East Kingdom Gazette
Covering the Eastern Realm of the SCA
For the SCA’s 50th Year Celebration currently occurring in Indiana, the East Kingdom produced a video overview of its history, people and activities. The East’s booth at 50th Year was a major undertaking overseen by Countess Marguerite and supported by the work of many Easterners. The people who created this video are listed in the …
Many people wait until Pennsic to visit Herald’s Point to try to register their name and armory. Mistress Alys Mackyntioch reminds us that for Easterners, this is not the best strategy. The East gets between 150 and 200 submissions from Pennsic, substantially more than any other Kingdom, and substantially more than is possible to review …
Lady Sabina Lutrell, the East Kingdom Minister of Lists is looking for your help. The Pennsic Inspection Point and Marshals Tent on the battlefield is probably the second busiest place at Pennsic besides the gate and they need our help. Inside the tent, we need lots of hands to check authorization cards, ID, and Pennsic …
The East Kingdom Awards Overview (created by Tola knitýr) has been updated to reflect the addition of the new AoA awards (Apollo’s Arrow, Silver Wheel, Silver Tyger, Silver Brooch) as well as the Golden Lance. East Kingdom Awards East Kingdom Awards (printable version) Other Award Resources How to Write an Awards Recommendation by Queen Avelina …
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Recommendations for TRH Brion and Anna’s first order polling are due on July 9, 2016.
The orders that require polling are: (more…)
On a sunny field in Quintavia, 84 archers shot for the honor of serving Their Majesties as Royal Archery Champions. Queen Avelina proclaimed that Her Champion would be the winner of the tournament, and that only an archer who could out-shoot Her could hold that title. King Kenric declared that he would select His Champion …
Paid registration for Pennsic ends on Saturday, June 18th at 11:59pm EDT. The size of the land allotted to a group is determined by the number of people who preregister by this deadline. Unpaid online registration is available until July 8th. Reminder: The last day of pre-registration almost always has technical difficulties, we suggest not waiting …
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 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 March 2016 Wreath and Pelican meetings; these items were submitted to the East Kingdom at Pennsic 2015.
The Shire of Hartshorn-dale held its second Artisans’ Village event over the weekend of June 3rd – 5th. Artisans Village is an event entirely focused around the Arts and Sciences community. The event featured 8 “villages” where artisans, led by a village coordinator, displayed their art and conducted hands on demonstrations of their crafts. Period …
Greetings to the noble people of the East! I am Mistress Eleanore MacCarthaigh and I have the very great honor to be the Gift Coordinator for Their Munificent Majesties, Kenric and Avelina, may They reign forever! It is my function to coordinate incoming gifts to be used as largesse or as gifts for exchanges with …