East Kingdom Gazette
Covering the Eastern Realm of the SCA
Greetings from Magistra Nicolaa de Bracton, co-steward for the Known World Heraldic and Scribal Symposium 2015! I am pleased to invite you to attend KWHSS in the canton of Eoforwic (Toronto, ON, Canada) in the Kingdom of Ealdormere June 26-28, 2015. The website and registration is now live! Please click here to visit the KWHSS 2015 …
Greetings fellow citizens! Please pray attend to this most important event update for King and Queen’s Bardic Champions. 1. The deadline for pre-registration draws near (1/17/2015) – you have the option of credit card via ACCEPS or snail mail. You may also, if you wish, attend EK 12th night and deliver your pre-registration to Lady …
Unto the Kingdom of the East do I, Don Frasier MacLeod send greetings, First and foremost, Happy New Year! Second, I have been asking for resumes to put together a committee to formulate a set of rules for 2 Handed Swords in Rapier, and I am pleased to announce that I have selected that committee. …
The time of first court at Twelfth Night has been moved back to 11:30 am.
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 …
(Submitted by Lissa Underhill) Artisans Village will take place on June 5-7, 2015 in the Shire of Hartshorn-dale. Instead of a traditional A&S competition, the event will feature an Artisans Challenge. Members of the populace have until March 31st, 2015 to issue a challenge related to an SCA-period art or science. Anyone is welcome to …
The Gazette asked Duke Akbar ibn Murad al-ben ibn Hakim, third King of the East, for memories of the early days of the East Kingdom. The following are his words. The Memorable Bits by Duke Akbar There is a wonderful lampoon of British history called 1066 and All That which is dedicated to the proposition that …
From Their Highnesses: Greetings to the Populace of the East! We will be putting together our first set of pollings. The deadline for recommendations will be February 1, with the plan to have those sent out mid-February and therefore ending Mid-March. Our second polling deadline will be the week after Coronation. We only intend …
From the Kingdom Exchequer: Financial Council of the Exchequer: There is a most immediate need is for a Tir Mara resident on the Council of the Exchequer. The main criteria for these positions is that you must live in the region you would be representing. The initial term on the council is two years. This …
Unto the Kingdom of the East do I, Don Frasier MacLeod send greetings, To start off the new year I am calling for resumes for my Experimental Deputy. This deputy would be responsible for coordinating all the wacky ideas people talk about and seeing if any of them can actually be put into use …