East Kingdom Gazette
Covering the Eastern Realm of the SCA
Musicians’ Day in Ostgardr was cancelled earlier this year due to the site losing electricity and running water when a winter storm hit the week after Hurricane Sandy. The site and almost all the teachers originally scheduled for the event are available on January 26, so the event will be happening on that day! …
There will be a meeting of the Order of the Laurel at the A&S Championships, February 16 in the Barony of Dragonship Haven. Posted on behalf of TRH Gregor & Kiena.
It’s time to start thinking about Novice Schola 2013 in the Barony of Bergental (Springfield, MA). It is earlier this year (Feb 9th) so I won’t be able to give you as much leeway for dithering about whether or not to teach a class. Some classes are old favorites and we need those as our …
The East Kingdom Minister of Arts and Sciences, Brunissende Dragonette, has passed along the following from the Society Minister of Arts and Sciences. Any teachers who have recorded their classes and would be interested in having them on the sca.org site, please let her know at scamoas@gmail.com.
The East Kingdom Bardic Champions will take place in the Barony of Carolingia on February 2nd. The competition will take place over three rounds with the following parameters: performer’s choice, period piece, Their Majesties’ choice. Competitors will be judged by Their Majesties and an advisory committee on choice of material, artistic impression, audience impact, technical …
Blessings and cheers to the grand Kingdom of the East. The Abbey of St. Aegir in the Shire of Eisental along with the Brotherhood of Brewers in the southern region are opening the abbey doors so the good gentiles of the East may further their brewing skills. Classes will be covering a range of topics …
Mistress Aife has issued a challenge to performers attending Bergental/BBM Yule! “I would like you to do something daring. Something different — quite literally. If you sing, I’d love to see you try a spoken word piece. If you always do comedy, perhaps try something a bit more tragic. If you’ve always played the harp, …
The East is renowned throughout the Known World both for its craftspeople and for its generosity. There will be a number of occasions during the next several months when our beloved King Edward and Queen Thyra would like for our artisans to display their skill to visiting Royalty and to the people of this Kingdom …
Artisans’ Challenge and Display cancelled. I have received word that the site for the event is not expected to have power back until Monday and we, therefore, need to regretfully cancel Artisans’ Challenge for this year. I hope that those who planned to attend will attend St. Eligius next weekend: http://www.eastkingdom.org/EventDetails.html?eid=2283 and/or the following weekend …
By Baron Jehan du Lac The Kingdom has recently witnessed the funeral rites of a great War King and it brings up the eternal question… what cool stuff did he leave behind? We are familiar with the riches found in places like Sutton Hoo. Have you ever thought about how cool it would be …