East Kingdom Gazette
Covering the Eastern Realm of the SCA
What constitutes an “SCA Theme”? The competition outline for the Kings and Queen’s Bardic Champions event asks each competitor to perform at least one work “written on an SCA theme”. Later, the outline states: “For this competition, an ‘SCA theme’ may be broadly interpreted as any work written about SCA persons, events, or culture, and …
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 …
The SCA Board of Directors seeks commentary on a proposal to eliminate the official Office of the Chirurgeonate, and the associated changes to Corpora necessary to accomplish this action.
The Office of the Society Chirurgeon has been providing exemplary service to the Society since 1986. The Society and Board of Directors are tremendously grateful for the sterling service the Office of the Society Chirurgeon has provided over the years, and hope to continue to allow licensed first aid providers to provide such service, while needing to take into account the realities of the climate in which the SCA currently operates.
The Board of Directors has been advised by its outside counsel, as well as by its insurance company, that having officers of the Corporation acting as emergency services providers and warranting them as official Chirurgeons represents an unacceptable assumption of liability by the Corporation for the actions of these individuals. The SCA can allow individual medical professionals to provide emergency care under their own licenses and the various Good Samaritan laws. Such services can also be provided by professional emergency services organizations and companies that provide such services. However, having corporate officers and warranted officials do so represents an unacceptable risk according to both our outside counsel and our insurance company.
Greetings to the singers, poets, drinkers, and wits of the East Kingdom! Lady Aildreda de Tamwurthe issues unto you a convivial challenge for the festival season, now to be answered at the Market Day at Birka in the Barony of Stonemarche.
The cheerful poets of Beuern have left us many jolly songs and poems about the simple pleasures of drinking and good cheer, and one of the most familiar is “Bache Bene Venies”. Like all good drinking songs, it has many many verses – each long enough to be clever, but short enough to let everyone who only knows the refrain sing it often and boisterously.
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Most everyone knows that the East Kingdom in the SCA includes parts of two modern countries, the United States of America and Canada, but how much do you really know about the Huge East Kingdom Crown Principality to the North East?
It is with great sadness that the Gazette reports on the passing of Lord Ragnarr Dragonheart. He passed away on January 3rd, 2014. He is survived by his lady, Lady Fionnghuala Na Lamh Bann.
Lord Ragnarr joined the SCA in the fall of 1993 and was an active member of the Barony of Settmour Swamp for over 20 years, serving as the Seneschal of Gryphonwald for a number of years, and as a warranted Marshal. He was granted both a Bronze and Iron Tower from Settmour Swamp for his service and martial prowess. Following his passing, Their Excellencies Erec and Jehannine of Settmour Swamp had the following to say:
The following article was written by Lady Ose Silverhair as part of the Gazette’s ongoing “How to…” series. Think back to your favorite event. No matter what it was, it was a success because of the work of many volunteers. Perhaps you’ve thought about volunteering, but are unsure about how to go about it. There …
The Barony of Bergental is pleased to be hosting this year’s King & Queen’s Bardic Championships in conjunction with our traditional Novice Schola and Baronial Birthday on March 8th.
The Bardic Championships are scheduled to begin at 11:00 am. Here are details of the format as provided by the current Queen’s Bard, Maistre Lucien:
East Kingdom Bardic Championship
The competition will take place over three rounds with the following parameters: first round, a piece written on an SCA theme OR a documentably period piece; second round, the other of the two options given in the first round; third round, Their Majesties’ choice.
Competitors will be judged by Their Majesties and an advisory committee on choice of material, artistic impression, audience impact,
technical skill, and individual response.
For those readers who have purchased a sustaining or international membership in the SCA, we would like to alert you that the electronic edition of the December issue of Pikestaff, the official newsletter of the East Kingdom, is available to download. The January issue features a color cover provided by Lord Robert of Stonemarche. Included …
By instruction of Their Majesties, the agenda for Their upcoming Curia has been amended (new items 4.3, 4.4, and 4.5); the revised agenda is now available on the East Kingdom Seneschal’s web site: http://seneschal.eastkingdom.org/curia.html (We recommend using the Seneschal’s Curia page as the link, rather than linking through directly to the agenda pdf, because there’s …