East Kingdom Gazette
Covering the Eastern Realm of the SCA
This message is posted at the request of Baron Sir Jibril al-Dakhil, Earl Marshal of the East Kingdom Greetings Unto the East Kingdom! Our Society is not one built upon the idea that you win at all costs. It is firmly grounded in the concept that you fight with honor, to the best of your …
Have you always wanted to teach at Pennsic? Are you a veteran teacher, but find yourself procrastinating this year? Don’t delay! While classes will be accepted right through Pennsic, the deadline to have your class appear in the Pennsic site book is May 1. It’s a very easy process to sign up. A link …
Tabitha of Windmoor, one of the first members of the Barony of Carolingia, graciously wrote this account about how the group got its start. The Gazette thanks her for providing more information about the early years of the East Kingdom.
I was in the SCA from 1970 – 1975. Virtually all of my involvement was with the Barony of Carolingia. I was one of the founding members, more or less by chance.
In the fall of 1970 I started my sophomore year at Wellesley with a roommate selected by lottery. Lois and I were friends at once. We threw a party a couple of weeks into the school year for all our friends. Lois invited Patri Pugliese, a freshman roommate of her boyfriend. Pat and I became friends at that party where he also acquired a new girlfriend, Ann, who was one of my friends.
When Patri landed in the infirmary with a sore throat a few weeks later I stopped in to see him on my way to join Lois and her boyfriend for the Yale/Harvard game. While I was trying to cheer Pat up – he was very sick and things were already going bad with Ann – a guy neither of us knew just walked right into the room and asked “Are you Patri?” Upon being assured that the guy in the bed answered to that name, he introduced himself as Dan and said he had been told that Pat might be interested in helping him start a branch of the Society for Creative Anachronism. (more…)
Cet article est maintenant disponible en Français. Veuillez cliquer sur le lien ci-dessous. An announcement regarding Crown Tourney / Une annonce au sujet de la Couronne Tourney (English Translation: The following article is now available in French. Please click on the link below.)
Greetings Unto the East Kingdom! As some of you may know, my first daughter is scheduled to be born the day before Crown. This will be happening in Colorado and as such I will not be able to act as the Marshal-in-Charge for the Crown tournament. In accordance with East Kingdom Law I have asked …
The following was posted to the Society for Creative Anachronism Facebook page. The original can be found here. Please take a few minutes to complete a survey designed to gather data to assist us in the evolution of communications within the SCA. We appreciate your time and the opportunity to gather information so we can …
Greetings to the combatants in the East Kingdom’s Spring Crown Tourney! Their Majesties have informed us that They do not want to use list trees and personal devices for this Crown Tourney. For those of you who were planning to bring your device for the list tree, you are encouraged but are not required to …
Cet article est maintenant disponible en Français. Veuillez cliquer sur le lien ci-dessous. Spring Crown Tourney Entrants and Format / Les participants et format au tournoi printanier de la Couronne de l’Est. (English Translation: The following article is now available in French. Please click on the link below.)
Photo courtesy of Cateline La Broderesse
Baron Adhemar de Villarquamada passed away suddenly on Wednesday, April 8th, following a chronic illness. Baron Adhemar was active in the Society for more than twenty-five years. For fifteen of those years he served as the Baron of Dragonship Haven, stepping down only last month. He was recognized as a Master of the Laurel by Brion and Anna in 1999 for his skill with illumination, calligraphy, and costuming, and as a Master of the Pelican by Darius and Roxane in 2002 for his long service to the College of Heralds and his Barony.
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The entrants in this Spring’s Crown Tourney are listed below. The details on how Crown Tourney will be fought are as follows. The tourney will be double elimination with fighters bringing their weapon of choice for all rounds of the tourney. For the final four, two wins will be required to advance. This means an undefeated fighter will need one win; a fighter who has already lost a bout will need two wins. The finals will be comprised of only one bout.
The entrants are listed according to the Order of Precedence, and the Gazette would like to thank Baron Rowen Cloteworthy for providing us with the ordered list.
En français par Sir Pellandres dit Le Frère
Ci-bas seront indiqués les participants au tournoi printanier de la Couronne de l’Est. Ledit tournoi sera combattu selon les règles suivantes. Item, le format sera celui d’une élimination double où chaque combattant décidera de son propre armement, et ce pour chacun des tours. Item, les quatre finalistes devront avoir deux victoires pour passer en finales. Ainsi, un combattant invaincu de tout le tournoi pourra passer avec un seul combat victorieux. Un autre qui aurait déjà perdu une joute aura besoin de deux victoires. Item, la finale ne sera décidée que d’un seul combat.
Les participants sont ordonnés en fonction de leur Précédence. La Gazette offre ses remerciement à son excellence Rown Cloteworthy pour avoir recherché et établi ledit ordre.
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