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PLEASE
NOTE: Our diary for 2012 is currently full. We are now taking
bookings for 2013. Please be advised there are a limited number of
slots for events "for charities" that our members will do for free.
Also, we can no longer supply displays for events which are for ONE DAY
only unless we have members living very close to your location.
Most re-enactment groups
have members with sufficient collections to mount static
displays/dioramas, or sufficient numbers of re-enactors to act a
scenario as part of an event.
As a
group, we have been working together since May 2007, though many of our
re-enactors are experienced at this hobby and have been doing it for a
few years longer.
With
our experience and our collections, we are able to mount displays and scenarios where we can inter-act with members of
the public/visitors. We find this makes a more lasting impression
on those visiting your event.
If you
look below, you can see some of what we have to offer.
As
re-enactors, we get invited to many events each year. Please do
not think we sit at home every weekend waiting for the phone to ring
with an offer of an event to attend. We don't! We get
invites to up to 6 or 8 events EACH WEEKEND of the season, and
our members choose which events they wish to attend. If you look
at our Events Diary you will see what we
have been invited to, and where our
members may be going.
Re-enactment is an expensive hobby, both in terms of acquiring
uniforms/kit/display items but also our travelling costs. Our
members live over a wide geographical area, and with the cost of petrol
being what it is and the fact that some of our members attend events 2,
3 or even 4 weekends each month throughout the season, they will be
shelling out hundreds of pounds of their own money on a constant basis.
Therefore, we will give preference to event organisers willing to pay
towards our attendance costs. If you want us to attend your event,
simply telling us it exists and is free for us to enter may not be
enough to entice us from other long-established events our members are
already committed to. If you want to guarantee our appearance at
your event, as with many other groups such as ours, you may have to
consider paying us a fee. Costs will depend on what you would like
- ranging from a small static display (priced from a minimum £300) to the Mowag or pram collections
(see below) - to what is actually available on the weekend of your event. All costs are negotiable.
In addition,
you must also be aware that most of our diary for the year is set and
agreed as early in March of each year. Therefore, you are strongly
advised to make your booking enquiry at least 6 months BEFORE your
event. If you leave it till 4 weeks before your event, it is
highly probable we will not be able to agree to supply anything other
than a few members to walk around your venue.
If you want to talk to us about what we can do for your
event, please contact Mark Anthony Craig on 0774 607 3914 or email
northernforties@gmail.com.
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