East Kingdom Gazette
Covering the Eastern Realm of the SCA
These updates have been gleaned from Kelly Magill’s updates posted on the Society Seneschal’s web page. You can view the originals by starting with this link: January 2016 Board Meeting Updates These are not official minutes of the meeting, and should be treated as unofficial until any changes involved are announced from more formal sources. …
En françis Calling for Content for the East Kingdom 50th Anniversary Displa With less than six months to go, the East Kingdom 50th Anniversary Display Committee is asking all members of the populace to begin submitting photos to be included in the exhibit. The booth design is based on a traveling art exhibit from a major …
Sir Gunther KegSlayer, Deputy Mayor of Planning & Zoning for Pennsic War 45, has posted new procedures for land registration for the upcoming Pennsic War. These procedures can be found here on the official Pennsic website.
From Member Services: We are pleased to let you know that the February 2016 Kingdom Newsletters are now available to all current Sustaining and International members for your review. Are you a New Member? No Registration is Required – to visit the enewsletter site, please go to http://enewsletter.sca.org to access. Please use your Membership Number …
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Recommendations for TRH Kenric and Avelina’s first order polling are due on January 10th, 2016.
The orders that require polling are: (more…)
Unto the Populace of the great East Kingdom does the Chancellor of the Exchequer send greetings. At the October 2015 Board Meeting the Board of Directors expressed a desire to provide the Kingdoms with the ability to use PayPal as a replacement to the prior online event reservation tool. If the East is to use …
Our fifth A&S Research Paper comes to us from Baroness Alesone Grey, Sugarwricht, and is drawn from her studies in historical confectionary, specifically the preserving of fruits with sugar. (Prospective future contributors, please check out our original Call for Papers.)
The Most Kindly Way To Preserve
One of the great joys of preserving the harvest is you can enjoy summer time fruits all year round, including in the dark days of winter. Many fruits have a very short season and need to be picked and eaten or preserved quickly. In the United States, the tart cherry season lasts 1-2 weeks in June. Apricots are 4-6 weeks starting around mid May. Peaches and plums start around the end of June and can last through August, depending on region. Apples, pears, quince and crab apples start their peak in September-October. There are a few varieties of fruits that have 2 seasons; among them are figs, which are picked in early spring and early fall.
But which method of preservation is ideal for various fruits? It depends.
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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…)