East Kingdom Gazette
Covering the Eastern Realm of the SCA
Applications are now being accepted for the office of the East Kingdom Chancellor of the Exchequer, which will expire in June 2017.
Salutations à la population de l’Est ! Nous espérons que cette nouvelle année vous trouve en santé et comble vos espérances! La date limite pour soumettre une recommandation pour le premier scrutin d’un de nos ordres votants sera le 20 janvier 2017. Veuillez envoyer vos recommandations par le site www.eastkingdom.org. Nous attendons d’avoir de vos …
The Society College of Heralds 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 Queen of Arms (armory). Pelican and Wreath then write up …
Greetings to the populace of the East! We hope the new year finds you all well and hopeful. We will be accepting award recommendations for our first polling until January 20th 2017. Please send your award recommendations via the www.eastkingdom.org website. We look forward to hearing from you. With much love and excitement for the …
Our sixteenth A&S Research Paper comes to us from Lord Drake Oranwood of the Shire of Rusted Woodlands, who examines the work of the Elizabethan songwriter Thomas Campion, and uses his texts as a way to look closely at the role of women in that complex society. (Prospective future contributors, please check out our original Call for Papers.)
The Double Bind: Thomas Campion and Elizabethan Women
Lord Yvan Wolvesbane passed away suddenly on December 4, 2016. Always an upholder of the chivalrous arts – he was the third Knight Marshal for the Barony of Concordia of the Snows. Yvan Wolvesbane discovered the SCA while he was in the Navy. His first assignment on a ship was a great adventure for him. …
The Rapier Pennsic Champions Coordinators have announced the tryout and selection process for both the Single’s Team & the Melee Team. Below is the selection committee’s email, originally sent out to the EK Rapier email list.
Here is the news we have promised and you have all waited with such grace and patience.
We have searched high and low throughout this vast kingdom for a gentle to lead our fencers into war. We are pleased to announce that we have found what we have sought.
King and Queen’s A&S and Bardic Champions will take place on February 11th in the Barony of Concordia of the Snows. There is a wonderful new website for the event: www.kqchamps.org. Details about the formats and requirements of both competitions can be found on this site. Please read all of the information carefully if you intend to …
Greetings unto the populace of this great East Kingdom. Bids are now being accepted from those that want to run an East Kingdom 50 year event. The East will hit the 50-year mark in 2018. This results in a really tight window for bids to be received and reviewed by the Council of the Exchequer. Had it not been …