East Kingdom Gazette
Covering the Eastern Realm of the SCA
The Tailor’s Pattern Book 1589 by Juan De Alcega is going to be re-printed this spring, or summer, as a result of effective petitioning of the publisher. The reprint price has not been announced yet but it is expected the reprinting will be small in numbers to test demand. This book is a translation and facsimile …
Hidden in the workrooms, kitchens, and breweries of the Kingdom of the East, (and some beyond) are artisans busily putting the finishing touches on their “Secret Artisan” gifts for some eager recipients, who are also hard at work on their own item. EKAE Swap II’s deadline is Birka, and it is fast approaching! What is …
[googlemaps https://maps.google.ca/maps/ms?msa=0&msid=214729906434197199323.0004d355d6ded01085618&ie=UTF8&t=m&ll=41.934977,-73.168945&spn=11.438126,18.676758&z=5&output=embed&w=425&h=350] All hail to the days that merit more praise Than all the rest of the year, And welcome the nights that double delights As well for the poor as the peer! Good fortune attend each merry man’s friend, That doth but the best that he may; Forgetting old wrongs, with carols and …
This fencing snowman is the artwork for the t-shirts that will be sold at K&Q’s Rapier. All profits will go towards the Tir Mara Royal Travel Fund. T-Shirts will be $20 CDN/USD each and will be sold while supplies last, on a first come, first served basis. Unfortunately American checks cannot be accepted. The Chambre …
Have you checked Facebook today? Twitter? For hundreds of Easterners, that answer is yes. SCA Corporate has started to pursue Social Media as a way to keep in touch with current SCAdians, recruit new members, and elicit information from the population it serves. At the upcoming January 26 meeting of the BoD, the new social …
The Shire of Endewearde in northern Maine held a demo at their local Children’s Museum Saturday, and was featured in a short article and video on the WABI TV website. Be advised that you must watch a comercial to see the video, and the volume is very low. http://www.wabi.tv/news/36739/medieval-festival-held-at-maine-discovery-museum
Via the SCA Announcements E-mail List: On November 1, 2012, the Board of Directors put the following proposed change out to the membership for comment: Corpora IV. B. 4. No one may take part in a Royal Lists as both competitor and prospective consort. Due to significant lack of support for this change, the Board …
The East Kingdom Gazette just received the following missive from Bhakail: My noble friends, Their Royal Majesties of the Laurel Kingdom of the East, Edward and Thyra, publicly decree that they have heard the advice of the populace and have chosen the successors to Baron Darmon and Baroness Sabine. For the future Baron and …
We will be holding an East Kingdom Chatelaine’s Meeting at Birka, on Saturday the 26th. It will held from 10am-11am, in Room 2. Any and all Chatelaines from across the Kingdom are invited to join, to meet and greet, and go over a few key points. A more specific agenda will be provided on the …
UNOFFICIAL COURT REPORT: TWELFTH NIGHT It should be altogether clear by the present public instrument that, upon the Feast of Twelfth Night, on Saturday 5 January in the forty-seventh year of the Society in the Barony of Iron Bog, where and when the most excellent prince and lord Edward, King of the East, and Thyra, …