September 29, 2006
For Immediate Release
For more information:
Barbara Hammond
(801) 863-6246
Medieval Festival to be Held at UVSC
The fourth annual Utah Medieval Festival will be held at UVSC Oct.
13-14 on the fields in front of the McKay Events Center. More than
1,500 people attended this event last year, with even more expected
this year.
“The area outside of the McKay Center will be transformed to create
an authentic medieval festival,” said Barbara Hammond, assistant
dean for external relations for the School of Humanities, Arts &
Social Sciences at UVSC. “Our goal is to recreate a family
experience with the fun and merriment of medieval times.”
The festival will include a signing of the Magna Carta reenactment
and tournament, sword fighting, juggling, children’s games and
medieval food, songs and dancing. There will also be costumed vendors
selling medieval wares, Chaucer reenactments by UVSC theater
students, medieval poetry readings, demonstrations of calligraphy by
the Utah Calligraphy Association and a pavilion with displays and
presentations from the Society for Creative Anachronisms.
The festival hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Friday and Saturday. An
authentic medieval feast will be held at 6:30 p.m. on Saturday at
Centre Stage in the Sorensen Center.
Tickets for the festival are $3 for adults, $2 for students with ID
and $1 for children ages 4-11. Admission is free for children 3 and
under, and a family pass for immediate family members (up to 6
persons) will be available for $8. All tickets can be purchased at
the entrance to the festival. A separate ticket of $15 for the
medieval feast can be purchased at Campus Connection, (801) 863-8797,
beginning Monday, Oct. 2.
In addition to the two-day festival, UVSC will present Medieval Movie
Night, featuring “A Knight’s Tale” in the courtyard outside of
the Sorensen Student Center, Tuesday, Oct. 10 at 8 p.m. General
public is welcome.
The event is presented by The School of Humanities, Arts & Social
Sciences, along with Utah Medieval Festival founder Karen Martin and
Darin Anderson of Lords of the Lance. For more information on the
festival, go to www.utahmedfest.com/press.html.
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Megan Laurie
(801) 863-7149
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Valerie Chapman
(801) 863-8504