East Kingdom Gazette

Changes to EK Law and Policy from Curia at Birka

February 26, 2014 by East Kingdom Gazette

Their Majesties at Curia. Photo by Countess Marguerite ingen Lachlainn

Curia was held in January at the Market Day at Birka, and the following changes were made to East Kingdom Law and Policy.

The Chancellor of the Academy of Pages was removed from the officers lists and its duties were removed later in the document. In effect, the office no longer exists.
Kingdom officers are no longer required to exclusively maintain hardcopy reference versions of records for their office. The reference versions may be hardcopy or they can maintain archival electronic copies.
The Kingdom Chancellor Minor’s duties were amended to remove the supervision of the Chancellor of the Academy of Pages. Two lines were inserted: “Encourages youth in the culture and customs of the Society” and “Works with the Kingdom Deputy Earl Marshal for Youth Combat and the Kingdom Youth Rapier Marshal to coordinate youth martial activities”. (more…)

New Champions of Arts and Sciences

February 26, 2014 by East Kingdom Gazette

The new King’s and Queen’s Champions of Arts and Sciences were selected last weekend at the event held in the Barony of Concordia of the Snows. Photos of the entries of the new champions are below.

The new King’s Champion is Master Luke Knowlton, who entered a leather Roman military belt with cast bronze plates and a suite of Roman writing implements. The new Queen’s Champion is Baroness Rainillt de Bello Marisco. She entered a 16th century German/Italian man’s pleated shirt decorated with pattern darning, a 16th century Flemish style smocked apron and a 14th century man’s embroidered hood.

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Ars Scientia Orientalis Seeking Articles

February 25, 2014 by East Kingdom Gazette

Meesteres Annetje Van Woerden is seeking article for the Spring edition of Ars Scientia Orientalis, the East Kingdom A&S online newsletter. Deadline for the articles is March 31st. The scheduled publication date is April 15th. Those interested in submitting, should contact Meesteres Annetje.

Eastkingdom.org mailing lists to be purged.

February 19, 2014 by East Kingdom Gazette

Posted on behalf of the EK Webminister (direct questions to webmaster@eastkingdom.org) As part of the migration to a new server, all mailing lists hosted at eastkingdom.org (minus the admins) will be purged starting on April 21, 2014. Subscribers will be able to re-subscribe to the lists on April 24th, 2014. This action will not affect …

Society-Wide Family Program Seeks Experts

February 19, 2014 by East Kingdom Gazette

Greetings to the artists, scientists, and sundry populace of the East Kingdom,

Society is in the process of rolling out a new Youth And Family Achievement program designed to expose youths between the ages of 5-17 to many of the varied activities that we do in the SCA. The program is a cross between a modern scouting badge program and a medieval apprenticeship. Families choose a topic, are given a list of mentors who teach that topic, then the child meets with the mentor at official SCA practices and events to complete the tasks laid out in the program. If you would like more information about the program, you can read the FAQ: http://sca.org/YAFA-FAQ.pdf

I am currently looking for people willing to be mentors in the following categories:

Archery, Arms & Armour, Equestrian, Family Life, Music, Pottery, Woodworking

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Mudthaw Arts and Sciences Competition

February 18, 2014 by East Kingdom Gazette

This Competition is open to any and all who would enter, a separate table will be set for a Youth Competition. There will be a Competition Winner as well as a Populace Winner. The site opens at 10:00 am, judging will begin at 1:00.

The Rules
1 – All entries must have been created within the past 2 years.
2 – All culinary entries must include a full ingredient lists. Modern sanitary considerations must be taken in their preparation. Entrants are responsible for keeping cold food cold and hot food hot.
3 – Research Papers need to be sent in before Mudthaw for proper review. Please also have a print out for presentation amongst the other entrants. Send Research/Paper entries to Caterina Giaocchini at onesleeve@yahoo.com by March1, 2014 to ensure enough time for review.

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Mudthaw

February 18, 2014 by East Kingdom Gazette

Greetings from your autocrat for Mudthaw. As always, we will need volunteers to assist with the smooth running of the event.

On Friday, March 21st, Master Galefridus Peregrinus will be heading up the setup for the event. If you are able to assist, please contact him – galefridus@optimum.net

On Saturday, March 22, we need volunteers for to assist with various activities throughout the day. Master Alexander MacGregor (ddevito17@gmail.com) will be heading up the organization for inside activities, including the change over of the upstairs hall from day time activities to court and then having the chairs put away, the change over of the lower hall from day time activities to feast, and other needs to keep the hall in order.

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New Deputy Society Seneschal – Event Support Services Position

February 14, 2014 by ekgazette

The SCA Board of Directors is directing the Society Seneschal to develop and implement a new Deputy Society Seneschal Office and accompanying kingdom level infrastructure to deal with broad-based event support services.

The core activity and a core competency of the Society for Creative Anachronism is holding events – and our event autocrats and event staff are tremendous volunteer resources who typically shoulder the burden for our mutual benefit over and over and over again.

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April Fool’s Scribal Contest

February 13, 2014 by East Kingdom Gazette

The website of the East Kingdom College of Scribes posted a challenge phrased with such creative language that the Gazette is reprinting it in its entirety below.

Greetings unto all to whom these present letters shall come!

Some of you may or may not have heard of the College of Heralds Imaginary. Some of you might even be a part of that amazing group of volunteers, but of course, can neither confirm nor deny that information with us. No matter. We, the scribes and various artisans of the East Kingdom, have come to hep- er, help you, in putting some “finishing touches” on your artwork for you.

You see, we’ve noticed that each year, a letter of intent is released to the public, displaying what appear to be documentable names (sometimes with devices) with an often silly tone. Ace Pilot, Feare-God Zillah, Antony Stark, Imma Rockstar, and many other favorites.

We’ve also noticed that the East does things a little…. differently. Since we do not have the same customs for achievements of Arms (for example, on a full coat of Arms, in the East anyone can have mantling on a torse, display one or two supporters, etc.), we thought we would provide our assistance. Thus, all who read this missive are hereby invited to create a full coat of Arms (achievement of Arms), displaying the heraldry contained in the pages linked to from here:

Rules? Well, yes, there are rules for this challenge… (more…)

Tournament Format for King’s and Queen’s Rapier Championships

February 13, 2014 by East Kingdom Gazette

The conventions and format for the upcoming King’s and Queen’s Rapier Champions Tournament have been announced by Don Nathaniel Wyatt, King’s Rapier Champion. Any authorized rapier fighter may enter the tournament, but those wishing to compete for the Championships must affirm that they are willing and able to perform the duties when they sign in with the Mistress of Lists and only those individuals will advance into the sweet sixteen.

The follow are the details of the tournament as described by Don Wyatt on the East Kingdom Rapier website. (more…)