respondent wrote NA beside the numbers for that question
• one separated workshops (5) and lectures (3.5)

How was the quality of the workshops and lectures?

• Average: 4.3
• 5/5: 23
• 4/5: 37
• 3/5: 4
• 2/5: 0
• 1/5: 0
• one respondent wrote NA besides the numbers
• one wrote in 3.5
• one separated workshops (4) and lectures (5)

Did you enjoy the location?

• Average: 4.7
• 5/5: 44
• 4/5: 19
• 3/5: 0
• 2/5: 0
• 1/5: 0
• one respondent left this question blank
• one circled 4 but noted that they don't drive
• one circled 5 and added an exclamation mark!

Was parking simple and easy?

• Average: 4.7
• 5/5: 44
• 4/5: 11
• 3/5: 2
• 2/5: 1
• 1/5: 0
• sign to parking would help
• once we found the entrance, more detail would be good in directions
• Seven respondents either left the question blank or indicated that they didn't have a car.

How helpful were volunteers?

• Average: 4.7
• 5/5: 44
• 4/5: 17
• 3/5: 1
• 2/5: 0
• 1/5: 0
• one respondent left the question blank
• three wrote in "NA".

What were the lectures and workshops that stood out for you?

• loved tablet weaving
• glass bead making, Viking/Anglo-Saxon Men/Women
• Energy in the Vic. Age - relaxed approach, but lots of good info. Drinking Tobacco - cool info!
• The Making of the Tree of Life jewellery and teach of myth and symbolism. She was well organized, presented well and was very helpful. Also the keynote about Theatre Royal was excellent.
• Dressing the Anglo Saxon man
• Herbology
• Costume Research
• flint and steel
• making instruments
• sword fighting
• Arthurian Legends, Costuming Research, Re-enactment & Historical Martial Arts
• loved Viking combat demo and Viking 101
• Herbal workshop, Hnefatafl, Dress the Anglo-Saxon and Viking Women
• student papers, demos, lusty kings
• Heather Dale's Arthurian lecture, professor MacKenzie's lecture, the Hnefatafl workshop
• Ogham - Excellent! Clothing Viking **Excellent and Naalbinding excellent
• Chain mail! Awesome classes!
• enjoyed all lectures, workshops
• Musical Instruments, Viking Combat, Ogham (history) was interesting too, though the speaker had some life events the previous week - she still obviously knows her topic well!
• Dressing the Anglo-Saxon & Viking Man/Woman
• loved the hallway tables with physical objects!
• Flint and Steel
• Combat
• I really liked the Warp Weaving & the history of the Romani
• the potter at 4:30pm. I liked not liked her :-)
• Arthurian Legends - best speaker best prepared / Working Day on Victorian Farm - imaginative presentation & back story
• antler rings, naalbinding
• Great SCA demo!
• lecture on Rom/Gypsies!
• Darrell Markewitz. Bayeux embroidery
• Chainmail & pottery
• Herbal workshop
• playing with clay was fun, my classes were easier then expected
• Viking the 101
• Arms and Armour, Viking Amber beads
• Heather Dale's (took both) were interesting and informed, Neil was good - informed - surprisingly charming for a Viking you know...
• Arthurian Legends
• Fighting @ the Colosseum - like thing
• shoes, heels, soles
• firestarting, history of the law
• all awesome
• history of Waterloo, Victorian energy sources
• hands on crafts (naalbinding, tablet weaving)
• basic chainmail, Hnefatafl, flint and steel firemaking, voice projection
• I like the hands-on ones the most
• Vocal techniques - Heather Dale - useful, informative
• Settling Down in Waterloo, Victorian approaches to housework, Making Antler Rings
• Shoes for the Viking Age - lots of good history as well as a good description of the methods used to make the shoes
• Anglo-Saxon clothing, tablet weaving, naalbinding
• Pottery Making stuff
• Dice & table games, Darrell's 101 & Blacksmithing
• 12th century armour - although long, Bead making
• Shoe Construction - good presentation
• The First Stage, The Rom, The Peasants, Musical Instruments - all great
• Loved the content (learned new stuff!) in the travel in Iceland lecture but speaker needs work on presentation style
• Viking age 101; The first Stage; Viking Age Beads
• Excellent Blacksmithing / nordic lectures; antler carving

What lectures were unsatisfactory? Why?

• hand built pottery - with an additional $15 to have the project finished, $15 for use of clay, toothpick, and tongue depressor seemed a little exorbitant
• Amber - vocal style (ok, so this is a personal thing), vague at times, needs work & better focus
• none, I enjoyed them all
• intro to SCA it was too long
• None I went to!
• Costuming Research, too much talking a bit boring
• None!
• They were all awesome this year!
• All were very interesting & stimulating
• Re-enactment & historical martial arts - opinions were presented as facts
• All the ones I attended were good. Some speakers perhaps should have used microphones
• Amber - difficult to hear speaker
• Peasants, and tablet weaving drafting - nerves and confidence, technical problems - no slideshow or slides not as expected
• History of Ogham - not clearly organized, needed to set context (chronological, spatial), needed better control of visuals
• Amy M. a bit dry
• Chainmail was slightly unsatisfactory because the type of pliers we were supposed to bring was not specified. Sometimes it was hard to use the pliers I brought. Otherwise it was great. Also, the Arms and Armour class should have stuck to their topic. Talking about tactics made the class significantly late
• None, because they were all awesome
• None
• None
• None
• All were good! :)
• work day on Victorian farm, benevolence of manners - not very deep
• Perfect
• Warping for Weights was too small a scope for the amount of time
• None, all were good
• Iceland travel voice difficult to listen to, Peasants spoke too quickly & softly but fascinating info
• disappointed that the potter wanted an extra $15 to fire and finish the pots and send them back to us - the way I read the class description that was included in the initial $15 fee
• History of Ogham - poorly planned and executed

Other Comments

• Great Event!
• Excellent! I will be back!
• PLEASE more outside signage - directions require name of University building
• Good selection, wonderful affordability
• the workshops and lectures where amazing, keep it up
• I enjoyed it, look forwards to next year
• better directions for classes not in main building (eg. ampitheatre)
• would love more interactive combat demos!
• I really liked the area, it was a spacey, professional area.
• Awesome!
• Great job!
• I really enjoyed the workshop where artist was included! Great day!
• really enjoyed will be back next year!
• another fun event!
• Wonderful! Will be back next year!
• A more prominent class schedule (maybe on bold coloured paper) PLUS a copy on every floor at a central location. GREAT EVENT!! :)
• Very interesting event!
• Wonderful, look forward to next years!
• Difficult to find location, no parking (outside signs would be good) :) As a vendor, I heard many times that people didn't know that vendors would be here. Sales little to none. :( All around had a good day. Too bad lunch was not provided but food court was easy to find. :) Holy Mother of Fried Pickles! Today was fun!
• 1st time, will look for next years venue, vendor representation interesting too :)
• Thank you.
• Overall was good and interesting.
• Opening "Keynote" was great! but did not seem to attract large numbers - > sets tone for the day - > not a medieval topic
• well played good sirs and madames
• Put rooms on registration forms for day of. More workshops.
• Wow. new comment sheet
• Food. Just food.
• Heather Dale was the deciding factor for coming today. Great venue.
• Fantastic event. Looking forward to next year.
• Nah, I like weapons.
• Generally a fantastic day
• you need to make the times the presenters have longer. Everyone went the whole hour and we were late to the next one
• I loved talking with the re-enactors and archaeologists
• I'm coming back next time! I may even remember to bring a decent lunch!
• Maybe it was by luck of selection, but the lectures seemed better than last year.
• Excellent Event again This year
• The first half of the tablet weaving was very disorganized
• newer lecturers need some coaching - reading a paper aloud doesn't connect with the audience
• I liked it very much. But change up the universities sometimes
• All good generally Thanks
• Many thanks to all involved. Registration process outstandingly well organized!
• redesign the webpage to make it more visual and graphic - better description of the event, easier to find directions, not so many options for schedule (it's neat, but confusing). Montly or more often, updates to Facebook page throughout the year. Make some help available for new speakers before the event
• Add Maps to Website [there were maps - we'll try and make them more noticable]
• Add directions to the building [there were directions - we'll try and make them more noticable]
• Signs outside with info on parking
• Excellent Day!
• Better organization/printing of rooms/schedules, please; Could they be on the website in advance with a printed brochure the day of? and any changes posted?