East Kingdom Gazette
Covering the Eastern Realm of the SCA
Greetings unto the People of the East! Their Highnesses would share the following information with you regarding Their coming Reign. Following Coronation, the Consuls of the East will be holding two courts per month. The second Sunday of the month will be reserved for celebrating the populace with awards. This court will focus on all …
Glorious Tidings Unto All of the Families and Youth of the East Kingdom, EK Tyger Camp, a virtual Youth Point, is now live! Visit Tyger Camp at https://chancellorminor.eastkingdom.org/tygercamp to access more than 50 activities, recipes, classes, stories and songs. To visit the navigate Tyger Camp, you can click on an object on the main page, for example …
Good afternoon, East Kingdom! I have been in contact with the Society Seneschal, following the Board’s suspension of all in-person *events* through Jan 31, 2021 (note: small gatherings are still ok; see the formal announcement for details). Our plans for Coronation are within the parameters in the BoD announcement, and so the transfer of power …
Happy Tuesday, East Kingdom! We have another fantastic class available for your viewing pleasure this week: Tuesday, July 28: Anathema- The Book Curse. 7:00 pm EDT. Instructor: Alienor Hathaway. This class will examine a medieval way of protecting manuscripts and books from thieves: the anathema, or the book curse. We will discuss how these curses …
My dearest populace of the East, Every year at Pennsic there is a Viking ship that is adorned with the shields of our honored dead who have passed in the last year. My household (La Familia Gladiatoria) has hosted the final burning of this ship for over a decade now and offered a ritual space …
Happy Monday, East Kingdom! Read on to learn more about the online A&S classes being offered this week: Monday, July 20: Beginning Recorder with Erlan (session 2). 7:00 pm EDT. Instructor: Pia Maletesta d’Rimini. This online class is designed to give you basic recorder skills, including how to articulate sounds, fingering and following simple melodies. …
Do you fancy Eastern scribal beauty? Perhaps there is a spot in your home or office you’d like to adorn? Look no further, some Eastern Scribes have toiled with pen and ink, or brush and paint to make a difference in trying times!! If you haven’t had a chance to check out the art …
Greetings from the Webministry of the East Kingdom! On Thursday, July 2, from 10:00 AM to Noon, we will be upgrading the mailing list software that supports the polling order mailing lists. Messages sent to the lists during the outage should wait at your email provider to be handed off to us when the services …
A tremendous number of SCA-related activities have been going on at home and are being shared on the internet on various platforms with the hashtag #SCAatHome. The SCA corporate office has been curating a weekly collection of highlights, starting on Mar. 24. You can find them all on the corporate web site: This week’s post: …
To all Kingdom Seneschals, I want to reiterate a statement my predecessor issued a few years ago on the issue of doxxing any SCA participant. I want to alert all of the SCA Crowns and officers (Kingdom and local group officers) that Doxxing (i.e. the posting or distribution of personal private information like SSNs, Tax Returns, Drivers …