East Kingdom Gazette
Covering the Eastern Realm of the SCA
A private fundraiser is being held at Birka to assist Master Tearlach the Profane and his family whose home was destroyed on New Year’s Day. Many merchants will have donation containers available on their tables. If you would like to help, just look for the containers in the merchant area. In addition, several merchants will …
Pikestaff is seeking artwork for future issues. Our primary need is for art suitable for covers, but small spot illustrations are welcome too. Cover art should be sized to fit an 8.5×11 format, should be black and white/greyscale, and should be in a graphics format such as JPEG or GIF. Art should be period in …
The Tailor’s Pattern Book 1589 by Juan De Alcega is going to be re-printed this spring, or summer, as a result of effective petitioning of the publisher. The reprint price has not been announced yet but it is expected the reprinting will be small in numbers to test demand. This book is a translation and facsimile …
This fencing snowman is the artwork for the t-shirts that will be sold at K&Q’s Rapier. All profits will go towards the Tir Mara Royal Travel Fund. T-Shirts will be $20 CDN/USD each and will be sold while supplies last, on a first come, first served basis. Unfortunately American checks cannot be accepted. The Chambre …
Their Majesties Ansteorra recently posted this missive: Concerning Same-Sex Combattants/Consorts in Ansteorra Crown Tournament And the Announcement by the Crown at 12th Night Court As we are sure some of you have heard, in court at Steppes 12th Night, We, in accordance with recent Society Corpora changes did issue the following edict: For the duration …
As many may have already heard, tragedy struck several of our own on New Year’s Day when a fire destroyed the home of Master Tearlach the Profane and his family. Everyone escaped the blaze safely, but the house, and everything in it, was lost. If you do not know Master Tearlach personally, you have likely seen his helmets …
Message from Iron Bog regarding East Kingdom 12th Night There will be an ‘open stage’ opportunity and you are invited to share your skills of entertaining. Please check the information available at: http://eastkingdom.org/EventDetails.html?eid=2372 Additionally, if you know of any performers who might be interested, please share this information with them.
The overall theme of these baskets is Viking, both in honor of Birka, and our fair Queen Thyra. Their Majesties may also be having Mongolian guests, if your skills lie more in the Easterly direction. Some ideas for gifts follow, but you should by no means limit yourself to the items suggested (please also bear …
At Bergental/BBM Yule on Dec 8th, we’ll hold a COOKIE SALE to benefit the Royal Travel Fund. This has become a very popular part of our festive celebrations over the past few years. We need your cookies! Please bake and donate! Cookies do not need to follow period recipes. We do ask that you include a …
The Boston Globe recently covered an SCA event at the Barony of Carolingia in an online photo essay. The article can be found here.