Our members work and play hard to re-create the years 1640-1840, also known as the Fur Trade Era. We take on the personas of settlers, natives, long hunters and the occasional mountain man. We sleep under white canvas tents and cook on open fires. Rendezvous is a place to meet friends, trade goods, sing songs and tell stories about the long winter and the years before.
It is also a place to learn skills and crafts that time has almost forgot. You can start a fire using a flint and steel, shoot a flint-lock rifle at our range or go on the Woods Walk, shoot a long bow or learn how to sew a shirt by hand and make a delicious apple pie over an open fire. Members and guests compete in games of skill to win terrific or just terrifically funny prizes.
This is a great hobby for the whole family, a place to forget the hustle and bustle of modern life, a way to get out into the fresh air, enjoy nature, good company and true friends.
New members and guests are always welcome!
Cindy Tilton, Secretary (585) 476-2679
Gail Kellogg Hope, President (585)594-3580 / (585)468-2669
MVCLR E-mail: [email protected]
Schedule of Events
Jan 18, 1:00 pm board meeting, 2:00 pm general meeting, electing officers
Feb 6-8 Bare Bones Winter Rendezvous
Feb 15, 1:00 pm board meeting, 2:00 pm general meeting. Jing Sheng
Mar 15, 1:00 pm board meeting, 2:00 pm general meeting. Jing Sheng
April 11 & 12, 25 & 26, Work and Camp at MVCLR grounds.
May 16 & 17, Work and Camp at MVCLR grounds.
May 21- 25, Gauntlet Rendezvous
June 27 & 28, work and camp at MVCLR grounds.
Aug 1 & 2, Work and Camp at MVCLR grounds.
Aug 8 & 9, Camp & Shoot at MVCLR grounds.
Aug 21-23 Stone Tool Show at Letchworth State Park
Dec 5, 5:00 pm Christmas Party (location to be announced)
Affiliated Events 2009
March 27- April 4 South Eastern
April 29-May 3, Lancaster Co.
April, Batavia Gun Show
May 7-10, Mud Fest?
May, Lancaster
June 5, 6 & 7, Little Beard's Joey
June 19-21 KLR Rendezvous
June 27- July 5, Old North Western?
July 4-6? Grizz-Logging festival
July 11-18, North Eastern
July 18-25, Midwestern
July 24-26, Land of Senecas
August, Whispering Pines
Sept 19 & 20, Fall festival, Canaseraga
Sept 19& 20 DEC Days, Avon, NY. open to all camps!
Sept 25- Oct 3, Eastern
Oct 10 & 11, Moose River?
