East Kingdom Gazette
Covering the Eastern Realm of the SCA
Dear East Kingdom – It is with heavy hearts that we must announce the decision to cancel King’s and Queen’s Rapier Champs at this time. This decision was necessitated by the current COVID-19 surge. We will be reaching out to those who have pre-registered in the near future regarding the reimbursement process. Please – stay …
Good evening, East Kingdom Populace, Their Majesties and Their Highnesses, with the Office of the Seneschal, thank the Kingdom for your support regarding the decision to close down all in-person activities until January 17th. We have reviewed current data regarding reported COVID cases from the CDC and PHS. Although the data trends suggest that most …
From the East Kingdom Seneschal Good evening, East Kingdom Populace, With the care of the Kingdom ever in mind, Their Majesties, Their Highnesses, the Seneschal-Elect, and the Kingdom Seneschal have agreed that we must shut down all in-person events, meetings, practices, and other activities in the East for two weeks, until January 17th. The Omicron …
Greetings everyone! I thought I would take a moment to quell some rumors, since the Maybe Staff of a Not Yet Event are having questions asked. There is Not Going to be a Birka 2022. We know you miss it and want it to happen. We will try for 2023. In the *planning stages* is …
The tournament to determine the heirs of the East has begun in the Barony of Bergental. The tournament will be run as a double elimination tournament through the semi-finals. Please see the bottom of this post for the full format. The following combatant couples have begun the tourney: Group Azure (First to March) Duke Ronald …
Good afternoon, East Kingdom! Your Crown Tournament Stewards are here to share some more *very important* information! This is especially important for The Combatants and Consorts, so please read the information thoroughly. First, Gate will open at 8:30AM for Combatants and Consorts. Please use this. Second, we are making a major change to the morning …
Please make sure you are checking your email for both the link to pre-register, and the follow up PayPal Invoice if you are attending Crown Tournament. There are several outstanding Paypal Invoices currently. To best serve the East, we need to make sure those are paid timely so we can move people up the wait …
Crown Tournament is a few short weeks away and I wanted to share some housekeeping information. 1. While the list for Combatants & Consorts has not been published by the Crown, I have already reached out to begin the pre-registration process. The Combatants who were not already registered were sent an email this morning with …
Good morning, East Kingdom! Since the announcement of the new COVIDSafe Policy going in to effect on October 12, 2021, a few people have reached out to find out if the attendance cap would be lifted on Crown Tournament. Upon discussion, we have decided to keep the attendance cap in place. While requiring vaccination/negative COVID tests …
On a sunny day on Lake Cochituate in the heart of Carolingia, the stage was set. The banners of Carolingia flew across the wooded shoreline. A wall tent stood decorated with the Arms of Carolingia and a banner stating, “Carolingia Statis Mentis Est” to the right of the dais. Before them, the new Baron and …