East Kingdom Gazette
Covering the Eastern Realm of the SCA
Their Highnesses, Brennan & Caoilfhionn, issued Their first round of Award Order Pollings on July 21, and responses are due back to Them by this Sunday, August 23. This is just a friendly reminder to complete and submit your replies!
The Gazette thanks Mistress Amy Webbe for writing the following account of the A&S War Point at our request. On a bright, sunny morning, far too early for Pennsic time, a diverse group of SCAdians waited anxiously outside of the Aethelmaerc Royal encampment, hoping Hospitality would soon let them in. They had gathered for an …
President, SCA. Inc. Leslie Vaughn, President of the Society for Creative Anachronism, Inc., has announced that the SCA Board of Directors is now accepting applications for the position of President of the SCA Inc. The Board of Directors of the Society for Creative Anachronism, Inc. is currently accepting applications for the position of President of …
This is a recurring series by Mistress Alys Mackyntoich on whether certain names currently can be documented to period based on existing evidence.. There are a lot of names that people think are medieval, but actually aren’t, and others which people think are modern, but in fact are found in the SCA’s period. If you …
In response to a question on the East Kingdom Facebook group, I wrote the following post about how awards are scheduled, at least for Caoilfhionn’s and my time on the Throne. Here is the process when we give an award. It may vary slightly reign to reign, but I believe that this is a good …
Their Highnesses Brennan and Caoilfhionn announced that they accepted a bid for their upcoming Coronation. It will be held in the Barony of Concordia of the Snows on October 3 at the same site where St. Kenric of Blessed Memory was laid to rest.
Let all who dwell in The Known Worlde who would do honour to the memory of Countess Adrienne of Toledo, First Queen of the East, be advised that there will be at 6 PM on this coming Sunday the 16th of August a Service for that purpose at Greyhaven, 90 El Camino Real in Berkeley, California. …
Our thanks to Thane Alexander Makcristyne, the East Kingdom’s Volunteer War Point Representative, for providing the following information at The Gazette’s request.
The Volunteer War Point, or VWP, happened this year and many people put in a combined total of over five thousand hours in various areas of Pennsic. Some of the highest registered hours came from Pennsic University and Herald’s point. The total hours per warring faction broke down as follows:
East/Mid/Acre – 3,181 hours
AEthelmearc /Allies – 2,308. (more…)
En français
During closing ceremonies, the war was declared a tie by Their Majesties of the East, Middle and AEthelmearc. The following are a detailed list of how the war points were divided. (more…)