East Kingdom Gazette
Covering the Eastern Realm of the SCA
The following announcement was made by the SCA’s corporate office. The Board of Directors is pleased to invite all current Family members to access the SCA electronic newsletter site. To log in, please go to: website – enewsletter.sca.org User Name – membership number Password – start If you experience any difficulties, please contact membership@sca.org, and include your …
On the 12th Day of December 2015, Anno Societatis L, Their Majesties Brennan Ri and Caoilfhionn Banri did hold court at the Yule at the Palazzo in the Barony of Bhakail. This is the business that occurred during their court: Name Award Calligraphy and Illumination Ravenna de’Witte Award of Arms C&I: Cassandra Arquest de Northumbria …
The Feast of Fools was popular festival in medieval England and France, held on or about January 1, celebrating the biblical principle that “God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise” (1 Cor. 1:27). During the Feast of Fools, mock bishops, popes and other high officials were elected, servants and masters changed places, and other foolery and foolishness was celebrated. More information about the Feast of Fools can be found here:
This Feast of Fools letter, celebrating the holiday season, was prepared based on responses to a challenge I issued to East Kingdom heralds to document holiday names and create holiday armory. Contributors to this letter of mis-intent include: Alesone Gray of Cranlegh, Edwyn le Clerc, Seraphina Golden Dolphin, Godefroy de Lisieues, Conall Blue Talbot, Lillia Pellycan, Violet Sea Star, Lilie Dubh inghean uí Mórdha, and, of course, myself.
Enjoy!
Alys Pantheon et Ogress, usurping Blue Tyger’s place for Foolery! (more…)
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Lady Naomi bat Avraham, King’s Champion and Lady Agatha Wanderer, Queen’s Champion are, on behalf of the Kingdom of the East, Their Royal Majesties, Their Royal Highnesses, and the office of the Minster of Arts and Science, pleased to announce the King’s and Queen’s Arts and Science Championship.
The Championship will be held on Saturday February 6th, 2016 in the Shire of Barren Sands (Woodstown, NJ). Please see the Kingdom Announcement for Event details: (more…)
Time’s running out if you want to be a merchant at the SCA’s 50 Anniversary Celebration. Applications must be mailed, and must be POSTMARKED no later than December 15, 2015. Please follow the directions included in the application packet. The Merchant Coordinator’s address is included on the last page of the application. This link will …
On an unseasonably warm Fall day, Their Majesties Brennan Ri and Caoilfhionn Banri, along with Their Highnesses Kenric and Avelina, did visit the Barony Beyond the Mountain, and attended the BBM/Bergental Yule. Five December 2015, AS L.
At the start of the day Their Majesties did open a court. There, they called before them the Baron and Baroness of Barony Beyond the Mountain. Their Excellencies were presented with their new Baronial coronets. (more…)
Greetings to the Artisans of the East, With changes that have been introduced at the last Curia to the existing award system, I decided this was a prime time to initiate a request from the Tyger Clerk of the Signet’s Office. Especially since Her Majesty also happened to mention getting people who are not traditional …
Lord Yehuda ben Moshe, the East Kingdom Submissions herald, has provided the Gazette with the artwork that was submitted to the SCA College of Arms for awards recently established in the East Kingdom. Final decisions from the College are expected in April 2016 for the Golden Lance and in June 2016 for the new armigerous …
The following is a Q&A with commonly asked questions about the new awards and answered by the Shepherd’s Crook Herald, Master Rowen Cloteworthy
I’m sure some of you have questions about the new Grant-level Orders, the new Armigerous Orders, and how these changes affect your precedence and the Order of March.
I heard the order names were changing. Is that true?
No, the names of the Orders of High Merit (Silver Crescent, Maunche, Tygers Combatant, Sagittarius, Golden Rapier, and Golden Lance) are not changing. The new Armigerous Orders will be added to the Order of Precedence with their new names.
What about these new awards? What are the Armigerous Orders?
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Curia met at Bergantal/Barony Beyond the Mountain Yule on December 5th, 2015, with the following results. Please remember that this report is unofficial, and none of these changes are effective until published in Pikestaff, the official newsletter of the East Kingdom. It is anticipated that they will appear in the January issue, which should be available for subscribers to download by Dec. 15.
The major order of business was a set of revisions to the Kingdom’s awards structure. (more…)