East Kingdom Gazette
Covering the Eastern Realm of the SCA
Welcome to the Ninth Known World Bardic Congress and Cooks Collegium, to be held online on September 10th, 11th, and 12th. We are hosted this year by the Mid-Realm’s Barony of Ayreton. Join us for a weekend filled with classes, concerts, and bardic circles. In addition to cooking and bardic, we will also have brewing …
The 30th Market Day at Birka is approaching, and the staff would like to offer some additional information about the event for your planning convenience. We’d like to start of by reminding you that this year the event is 3 days long – Friday evening through Sunday afternoon. As this is new, Sunday activities are …
At long last the contract with the site for Market Day at Birka has been signed, and the dates are official. The first, highly incomplete, official announcement has been posted on the East Kingdom web site: http://www.eastkingdom.org/EventDetails.php?eid=3349 Check back there and at the official event web site (http://birka.eastkingdom.org/wordpress/) for updates as the year progresses. The …
Lord Argus Erikson, aka Argus of the Seven Hills, passed on unexpectedly on February 1, 2017. His passing leaves a hole in the fabric of the Barony of Stonemarche. Usually one starts this sort of article with a summary of the person’s awards and offices. Doing that doesn’t do Argus justice. He received his Award …
Market Day at Birka, in the Barony of Stonemarche, has a long history. This will be the 28th year of the event, and the 15th year since it moved to the Radisson Hotel and the Center of New Hampshire Expo Center in Manchester. Every four years the event scheduling gets a bit nerve-wracking because of …
We are saddened to report that Baron Olaf of Trollheimsfjord, known in the modern world as James Michael Revells, passed away very suddenly on January 9. He was 61. Baron Olaf was a long-time resident of the Barony of Stonemarche, but had moved south to Atlantia to be near his family last fall. He is …