As the newly appointed Cheiftess of Clan Doinn it is my honor to invite all my fellow M'cracks to the M'Crack invasion at Sterling Renaissance Faire in Oswego, Ny on august 6 and 7'th 2011.
Clan M'Crack Gathering weekend at Sterling Renaissance faire.
August 6-7 . gates open at 10 am. Close at 7pm.
Hotel, campgrounds , directions, and schedule will be posted on following websites : M'Crack Forums, The Clan M'Crack facebook page, everfaire.com, renaissancefestival.com, and usarennies.com
You can also find the info below :
M'Crack Invasion at Sterling Ren Faire Aug, 6-7,2011
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The Clan M'Crack will be invading the Sterling Renaissance Festival, in Sterling New York on August 6 and 7'th.
Ticket info : Regular admission is $24.95 for Adults, $14.95 for Children 6-12
Driving Directions to Sterling--for Clan M'Crack invasion weekend :
Here are driving directions to Sterling.
From I-81
Take exit 29N to merge onto I-481 N/NY-481 N toward Oswego
Continue onto NY-481 N
20.0 mi
Keep left at the fork
Continue to follow County Rd 57
0.6 mi
Turn left at NY-3 W
11.7 mi
Turn right at New York 104A E
1.2 mi
Sharp left at Macneil Rd
440 ft
Take the 1st right to stay on Macneil Rd
1.0 mi
Take the 3rd right onto County Route E 98/Farden Rd
Destination will be on the left
0.4 mi
15385 Farden RdNY 13156
Airports near Sterling-For Clan M'Crack invasion weekend :
The closest big airport to Sterling is Syracuse Hancock International Airport, in Syracuse, New York
Hotels near Sterling--for Clan M'Crack invasion weekend :
The town of Fair Haven is the closest town to Sterling.10 minutes away.
In Fair Haven there is a place called :
Pleasant Beach Hotel.
I have not personally stayed here but they have received good reviews and they have a bar that got good reviews !
The next closest town is Oswego, NY. 19 minutes away.Oswego is where you will find the majority of your fast food restaurants,the closest hospital, and some small shopping plaza's.
Hotels that recieved good reviews in Oswego are the following :
--- Best Western Captain's Inn
---- All Seasons Inn
For bigger hotel chains like Marriot,Hilton, etc I would recommend looking around Syracuse which is 45 minutes from the fair.
Campgrounds near Sterling--for Clan M'Crack invasion weekend :
These are the two campgrounds that are popular with the local rennies.
-- Sutter Creek Campground in Sterling
--- Sterling Creek Campground in Sterling
Pubs near Sterling-for Clan M'Crack invasion weekend.
For those who are looking for a drink before or after faire ,here are a few pubs located in Oswego, NY and a very good Irish pub in Syracuse although not so close to faire as Oswego.
GS Steamers Bar and Grill
70 East First Street ,Oswego
Kristi's Restaurant and Bar
1881 County Route 1 , Oswego
Press Box Sports Emporium Sports Bar
29 East 1st Street, Oswego
Kitty Hoynes Irish Pub
300 west Fayette street, Syracuse
SCHEDULE FOR THE INVASION :
FRIDAY AUGUST 5- Meet and greet 7pm
GS Steamers Bar and Grill
70 East First Street ,located in Econo Lodge Riverfront
hotel. Oswego,NY
SATURDAY AUGUST 6--
- meet and greet AT FAIRE , before gates open.
9:30 am outside main gates in the courtyrad near the main office and to the left of the gift shop.
- Gathering at Rose and Crown Pub - 3:Pm
Gtahering for pinning of new members, toasts, speeches, group photo and reopening of the Clan Doinn chapter
Rose and Crown is located down at the bottom of the fairgrounds near the Dunke Pond .
- Dinner with M' Cracks 7:30 pm -- Come dressed in your faire garb and join us for dinner at
GS Steamers Bar and Grill
70 East First Street
( in the Ecno Lodge riverfront Hotel, oswego,ny )
Right on the water. Nice views of harbor and Lake Ontario.
Good bar selection. They have Guiness ! Serves sandwhiches, chicken, steak, fish,pizza
SUNDAY AUGUST 7-- meet at 9:30 outside of gates in courtyard to the left of gift shop.
This weekend is Highland Fling weekend at faire so spend the afternoon enjoying the higland games, and all that the faire has to offer.
3pm- Gather at Rose and Crowns-- drinks, group photo ,
i will be there! ;)
I also want to schedule a time for sometime early in the day on Saturday( before we get tired or sweaty ) for a group photo of all the clan members.
earliest i can get there is about 1 any given faire day.
Beacon Inn has just opened. They are the sister inn to All Season. We will be staying there on the 23rd. Not sure for the 6th. We are planning on being there. But! I'm still nervous about wearing a kilt around Irish.
Lmao! I will not be wearing mirrors that weekend. I will be good that day.....ha!
Well m'lady and I will be there. It will be my pleasure to reopen the Sterling Chapter of the Clan M'Crack!
Lairde Prod'n M'Crack
I will be posting information on where to stay and where to dine, next week. Also, Colemans Irish Pub is not open. They have been closed for a very long time. If anyone needs anything special, renmail me and I will try to help you out.
WELCOME (BACK) TO STERLING M'CRACKS!! ;D
You can pencil me in as a definite maybe :P
My current work situation is in flux at the moment, so I don't want to make commitments until I see how things shake out, but we'll definitely try to come out for the M'Crack gathering (and I'm considering joining up, again, I just need to know I'll be able to honor the commitment).
Irish being good? Irish with no mirrors! *Xantrawler recalls the old duck and cover training from his grade school years and puts it to good use*
~ha!~ i do have a kilt lifting stick for that weekend! lmao!!!
Now I know why Scott hangs so tight to his staff when Irish is around. I will have my own staff as well and you can't use it Irish. Besides Lillian may need to borrow it. By the way this is the staff I started on last year while I was recovering. It was a great distraction from everything.
:D LMAO!
Oh Lordie !
Me thinks we may need to search irish for any kilt checking devices she may have on her the day of gathering.
Remember now we will be having out of town guests and must be on our best behavior ! ;D
I don't want to lose my cheiftess title and the chapter in one day. LOL !! ::)
The n again we could really show these guests a good time, right Irish !! ;D ::) ;D
:o OMG! LMAO! ;D
Amy I don't think there is anything you can do to stop Irish. No mirror, she will get a stick. No stick, she will fall down and roll over. Then use those puppy dog eyes and ask the kind Lord to help her up " ... In a minute m'lord I need to catch my breath."
Yep, Amy you have no idea what you have done. lol
*Xantrawler goes to the super secret underground Xan cave to fashion an under the kilt mirror so when Irish peeks she will see herself looking back at herself looking back at herself. An endless repetitive sight of irish.*
hahaha!!! a mirror makes everything look......., well.... lol! i so wish i was that bold! *hopes the clan doesn't take this seriously. i am sweet & innocent*
Quote from: irish on June 16, 2011, 08:04:42 PM
hahaha!!! a mirror makes everything look......., well.... lol! i so wish i was that bold! *hopes the clan doesn't take this seriously. i am sweet & innocent*
Just like Amy is sweet and innocent I'm sure! ROFLMAO!!! I think I'm going to have a good time with you guys! Can't wait to get up there and get this party started! ;D
Puts on pouty face and points to Master james and says " Hey by now , you should know i'm always good luv . ::) :o . Yes, plan on having a fun time with us that weekend. Oh do i have plans for you..be scared..be very , very scared..... ;D ;D ::) ;D"
Master Jaes when you get here just look up me, or Oz, or Mike or Sir Douglas. We will tell you how innocent these two are. There's a reason our knights keep their armor on in the heat of the noon day sun. lol I'm sure Mike has a picture or two of these two.
§ amy is scaring me now! §
ROFLMAO!!!! Now how could Amy scare Irish I wonder? Hmmmmmmmmm? Sorry I just don't see that happening! ::) Looking forward to a great time with old and new friends!
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Hay Amy, er I mean Your royal Cheiftess (See I know how to suck up with the best of them.) our cat would like to join the clan. She would like to be known as R'han M'Crack. She promise not to wear mirrors on her paws.
:o hey! was that paw remark made towards me? lmiao! § laugh my irish azz off! §
ROFLMAO......hmmmm....i have never heard of animals as members. We do need a mascot. Too bad cats are not allowed at faire.
LOl..yes i bet the cat is better behaved then someone i know....:)
hmmm..i like this sucking up bit ! :)
NOTE : I updated the info for the gathering on the first page. Note i added the schdeule for the weekend. For those travelling from out of town, you dont have to make the meet and greet Friday night ( i'm not even sure i will be able to ) but please make the gathering at 3pm on saturday at the pub or else new memebrs will not get their pins that weekend.
;)......now, just to let you know, when we go for dinner Saturday, i will NOT be in garb. <I will be dressed for dinner, Amy. lmao! :P>
So if you need pics of me in garb, get them at faire! Lol! :D
I think the M'Crack Clan, will enjoy the place I choose, with Amy's help. Now, we will be seated on the deck, so don't fall in!
Can't wait to see you all there! It will be fun! ;D
Oh great, so does that mean me, Tim, and Timothy will be the only ones in garb, cause we won't be able to change in the parking lot like some people do ? Please let there be someone else going to dinner in their faire garb.
Oh and Irish dear.. since we will be seated on the deck by the water ,no pushing any of the guys in kilts in th water just to see if the kilts shrink. LMAO !
::) now would i do that?
to change in the lot is a true renni, don't u know? lmao! drive to the corner end near the tree line and change between car and trees. kind of private.
LOL ! Hey, i use to change in the parking lot at faires, it is just that the parking lot at sterling does not provide much privacy .
Privacy, schmivacy! If you know how to do it, its no big deal. ;D But just for you dear, Sharon and I will stay in our garb.
Quote from: Master James on June 27, 2011, 03:04:00 PM
Privacy, schmivacy! If you know how to do it, its no big deal. ;D But just for you dear, Sharon and I will stay in our garb.
Well it will provide for more eye candy during dinner ! ;D Just watch out for Irish and her mirrors. :P
* i am getting such a bad rep! * :P
Quote from: irish on June 27, 2011, 07:16:10 PM
* i am getting such a bad rep! * :P
LOL ! " bad girls, bad girls, what you gonna do, what you gonna do when they come for you ."
;D ;)
OMG !!
Someones in a goofy mood tonight.
::) =====> 's @ Amy......
We may be late to dinner as we will have to check into the motel first. I believe that weekend we are staying at the Beacon, will have to check. Could be the other one. If it is the other one we may not make dinner.
All righty then, if we see you we will, and if not we won't.
Sooner or latter we will though.
??? damn! somethings in the water!
lmiao! :P
omg! yer leaving Ozium alone to deal with Amy? hahahahahahaaaaaaa.....
Hey I'm the good one !! I don't wear mirrors . ;D ;)
Hey, Ozium and I will get along by ourselves just fine. Just means there will be more ale and wine for us ! ;D
Amy, our fearful leader and dear lady. I have checked our Inn reservation and discovered we will indeed be staying at the Beacon Inn. Now, since you are worried about being the only one in garb the sweet Lady Lillian and myself will be happy to have you meet us at our Inn and walk the wonderful five blocks of Oswego with us. In Garb of course. What say ye? A fine tribute say ye not? The Clan M'Crack marching through Oswego, (With Irish chasing close behind with her portable mirrors she borrowed from the TSA agents) waving at the humble peasants as they stare in awe at the new chapter of the Clan.
Sincerely the future Terran M'Crack and Kyla M'Crack.
i will have you know, in order for me to get those special mirrors, i had to search the TSA agents!! :P
hahahaha....... ;D
:) hi Clan!
if you could take a moment, please ren~mail me, if you will be having dinner, at Steamers, in Oswego, on Aug. 6th.
thanks!
;D
I thought it was going to be at GS Steamers Bar and Grill, I'm confused?
my bad.....
corrected.....
Yes, we need to get a head count of how many people will be there saturday night for dinner. i will try to find out from Jim how many out of towners may be coming.
irish you are excused this time. I understand you are distracted with thinking about all those men in kilts. And oh yeah we will be there. Two of us. Rohan will be there in spirit, covering our backs and ready to claw anyone who says anything negative about the M'Cracks.
siggghhhhh.......
men in kilts........
i broke a mirror.......
damn......
ROFL. Yes, and some of the M'cracks are known to go full regimental.
OOps, maybe i should not have told Irish that. ;D ;)
Irish, Lillian said that the drool dripping from your chin onto the mirrors does not enable you to get a clear and accurate view
<installs mirrors wipers> :P
Quote from: Lady Amy of York on July 21, 2011, 03:23:21 PM
ROFL. Yes, and some of the M'cracks are known to go full regimental.
OOps, maybe i should not have told Irish that. ;D ;)
If you wear something under it, then its a skirt not a kilt. ;D
8) :o
omy!
Note to self : Bring along a very strong leash ( maybe my lunge rope for my horse ) to put Irish on. ROFL ! ;D
Lady Amy perhaps blinders for the wench? I can just see it now, aug 6, 2011 Clan M'Crack opens Chapter at Sterling. Aug 7, 2011 Clan M'Crack closes chapter at Sterling at numourses..... (Recording ends with blood curdling scream,)
OMG! :o
LMAO! :D
anyway.....i have reservations set at Steamers, Aug. 6th, at 7:30.....covered deck....for 24, rowdy, bawdy, M'Cracks.....
Amy, will be making friday, Aug. 5th, dinner reservations. contact her or post on thread, if you want to go that, night, by this tuesday!! ty!
it sounds like we will have great time!
see you then!!
Did i miss something, I thought Steamers was for friday night.
And i usualy have me boot or mocs on under me kilt.
we are doing Steamers both friday night and saturday night.
Friday night at 7pm is the meet and greet at Steamers to meet all out of town clan members. i have been informed that we will have clan members coming from virgina, maryland, and north carolina.
Saturday at 7:30 pm after faire we will be gathering again at Steamers to celebrate the reopening of Clan Doinn .
Thanks irish for making the reservations for saturday night. i will call steamers and try to get reservations for friday night too.
Ok so i partialy right, bringing my lass with me friday night, but probably not
on saturday night. Hoping she can come friday atleast.
LOL Ozium..half right is better then not being right at all.
Hope your lass can make it. The more the merrier.
half left could be right, too....... :o
okay, i just called Steamers and we have reservations for 2 tables of 10 on the deck for friday night August 5 for the meet and great at 7pm. the reservations are under my name.
so we will be at steamers both friday night august 5'th and saturday night august 6th.
friday for meet and greet
saturday for dinner
Dear mother nature, please let it be sunny and not humid next saturday and sunday, pretty please !
Now being the north country, watch it snow ! LOL ! ;D
forecast for next Saturday is:
Hot and heavy breathing with a chance of kilts being lifted
Whoops sorry I accidentally got irish's horoscope for next weekend.
Ya know Frank, if i wear what i am planning it will be a virgin kilt, so stop reminding everyone!
:o ssswwwwwoooonnnn!!
<ffffaaaiiinnntttt!!>
Oh man ! ::) I'm not even going to comment....ROFL. What a group we have . ;D
must resist responding to Oz post must resistat.... oh man is this hard..er I mean rough..er oh hell (Grabs pint and starts chugging)
Just an FYI...
The Town Pantx will be playing at Thunder Road in Oswego on the 5th - starting at * pm.
yes....that is what i heard, from Ozium!
they start at 8 and play until 11.
he said, they are really good.....
where is Thunder Road? near the track?
I'm the wrong person to ask about directions in Oswego....I know that 104 crosses a bridge somewheres in town, but that's about it.
I know where the Beacon is, All season and Ponderosa. Outside of that the only other place I know how to get to is Faire. Do I need to know more? Oh yes and the Econo lodge.
Thunder Road
234 East Albany St
Oswego.....
anyone know where Albany St, is....
Yeah Albany street is in Oswego. ... See I do pay attention.
Thunder Road - take 104 east over the bridge and continue over the RR track, turn right on Jim ShamPine Drive - this should dump you on east albany right by Thunder Road.
Jim Shampine is a right turn just past George St on the left. If you reach city Liine Road you have gone too far.
MM
Final Weather Report ~
Fri ~ 87/71
Partly Cloudy
Sat ~ 80/71
Sct. Thunder Storms
Sun ~ 82/70
Sct. Thunder Storms
No, it can't rain !
then again...hmmm....do kilts shrink in the rain. ::) :o ::) ;D ;)
Does a sheep shrink when it gets wet?
hmm..wet men in kilts and wet wenches in chemises..shall be a fun weekend. ;D ;)
irish with wiper blades on her mirrors.
Irish our newest vic...er I mean clan member is looking forward to learning the fine art of kilt lifting from you.
CONGRATS....Lady Amy, for being pinned Chieftess of Clan Doinn!
Yeah Lady Amy all hail our Chieftess
HAIL!
HAIL!
HAIL!
Yes, I'm still sucking up
Oh as Lillian said
"All hail A...All hail A"
Yes she has watched too much men in black
HUZZAH and HAIL Indeed!!
Congratulations, Lady Amy! ;D I'm really disappointed that I'm not able to join everyone, but it just wasn't in the cards, I suppose. We're still planning on making closing weekend, so hopefully I can congratulate you in person! In the meantime, I hope all the visiting and newly joined M'Cracks have a FANTASTIC time this weekend!!
Aye we be having great time this weekend. Dispite the wee folks and the fae bring the drops from the sky we shall endenver to make our way through the pints of ale and open the clan new of the M'Crack. So sayith we
Terran M'Crack
Kyla M'Crack
Beach M"Crack
And of course the ruler of our fine house R'Han M'Crack (The cat with the Iron Claw)
what a fine time i had!
it was nice to actually sit and chat with everyone! i think we should plan to meet again for lunch, when faire ends! what do you think?
it was so also nice to meet some of the M'Crack family. thank you for visiting Sterling!
Amy & i, will be planning something for next year, with more notice. :)
"irishren"
Quote from: Xantrawler on August 05, 2011, 10:09:12 PM
Yeah Lady Amy all hail our Chieftess
HAIL!
HAIL!
HAIL!
Yes, I'm still sucking up
ROFL. Thankyou Frank!
Yes, it was a great weekend.
I am honored to be a cheiftess of Clan Doinn, and thankyou to all it's new members in helping me to reopen the clan and making it a nic weekend for our visiting Clan M'Crack family . We got great reviews and everyone I talked to wants to do another gathering next year.So once we find out next years Sterling schedule we shall get working on next years gathering.
As for the Clan Doinn itself i think we should have little get togethers thru out the year. i miss seeing all of you when faire is not in session.
It was a pleasure meeting my new brothers and sisters this past weekend. You have a really nice faire... we hope to make it back next year.
Quote from: Lupa on August 09, 2011, 06:36:49 AM
It was a pleasure meeting my new brothers and sisters this past weekend. You have a really nice faire... we hope to make it back next year.
It was a pleasure to have the company of you and your spouse at our gathering. It was great to finally meet the two of you in person. Glad you had a good time, and hope that you will be able to make next years gathering. My hubby and I are deffinitely looking into getting down to Maryland sometime, if not this year, hopefully maybe next year.
It was an honor and a pleasure to be able to reopen the Sterling Chapter of the M'Cracks. You guys were great and have a great start to a fantastic chapter! I'm hoping that next year I'll be able to pin another group of great cousins there in Sterling so put those pet pins to good use! ;D Can't wait to come back next year!
whewwwww! i was worried! after meeting such a rowdy bunch....<points at Amy>.....i thought we'd close the next day! ::) (wait, Frank said that).
it was nice to finally meet you all! :)
remember, you now know, i AM the innocent one! :D
see you next year......
First of all dear sister ( points at irish ) i was very well behaved, even ask Jamesand the others. ;D ;)
and as i admit you were on your best behavior also, but as far as being innoccent...well that is another story in itself. LOL. ;D ;) ::) ;D
yea, yea, yeaaaaaa :P
Irish what about that micro cam that you and Becky worked out. I saw the two of you sneaking around behind the men men in kilts.
Oh and Amy, we have a good pic of you and Betty Duck
Oz, nothing but innocent pics of you, of course.
Since Lillian was behind the camera she didn't catch herself doing anything bad
And I will post the pic she took of me in my halo in a few days.
{{{{cough cough}}}}
Oz innocent & you with a halo?? lmao!!
hey....i dont have book of faces, can u snail mail me, pics? :)
I did nothing, not even by accident. But did have a wonderful weekend.
Irish I have no problem with that, they haven't closed our post office...yet. Can you take a flash stick? That way I can send you all the black male er I mean lovely photos that Lillian took. All season long. Well may be. I think she is standing in for Photomike. She only took about 762 pics this weekend, 3035 for the season, so far. And we will be coming up this weekend as we found out they are doing Make a Wish and we want to see about donating and supporting the cause.
I *think* it is Rescu, not Make a Wish, but yes....
MMario, according to the site it is Make a Wish. Of course both are worthy causes and if they are raising money for both we will split what we have between the two.
Serious question for Sir Douglas, if he gets a chance to read this. How much do I have to donate to put you or the Sheriff in Tomato Justice?
Quote from: MMario on August 10, 2011, 07:28:10 AM
I *think* it is Rescu, not Make a Wish, but yes....
From what I've seen on Facebook, it looks like there's a RESCU fundraiser going on Saturday night at the Rose & Crown after the gates close. Here's the post I saw from Terrible Musicians:
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Sterling RESCU Rally 2011: Saturday 8:00pm at Rose & Crowne Tavern on the festival site
Come out for a night of fun, entertainment, silent auctions, and who knows what else. Join your friends from Fa...mily of Faire as we begin what we hope to be an annual tradition of raising funds for this worthy cause that helps all our Faire Family. Donations of silent auction items, cash, food items to sell, entertainment for the evening are still being accepted. For more information: See Brett or Fran Norsworthy from Dragonfly's Realm at Booth #26 on the High Road. The RESCU Foundation is a federally compliant 501©3 organization. Donations are tax deductible. Receipts of donations will be provided.
cool.....we will try to attend.
any phone numbers to call someone, to donate, since it is on saturday night?
if anyone has a number to call, renmail me....ty!
i left a message at faire, to call me, if they have info.
i have goodies to donate!!!
An autographed irish kilt peeking mirror may go for a good sum of pounds.
got the info on RESCU.
we will be there saturday night, and i am going to help out.
hope to see you there!!
:)