From issue 4 summer 2006
On April 6, all the sixth grade classes went on a trip to the Medieval Times in Lyndhurst, New Jersey. When we first arrived at Medieval Times, they gave us a table card and allowed us to buy drinks and medieval souvenirs.
After a while the adviser of the king led us into the arena. There we met our representative knight and horse. When we got to our seats, there were different sections for different knights and horses.
I.S.49ers represented the green knight and horse. The adviser explained what was going to happen.
We also met the king and the princess. After they settled us down, they served us our lunch while we watched the show. We drank soup and soda; we ate half a chicken, spare ribs, baked potato, and a cookie for dessert (all without forks and knives!). Then the battle began!!
The knights first had games where they would compete against other knights. After every game two knights were eliminated. This action continued until there were two left. After the “games” the real battle began. Two knights were chosen to battle each other. They used a lance, which was a long pole with a point to jab each other, a sword, a mace that is a small pole with a quatrefoil-shaped head, a mandoble that looks like an ax, and an alabarda which is a mix of the battle-ax and the spear. They fought for a long time until the head knight turned against the king. The knights went out to fight the head knight and caught him. After the battle, the blue knight had won. This trip was one of the best trips that we went to. We recommend this trip because it actually brings you back to the time, medieval time!
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