Medieval Feast

2010 MEDIEVAL FEAST & WATERSHED AUCTION COMING FEBRUARY 5 & 6

What’s the cure for the mid-winter doldrums? Watershed’s 14th Annual Medieval Feast!

A popular Watershed tradition, the Medieval Feast will take place Friday, February 5 and Saturday, February 6, at Calvary Baptist Church, 2608 Blaisdell Avenue South in Minneapolis. (This is the same site as last year.) This dinner theater experience features a Medieval-themed play performed by Watershed students. Courses of a delicious meal are served before and between acts, giving guests ample time to dine and socialize.

This year’s play is A Night in Elsinore: A Parody of Hamlet by Richard Nathan, directed by Kristin Aitchison. It’s an event not to be missed! Invite your family and friends and spend an enjoyable evening with the Watershed community.

Where: Calvary Baptist Church, at the corner of Blaisdell Avenue and West 26th Street in south Minneapolis.

When: Friday, February 5 and Saturday, February 6, 6:00 p.m.

Times: Doors open Friday and Saturday evenings at 5:00. (There will be no matinee this year.)

Advance Tickets (through January 29): Adult $15, Student $10, Children 12 & under $5. We give a significant discount to advance tickets, because it makes food prep so much easier. Take advantage of this great pricing and make your reservations early.

Final week tickets (January 30-February 3): Adult $25, Student $15, Children 12 & under $10. No tickets are sold at the door.

How to Order: Call 612-871-4363 to place your order. Cash, checks and Pay Pal are accepted. No credit cards. To order by Paypal on our website, go to the Donate button.

Questions? 612-871-4363

Notes

• Due to the age of the church building, accessibility is limited.
• Street parking only.
• A vegetarian dinner option is available; request with ticket order.

The Saturday matinee performance has been canceled. There are a limited number of seats available at the Friday and Saturday evening performances. Advance purchase discount has ended; tickets at the door are $15 for adults, $12 for students, and $10 for children.

2009 MEDIEVAL FEAST & WATERSHED AUCTION COMING JANUARY 30 & 31

What’s the cure for the mid-winter doldrums? A fun-filled evening of entertainment and fundraising!

A popular Watershed tradition, the Medieval Feast, will take place Friday, January 30 and Saturday, January 31, at Calvary Baptist Church, 2608 Blaisdell Avenue South in Minneapolis. This dinner theater experience features a Medieval-themed play, written and performed by Watershed students. Courses of a delicious meal are served before and between acts, giving guests ample time to dine and peruse enticing auction items and wares from local vendors.

It’s an event not to be missed! Invite your family and friends and spend an enjoyable evening with the Watershed community.

Where: Calvary Baptist Church, at the corner of Blaisdell Avenue and W. 26th St

When: Friday, January 30 and Saturday, January 31

Times: Doors open Friday and Saturday evenings at 5:00, Saturday matinee at noon.

Advance Tickets: Adult $12, Student $10, Children 12 & under $8

At the Door: Adult $15, Student $12, Children 12 & under $10

How to Order: Call 612-871-4363 x 263 to place your order. Cash, checks and Pay Pal are accepted. No credit cards.

Questions? 612-871-4363

Notes

* Due to the age of the church building, accessibility is limited.
* A vegetarian dinner option is available, request with ticket order.

IT TAKES A VILLAGE . . .

Handy in the kitchen? Great! We need help preparing the feast. Have a flair for décor? Wonderful! The feast’s royal dining hall needs your vision. Is organizing your forte? Groovy! The auction team needs your help sorting donations and getting them displayed for the big night. Volunteer opportunities abound. Call Karen Larson at 612-920-7833, or e-mail karen.larson@target.com, to volunteer your help. For visibility as to what times people are needed on the days of the event, check out the link to the volunteer sign-up sheet.

SOLICITATION IS ENCOURAGED

Do you know someone who would like to donate goods or services to the Watershed Auction? Or do you know someone who makes and sells interesting things? Let the Medieval Feast/Auction team know. We’re taking names and numbers and appreciate your help.

Medieval Feast/Auction Team

Karen Larson, Overall Coordinator, karen.larson (at) target.com, 612-920-7833

Polly Dedrick, Auction Coordinator, pollyflutist (at) yahoo.com, 651-776-1781

Craig Wenberg, Auction Coordinator, CTMCSS (at) aol.com, 651-731-9122

Virginia Lambert, Feast Lead, minngin (at) gmail.com, 651-994-4510

Matt McElrath, Faculty Liaison, mmcelrath (at) gmail.com, 612-871-4363, x222

This year’s Medieval Feast & Silent Auction will be Feb 1 & 2, 2008.

See the flyer | Location & Times | Buy tickets | Volunteer | Rehearsal Photos

As in past years, we ask that friends and families of Watershed help provide dessert for the feast.  Below is a recipe for a Apple Crisp which could be delivered to the church on Friday, Feb. 1.  If it is not easy for you to whip this together, we will

gratefully accept a bakery or store-bought cake.  The cake should be somewhat simple in keeping with our Medieval theme (no bright

frosting, sprinkles or licensed characters please).  This will help with food

preparation, expenses, and logistics.  If you are able to help with the dessert, please

email me (karen.larson@target.com) to let me know.  Thank you very much.

Karen Larson

Apple Oatmeal Crisp

(any fruit crisp recipe will do, if you have a favorite)

4 cups sliced tart cooking apples (around 6 apples)

2 teaspoons lemon juice

3-4 tablespoons sugar

1 cup rolled oats (either old-fashioned or quick-cooking)

1/2 cup brown sugar

1/3 cup flour

5 tablespoons butter, melted

1 teaspoon cinnamon

Pinch of salt

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees

2. Place apples in a greased shallow dish.  One of those disposable aluminum 8 x 8

Squares or round pans would be good for this event, so you run no risk of losing your pan.

Sprinkle apples with lemon juice and sugar.

3.  Combine the remaining ingredients and sprinkle them over the apples. Bake for

about 30 minutes, or until apples are tender

Dear Watershed community,

The Feast is at Bethel Evangelical Lutheran Church, not Bethlehem. My mistake.

Here’s to all the volunteers already in place. Thank you, good people.

Coordinator: Karen Larson

Food purchase and preparation: Vicky Erdmann, Becky Weiss, Linda Weber, Jim Calkins, Keith Dunder

Decor: Linda Weber

PR: Leslie Wilson, Paula Nordhem, Endel Kallas, Nell Ubbelohde

Cleanup: Jamie Hepner (faculty liaison), Christine Welch, Andy Erdmann

Costumes: Nell Ubbelohde

Props: Nell Ubbelohde

Serving Captains:

Faculty will slot into the various areas in the next several school days, to work with the parents and other volunteers. Let the office and/or your friends know which area you’re interested in helping with. Looks to me like Nell and Linda could use a hand. Leslie K., did I forget anything?

Phil Grant

Watershed’s next Medieval Feast is Feb. 1-2, 2008, at Bethlehem Lutheran Church, 4120 17th Avenue South, Minneapolis. As is traditional, there’ll be three shows: Friday evening, Saturday matinee, and Saturday evening.

In addition to the original play–being written even now by Watershed students–there’ll be grand feasting with delicious, traditional recipes. We’re also integrating our annual Silent Auction into the Feast.

If interested in helping, come to our Community Council meeting on December 5, 2007, from 6:30-8:00 p.m. at school, or give me a call at 612-871-4363 x206, or email me at pgrant@watershedhs.org. Thank you.

As noted in Snippets and emails that are currently being sent out, the date and location for the Medieval Feast has changed. The new dates are Friday, February 9th at 6:00 pm and Saturday, February 10th at 12:00 noon and 6:00 pm. The new location is St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, 2724 15th Ave. South, Minneapolis, MN 55407. It is located on the corner of 28th Street and 15th Avenue, behind Heart of the Beast.
Tickets are available on the Watershed website, or by calling the school (612-871-4363).
Currently, we are setting up the schedule for volunteers, most shifts are 2-3 hours long, and we have a variety of shifts available Thursday evening, all day and evening on both Friday and Saturday, and then the tear-down and final cleanup/hauling midday on Sunday. If you can work any of these shifts, please call Nell at 612/251-9758, or leave a message at the school for her.

One thing we are asking from our beloved community (that’s you) is to help provide
dessert. I am including a recipe for a fruit crumble which could be delivered to the church on
Friday, Feb. 9.  If it is not easy for you to whip this together, we would also
gratefully accept a bakery or store-bought cake.  The cake should be somewhat simple (no bright
frosting or sprinkles or sponge-bob. . .you get the idea).  This will help with food
preparation, expenses, and logistics.  If you are able to help with the dessert, please
email me (acrampton@visi.com) to let me know.  Thank you one million times.

Anne Crampton, on behalf of the Food Committee and the Faculty

P.S.
Here’s the recipe:
Apple Oatmeal Crisp
(any fruit crisp recipe will do, if you have a favorite)

4 cups sliced tart cooking apples (around 6 apples)
2 teaspoons lemon juice
3-4 tablespoons sugar
1 cup rolled oats (either old-fashioned or quick-cooking)
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/3 cup flour
5 tablespoons butter, melted
1 teaspoon cinnamon
Pinch of salt

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees
2. Place apples in a greased shallow dish.  One of those disposable aluminum 8 x 8
squares
or round pans would be good for this event, so you run no risk of losing your pan.
Sprinkle
apples with lemon juice and sugar.
3.  Combine the remaining ingredients and sprinkle them over the apples. Bake for
about 30
minutes, or until apples are tender