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!
Monday, March 28, 2016
Tuesday, May 19, 2015
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:
THURSDAY 8:00AM to 10:00 AM
FRIDAY 8:00 AM to 10:00AM
SATURDAY 8:00AM to
10:00AM
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.
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
4:30PM to 6:00 PM
4:30PM to 6:00PM
4:00PM to 5:00PM
Children should be signed up with a parent for venues and not left un attended unless previously worked out with the venue head.
Wednesday, April 29, 2015
May 9TH
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.
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)
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