East Kingdom Gazette
Covering the Eastern Realm of the SCA
A grand auction for the East Kingdom Royal Travel Fund will be held during Spring Coronation on Saturday, April 5, and donations are being sought. Ideas from prior auctions include: Hand-made items Promissories for backlog scrolls and other work Mugs and other feast-gear items Pre-made SCA weaponry include shields Lessons from fighters or artisans …
The cooks of the Barony of Sternfeld in the Middle Kingdom have created a survey about feasts and they are trying to get as wide a distribution as possible. Their goal is to find out what people want, and then share that information with as many feast cooks as possible. To that end, they’ve published …
It is with great sadness that the Gazette reports on the passing of Lord Ragnarr Dragonheart. He passed away on January 3rd, 2014. He is survived by his lady, Lady Fionnghuala Na Lamh Bann. Lord Ragnarr joined the SCA in the fall of 1993 and was an active member of the Barony of Settmour Swamp for …
It is with great sadness that the Gazette reports on the passing of Don Edmund the Lame. He passed away on the afternoon of January 5, 2014, after a battle with cancer. Don Edmund was active for many years in the Society, across multiple continents and Kingdoms. He was instrumental in starting rapier activities in …
On December 21, 2013, sixty or so SCA folk visited the Higgins Armory Museum in Worcester, Massachusetts. With most dressed in armor or garb, they gathered to say goodbye to the historic facility before it closes at the end of the month. Throughout its 83 years, the museum’s extensive collection of arms and armor has …
Greetings to the singers, poets, drinkers, and wits of the East Kingdom! Lady Aildreda de Tamwurthe issues unto you a convivial challenge for the festival season, to be answered at Twelfth Night in the Barony of Concordia of the Snows. The cheerful poets of Beuern have left us many jolly songs and poems about the …
The Society Social Media Officer is seeking a Deputy Social Media Officer for Facebook / Emergency Deputy. This position will require 5-10 hours per week researching and generating content for our official Facebook Page, including links, news items, status updates, photos, and shareable content. The Deputy for Facebook will work with the Facebook content and …
In a missive from the Society Webminister, Baroness Alesone Gray of Cranlegh, we received the happy news that the East Kingdom Gazette has been nominated for a William Blackfox Web Award! Not only that, but our nomination has resulted in the creation of a new award category — Best Online Outreach. Baroness Alesone explains that …
The Blackfox Awards are given for excellence in a variety of areas related to local and Kingdom newsletters. They were instituted in memory of Master William Blackfox, author and illustrator of the Warthaven cartoons, which he generously sent every month for many years for publication in the various kingdom newsletters. Each spring Kingdom Chroniclers across …
The Crown Principality of Tir Mara’s weekend was one of Thanksgiving, and a Gentleman and Gentlewoman’s Meal with a pie of that Turkish fowl led Lady Mergriet Van Wijenhorst to victory as Princess’ A&S Champion at the Tir Mara Rattan and A&S Championships Event held in the Shire of Lyndhaven on Saturday. The competition, while …