The Barony of Three Rivers Presents

Gryphon’s Fest 2025

The Canterbury Tales

Friday, September 19 – Sunday, September 21, 2025

Site opens at 5 pm Friday

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Schedule

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Equestrian

Martial in Charge
Amba Allrasystir

Never feed a horse without permission; your fingers look like tasty carrots. Also they may be on a special diet and anything else might be harmful

Schedule

• 9 am: Authorizations
• 10 am: Jareeds and/or Wack Bonk
• 1 pm: Baronial Challenge Course
• 3 pm: Poker Run/Trail Run
• Evening (After court): Daiku (in the dark probably -bring a glow stick)

General Information

• Camping will be along the tree line. See photos and more specifics on the “Site and Activity Maps” page. There is limited highline appropriate trees available (if you want to/prefer to highline, let me know sooner than later via the “Equestrian Registration” form), but most equines will need to be in portable pens.
• Water spigots are available along the road. The site owners have graciously offered to help haul water from the spigots to the water areas using their gator and buckets. Feel free to bring larger buckets for water to limit the need to refill (based on what works best for your equine).
• There will be a manure spreader for manure collection located close to the equestrian camping. The site owners have graciously offered to empty at least once a day (will empty more often depending on how many equines show up to the event).
• Equestrians should register through this link for ease of check-in at the event.

Equine Health Requirements

The Missouri State Board of Animal Health requires all equines being transported into Missouri to have a Coggins dated within 12 months of the event and a traveling health certificate dated within 30 days of the event.

Horse Etiquette

Warning: Under Missouri law, an equine professional is not liable for an injury to, or the death of, a participant in equine activities resulting from the inherent risks of equine activities.
Minors need direct supervision around the horses, please do not allow them to wander in the barns or horse areas without you or another parent/guardian.

Horses are “Fight or Flight” prey animals. If it scares them, they will run. Consider your actions with this in mind.

Whenever possible, please WALK in view of the horses and not directly in front or behind them. Sudden movements or flapping objects can look very scary to horses.

Always ask the owner if you may approach or touch a horse.

If the horses ears are:
Forward = That means they are happy or sometimes it can mean they are scared
Ears pinned back = That means they are angry
Ears twitching = That means they are listening

Never feed a horse without permission; your fingers look like tasty carrots. Also they may be on a special diet and anything else might be harmful

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Arts & Sciences

Crew Chief
Pádraigín AnEinigh

Arts & Sciences Competitions:

The Miller’s Tale Competition:
Let it be in the spirit of that rascally Miller’s Tale, where bawdy wit and skill did vie for all to see. Present your finest, bawdy, work, in any medium you wish, such as (but not limited to) story, craft, or cunning device. And for the sake of truth and proper lore, prithee, provide a 3×5 card detailing all your sources. Please, one entry per participant.

The Pilgrimmage Competition:
Let it be in the spirit of such questions: What would you have brought with you on this long road? What would you have brought to keep busy and fill the hours? Was it a book of prayers, a wee loom for weaving, or a tapestry for needlepoint? Or perhaps it was something to sustain the body, a special food or drink for the journey? Present your finest work, in any medium you wish, be it song or story, craft or cunning device. And for the sake of truth and proper lore, prithee, provide a 3×5 card detailing all your sources. Please, one entry per participant.

What marvels will you bring forth for our delight and judgment?
Yes, you may enter both challenges; however, your entries must differ. Songs, stories, or anything performance-based must be 3 minutes or under. You will be timed. You will be cut off.

List of Classes with descriptions and instructors:

9:00 AM: Anglo-Saxon Alliterative Tradition Poetry Workshop, Shoshanah bas Nachman (OUTSIDE)

A full-bore class-participation workshop, to produce a poem of about a dozen lines, in the tradition of Beowulf. I provide the A-S alliterative rules, information on kennings, guidance on how to go about designing a poem and what the next line might be, and editorial discretion on accepting or modifying what members of the class suggest in wording. Class makes all decisions on theme, focus, characters, etc., and provides the entirety of the input on specific word choice.

9:00 AM: Hand Planing Molding Trim, Vincenzo Casciaiolus (OUTSIDE)

A step by step demonstration of how to create moldings with only hand planes.

10:00 AM The Art of Embroidery: From Thread to Design, Issabell St Charles (INSIDE)

The behind the scenes look at embroidery. Let’s discuss which ground cloths were common, what threads were period, how did they get the colors they used, what did they embroider, and where did design inspirations come from.

11:00 AM  Chaucer’s use of Astronomy in the Canterbury Tales, Jon Cheesy (INSIDE, NEEDS ELECTRICITY)

Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales are filled with astronomical references. This class will explore these references and to what extent they can provide insight on a fundamental mystery within the collection of tales.

1:00 PM Bayeux Tapestry stitch – hands on, Issabell St Charles (INSIDE)

Learn to stitch one of the defining techniques of the Bayeux Tapestry. No fee. Participants should bring scissors and an embroidery hoop, if possible.

2:00 PM Reenactors Runes 101, Galant Selene of Lesbos (OUTSIDE)

Do you know your ABC’s? How about QWERTY? And how about FUTHARK. Here’s a simple and straightforward breakdown on Norse Runes, Where they come from, and how to use them in your kit, calligraphy, and context to be way cooler. *NOTE: THIS IS NOT A RUNIC DIVINATION CLASS*

3:00 PM Round Kumihimo, Ayla Zengerlin (INSIDE)

Come learn Japanese cord making! Make an eight stranded braid perfect for jewelry or award cord. Kits will be available for 15 dollars. Limit 5.

3:00 PM How to Be a Feast Steward Without Losing Your Cool, Emeline de Moulineaux (OUTSIDE)

Interested in being a feast steward but nervous you’ll lose your cool? Come learn tips & tricks to make the experience actually enjoyable! Taught by a cook known for calm, cool, & collected feasts.

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