East Kingdom Gazette
Covering the Eastern Realm of the SCA
Tidings from the Brigantia Principal Herald. The East Kingdom College of Arms is proud to announce that the Order of Gawain is now Fully registered with the SCA College of Arms. The Badge which has been in use since Gryffith and Aikaterine, the Green Garter with Yellow Star, passed without conflicts. * East, Kingdom of the. …
Attention heralds and those that want to be heralds! I am Yehuda ben Moshe, currently serving as Elmet Herald, the East Kingdom heraldic education deputy. Over the last few months, I’ve run a series of classes, titled “So you want to be a (book) herald?” Parts I-III. The classes were run both online, via Google …
Responses to the first poll of Their Highnesses Kenric and Avelina need to be sent before midnight tonight when the polls close. Polls are sent to the members of the Orders so that they may provide input to the Crown on future members. Orders which conduct polls include the Chivalry, Laurel, Pelican, Tygers Combattant, Sagittarius, …
Pennsic War 43 Dates are announced and official. Troll opens on Friday, July 25, 2014, at 12:00 noon for Land Agents and site closes Sunday, August 10, 2014, at 3:00 p.m. Pennsic War (note the page is currently in Off Season mode!) Check the page at a later date/time for more information regarding Pennsic 43 (2014). …
The Office of the East Kingdom Tyger Clerk of the Signet would not run as smoothly without the assistance of many deputies. At this time I would like to publicly thank both Mistress Carolyne de la Pointe, Northern Deputy-Clerk, and Lady Margaret Twygge, Tir Mara Deputy-Clerk, for their strong support and service in these past …
Lady Raffaella Mascolo, the East Kingdom Webminister and Web Polling Minister, announced a new web tool to send award recommendations. A link can be found on the East Kingdom home page under ‘Getting Involved’ and on the pages of the royalty and here. This list of “new and fun features of the recommendations page” was …
An announcement from the Eastern Crown Herald: Due to changes at the Society level, effective today, the paperwork required for heraldic submissions has changed. We are hopeful that these changes will make the process easier for submitters and consulting heralds.
At the July 2013 Board Meeting, the Additional Peerage Exploratory Committee (“APEC”) proposed that the Board of Directors create a new Patent-bearing Peerage Order parallel to the Orders of the Chivalry, the Laurel and the Pelican. This Rapier Peerage would be for the related martial arts of rapier and all forms of cut & thrust …
The Office of Society Rapier Marshal, a deputy to the Society Earl Marshal, is open for applications. Please send resumes (modern, SCA and rapier) to the the Society Earl Marshal at marshal@sca.org. The deadline for resumes is September 1, 2013. Warmest thanks go to the outgoing Society Rapier Marshal, Baroness Eyrny, for her service to …
Greetings unto the Populace of the East Kingdom, A few months ago, the office of the East Kingdom Youth Clerk was created under the office of the Chancellor Minor to help handle the modern administrative burden of managing the Kingdom’s extensive youth officer background checks. The duties of the Youth Clerk are to: – Serve …