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Rendezvous Primer - Chuck "Strummer" Preble

$6.00 - Panther Primitives 

This paperback booklet is 32 pages long and gives a quick primer on the different areas of participating in a rendezvous.   It has a little information on the history, getting outfitted, shelter, making a fire, throwing a "hawk", various food storage and cooking techniques and some different crafts.   It's an excellent snapshot of the essence of rendezvous.    

If you've never done it before or want to know more about it, this would be a good reference If you've done it before or know people who do it, they would probably be a better reference.

 Jen S

In an effort to get some quality information on the site on a regular basis, I will be posting a bi-weekly (to start) review of books that I purchase to learn more about rendezvous & reenactment. 

I will also be posting information, checklists & notes as I go through and get my camp ready for the season.

Jen S. 

We are back now that it's Rendezvous season again.   Our little girl is now 3 months old and I am working on getting ready for the upcoming season.   Unfortunately, I don't think I'll have the calendar up and running for this season, but hope to have it up by fall so everyone can start listing next year's events.   

Al and I will be attending several Rendezvous this summer - one per month from May - August.   If you are going to one that we are, we'd be happy to meet you!

Memorial Day Weekend - Grand Traverse Rendezvous (Benzie Sportsman's Club - Benzie, MI)

June - Wolverine State Primitive Rendezvous (Alma, MI -- period dress required for visitors)

July - Midwest Rendezvous (Arcola Co., IL)

August - Benzie Muzzeloaders 21st Annual Rendezvous & Shoot (Benzie, MI)  

If you have an event that you would like listed, please sign up for an account and feel free to post about it, or use the contact form to send us the information.

Happy Trails!

Jen S 

The White Oak Society has published a wonderful document to help their interpreters to presenting a reasonably historical accurate picture of the fur trade era to the public.     It is full of information that is especially useful to someone just starting out in the areas of Setting/Scenario and Society & the Roles of it's members.   The Guide also has several useful appendices:

• Glossary of Fur Trade Era Terms
• Timeline of the Era
• Geographical Info
• Value of Goods in Terms of Beaver Skins
• and even French for Rendezvous!

There is also an excellent list of books for further reading to learn more about the history and life in the times.

To visit the White Oak Society or download the guide for yourself, please go to:

http://www.whiteoak.org/guides/guides.shtml 

RendezvousInfo.com

We are excited to share this exciting new project started by Albert and Jennifer Steed of Steed Enterprises LLC. Spawned by our love of rendezvous and the difficulty of finding information on the web, we are launching this site. Our goal is to be the comprehensive guide to all things rendezvous & reenactment. This also includs black power shoots and archery tournaments.

Our initial launch will cover the fur trade or buckskinning time period from approximately 1640-1840.  Later, we hope to expand our site to include the Revolutionary Way & Civil War reenactments. For those of you unfamiliar with what rendezvous is, check out wikipedia.

If you have anything you would like to see added to the site, feel free to contact us here.

Thanks!

The Steeds

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