York City Levy

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The '''York City Levy''' is a [[Other re-enactment sites|recreation group]] that puts on many shows throughout [[Britain]], over the year, providing entertainment and national curriculum relevent education for the public whilst providing an interesting and thoroughly enjoyable hobby for its members.

The York City Levy puts on a show that depends entirely on the scenario set. The shows generally consist of:-
*''Drill'' - The demonstration of a medieval block of [[soldier]]s marching in formation.
*''Skill-at-arms'' - The use of [[weapon]]s in the [[15th century]], including armed [[combat]].
*''[[Archery]]'' - Demonstration of the medieval [[longbow]].
*''Battles'' - Full scale re-enactments of medieval [[war]]fare with other groups, incorporating all of the above.
*''Mumming'' - Entertaining authentic medieval street [[theatre]].
*''Authentic Camp'' - Recreation of medieval campaign [[period camping|encampment]], along with authentic [[cooking]] and other camp activities.
*''[[roleplaying|Role-play]]'' - Members of the group portray characters of the [[period]] in both first and third person.
*''Kiddy-drill'' - Children of the visiting public are able to participate in a drill with the soldiers, with their own [[polearm|pole-arm]]s.

''The original content of this page was extracted from the About Us page via http://www.yorkcitylevy.com''

==External Links==
'''See also:'''
*[http://www.yorkcitylevy.com York City Levy]
[[category:re-enactment groups]]

The York City levy is in no way a part of the Society for creative anarchronism and is a stand alone group.

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