East Kingdom Gazette
Covering the Eastern Realm of the SCA
Unto all who would travel South for the Spring Crown Tournament to be held in Harrington, Delaware; the Shire of Caer Adamant sends greetings. Our State is small and The Crown tournament will be held just 30 minutes south of the Delaware capital where Nascar weekend will be in full swing. Please be aware that …
This weekend the traditional Bear Pit tourneys were held at Market Day at Birka. The format is a 10 foot by 10 foot list. Combatants can be killed according to the usual rules of combat or by being driven out of bounds of the list with both feet. A single foot out of bounds results …
Greetings unto the populace of the Great East Kingdom, Be it known, the Fashion Show held at the Market Day at Birka has again highlighted many creative and talented gentiles of our kingdom, and the fruits of their labors. The fashion show had an enormous number of participants this year, competing in a variety of …
Greetings unto the Kingdom. There have been many, many “interesting” things happening in the last few weeks in the East Kingdom, to quote a very wise woman. Many tempers have become heated, while others have tried to maintain calm. The Autocrat and staff of Birka realize that the Event this weekend provides a good place …
The 30th Market Day at Birka is approaching, and the staff would like to offer some additional information about the event for your planning convenience. We’d like to start of by reminding you that this year the event is 3 days long – Friday evening through Sunday afternoon. As this is new, Sunday activities are …
Come join us in the heartland for the SCA’s first symposium for studying the arts and sciences aspect of historic combat! The symposium will take place as part of the opening weekend of Lilies War (June 7-16) and provide a series of focused classes and hands on workshops focused on the A&S side of medieval …
Have you ever read an event announcement, and when you finished laughing, cleared your schedule so that you could attend? After reading the Quintavian Iron Scribe announcement, several of your trusty EK Gazette editors did just that. [Movie announcer voice] IN A WORLD where the perg never dries right and the paint won’t mix properly, …
Greetings one and all! The Barony of Bhakail welcomes all to join us for our 40th annual Bhakail Yule Revel to be held on Saturday, December 8th, 2018. This year our celebration will include the annual Bhakail Baronial Arts & Sciences and Brewing Championships, where our Baron Rowen will search for the successors of Master …
You’ve seen Crown Tournaments year after year. K&Q Competitions… been there, seen that. There was even Golden Seamstress, with sleepless, nail-biting races to the finish. But you’ve never seen anything like the Great Quintavian Iron Scribe Competition! You know scribes are always on a deadline. You know scribes are always battling curled paper, gold that …
Greetings Good Gentles, The St. Eligius A&S Competition is this coming Saturday, November 10. Please join us for a day of friendly competition in which artisans will be displaying their craft and skills in various mediums. During the day, there will be a delectable dayboard including sweet and savory hand pies and assorted crudite. Following …