East Kingdom Gazette
Covering the Eastern Realm of the SCA
Yesterday the annual tourney to choose the King’s and Queen’s Equestrian Champions was hosted by the Shire of Quintavia, at the Hazel Grove Agricultural Association in Groton, MA. Unlike most of the Kingdom Champions tourneys, the site does not rotate between regions. Sites suitable for equestrian tourneys are relatively uncommon, so bids are encouraged from …
The Signet’s Office is organizing a Backlog Display Day at Ghosts, Ghouls and Goblins: http://www.eastkingdom.org/EventDetails.php?eid=3040 Many of you work hard on backlogs, and they never get to be seen because they don’t go out in court. This is a chance to show off your beautiful work, to be recognized for it, and for the Signet Office to show its …
This Saturday, the Barony of Settmour Swamp is pleased to host Brennan & Caoilfhionn’s Ducal Challenges. The day will feature prize tournaments for both armored and rapier combatants. Each combatant is asked to furnish a prize either made or sponsored (not purchased) for the prize pool. Winners will alternate choosing prizes with the artists who …
The message below was published Wednesday, August 24th via the SCA Board of Directors Announcements email list (announcements@lists.sca.org) At its August 22, 2016 meeting the Board of Directors approved the development and implementation of an expanded Board committee structure to encourage and facilitate transparency, participation in and understanding of Society governance throughout the membership of the Society. …
The following was sent out by the Society Seneschal as a follow-up to his announcement of earlier this week. The original announcement can be found here. Greetings to all Kingdom Seneschals, There have been questions about this week’s policy requirements forwarded to all Kingdom Seneschals and I would like to address the answers to those …
The Gazette requested an interpretation of this Society Seneschal’s official announcement from one of our editors to assist our readers in understanding its implications to them. The original announcement sections are in italics and her interpretations are indicated below each section. Our thanks to Mistress Katherine Barr for taking on this task. The interpretation is not an …
The planned war points for this year’s Pennsic were changed slightly due to accessibility issues with the woods and the extreme heat index. Both woods battles were cancelled. A substitute heavy list battle was fought, but martial activities were canceled for the time when a substitute rapier battle would have been fought. Instead of the …
Members of Our Noble Orders: As we mentioned at our order meetings at Pennsic, it has come to our attention that several recommendations were not picked up during our first polling. To fix this issue and to make sure everyone recommended is on the polls, here is what we are going to do. First We …
Editor’s Note: Since this article was published, Their Highnesses have announced a change in the polling schedule. Updated information is available here. Polling Orders: Prince Brion and Princess Anna’s first polling of awards is due on the 22nd of August 2016. Please send Them your recommendations no later than this date, and, as always, early is …
The East won all three armored field battles today. The fencing field battles were split, with two won by the Mid and one by the East, giving the war point to the Midrealm. Results are courtesy of Mistress Anastasia, HRH Brion, and Mistress Alys Mackintosh.