November 17 2008 - We will be at the Her Majesty's Renaissance Faire. December 13th and 14 On Madison's West side come and enjoy the fun

October 31st 2008 - The Tribes of the Blue Rose did Weapons demonstrations and a historical Question and answer session at the UW Milwaukee Center for Celtic Studies Celtic Samhain Fest

September - The Tribes of the Blue Rose won best Cultural display for the second year at the Wisconsin Highland Games (and Celtic Fling) September 5th,6th and 7th. New resources have been added under the History and Resources link

August 20 2008 - We will be at the Wisconsin Highland Games (and Celtic Fling)

June 4th 2008 - New Galleries and photos have been added. Also a new living history group under Resources

April 23rd 2008 - Its official we are performing at the first annual Mad Celt fest on June21st.

April 10th 2008 - Spring is here! Practice will resume on a regular schedule.

February 9th 2008 - The Tribes of the Blue Rose has NEW weapons. We will be using the new weapons for all shows this year. See them here!.

December 10th 2007 - We will post our practice dates as they are confirmed. Practice will start up again after the first of the year.

November 6th 2007 - The Tribes of the Blue Rose welcomes our newest member, Norah Elizabeth, she was 8 pounds 2 ounces. 21 inches long. Brandi and the baby are doing great and are healthy as can be. Congratulations Amadon and Brandi.

November 5th 2007 - The Tribes of the Blue Rose is now in the planning stage for our 2008 session. We will post our dates as they are confirmed. Look for some new weapons and historical material.

September 26th 2007 - The Tribes of the Blue Rose did a presentation and weapons demonstration for the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee Celtic Studies department. Dr. Kate Mollan invited the Tribe to speak and demonstrate during the Celtic Studies 250 class, Scotland and the Scots.

Dr. Mollan was well pleased with the presentation and has invited the Tribe to return at a later date.

Good work Amadon, Lager, Jens, Bear,and Gor [Steve] thanks for taking the time to promote The Tribe,This bodes well for future growth of our people, keep up the good work.

September 2nd 2007 - The Tribes of the Blue Rose was given a plaque at closing ceremonies for the best Cultural display at the Highland Games. Thanks to Hunter for building the display hillfort, and table. Thank you to the Germailteach, for their help and support. Everyone did a great Job living the culture, fighting and interacting with the patrons. See our photos.

July 18th 2007 - The streets around the park in Monona are under construction. Madison fight practice location will be settled on soon. We will fight Sunday the 22nd in Williams Bay.

June 30th 2007 - We will be alternating fight locations for the summer. We will fight every weekend in Monona or Williams Bay. We will fight at Monona on Sundays one week and Williams Bay on Saturdays the following week. Check the calendar for the location.

May 20th 2007 - On Sunday Gere was crowned Righ (King) of the Gearmailteach one of the Tribes of the Blue Rose. Belrix 'Ard Righ (High King) of the Tribes of the Blue Rose presented him before the combined tribes as the first king of the Gearmailteach

May 20th 2007 - On Sunday Hunter was made a knight of the Tribes of the Blue Rose.

May 19th 2007 - On Saturday Gymlix was made a knight of the Tribes of the Blue Rose.

The Tribes of the Blue Rose may perform one or all of the following; non-scripted military combat, living history area and a group participation activity called the ‘Deer Dance’. We have 8 -12 fighters and an additional 10 support members. We can provide several tents 10x15 and a display booth also about 10 x 15.

Our Combat shows are never the same twice. We have a combat system which allows us to fight one on one, group melee and ‘last man standing’ with out repeating the fight sequences. We currently use blunted metal swords, non-thrown spears and axes. We have pictures of our new weapons on our web site. We like to have an hour per fight block to great the crowd, perform, meet the crowd afterwards and busk.

Our living history area, staffed by our members in garb, is a place where patrons can look at and touch some artifacts from our own collections and items we have reproduced. They can also ask questions and see some demonstrations.

Our group participation activity is not done in armor and would not be done in conjunction with a fight block. We have created a celebration of a successful hunt. The activity encourages patrons to participate especially children from age 5 and up. One tribe member is the Hunter; the other members are bears, wolves and deer. One member is the ‘Great Stag’ and carries a large set of antlers. Patrons are all deer. We dance in a large circle and the Hunter with an imaginary bow shoots the predators first and then the other bucks with exception of one little boy. The boy, who we have pre-selected from the crowd will take the antlers from the great stage after he is shoot and finish the dance with the does.

Fight Location Directions:

March 19th 2007 - Check us out in the St. Patrick's Day Parade on Channel 3's web site.

February 27th 2007 – Come and see the Tribes of the Blue Rose perform in the annual St Patrick’s Day Parade in Madison WI on March 17th.

January 21st 2007 - The Gearmailteach have had their first meeting to discuss the foundation of the Tribe under Modern Tribalism. The pronunciation of the name Gearmailteach, The vowel combination "ea" is pronounced like a long (E-A) but very quickly, the combination "ai" is pronounced as a long (I). The Gearmailteach are a mix of Germanic, Celtic, and Roman traditions. They are warriors, craftsmen, bards, and people who just love history. The Gearmailteach are located in Southern Michigan, and currently have members in both the Kalamazoo and Lansing areas.

January 13th 2007 - MAD ROLLIN DOLLS half time show - We wowed the crowd and made a big impact [pun intended] we were on last night , andI think that it bodes well for the coming year .

January 1st 2007 - Welcome to our new web site!

Pray thee, enjoy the photos of us in action, our historical information and the works of our hands. If what you see interests you or you have questions please contact
Belrix at belrix1@yahoo.com.

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