East Kingdom Gazette
Covering the Eastern Realm of the SCA
The following message is from Maestra Ignacia la Ciega, East Kingdom Chancellor of the Exchequer. Greeting unto all the exchequers of the East Kingdom. Many groups have not sent in completed the End of Year reports. By my estimate less than half of the groups have sent in the the fourth quarter 2014 report. If you have …
Their Majesties have announced the successors to Fergus MacRae and Imiglia Venture as Baron and Baroness of Carolingia. Maitresse Nicolette Bonhomme and Baron Colin Ursell will be invested on Saturday, April 4 at the German Club in Walpole, MA. More information is available in the event announcement.
This was written by Sir Tanaka Reiko in response to requests the Gazette has received for an article on how to start in rattan fighting. The Gazette thanks him for writing the article. You watched fighting for some time now, and you’ve been amazed at the feats of arms and honor. So much so that there’s …
The date of Crown Tourney should have been listed as May 2nd, not May 3rd, in the previous post.
The dates and locations for the upcoming Coronation and Crown Tourney have been announced. Coronation will be held on April 11 in the Canton of Black Icorndall (event site – Wallingford, PA). Crown Tournament will be May 2 in the Barony of An Dubhaigeainn (event site – Middle Island, NY). For more information, click on …
A missive from Their Majesties: Greetings unto the people of the East, Over the last couple of weeks there has been a great deal of discussion about peerages in the Society. A large proportion of the population believes that there should be a path to the peerage for all martial endeavors (archery, equestrian, thrown weapons, …
Are you interested in discussing a route to Peerage for all practitioners of martial arts in the SCA? A Society-wide Facebook group has been created to gather support and work towards a peerage that would be inclusive of all martial activities. The Facebook group was started a day ago and already has over 330 members. …
NBC News filmed a report from last Pennsic War, which was posted to their website on January 14, 2015. The video begins with the East’s King Brennan rallying the troops and many other Easterners can be spotted in the footage.
COURT OF THEIR MAJESTIES EDWARD III AND THYRA II AT KING’S AND QUEEN’S BARDIC CHAMPIONS January 31, 2015, Incipient Shire of Nordenfjord The Court of our most excellent prince and lord, Edward, by right of arms most illustrious King of the East, third of that name, and Thyra, his Queen by agency of that same right, second …
On Monday, February 2nd, at 11:20 pm Eastern Time, the Board of Directors of the SCA, Inc. published the following announcement via the Announcements mailing list:
Due to the large amount of information surrounding the additional peerage for rapier and cut and thrust, the Board of Directors decided to participate in a conference call on February 2, 2015. The Board received a large amount of additional comments and suggestions in the two weeks following the January 17 quarterly meeting. This was considered in addition to the first Board call for commentary on this issue.
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