A TASTE OF THE MEDIEVAL
Medieval War Horsemanship Demonstration
Here is something very different planned for this year’s Dayboro Day Festival! Old Mill Veterinary Surgery will be the venue for some Medieval skills demonstrations.
PICTURED: A demonstration of sword skills – be-heading a person (cabbage actually) whilst running along on horseback. MOSC (Mercenaries of the Silver Crescent), who participate in the annual Abbey Museum’s Medieval Fair, have over 20 years of involvement in the re-enactment world. They are very knowledgeable as regards the history of the medieval era as well as being versed in the various skills and are looking forward to this opportunity to participate in Dayboro Day festivities!
They will be appearing and demonstrating an array of skills. These will include:
- Quintain and Lance demo (The Quintain was used for training in the use of the Lance and involves striking a target with the weapon such as a lance/jousting stick).
- Ring and Shield targeting (Big wicker rings are picked up with the lance off of a stand and the shields are knocked off by the lance off of a stand)
- Chopping Moor’s heads (Either cabbages or apples or some vege of some description being sliced with a sword)
- Spear throwing
These are generally referred to as Skill at Arms.
At the time of going to print the demonstration will be at 12.30pm – with the horses on display all day, along with the people to chat to. They will be in full Medieval re-enactment costume, including the horses – so this will certainly look pretty spectacular! It will be based around the 14th Century Crusades. So you will see both European and Middle Eastern Costuming.
For more information on the Dayboro Day Festival on May 31st go to www.dayborodistrict.com.au
