Pig Futures! aka where Dancing Pig will be, when.

2008-11-19T00:59:00.018-05:00

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Holiday Market Faire Prince William Fairgrounds, Manassas Virginia

Saturday November 19 10 til ~6

This is a SCA shopping event. It's a wonderful opportunity to get anything and everything you need for the medievalist on your gift list. And of course, you might even find a few things for yourself. We'll have mead kits and Tuatha will be sharing our space and of course, there will be lots of pots, including our steampunk pottery. So all you northern Virginia folks, this is your chance. It's the only time we'll be on your side of the river this holiday shopping season. Come take advantage of us!
Please note: this is a SCA event and thus if you show up in street clothes you will be permitted to pay the $10 site fee but you will probably also be subjected to an enthusiastic recruitment spiel from well meaning SCAdains.

Plaid Friday & our First Ever Studio Warming and Sale
Friday Saturday & Sunday November 25, 26 & 27 from 10 til 6 each day
This Thanksgiving Weekend we'll be a part of Plaid Friday, a national movement that's all about shopping locally & supporting diverse merchants. To quote from their website:
"Plaid Friday celebrates the diversity and creativity of independent businesses. Plaid Friday is the fun and enjoyable alternative to the big box store "Black Friday", and is designed to promote both local and independently owned businesses during the holidays."
We'll be setting up shop in our new studio, which is only 45 minutes from Frederick MD. We'll have plenty of awesome pottery fresh from the kiln and Tuatha will be with us as well, with her usual selection of wonderful Celtic jewelry, cards, stained glass and beautiful handcrafted rustic wood hooks, chairs & walking sticks.
There will be pottery, Celtic loot & mead to sample.
We're located at 446 Railroad Lane Orrtanna PA 17353
Wear plaid & we'll give you a 10% discount!

Holiday Open House & Studio Tour at Art of Fire in Laytonsville MD
Friday, Saturday & Sunday December 2, 3 & 4 December 9, 10 & 11 10 till 5 each day
We'll be back at Art of Fire in Laytonsville MD, snug & cozy in our sunny garage. Tuatha should be there with us & we'll have everything any Celt or person with good taste could want to complete their Holiday Shopping. Pottery, hand knit oddities & great Celtic Loot. If you can't find the perfect gift here, you need better friends! So come on out & enjoy some hot cider, good cheer and a warm welcome as you enjoy shopping with integrity & much, much better parking than you'll find at the malls! Plus Theda's homemade cookies & the warmth and splendor of the glass studio's furnaces & gallery. You should not miss this wonderful show!
Here's the exact location of Art of Fire, courtesy of Mapquest

Second Chance Studio Warming and Sale
Saturday & Sunday December 17 &18 from 10 til 6
We'll be setting up shop in our new studio, which is only 45 minutes from Frederick MD for the 2nd and last time this holiday shopping season. We'll have plenty of awesome pottery fresh from the kiln and Tuatha will be with us as well, with her usual selection of wonderful Celtic jewelry, cards, stained glass and beautiful handcrafted rustic wood hooks, chairs & walking sticks.
There will be pottery, Celtic loot & mead to sample. And there's a great Christmas tree farm just down the road. And some great shops and restaurants a few short miles away in Gettysburg.
We're located at 446 Railroad Lane Orrtanna PA 17353

March 11 thru 18 2012 Gulf Wars XXI Kings Arrow Ranch Lumberton Mississippi
This is an awesome event! Last year was the 6th for Dancing Pig and my 5rd time down there! I love it!!! In 2007, i had a conversion experience all over again! It reminded me of why i fell in love with the SCA & medieval reenactment lo these many years ago. If you are SCAdian & you haven't been to Gulf Wars yet, stop putting it off & come on down! The weather is great, the folks couldn't be friendlier, the shopping's awesome, there's this bakery on site... can you tell i love it?! They even have horses! And dogs! Now, if i could only get them to let me bring MY dogs, this would be the perfect event!
please note: this is a members only, camping event. You must pay for the entire week, no matter how long you stay. You must be in garb at all times.

(our cheerful booth staff at Gulf Wars XX/2011. Good times!)

April 13, 14 & 15 2012 Loch Norman Highland Game s at Rural Hill Center of Scottish Heritage in Huntersville, NC
Sadly, we had to skip this show in 2011, due to a scheduling conflict. But we're coming back, assuming they'll have us! This is an awesome spring show. We'll be in the Hysterical, err, Historic Re-enactment area. It's a great good time- come find out for yourself! (& buy some pottery while you're at it!)

May 4, 5 & 6 2012 Noon til 7 Friday, 10 til 6 Saturday & Sunday Rain or Shine
Pennsylvania Fairie Festival at Spoutwood Farm Glen Rock PA
Whooot! We LOVE this 'Grandmother of Fairie Festivals' and it's their 21th year!!! Wonderful location, fantastic folks, great happy earth energy! We'll be back for our 7th year this season, at the top of the hill on Frodo's Eye. Bring your kids and your dogs and come play with us!
Good pots, great energy, a wonderful way to formally celebrate the arrival of Spring- we hope to see you there!

May 5 & 6 Dancing Pig will be making a guest appearance IN Tuatha's Booth* at the Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival. I usually have to miss this excellent show because it conflicts with my beloved Spoutwood Fairie Festival, but this year i get to get my fiber on! So, we'll have lots of knitting bowls for sale at Tuatha, and i'll be there as well, in between bouts of shopping. If you have any interest in yarn or the fiber arts, you need to come to this amazing show. There's free parking and free admission and you will need to bring all your cash, cause you'll find all sorts of things you didn't know existed and now can't possibly live without. I'm just sayin'
*that's TUATHA not Dancing Pig Pottery. We'll have lots of knitting bowls but also a whole lot of other awesome Celtic Loot for sale.

May 11, 12 & 13 10 til ? Rain or Shine
Maryland Faerie Festival Darlington Maryland
This is rapidly becoming one of my favorite shows! My first Faerie Festival and still my favorite! It is soooo fun & genuinely magical. Bring your kids & your inner child & come out to revel in a beautiful NEW site. To quote their website: The Goblins are whisking the Festival to a new place and date. Come celebrate the faerie in our new home & enjoy the pageantry, magic and mischief.
We're going to be at Camp Ramblewood in Darlington MD. Come add your energy to make a good festival a GREAT GRAND CELEBRATION OF SPRING & ALL THINGS FAE!!!

Thursday May 17 til Sunday May 20
Aethelmearc War Practice at Cooper's Lake Campgound, Slippery Rock PA
This is a mini-Pennsic and a fun preview of the War to come. We're bringing a preview of our pottery to sell, so come on out and shop without the maddening crowds or (hopefully) heat of Pennsic. *Please note- this is a participant only camping event! You must be in garb to be on site & you must pay for the entire event, regardless of how long you stay*

Potomac Celtic Festival Leesburg, VA
ackt. Wailey wailey. Crivens even. The Potomac Celtic Festival took a sabbatical last year (2011) but we'll be there whenever it does come back, i promise! Watch this space!!!

July 27 thru August 12

Pennsic War 41
Cooper's Lake Campground Slippery Rock PA

We had a great War last year, though i think we sold too many pots! (is that even possible?) Anyway, we're planning on coming back for my 28th consecutive War (relax, i've only been selling pots there for 18 or so of those) (& yes, thank you, i know i don't look that old!) What was i talking about? Oh yeah, Pennsic. We'll be there, with lots of pottery. Hopefully enough this time! ***Please note- this is a participant only camping event! You must be in garb to be on site & you must pay for the entire event, regardless of how long you stay***

August 25 thru October 21 Weekends and Labor Day Monday 10am to 7 pm each day

Maryland Renaissance Festival Crownsville MD

It will be our 13th season at Maryland & we're still having a great time! Come on out to play in the woods. There's great pottery, wenches in bodices, men in tights, pottery, turkey legs, beer, cider, improv & oh yeah, great pottery! We're still in our wonderful space, third booth in on the right from the front gate. So be sure to stop in early and often for lots of-- say it with me-- great pots!

Phew! So, that's it for now. Maybe i should have titled this post "a modest proposal"
I'm getting worn out just thinking about all this. What am i doing here typing?! I gotta go make me some more pots!
See ya soon!

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Pig Futures! aka where Dancing Pig will be, when.