2016 Diggins Tent Town 1852

The dates for Columbia Diggins 2016 are :
May 19th,20th,21st and 22nd from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.!

Registration for the 2016 Diggins is due by April 1st!

                        

Scenarios- if you want to add anything please email Amber

 

SATURDAY

11:00 TOWN TOUR-Meet at Portals

11:25- MINERS THEATER EDICATE

11:30 THEATER PERFORMANCE

12:00 STAGECOACH MAIL DELIVERY

12:30 SHOT GUN WEDDING/ FLASH MOB

1:00   TOWN TOUR-Meet at Portals

1:30   THEATER PERFORMANCE

1:50 BOXING MATCH

2:15- LADIES TEA                          

3:00   THEATER PERFORMANCE                   

3:00   TOWN TOUR-Meet at Portals

 

Saturday 5:30 survival dinner

Saturday 7:30 on: 

Wheel barrow races, bowling, cherry spitting contest and general good cheer.

 

SUNDAY

11:00 TOWN TOUR-Meet at Portals

11:25 MINERS SKIT THEATER EDICATE

11:30 THEATER PERFORMANCE

12:00 STAGECOACH MAIL DELIVERY

12:30 SHOT GUN WEDDING/ FLASH MOB

1:00   TOWN TOUR-Meet at Portals

1:00 THEATER PERFORMANCE

1:50 BOXING MATCH

2:15- LADIES TEA                          

2:30THEATER PERFORMANCE                   

3:00   TOWN TOUR-Meet at Portals

 

 

 

 

We are counting down the days until diggins 2015!

Please join us at 9:00 am each morning for the manditory flag pole meeting.
When you arrive on site please register, registration times will be:

Registration Hours

 

WEDNESDAY 8:30AM- 10:00 AM

   4:00PM to 5:00PM

 

THURSDAY  8:00AM to 10:00 AM

 4:30PM to 6:00 PM

 

FRIDAY              8:00 AM to 10:00AM

 4:30PM to 6:00PM

 

SATURDAY       8:00AM to 10:00AM

4:00PM to 5:00PM

 

 

 

Please also sign in and out daily at the portals so our staff knows who is onsite.

Children should be signed up with a parent for venues and not left un attended unless previously worked out with the venue head.

 

 

               

 

 

May 9^TH From 10 to 12 –Please Join us at Angelo’s hall for our last meeting before diggins 2015 begins. We will be going over the scenarios and incidents that happen within diggings and breaking up in small venue groups.  The idea is to use the language and ideas of the time to figure out how your character would interact with the politics and scenarios we are reenacting.  From 12:00- 1:00 there will be a potluck at eagle cotage for visiting with each other, please bring a dish to share.

Thank you Tim Martell and Roy Phillips- this is a small part of what they shared at the last meeting.

Lingo of the 1850’s

Greetings:

Hello, how are you this morning?

Top of the morning to you

Good morning Sir, Madam

God be with you

God be with ye:  then became goodbye later on.

 

Go it blind: To act without any information, planning or foresight. As, “When I left home, “he said, “I was determined to go it blind. I went it blind in coming to California, and I’m not going to stop now.” (1849)

Hang up one’s fiddle: To desist; to give up. As, “After panning for a while and finding no color, he hung up his fiddle and returned to the States.” ((1849))

Hankering, Hanker: To desire or want something. As, “We have been unsuccessful so far in procuring game & all have a hankering after fresh meat which antelope would satisfy very satisfactorily.” ((1849))

Hornswoggle: To cheat or deceive. ((1829))

Jack: A breezy form of address to a man whose name is unknown. ((1850))

Junk: Salted meat ((1850))

Looking for color: To be prospecting for gold. ((1852))

Eagle: A ten dollar coin minted of pure gold by the Miner’s Bank of San Francisco. Called an “Eagle” because of the American eagle on the reverse. ((1849))

Dyed in the wool: Ingrained; a part of; through out; thorough. ((1849))

Eat one’s hat: To eat one’s words; to be wrong. As, “If this isn’t the right road, I’ll eat my hat.” ((1837))

Fortnight: Two weeks or 14 days and nights. (before ’49)

Full chisel: At full speed. ((1849))

Hasn’t had a new idea since Adam was a boy: One who is not much of a thinker; not given to change or innovation. ((1850)