East Kingdom Gazette
Covering the Eastern Realm of the SCA
Baroness Ygraine of Kellswood, East Kingdom Archery Scorekeeper, reported the following to the Gazette. I am delighted to report that Master Rupert the Unbalanced has this day achieved the (unofficial) ranking of Ludicrous Bowman! Shooting a recurve handbow, his 3 qualifying Royal Round scores are: 122 on May 3, 119 on June 7 and 119 …
Greetings to the Kingdom of the East from Queen Etheldreda and King Omega! The generosity of the East Kingdom is without renown. We ask for a bit of that generosity now so we may continue to give small tokens in court to newcomers to our society. This is an important tradition in which newcomers are …
Greetings Everyone – The wonderful tradition of giving toys to the children during Royal Court is something we all look forward to. The generosity of the people of The East has kept the toy chest overflowing for our children. In celebration of the alliance between The East and The Midrealm I would like to fill …
This past weekend the shire of Hartshorn-dale hosted its first Artisans’ Village, a weekend long camping event dedicated to showcasing, promoting, and supporting the arts and sciences of our fair kingdom. The site was split into different artists areas, with similar arts located together. There were areas for glass bead making, metalworking (including blacksmithing and …
We are pleased to announce the start of two rapier experimental weapon programs. The first program is Fleeting Body Contact, run by Master Donovan Shinnock. This experiment will explore the feasibility of changing II.B.9, currently “Wrestling with an opponent, or any form of body-to-body contact is prohibited.” to the Society Rapier Standard of, “Fleeting contact …
As a reminder, paid pre-registration for Pennsic 44 closes on Wednesday June 17th. For more information, please see the Pennsic Registration Website.
This is a recurring series by Mistress Alys Mackyntoich on whether certain names currently can be documented to period based on existing evidence. There are a lot of names that people think are medieval, but actually aren’t, and others which people think are modern, but in fact are found in the SCA’s period. If you would …
From the SCA Board of Directors: The Board of Directors would like to briefly remind everyone of the 50 Year Celebration of the Society on June 17-27th, 2016 [in Indiana]. This is a celebration of the history and the future of the Society. It is also a chance to meet and enjoy the company of …
Mistress Caryl de Trecesson has announced plans for a memorial service next month for her dear husband, Master Kali Harlansson of Gotland. Mistress Caryl adds: “Everyone is welcome! The gathering is open format, drop by when you can, from 2pm till 5pm. There’ll be a somewhat more formal service in the middle at 3pm.”
This was written by Meesteress Annetje VanWoerden in response to requests the Gazette has received for an article on how to cook a feast. The Gazette thanks her for writing the article. So. You have decided that you want to create an SCA feast by offering to be a head cook. Welcome. We are a small, …