East Kingdom Gazette
Covering the Eastern Realm of the SCA
At long last the contract with the site for Market Day at Birka has been signed, and the dates are official. The first, highly incomplete, official announcement has been posted on the East Kingdom web site: http://www.eastkingdom.org/EventDetails.php?eid=3349 Check back there and at the official event web site (http://birka.eastkingdom.org/wordpress/) for updates as the year progresses. The …
Greetings! This is a reminder that the deadline to submit letters of intent for Crown Tournament is 11:59 p.m. on April 7, 2018, which is Coronation. Letters may be mailed, or submitted on-line (preferred) through the following link: http://surveys.eastkingdom.org/index.php/372252?lang=en All entrants must have memberships that are valid at least thirty days after Crown. This week, …
Greetings onto the populace of the East! My name is Beatrice de Warynton, and I have the honor of serving their Royal Majesties as the East Kingdom Largess and Gifts coordinator and the Kingdom toy box coordinator. The East Kingdom is truly blessed with some of the most gifted artisans, talented craftspeople, and generous individuals …
THL Maggie O’Donnell, Water 1 for Pennsic War 47 is seeking applicants for the following positions: Water 2 and a second Water 3. If you are interested or know of someone who is, please send an email to waterbearers@pennsicwar.org Job Description for Pennsic Water Tent Water #2 Help set up and/or tear down of water tent. This involve …
Chancellor Minors help integrate families and children into the events and activities throughout the East Kingdom in a meaningful way. Chancellor Minors do the very important job of fostering a healthy and vibrant youth culture within the Society. The SCA is a family-friendly and family inclusive organization. Chancellor Minors and Youth Officers at Large help make that possible by creating a family friendly atmosphere and providing a wide gamut of youth-specific activities at official SCA events.
Chancellor Minors work closely with their local Chatelaines to ensure that new families feel welcome and are able to participate in a meaningful way. Chancellor Minors and Youth Officers at Large also work closely with event autocrats to integrate games, classes, and other youth-specific activities for youths attending events.
How does one become a Chancellor Minor?
There will be a Arts & Sciences display at Coronation. To make this ever so slightly different than all the other displays, there will be “guest books” for people to write comments and praise for the objects being displayed. The display will be located near gate and is also where the Signet backlog deputy will …
The original post can be viewed on the SCA Laurel Sovereign of Arms Online System for Commentary and Response here, including the illustrations submitted for some devices listed: https://oscar.sca.org/index.php?action=100&loi=5068 Greetings good gentles, all! There is something in the air. The scent of spring. Or maybe just more snow. But that means it’s time to shake …
An Arts and Sciences article in honor of the First of April. Mistress Elspeth Keyfe of Neddingham and Master Steffan ap Cennydd The following receipts were found in the so-called Krummhorn MS, the source of the celebrated “Krummhorn Fragment” attributed to Chaucer and translated by Prof. Mucklemouthe[1]. This portion of the MS is a palimpsest …
Greetings once again from the Webministry of the East Kingdom! A piece of advice that was given to me during my recent Vigil was that when you are wrong, own it. Only a week ago I said that the migration of the Kingdom’s email to Google was complete and that everything had gone well. Apparently …
EASTERN RESULTS FROM THE JANUARY 2018 LoAR
The Society College of Arms runs on monthly cycles and letters. Each month, the College processes name and armory submissions from all of the Kingdoms. Final decisions on submissions are made at the monthly meetings of the Pelican Queen of Arms (names) and the Wreath King of Arms (armory). Pelican and Wreath then write up their decisions in a Letter of Acceptances and Return (LoAR). After review and proofreading, LoARs generally are released two months after the meeting where the decisions are made.
An “acceptance” indicates that the item(s) listed are now registered with the Society. A “return” indicates that the item is returned to the submitter for additional work. Most items are registered without comments. Sometimes, the LoAR will address specific issues about the name or armory or will praise the submitter/herald on putting together a very nice historically accurate item.
The following results are from the January 2018 Wreath and Pelican meetings. (more…)