Forward Into the Past 25| Date | March 28, 2015 |
| 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 | $ 200.00 |
| Advertising Cost | $ 90.00 |
| Other Costs | $ 158.69 |
| Profit | $395.31 |
Interesting Stats Class Statistics Comments from Attendees
# - Session has attendance limits
$ - Session has a materials fee
| Class (Full List) | Speaker (Full List) | Time | Attendence |
| "The Infantryman as Beast of Burden": Examining the Load Carried by Roman Legions, Wellington's 'Ros-Bifs' and the 'Tommies' of WWI | Peter Monahan | 3:30 | 10 |
| A mixed bag | David Porreca, Ph.D., Dylan McCorquodale | 12:30 | 3 |
| Archaeology and Experiment: Moving beyond the Artifacts | Darrell Markewitz, V.M. Roberts | 2:30 | 20 |
| Arms, Combat, and Tactics of the Viking Period | Torvik | 4:30 | 20 |
| Bone and Antler Carving | Steven Strang | 2:30 | 12 |
| Breathing new life into History; Museums and Re-enactors | Dave Cox | 10:30 | 15 |
| Brocaded Tablet Weaving | Rob Schweitzer | 3:30 | 6 |
| Candida Luna, an 16th Century Italian Renaissance dance | Marc Collins | 12:30 | 2 |
| Castles and Siege Engines | Ian Walsh | 12:30 | 12 |
| Chainmail - Beyond the Basics | Jerry Penner | 3:30 | 10 |
| Chainmail for Beginners | Jerry Penner | 1:30 | 7 |
| Children: Cave Paintings | Alex Di Paolo, Ashley Dafoe | 11:30 | 3 |
| Children: Charades | Alex Di Paolo, Ashley Dafoe | 4:30 | 4 |
| Children: Games | Alex Di Paolo, Ashley Dafoe | 3:30 | 4 |
| Children: Hieroglyphs | Alex Di Paolo, Ashley Dafoe | 10:30 | 5 |
| Children: Movie | Alex Di Paolo, Ashley Dafoe | 1:30 | 7 |
| Children: Pottery Smash | Alex Di Paolo, Ashley Dafoe | 9:00 | 5 |
| Chivalry and Masculinity | Dr. Darrin Cox | 11:30 | 10 |
| Counted Cross Stitch - Learn to Make Your Own Heirlooms | Ellen Mervin | 12:30 | 4 |
| Dances from Tudor England (Gresley Dances) | Richard Schweitzer, Sarah Scroggie | 2:30 | 8 |
| Dancing with Children | Sarah Scroggie, Richard Schweitzer | 12:30 | 1 |
| Development of the King Arthur Legends | Heather Dale | 1:30 | 10 |
| English 16th & 17th Century dances from the Inns of Courts | Marc Collins | 10:30 | 3 |
| European Dance - 15th Century Italian Dances | David Learmonth | 4:30 | 3 |
| European Dance - English Country Dances | David Learmonth | 1:30 | 4 |
| Evolution of lace | Heather Bogart | 11:30 | 5 |
| Experiment and Experience | Neil Peterson | 11:30 | 16 |
| Forging the Viking Age | Darrell Markewitz | 12:30 | 15 |
| Games Through Time And Place | Nicholas Cioran | 3:30 | 13 |
| Getting started re-enacting | Damien Coles | 12:30 | 8 |
| Gryphon Medieval Brass Rubbings (I) | Alexis Cooke, Colleen Moynham | 10:30 | 1 |
| Gryphon Medieval Brass Rubbings (II) | Alexis Cooke, Colleen Moynham | 11:30 | 9 |
| Hávamál: Viking Words of Wisdom | Neil Peterson | 1:30 | 22 |
| History TV's Vikings and History's Vikings | Neil Peterson | 3:30 | 13 |
| Introduction to Tablet Weaving | Rob Schweitzer | 10:30 | 7 |
| Law and Order: Ancient Peoples' Unit - Cancelled | Cancelled | 11:30 | 2 |
| Leadership, Volunteerism, and Living History | Nicholas Cioran | 2:30 | 10 |
| Morris Dancing | Roy Underhill | 11:30 | 5 |
| Naalbinding 101 | Mark Patchett | 1:30 | 6 |
| Naalbinding 102 | Mark Patchett | 4:30 | 5 |
| Norse Ethnomusicology | Richard Schweitzer | 4:30 | 4 |
| Norse Sagas - the Bloody, Bawdy and Bizarre | Richard Schweitzer | 10:30 | 18 |
| Some bits are old, some bits are very old and some are not so old | Marcus Burnham, Kate Burnham | 1:30 | 7 |
| Steam Traction 101 | V.M. Roberts | 12:30 | 7 |
| Sustainable Archaeologies from Sustainable Archaeology | Dr. Neal Ferris | 9:00 | 29 |
| The Gender of Dragons | Debbie Kerkhof | 10:30 | 7 |
| The History of Falconry | Jackie Shute | 4:30 | 10 |
| Three Medieval Games | Todd H. C. Fischer | 10:30 | 12 |
| Three fingers hold the pen... | Scott Caple | 12:30 | 17 |
| Through a broken mirror: Game of Thrones and medieval history | Alicia McKenzie | 2:30 | 11 |
| Viking Wire Weaving (session I) | Jean Ross | 11:30 | 7 |
| Viking Wire Weaving (session II) | Jean Ross | 2:30 | 7 |
| Weaving with a Rigid Heddle - hands-on introduction | Jo Duke | 3:30 | 10 |
Summary of 37 Feedback Forms (plus some email)
Spelling and grammar are that of the participants, editorial notes are in [these brackets]What session did you like the most?- Viking demonstration because it was interactive - I got to practice basic fighting techniques & wear helmet and gauntlets.
- All the kids programs (fun)
- Games (morning)
- Through a Broken Mirror, and Chivalry & Masculinity are a tie. I love listening to Alicia MacKenzie - she is always engaging; has a good spin on her subject matter. Darrin Cox brought up a lot of really interesting points.
- Arms Combat and Tactics of the Viking Age - I got to swing swords.
- Viking Wire Weaving
- Antler - hands on, Chain maile - hands on. Like doing it ones.
- Naalbinding, because it was very hands on
- Key note - very interesting
- 4:30 Italian Dancing
- None, they were all good
- Infantry as beast of burden interesting and enlightening
- Viking forging
- Naalbinding 101 - great craft, great instructor
- History of Lace - interesting. Chain mail - making stuff
- Chain mail - it was interactive and fun
- Weaving
- Breathing Life into History - one of the few that I attended, light but thought provoking
- Beyond the Basics Chainmail: the instructor made the class very enjoyable. We got to work at our own pace.
- The Game of Thrones session was amazing.
- Falconry, great presentation/demo
- All were great
- Chainmail 1 & 2
- #1 Viking Wire - so proud of myself, never thought I could learn this. #2 Vikings vs TV Vikings - very cool discussion, could have stayed 2 hours
- Some bits are old, Some bits are very old - detailed, interesting
- The Gender of Dragons
- Leadership, although had to think as I enjoyed them all. To me, it was a different perspective
- Wire Weaving - learned a lot, fun
- Bone and Antler carving - very organized and informative, great hands on section
- Lunch
- Heather Dale, she is cool
- Gryphon rubbings
- Havamal
- Gender of Dragons - neat topic, lots of sources
- Viking forging
- Forging the Viking Age - I like beards!
- Tablet Weaving - because I caught on more quickly. Naalbinding too - even 'though I suck.
- Neil's Experiment/Experience
- Dave Cox and Cole Cioran - good presentation skills, professional
- Falconry - best organization of presentation, interesting topic
- Breathing new Life into History - I like pie.
What session did you like the least? Why?
- n/a
- None
- I liked all the sessions I attended this year
- None
- nothing but more variety would be nice
- all good this year
- Experimental Archaeology - not as organized
- Castles and Sieges - very basic knowledge
- n/a
- None, they were all good
- Falconry - some dodgy facts
- Sagas Bloody & Bizarre
- Nothing I liked everything
- Embroidery
- Some bits are Old... - speaker did not finish or give the girl time to talk
- Introduction to Tablet Weaving - only because the setup was not optimal
- Sagas, way off topic
- They were all great
- Sagas - no value added, all info on slides
- Some bits are Old, Some Bits are very Old - my only class
- Scribal - Three Fingers hold a pen, not bad but not quite enough hands on until the very end
- n/a
- Three Fingers hold the Pen - disorganized, no real hands on until the last 1/2 hour
- Neil - he has a thing about men not being men if they do not have beards
- Re-enactors and museums - nice guy, but unfocussed and without purpose
- Leadership - needed more time for all the content, Games - I expected more progression details and more variance discussed
- My own
- Brocade Tablet Weaving - I didn't get to try making any
- Intro to Re-enacting - just didn't quite realize how beginner it was going to be
- CSI Medieval People's Unit - no show
- Games through time and place - little info, only 20 minute presentation
What other sessions would you like to see?
- Blacksmithing, Leather work
- Henna, sword fighting 101, Kids crafts - making ships/shields?
- I really like the "Medievalism" cultures but more hands on sessions would also be nice to see. Medieval camping?
- Thrown Weapons
- Glass Beads
- Copper work
- Other areas, not just Europe
- practical execution of the games, i.e. play them
- Kumihimo and a beginner bone & antler class
- more hands-on
- more forging
- more period variety
- Dance
- The other half of "Some bits are old..."
- perhaps [?] more dedicated to Viking history
- more hands-on activities
- Viking Maker-space!
- more Wire
- Illumination (lettering/illustration)
- More re-enactment and craft sessions
- I'll try anything once
- wood carving
- Creating natural pigments, Repouse[sp?]
- more maritime topics
- Rockets!
- Astrology, heraldry, period music
- What is authentic for Viking re-enacting clothes, weapons, i.e.. what do I buy/make?
- more early industrial age
- historic beards or Beards through Time
- Kumihimo
- attitudes towards left-handedness in the dark & middle ages
- agriculture or equine related
How did you hear about us?
- SCA friend
- Toronto home school board
- been going since I went to WLU
- Facebook
- SCA
- ? Have been coming for many years
- I have been coming for years
- was on organizing committee
- through Leo Nelson
- through a friend
- posters, word of mouth
- Dr.Cox
- Neil [Peterson]
- I come every year
- Family
- been once before
- Neil
- through a friend and Facebook
- Dr.Cox
- My husband
- friend
- fluke - home school parents association
- parents/weirdos with brains
- FITP 24
- I attended [more then] 10 years ago & SCA
- through SCA
- SCA
- emails and brow beating
- been here before
- Neil and Darrell [Markewitz]
- SCA
- Neil
- some guy called Neil
- SCA?
- you're kidding, right?
- Neil, it's a long story
- Professor
Other Comments- This was the first time I attended FITP. As a newcomer, I found the sessions easy to navigate and accessible for someone with little background in the subject. I came initially because I had been watching Vikings and wanted to learn the 'real' history, and so my last session of the day was one of my favourites. Including the GOT session was pure brain candy. The correspondences between the development of the Arthurian legend(s) and the many worlds of the GoT were intriguing, to say the least. I came away with lots of ideas for reading and research (and crafting fun), and look forward to attending next year. I hope there will be ample Norse/Viking content. Thank you for the efforts you and your team put into running this exceptional event.
- Just wanted to thank you again for putting the symposium together, it was a seriously great time!
- everyone I spoke with was very friendly & approachable
- food to be out longer, coat rack/storage
- Great time this year! Glad it's been going for 25 years, I hope it keeps going for at least 25 more
- If there is going to be an after ball, advertise it!
- As always, the whole conference was fantastic!
- It was a good first experience
- very awesome, excited for next year
- Another grand FITP, Neil!
- great event as always
- Loved it!
- It might be handy to have more signs outside the main building to show where to go
- Hands-on stuff was awesome
- Thank you, I will be back
- Great!
- People have not aged as badly as I thought they might
- always great fun
- will get evening ball on the web schedule next year as a pre-reg
- lots of dinosaurs were skinny at one end, fat in the middle and skinny at the other end too! Thanks for organizing this!
- A couple of my sessions were a bit unfocussed but presenters were personable, thought we didn't necessarily get a beginning, middle and end
- idea of a Maker Space intrigues me
