School of the Longhunter

The Pricketts Fort Memorial Foundation invites you to join us

for a weekend encampment with seminars on longhunter skills

for the 18^th century interpreter, re-enactor or history enthusiast.

 

2008 School of the Longhunter Agenda

 

12 – 5 pm              ARRIVAL AND SET UP   *CHECK IN VISITOR CENTER

6 pm                     Bob Stewart                   Making Your Own Gun Flints

                                                                   Hands On $10 materials fee

                                                                   Please pre-register

 

9 – 10:30 am        Barb Bockrath               First Person Wife of Trader     

10:30 – 12 noon   TBA                                TBA  

12 noon – 1 pm                                          LUNCH ON YOUR OWN                   

1 - 3 pm                Greg Bray                      Iron Accoutrements

Discussion and Demo

3 – 4:30 pm          Doug Wood                     Evolution of American Forces 

6 -7:30 pm                                                  FORT FEAST                                                                                              *Please bring a covered dish

7:30 pm                MORGAN’S GLADE        ENTERTAINMENT                                                                                             

                                      

9 – 11:30 am        Wallace Gusler               Arms of the Virginia Frontier

11:30 – 12:30 pm                                        LUNCH ON YOUR OWN         

12:30 – 2 pm                                               Contest and Round Robin Trade Session

2 – 3:30 pm          Doug Morgan                 Frontier Forts

3:30 – 5 pm          Jim Smith                      Period Libations            

5 – 7:30 pm                                                DINNER ON YOUR OWN

7:30 pm                                                      BENEFIT AUCTION *Please bring a quality period

item to be donated to the Benefit Auction.   

 

8:30 – 9 am           Gene Thorn                    Sunday Service   

9 – 10:30 am        Bill Schneider                Fine Tuning Your Persona      

12 noon                                                      DEPART FOR HOME

 

*Schedule may be subject to change.

School of the Longhunter Fees

Pre-Registration Fees:

PFMF Members $50.00

Non-members $60.00

(Fees at the door $65.00)

 

Cost includes camping and seminar sessions, entertainment, Fort Feast and Benefit Auction.

 

Sutler Fee $50.00 (must be pre-registered) This entitles the sutler to have one helper/camper stay with him/her. Sutler can have one store tent and one camping tent. Helper must stay in one of these tents. Price includes Fort Feast for the sutler and helper. Helper must be listed on the pre-registration form.

 

Sutler & Seminar: Sutlers who want to attend the seminar must pay an additional $50.00 fee.

 

Camper Fee (not attending seminar) $20.00 includes Fort Feast.

 

Visitors $10.00 Visitors who want to stay after 5:00 p.m. must pay a fee of $10.00 to the Visitors center prior to closing. All visitors must leave the park by 11:00 p.m. This is good for all evenings of the seminar. Fort Feast tickets may be purchased for $10.00 if desired. All such paying visitors must be in 18^th century period clothing.

 

Children under 15 accompanying campers or seminar attendees will not be charged for camping, but will be charged $5.00 each for the Fort Feast.

 

The School of the Longhunter is limited to the first 100 registrants.

 

Pricketts Fort Memorial Foundation Rt 3 Box 407 Fairmont, WV 26554

 

Name _______________________________________________________________

Address _____________________________________________________________

City/State/Zip _______________________________________________________

Phone ______________________ E-mail __________________________________

 

______ x 50.00 Member of PFMF

______ x 60.00 Non-member

______ x 50.00 Sutler only

______ x 100.00 Sutler & Seminar

______ x 20.00 Camper

______ x 10.00 Visitor

______ x 10.00 Fort Feast for Visitor

______ x   5.00 Fort Feast for Children under 15

______ x  25.00 Individual PFMF Membership

______  Total fees enclosed

 

*Make checks payable to PFMF