2007 Chaucer Party Pictures 
| The inspiration for the Chaucer celebration came from Chaucer’s final prayer-- “Now preye I to hem alle that herkne this litel tretys or rede . . . I biseke yow mekely, for the mercy of God, that ye preye for me . . . that I may been oon of hem at the day of doome that shulle be saved.” We begin with a Mass and follow with festivities. | ||||||||
| Here are the pictures (and short movies)
from the 2007 Celebration. Click here to see 2006's pictures or
here to see 2005's pictures. The celebration consists of two parts. First, there is a memorial Mass to honor the author's request. The attendees then march, led by the musicians into the auditorium for a party featuring food and drink from Chaucer's time. At the end there are a series of readings in Middle English. Note: to view the movies, click on the image and a new window will open to display the quarter frame image. Please note: we are using www.youtube.com to display the mini-movies of this celebration. To view these you need to have macromedia flash player installed and Javascript enabled. You may also click on the word 'Movie' and a RealPlayer &tm; version will appear in a separate window. Caution: the RealPlayer version of these movies takes a very long time to download, particularly if you have a slow connection. |
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 As in Chaucer’s time--no tea, coffee or chocolate. But we have mushroom pasties from a medieval recipe, and dark bread and cheese. Our libations are apple cider and, of course, mead.
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 The Readers Readings movie |
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