April - May 2010 Boonesfield event

[Silvana Siddali]

I'm pleased to announce the next Spring Boonesfield event for April to mid-May 2010. In the interest of deconfliction, I thought let you all know what was in the works prior to settling on a final date with the village administration. It looks as though April to early May is fairly free so far, at least in terms of similar events on this forum.

This will be a County Court Days event, with a very early war setting (probably April 1861) to avoid having to cope with too many conflicting factors. But that is open to discussion. The overall scenario is that a circuit judge has appointed a civil court at Boonesfield and will hear a variety of civil cases over a period of a few days. Such events were generally celebrations for the town that held them, so there will be the typical picnics, footraces, maybe even target shooting contests. This event was inspired by a similar one set up by Hank and Linda in Kentucky some years ago, but our judge will hear only civil cases.

If you have any ideas or suggestions, or if you'd like to participate as a judge, lawyer, defendant or plaintiff (civil cases only) please get in touch as soon as possible. Thank you!

[huntdaw]

Silvana,

I reckon I'll be there. Always enjoy a weekend at Boonesfield and springtime will be quite pleasant there.

[jhuether]

Silvana,

Sounds like another great event for Boonesfield! Count me in. If there is room for a Circuit Lawyer, sign me up. I was hoping to have this impression done for this pass weekend at Boonesfield, but just plain ran out of time.

[Silvana Siddali]

Mike and Jason, you have dibs.

I wanted to let everyone know that we have scheduled the event for the weekend of May 14-16, 2010.

[cstaples]

I'll be there unless God calls me home:wink_smil
Any time spent at Boonesfield is a joy.

[Silvana Siddali]

I'm bumping this thread up to remind everyone that the next Boonesfield event will be held May 14-16, 2010.

We had previously planned for a wartime county court session, with civil and criminal cases being tried in court and other civilian activities going on in the village.

At Holler's suggestion we have decided to set this event in 1865 and return to Gray Summit, Missouri, to continue the events set in motion during Lost Tribes.

The miscreants who shot at the church and who injured our Pastor have been caught and will be tried during the court session. Other civil suits and criminal cases will be heard as well during the 2-day session. I am very happy to announce that many of the folks who made Lost Tribes such a roaring success have already indicated their willingness to return next spring.

We have a judge, a defense attorney, and a prosecutor already. We will need more lawyers, defendants, plaintiffs, and ne'er-d0-wells.

Judge: Mike Comer
Defense: Dave Gerow
Defendant in shooting: "Hog" Craven
Prosecutor: Charles Hoskins
Lawyer: Jason Huether

More news to come soon. Please mark your calendars!

[M_Kupsch]

Silvana, I will be there to run the telegraph office. Also, there generally seems to be a fair amount of Freemasons that attend Boonesfiled. Possibly, we should incorporate that into the scenario.

[Hairy Nation Boys]

Veterans of Company I (and those still in service)

We will meet at Grey Summit to defend our dear friend Hog.

Hog we have gotten the best lawyer in Scotland county to defend you.

[GWHall]

I just wrote to Mr. Gerow, offering whatever support I can for the defense.

[huntdaw]

Will Mr. Gerow be offering shaves during recess?

[J. Donaldson]

I'll be there to stand by Hog for his defense.

[tater_cuffie]

The Missoura Minstrels are proud to announce that we will once again expand on our blackfaced show. You'll just have to come to see what we put on, new material and much more!