ADLOCVTIO
NEWSLETTER OF THE TWENTIETH LEGION
Vol. XVIII, no. xi, November 2008


CHRISTMAS SHOWS

    Where has the year gone!  It seems like only yesterday that we were oppressing provincial scum at Bethlehem, and it's already time to do it again.  We already have two Christmas shows lined up, two days each, and I expect we'll be invited to the big one at Adventist World Headquarters soon (5 or 6 evenings).  We should have enough manpower to send troops to all of these without anyone having to do too many.  PLEASE LET ME KNOW WHICH ONES YOU WANT TO ATTEND.  Lots of fun!

--The Bethlehem Market Place at Saint Luke Lutheran Church will be on Friday December 5 (7 PM to 9:30 PM) and Saturday December 6 (1 to 4 PM).  Two or three soldiers are needed for that.

--Parkwood Baptist Church needs one or two soldiers for their Bethlehem Walk on Saturday and Sunday, Dec 13-14, 2008, 4-8 pm.  The address is on Braddock Road at  8726 Braddock Rd, Annandale, VA 22003.  (On the right side at the forth light coming from the Beltway before Kings Park shopping center, next to the Catholic church.)  Spouses and children are invited for a family event, and complimentary child care and dinner is provided for those that need it.  PLEASE CONTACT SAM ROBERTS IF YOU ARE INTERESTED, 703-462-0042, and let him know if you will need child care.

[After mailing this issue out, I found out that the Adventist show will only be held on alternating years, not this one.]



LUPERCALIA!

    The party of the year!  Lupercalia will be hosted by Richard and Allison Campbell on February 21, 2009, at their home in Alexandria, VA.  Details to follow, or contact richsc AT usa DOT net



TIMELINE EVENT, NJ--June 2009

My name is Jim Stephens and I am the Deputy Director of the Historic Cold Spring Village living history museum.  We are a 501c3 non-profit organization located three miles north of the center of the city of Cape May.  HCSV recreates life in a rural South Jersey community of the early 19th century.  We have a collection of 26 locally significant historic buildings (the oldest was built in 1691) on 22 wooded acres of land. If you would like to learn more about us, you may visit our website at http://www.hcsv.org.
 
On the weekend of June 20th and 21st, we will be hosting our 2nd Annual Military Timeline Weekend.  For last year's event, we had reenactors and displays representing the English Civil War, American Civil War, Second World War, Korean War and Vietnam War.  We hope to make the '09 event even bigger.  We would be pleased if Legio XX would be able to participate.  I've visited your website and was impressed with your impression.  I have attached a copy of the registration form.  If you and your unit are interested in participating, just complete the form and return it to me at your earliest convenience.  No registration fee is necessary.  If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact me.
 
Kindest regards,
 
Jim
 
Jim Stephens, MA
Deputy Director
Military Timeline Weekend Coordinator
Historic Cold Spring Village
720 Route 9
Cape May, NJ 08204
http://www.hcsv.org  

[Quintus notes:  Any interest in this?  It's a little farther than we usually go, but there has been noise about having an event in June.  This year we did the Potomac Celtic Festival in June, but I think a timeline event is more our thing.]



SURF'S UP

    From Henry, learn Latin by podcast: http://latinum.mypodcast.com/  He adds, "Of interest there is a Foedus Latinum set up for social networking in various areas as the author of the podcast seeks to expand use of the language.  You can enter "events" on the site… the link to the Foedus Latinum is down low on the right side."

    From Richard, "A new exhibit at the National Gallery of Art on Pompeii and Herculaneum.  No artifacts apparently, but a lot of drawings of the excavations and findings before they got damaged."

http://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/pompeiiinfo.shtm#library 



MORE DISTANT EVENTS

TERMINALIA--Legio X, Florida

Avete Omnes- I would like to announce Legio X s first hosted event.  We would like for ALL of our Roman Brothers and Sisters to join us.  We plan for this to be a success and will be working on making it an annual event.  It promises that a good time will be had by one and all!

In acknowledgement of being at the Terminus of the Empire we are naming the event after the Festival of Jupiter Terminalis.  The original date of Terminalia being Feb. 23 our event will be held Feb. 7 & 8, with set up on the 6th.

http://www.terminalia.net 

Location :

Quiet Waters Park
401 S Powerline Road
Deerfield, FL 33442

We have joined our event with the Florida Renassaince Festival--I say we show the Renassaince People that when it comes to festivals there's no Festival like a Roman Festival!

http://ren-fest.com/ 

Think of first week of Feburary.... think of the cold......cant wait
2 more months....

How does Beaches and sunny balmy weather sound?

Come to the Terminus of the Empire for a great event and an wonderful
time.

So what can be expected at TERMINALIA?  So far - Set up on Friday, camping at Period Camp located right off a large lake, cook fires permitted, for those wishing a more comfortable Domus there are Hotels, Beaches near by so after set up on Friday hit the Beach!  Saturday night feast.  More in the works.

For more details, contact Johnn, fjfgkradfahrer AT bellsouth DOT net, or Paul,  paul AT academyofartsinc DOT com .  Please put "Terminalia" in the subject line.

----------------------

-- REENACTOR FEST 5: February 5-8, 2009 at the Westin Chicago North Shore Hotel in Wheeling IL.

http://www.reenactorfest.com/ 

-------------------

ROMA AETERNA--Rome, Italy

Let me introduce myself:  I am Mauritius Comellus Carliis, member of Vadis Al Maximo the organization that is planning, with the patronage of Roma’s administration, three days of celebrations for the Roman Empire and the return of Ludi Circensis.

The event will be held in Rome in the days 17, 18, 19 October 2009 and will also have in the program:

CORSA DELLE QUADRIGHE  al Circo Massimo
The return of the quadriga’s races in its natural environment: the Circus Maximus.
The power of the chariot with 4 horses! The Formula One of antiquity.

MARCIA DELLE LEGIONI al Foro dei Cesari
The first world gathering of the Roman Legions, an invitation to bring back the sound of the legionnaires marching in the Cesar’s Forum after 1,500 years. We invite you all to participate.

TROFEO GLADIATORIS MAXIMUS
Teams of Gladiators will exhibit their fighting techniques, trying to conquer the first world title of Gladiatoris Maximus.

More information can be found on our web site:

http://www.vadisalmaximo.com 

Feel free to contact me anytime for all the questions you may have that I am sure will not be just few.  I renew the invitation to participate in this unique event and I will appreciate if you can take the time to forward this e-mail to all the fellows Romans around the world.

Thank You!

Roma adventum vostrum plauso maximo expectat.

Mauritius Comellus Carliis
mauritius AT vadisalmaximo DOT com

-------------------


CALENDAR
   
   December 6-- Monthly Workshop at Henry Irving's house, Baltimore
   December 5-6-- Bethlehem Market Place, St. Luke Lutheran Church, Silver Spring, MD
   December 13-14-- Bethlehem Walk, Parkwood Baptist Church, Annandale, VA
   February, 2009-- Lupercalia party!
   April 18-19, 2009-- Marching Through Time, Marietta Mansion, MD

------------------------------

ADLOCVTIO is the Official Newsletter of the Twentieth Legion, supposedly published on the Ides of each month.  I am Quintus, aka Matthew Amt, the Legion's Commander and Editor of the Newsletter, matthew_amt AT yahoo DOT com, http://www.larp.com/legioxx/ .