East Kingdom Gazette
Covering the Eastern Realm of the SCA
After a full day of outstanding performances the field of contestants in the King’s and Queen’s Bardic Championship came down to five superlative performers. Their Majesties then announced the theme of the last round of competition. Each of the artists was charged to write a new composition in honor of Saint Robert’s Day, a festival …
Greetings from Quintavia! Once again this year we will be hosting Hrim Schola, the East Kingdom’s premier fiber arts learning event. Last year we had ten tracks of five classes on a wide variety of topics sprinkled with guild meetings, and this year we hope to have even more! The event is on March 23rd …
King’s Bardic Champion: Master Matthew Grim (or his alter-ego, Grim the Skald) Queen’s Bardic Champion: Lord Lucien de Pontivy There were more than twenty participants in Round One. The field was narrowed by half for Round Two, then five contestants were selected for the third and Final Round, where the challenge was to compose an …
Warm winds blow the greening grass on the lovely southern slopes of Vermont. We are so pleased to welcome back their Royal Majesties who will be choosing their Equine champion at Panteria XVIII. In this our year of majority, Panteria looks forward to enjoying your company at picturesque Camp Farnsworth in Thetford Vermont. We will …
The great East Kingdom bardic competition draws near. Our gracious King and Queen will choose their new champions, while the populace will enjoy the story and song. To show the bards that we appreciate their gifts of entertainment, we are encouraging the populace to give their site token as a gift to a worthy bard. …
If you were at Birka last weekend you might have seen people with nifty items for which they did not pay! Thieves?? No just happy receivers of gifts made JUST for them from Swap II of the East Kingdom Artisanal Exchange. While Swap II has drawn to a close Swap III is now open looking …
An additional note to this article about Their Majesties’ Birka clothing. The longer quote of Queen Thyra’s dress was translated into modern Danish and then into runes. The translation into Danish was done by Jarla Dagmar and Lady Vibeke Steensdatter. Photo by Cateline la Broderesse
Birka attendees may have noticed the garb being worn by Their Majesties Thyra and Edward, which was made specifically for this event. The outfits were Viking, thematically taken from period sources for design and cut. The words spelled out by the Danish runes from 900 AD came from a different, more modern source.
As Birka is fast approaching I’d like to remind everyone that there will be a scroll display from 10am-4pm in a room located on the mezzanine above the concierge. Please bring Finished Estrella War scrolls, award scrolls, as well as your portfolios to display. All award scrolls and portfolios must be picked up at least …
King and Queen’s Arts and Sciences Competition is fast approaching. On behalf of the Queen’s Champion and the event steward, I am writing to ask for volunteers to help with judging. We are looking for people to judge enamels/glass, clothing, food, fiber arts, and Calligraphy & Illumination, just to name a few. If you would …