Historical Reenactment
and
Living History Exhibitions
SCA - The Shire of Cuil Choluim
Columbus, Indiana
The shire is the Columbus based entity of The Society for Creative Anachronism, Inc. (SCA). The avowed purpose of the SCA is the study and recreation of the Middle Ages & Renaissance, its crafts, sciences, arts, traditions, literature, etc.
The SCA "period" is defined to be Western civilization from 600 to 1600 AD. As you can probably guess, the thing that separates the SCA from a Humanities 101 class is the active participation in the learning process. To learn costuming,you design and build costumes. To learn SCA infantry fighting, you make armour, weapons, shields, and put them on and go learn how it feels to wear them when somebody is swinging a (rattan) sword at you.
You will frequently hear a SCA person describe the SCA as recreating the Middle Ages "as they ought to have been." In some ways this is true-- we have few plagues and indoor plumbing. In the dead of winter we have other things to eat than the King's venison, salt pork and dried tubers. However, a better description is that we selectively recreate medieval culture, choosing elements of the culture that interest and attract us.
The group meets at various times throughout each month, but always on the first Monday at 7 PM, for a general business meeting. Also, there are several Arts and Sciences meetings on the Second and Fourth Wednesdays. The fighters have practice every Sunday afternoon.
For more information contact the group's Chatelaine (information officer): Lady
Otkatla (Jen Wells)
or the groups Seneschal (Group Leader): Lord Alaxandar (Steve Mitchell),
812-372-2497.
Clan Desdin
Scottish-American Historical Reenactments by CLAN DESDIN, is a non-profit youth mentoring program from Cincinnati Ohio.
Clan Desdin bring 17th and 18th century Scottish and American history
to life at living history events, cultural festivals, civic events and
at schools by giving cooking demonstrations and first-person presentations
on lifestyles, fashions and political views.
Melissa Lohman, Communications Liaison 513-242-8287
An organization that specializes in Living History Exhibits of European people during the Viking Age (793- 1066). We typically demonstrate period cooking and crafts which will include a combination of leather working, blacksmithing wood working, jewellry making or farm tools. We also have trained warriors who fight with blunted steal weapons and who also man an armoury for audience members to see and feel the weapons and armour up close.
The Indiana State Sons of the American Revolution Color Guard are members of Indiana chapters of the Sons of the American Revolution. They wear uniforms which their relatives would have worn in the Revolutionary War.
WWII Scottish living historians
Presenting the average "Jock", what he carried and how he lived from North Africa to Germany and Burma.
