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“Keeper of the Central Flame” Chosen

22 Sunday Apr 2018

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On April 14 artisans from around the East Kingdom and as far away as Aethelmarc came together to compete for the honor of being chosen Keeper of the Central Flame.

Twenty-seven artists competed in nine tracks, both as experts and novices. To be chosen as the Keeper, artisans entered three items in at least two different tracks. Judging was done using the East Kingdom rubric. The variety of projects and the high quality of the work were truly inspiring, and made the judges jobs very difficult.

The winners of the tracks were:

Track 1: Embroidery and Cordmaking – Eikaterine ton Elliniki (N), Astridr Musa (EX)
Track 2: Textiles – Janna von Guggisberg (N), Ibrahim al-Rashid (EX)

Reproduction of felt masks from Hedeby, by Lady Cellach Dhonn ingean Mhican an Mhadaidh

Track 3: Culinary –  Eithne (N), Alys Attewater (EX)
Track 4: Costuming – Margarita Carpintero (N), Astridr Musa (EX)
Track 5: Research & Writing – Kellenin de Lanwinnauch (N), Rosina von Schaffhausen (EX)
Track 6: Scribal Arts – Aurelia Colleoni a Bucca Fjorno (N)
Track 7: Smithing and Woodworking – Margarita Carpintero (N)

Stained glass, by Lady Solskinn

Track 8: Fine Arts – Gnaea Celera (EX)
Track 9: Period Science and Miscellany – Rosina von Schaffhausen (EX)
The winner of the Triathelon, and first Keeper of the Central Flame, was Lady Astridr Musa. For her project she created a 16th century “Spanish style” German traveling cloak. She began by spinning the thread and weaving the fabric, then recreated the cutting pattern of the original cloak, and spun and dyed her own embroidery floss. She is a highly skilled weaver and embroiderer, and was excited to learn how the embroidery was an integral part of determining the structure and drape of the finished cloak. Astridr hopes to complete the embroidery in time to display the project at Pennsic.

16th century cloak, by Lady Astridr Musa

By the end of the day it was clear that everyone had enjoyed the competition. The positive feedback left artists encouraged to return home to bring their projects to the next level. The competition organizers are already beginning to plan for next year’s event.

Crown Tournament Details

15 Sunday Apr 2018

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Unto all who would contest for the Tyger Throne do Basilissa Caoilfhionn and Basileus Brennan, Autokratera kai Autokrator Tis Anatolis send greetings,

We are eagerly anticipating the day when the East will find its new Heirs and Tir Mara their new Prince and Princess. We expect a day of prowess and pageantry, testing the mettle of those who would bear the weight of the Crown. To that end, we believe we have a fitting crucible.

The tournament will be fought in a double elimination format. Each round will be fought best 2 of 3 passes. The first round will feature a challenge-in where combatants from the bottom half of the day’s list, as sorted by precedence, will have the opportunity to challenge a combatant from the top half. From the 2nd round on, a traditional tree structure will be used to choose pairings. All double kills will be refought.

All combatants will be invited to use their preferred weapons form until the semi-finals. Those preferred forms need not match. Combatants should be prepared with gauntlets should they reach the semi-finals.

Semi-final pairings will feature one combatant from the winner’s list against one from the loser’s list, and each round shall continue to be the best 2 of 3 passes. The combatant from the winner’s list will need to win 1 round to advance. The combatant from the loser’s list will need to win 2 rounds to advance. The semi-finals will be fought with matched weapons forms. The combatant from the winner’s list will select the form for the first round. Should a second round be necessary, the weapons form for those 3 passes will be selected by the combatant from the loser’s list.

For the finals, all prior losses will be forgiven. The finals will be a best of 5 passes with rotating weapons forms of alternating choice. Matched sets of glaives and longswords will be provided should those forms be selected.

We have accepted letters of intent from the following couples:

Duke Randal of the Dark for the honor of Duchess Katherine Stanhope
Jarl Valgard Stonecleaver for the honor of Lady Gracia Vasquez de Trillo
Sir Jibril al-Dakhil for the honor of Master Philip White
Sir Wilhelm von Ostenbrücke for the honor of Mistress Vienna de la Mer
Sir Zhigmun’ Czypsser for the honor of Banthegn Leda Zipyos
Master Ávaldr Valbjarnarson for the honor of Mistress Eva Woderose
Syr Marcus Blackaert for the honor of Lady Solveig Bjarnardottir
Sir Luis de Castilla for the honor of Lady Margarita de Siena
Master Aethelhafoc Caegfindan for the honor of Mistress Siubhan Wallace
Master Perceval Gower for the honor of Lady Miranda of Ruantallan
Master Sigurthr VigurHafn for the honor of Baroness Medhbh inghean Ui Cheallaigh
Sir Ryouko’jin of Iron-skies for the honor of Lady Indrakshi Aravinda
Lord Spurius Genucius Rutilus for the honor of Lady Isolda Fairamay
Baron Fearghus O’Conchobhair for the honor of Baroness Christina Jenevra de Carvalhal
Lord Gawyn O’Clery for the honor of Maeve O’Clery
Lord Rheinhart Basorael Draculesti for the honor of Lady Leana Doucet
Lord Matthew MacGyver for the honor of Baroness Lillian Stanhope
Lord Hugh of Ruantallan for the honor of Lady Aveline d’Amiens
Lord Nicholas of Losthaven for the honor of Lady Mawdlyn Atwater
Lord Gaston Le’Cordier for the honor of Lady Mairead Drake
Lady Embla Knutrdottir for the honor of Lady Elena Rosa da Venezia
Lord Damian Ísólfsson for the honor of Nobilis Þórý Veðardóttir
Lord Albrecht Østergaard for the honor of Lady Anne Forneau

Good luck. Fight well and with great honor. The Kingdom looks forward to greeting its new Heirs.

Call for Heralds and List Runners!

15 Sunday Apr 2018

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Greetings to the tourney heralds and list runners of the East and Tir Mara from Don Lucien de Wyntere, Troubadour Herald!

We have several events coming up in the next few months.

On Saturday, May 5th, there will be Crown Tourney in the Barony of Ruantallan in the Crown Principality of Tir Mara. We’ll need voice heralds for the lists plus list-runners and support for shield trees. If you think you’d like to help in either capacity, please reach out to me at Troubadour@EastKingdom.org. If you haven’t heralded or run lists before but would like to try, we will be happy to provide on-the-job training and support. We work with kids ages 8 and up for list running.

If you are a Crown Combatant or the artist for one, here is the link for how to make a device for the shield tree (Instructions Here)

Shortly after that, at Sommer Draw, June 1-3rd , will be the King’s and Queen’s Armored Champions Tourney in the Barony of Bergental. Again, we’re looking for both experienced heralds and list-runners and those who want to learn.

Please reach out to me at Troubadour@EastKingdom.org if you would like to help or want to learn. Thank you and we look forward to seeing you on the field!

Market Day at Birka Dates and Hotel Information

07 Saturday Apr 2018

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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 dates for the event are January 25 – January 27.  Yes, you read that correctly.  The event is extending into Sunday this year for more than just Kingdom Curia.  At this time the only activity planned for Sunday, other than Kingdom Curia if Their Majesties request it, is additional hours to visit the merchants. So if you had so much going on during the day on Saturday, that you just didn’t get to shop, you can make up for it on Sunday.

Meanwhile, we know may people have been waiting eagerly for information on when they can make hotel reservations.  As we announced previously, the hotel is changing brand affiliations.  At the moment it is doing business as the Manchester Downtown Hotel.  Later this summer it will become a Doubletree Hilton.

Reservations can be made at the Birka rate through the  Manchester Downtown Hotel for Birka beginning April 15. Those will automatically transfer to the Doubletree Hilton system when the hotel transitions later this summer.

To reserve, call the hotel directly at 603-625-1000, and be sure you ask for the Birka rate.

If you aren’t able to reserve at our host hotel, all is not lost. We’ll have information about other convenient local hotels available on the web site later this summer.

Mistress A’isha bint Jamil

Market Day at Birka Information Officer

 

 

Arts and Sciences Display at Coronation

02 Monday Apr 2018

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There will be a Arts & Sciences display at Coronation. To make this ever so slightly different than all the other displays, there will be “guest books” for people to write comments and praise for the objects being displayed.

The display will be located near gate and is also where the Signet backlog deputy will be. The display will always have someone watching/guarding the art and or science.

We hope you will bring your work for all to enjoy and marvel at the many gifts the East can boast.

Please have ready a card listing who you are, and what you are displaying. Index cards will be available if you forget.

Set up for the display will be 9:30-10:30, with viewing hours going until half an hour before afternoon court. Please come pack up your things before court begins.

Please direct any questions to Marieta Charay, Quintavian Arts & Sciences Minister.

Information About The Upcoming Coronation

24 Saturday Mar 2018

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Greetings unto the East!

The Shire of Quintavia is honored to be hosting the Coronation of Brennan III and Caoilfhionn III on April 7, 2018. As that day quickly approaches, we would like to bring some things to your attention before you join us.

1) Pre-registration is available via PayPal or physical mail. PayPal will be available until March 28. All mailed pre-registrations must be postmarked April 1 or earlier. Tir Marans may pay the pre-reg rate at the door, provided they have submitted the rest of the needed information ahead of time. Please visit the website for further information.

2) The site has a hard out time of 6 pm overall, but 5:30 from the sanctuary. That means we need to be cleaned up from the sanctuary area by 5:30. If you are able to help with that for a few minutes, many hands will make light work. Lord Andreiko Eferiev and Lady Peronelle de Croy will be leading the cleanup and decor teams, respectively.

3) In the light of the Parkland tragedy, the church has updated their weapons policy to a ban. As such, we ask that you please leave anything larger than an eating knife at home. This includes rapiers, spears, halberds, belt knives with blades larger than six inches, arrows, and trebuchets. (We have received permission for bows without arrows and for the Sword of State.) Continue reading →

Day of the Decameron immersion event to take place in April 2019

20 Tuesday Mar 2018

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Good lords and ladies sitting in a salon, eating fine foods, drinking fine wine, listening to stories. Laughter, merriment. Gasps and ‘oh no she/he/they didn’t!’

This is the setting for an event to take place in the East Kingdom on April 27, 2019. A group of performers and organizers are planning to immerse event goers in the late 14th century of Florence, Italy, via stories from The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio.

Lady Lilie Dubh inghean ui Mordha is a bardic performer who has been awed by the productions of both Beowulf and Njal’s Saga. She took the immersion idea and found something that clicked for her. The Decameron is a series of stories told by people escaping from the Black Death in Florence in the mid 14th century. The book was published first in the 1350s, and again in the 1370s, just before the author’s death. The stories range from silly and fun, to scary, to witty and lively, to downright Bawdy. Continue reading →

Memorial Garden at the East Kingdom 50 Year Celebration

10 Saturday Mar 2018

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The East Kingdom’s fiftieth anniversary is coming up this summer, and with it a time for reflection on those of our society who are no longer with us.

The East Kingdom 50 Year Celebration will be held in Schaghticoke, NY from June 28th through July 1st, and will include a Memorial Garden set aside for quiet remembrance of the fallen.

Anyone who participated in the East Kingdom throughout its history may be memorialized in the garden.

For any person to be honored in this way, please prepare a single 11 x 8.5 sheet (landscape orientation), with a photo and a short biography, or whatever words you feel are appropriate. Continue reading →

Coronation of Alric and Katherine

06 Tuesday Mar 2018

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Greetings!

Please find attached the event announcement for the Coronation of Alric and Katherine in the Middle Kingdom: MK Spring Coronation

I understand that there might be some interest in the Tyger Realm regarding the event. Please feel free to distribute this announcement through all available channels. Thanks for your time!

In service,
Gunnar Sigurdsson, OP
Deputy Event Steward, Spring Coronation
Chronicler, Middle Kingdom