East Kingdom Gazette
Covering the Eastern Realm of the SCA
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.
Lady Carllein has provided significant service to the SCA by offering titles on the many subjects of interest to medieval researchers, artisans and readers. Her selections have included hard-to-find and out-of-print titles, books for young folk, manuscript facsimiles, and many other treasures. After more than 20 years of carting her heavy wares throughout the East …
In partnership with Organic Valley, Wolfgang Gruenwald has helped set up a kitchen to provide hot meals in an area inside Carillion that has been without power for some time. They are offering hot meals for breakfast/lunch/dinner from 6am to 10pm, 7 days a week starting yesterday. They will need cooks, servers, and anyone willing …
Lady Cezilia Raposa, Volunteer Coordinator for Their Majesties Edward and Thyra, is looking for gentles to supply assorted newcomer tokens. “They should serve as a remembrance of their first event and hopefully the Crown that gave them,” she reports Their Majesties as requesting. “Therefore, it would be nice if they have some tie into Our …
Do you have a news related item that would interest people in the East Kingdom? We’re always looking for articles about past or upcoming happenings – events, practices, courts, competitions, gatherings of guilds and other activities. We not only accept submissions but welcome them. For more information on how to submit an article, read here.
Wishing you were at Crown but can’t make the trip? Want to know the full play-by-play as the tourney progresses? Can’t wait to find out who the next King and Queen of the East will be? Tomorrow, October 27th, the East Kingdom Gazette will provide full coverage of the tournament, from the March of Precedence …