East Kingdom Gazette

EK Kings and Queens Arts and Sciences Championship Details Announced

January 13, 2015 by East Kingdom Gazette

Roman writing implements. Work by Master Luke Knowlton. Photo by Baroness Cateline la Broderesse

The 2015 Kings and Queens Arts and Science Championship will take place on Saturday March 7th in the Barony of L’lle du Dragon Dormant (Montreal). Please see the Kingdom Announcement for full event details.

The championship will be judged as a body of work. Entrants shall enter a minimum of two items and a maximum of five. No item should have won a previous King’s or Queen’s Championship. Each item should have been made within three years of the competition.

The items can be from a single discipline or from multiple disciplines. The winner of the competition is the Queen’s Champion of Arts and Science. The King determines the Kings Champion of Arts and Science.

Please see the complete announcement here: King and Queen A and S Championship Announcement

Competition Registration Information (more…)

Known World Heraldic and Scribal Symposium to be held June 26-28 in Toronto

January 13, 2015 by East Kingdom Gazette

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 …

Pre-Register Soon for King’s & Queen’s Bardic Champions

January 12, 2015 by East Kingdom Gazette

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 …

Committee Formed to Explore Two Handed Swords in Rapier

January 10, 2015 by East Kingdom Gazette

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. …

Schedule Change for Twelfth Night

January 10, 2015 by East Kingdom Gazette

The time of first court at Twelfth Night has been moved back to 11:30 am.

Period or Not…Names

January 9, 2015 by East Kingdom Gazette

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 …

Artisans Village makes Artisan Challenge!

January 9, 2015 by East Kingdom Gazette

(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 …

Memorable Bits of Eastern History by Duke Akbar

January 8, 2015 by East Kingdom Gazette

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 …

Award Recommendations for Their Highnesses

January 7, 2015 by East Kingdom Gazette

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 …

Tir Mara Resident Needed on Council of the Exchequer

January 7, 2015 by East Kingdom Gazette

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 …